“If the government continues to do nothing, we will be forced to leave our homelands.”

National Indigenous Times 🤖 (unofficial)@nit-bot.bsky.social · last yr.

The Federal Court will deliver its long-awaited decision on the Torres Strait climate case this Tuesday afternoon in Cairns.

Must-read piece on "End Times Schooling" by @jessehagopian.bsky.social who has done so much to unleash the liberatory power of education.

Jesse Hagopian@jessehagopian.bsky.social · last yr.

🌱 My new piece for @truthout.bsky.social is on combating the rise of “end times schooling.” It’s inspired by @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s framing of “end times fascism.” Social justice unionism & teaching truth are our best defense—join the struggle! truthout.org/articles/eli...

The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outside of Victoria. See what the experts have to say about the discovery: biodiversitycouncil....

too many people have been conditioned by corporate social media into believing that if you do something and don’t post about it online, it doesn’t count. you must destroy the Mark Zuckerberg who squats within your head.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · last yr.

if we are to survive the current American authoritarian turn, then “actually learning when to shut the fuck up on the Internet” has to be among our TOP priorities on the left

By approving a 50-year extension to the North West Shelf gas project, the Federal Government has signed a death warrant for Australia’s most significant ancient artistic treasure. 📺 Watch the full video report from @stephenlongaus.bsky.social youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI

The Fight to Save Murujuga

YouTube video by The Australia Institute

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Dr Ken Mulvaney thought that once people realised how important the rock art was, there would be no more industrial development at Murujuga. Instead he's seen multiple new developments built, creating acidic emissions that are slowly destroying the rock art. #auspol

Deeply saddened. With Watt & Albanese's 'executive' decision to ignore 50000 years of cultural heritage at Murujuga, & O'Neill's 'smugness', they ALSO potentially 'approved' a minefield of racist-based vandalism against aboriginal sites everywhere. Let that sink in. www.abc.net.au/news/105359106

Elders 'devastated' after important WA cultural site smashed by vandals

Derek Councillor was leading a tour group along the banks of the Greenough River, east of Geraldton, when he found the statue sacred to Naajuga traditional owners smashed to pieces.

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Don't believe the spin from the WA Government. Pollution from the gas export plant is destroying the ancient Murujuga rock art. Rock art expert Professor Benjamin Smith read the report and set the record straight. Video from Friends of Australian Rock Art. #auspol

Scientist outraged at "doctored" report on gas industry pollution at Murujuga

YouTube video by The Australia Institute

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Australia's largest oil and gas project will continue until 2070, making a complete mockery of fake aspirations for "net zero emissions" by 2050. This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago. Nobody voted for this. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070

The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje...

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Looks like Labor is about to approve the North West shelf gas expansion, which among bad news for the planet and WA energy costs is terrible for the nearby Murujuga rock art - which is so old, it has one of the first known depictions of the human face australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...

The Australia Institute - We Change Minds

The Australia Institute is an independent think tank based in Canberra. We conduct high-impact research for a better Australia.

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Here's me. 'Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway'

Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway - The Shot

If left unsupervised, capitalism will always eat democracy. And we are further on this arc than many of us want to believe.

theshot.net.au

Read this beautiful multimedia story produced by The Conversation whilst you eat your chocolate bilby! stories.theconversation.com/fire-revival/

Fire revival

A return to traditional Indigenous burning practices in the Gibson and Great Sandy deserts is helping protect the ninu, or greater bilby.

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Notice, Name and Nurture: 3 steps for a more nature-literate society: theconversation.com/heres-how-to...

Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society

Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.

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Our review of the 2025-26 federal budget has found that the Albanese Government is still far short of investing what is required to meet the government’s own environmental commitments, despite recent funding commitments for protected areas. More at: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/federal...

This column from Alan Kohler really broke my heart. My colleagues in climate science have been screaming the impacts of climate change from the rooftops for decades. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

As Trump abandons climate action, we must accept net zero won't happen

While markets and media were chasing Donald Trump’s tariff fiasco last week, something far more important was unfolding in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Dear Donald Trump, Fuck off. Regards, Australian researchers www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Trump administration accused of ‘blatant foreign interference’ in Australian universities over questionnaire on DEI and gender

Researchers told to respond within 48 hours to more than 30 questions, including on DEI, gender and climate

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Today I cancelled my subscription to The Age. Accepting front page advertising $$ for hate-filled disinformation from the Trumpet of Patriots is a step too far.

"Barking mad". Solar geoengineering is outright dangerous. Imagine if we could genuinely decrease emissions instead

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 2y ago

"The UK’s gamble on solar geoengineering is like using aspirin for cancer" | My new op-ed in @theguardian.com with Ray Pierrehumbert: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are rapidly surpassing 1.5°C of global warming:

This👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽😳. US politics will impact Australia’s capacity to predict the path of cyclones 🙏 @gergyl.bsky.social

Glen@gergyl.bsky.social · 2y ago

This system is under attack, right now, by Trump. (Australia's BOM doesn't run anything similar; relies on these.)

NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny

No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...

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Powerful Welcome to Country by Dr Mandy Nicholson this morning at the Bush Heritage Australia/ Trust for Nature Women In Conservation breakfast this morning. Layers of Country, looking after Country, & Reciprocity. Plus, fabulous performance from the Djirri Djirri Dancers🌿 #WIC25

“Promising to reduce the size of the public service is a cheap political stunt.” New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers. New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol

Cutting the public service saves nothing

Reducing the size of Australia’s public service is often characterised as a way to save the country money and make government departments more efficient.

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Why Do (Or Don’t) People Protect Nature? Insights From Conservation Practice and Environmental Psychology to Respond to the Biodiversity Crisis | Global Environmental Psychology doi.org/10.5964/gep.... - I have no idea, but we wrote a paper anyway.

*New paper* Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention. -With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames! #CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Respite from the unraveling. Mt Torbreck. #TaungurungCountry

Important information about #climate and environmental data by @ericnost.bsky.social and Alejandro Paz @theconversation.com 🌎 🌿: theconversation.com/how-to-find-...

How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see

Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.

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Women is now a banned word. And so many more www.kpbs.org/news/economy...

Federal list of forbidden words may jeopardize research at UCSD

The banned words include: women, disability, bias, status, trauma, Black, Hispanic communities, as well as socioeconomic, ethnicity and systemic.

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A new study finds that with every degree global warming, the global mean area burned by fires each year will increase by 13.8% www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Quantifying CO2 forcing effects on lightning, wildfires, and climate interactions

A model analysis shows interactions between climate, lightning, wildfires, and changes in the interactions with global warming.

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Just re-upping this again because the Temu Trumps in the LNP insist on bringing every culture war here: the Morrison govt spent $20.8bn on consultants in its final year - the equivalent of 54,000 FT public servants. The private sector benefits with govt cuts. No one else.