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Donna Lu

@donnadlu.bsky.social

Writer / Journalist at Guardian Australia. donna.lu@theguardian.com.

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Donna Lu@donnadlu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I did a deep dive on the turmoil at one of Australia’s largest medical colleges, which culminated in police being called to a tumultuous meeting in Sydney last week www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Royal mess, trainwreck, shitshow’: inside the implosion of one of Australia’s oldest medical colleges

Police called to tumultuous meeting of Royal Australasian College of Physicians, where rival leaders are locked in a battle for control. Exasperated doctors say the turmoil is a symptom of a deeper pr...

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Donna Lu@donnadlu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I had a very lovely day visiting Alison Lester at her home studio, meeting her animals, and chatting to her about her beloved books for our best Australian picture books poll. Now everyone go vote for Kissed By The Moon www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Inside the idyllic studio of Alison Lester: ‘Everything I do looks a bit like a stuffed toy’

The doyenne of Australian picture books talks about her creative process, the ‘wild and woolly’ place that inspired Magic Beach – and how a favourite idea was sketched on an aeroplane sick bag

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Donna Lu@donnadlu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"The raison d’être of art and literature is to disrupt the status quo: and one doesn’t have to be a student of history to know that art in the service of 'social cohesion' is propaganda." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler

Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation

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Australian Conservation Foundation@ausconservation.bsky.social · 7mo ago

About 40% of Australian women without kids say they are hesitant to have children because of climate change. @regedahmad.bsky.social and @donnadlu.bsky.social discuss the anxiety – shared by many – about starting a family as global temperatures rise. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The anxiety of having kids in a climate crisis – podcast

Parents now have something else to consider when deciding to have a baby – what the future holds as global temperatures rise. The climate, environment and science assistant editor, Donna Lu, speaks to...

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Josh Taylor@joshtaylor.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Takes time to verify these things and find out, which @donnadlu.bsky.social did. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Couple in dashcam footage who tried to fight off Bondi shooter identified as Boris and Sofia Gurman

Dashcam footage shows the moment Boris Gurman tackles shooter Sajid Akram and wrests a gun from him

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Michael W@michaelwood8.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Odd that this dashcam footage of a ‘second hero’ who disarmed one of the gunmen early on is all over Chinese media but not being reported in Australia ?

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me

Donna Lu@donnadlu.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In an investigation into unapproved injectable peptides, @arielbogle.bsky.social and I looked into the influencers promoting them on social media, and websites claiming to sell these experimental drugs for “research purposes”. Our piece came out over the weekend: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Not approved for human use’: the online frenzy for injectable peptides sweeping Australia

Social media is driving a boom in the use of peptides to improve appearance and physical performance. Many are experimental and come with risk of serious side effects

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS@euanritchie.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Feral pigs are a massive issue across Australia. They can cause tremendous damage to environments, wildlife and cultural sites. And, like many invasive species, government funding of their control and eradication is grossly insufficient. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... By @donnadlu.bsky.social

Rainforests, rivers and sacred sites are being ‘ripped to shreds’ by feral pigs, Queensland traditional owners warn

Destruction wrought by swine-borne disease is thinning the canopy of bunya pine forests and the problem is getting worse, experts say

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Dr. Viktor Baranov🧪🦟🐛🪲@swarmofthoughts.bsky.social · 9mo ago

very nice coverage of our Telmatomyia discovery and lovely background on Robert Beattie, who have found the #fossil, by @donnadlu.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 🦖⚒️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Retired Australian teacher discovers the oldest fossil of its kind in southern hemisphere – and a new species

Robert Beattie, 82, has found specimens of a 151m-year-old midge that challenge what we know about how the insects evolved

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Donna Lu@donnadlu.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"In his only interview before next month’s Cop30 climate summit, António Guterres acknowledged it is now 'inevitable' that humanity will overshoot the target in the Paris climate agreement, with 'devastating consequences' for the world." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

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Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 10mo ago

Pregnancy skincare products target women at a vulnerable time. Do any work or do they just stretch the truth? | Antiviral

Pregnancy skincare products target women at a vulnerable time. Do any work or do they just stretch the truth? | Antiviral

Oils, creams and lotions with names like ‘mummy’s tummy’, ‘bump love’ and ‘belly butter’ abound * Read more in the Antiviral series Pregnancy can be a trying time: you can’t tell whether you’re nauseous or hungry, your body is working at close to the sustainable limit of human endurance, your organs are rearranging to make space for a growing alien. There are myriad indignities: nosebleeds, swelling feet, back pain, and, if you’re unlucky, ceaseless vomiting that goes “full Tarantino”. Continue reading...

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Jonathan Cook@jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Study in the Lancet journal finds that Israel's starvation campaign in Gaza has left 55,000 children under the age of five acutely malnourished, risking long-term health damage. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study

After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an ...

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steph harmon@stephharmon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Peter Combe goes hard: “Children are being slaughtered, on a daily basis, for almost two years. Our ability to ignore it astounds me. You can talk to any NGO, they all say the same thing – it’s a genocide ... I hope people aren’t surprised I feel the way I do." www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

The passion – and politics – of Peter Combe: ‘Children are wonderful critics because they’re very intolerant’

Wash Your Face in Orange Juice, Newspaper Mama, Toffee Apple … the children’s entertainer who has sold more than 1m albums and DVDs reflects on his 40-year career, childhood and speaking up

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Nick Evershed!?@nickevershed.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Bird of the year voting update! The top 3 have been rock solid over the whole poll. The little penguin, rainbow bee-eater, pelican and splendid fairy-wren have all crashed out of the top 10, while the galah and emu-wren are surging ahead

chart of bird rank per voting rounf showing what is happening in the skeet
Donna Lu@donnadlu.bsky.social · last yr.

"I always thought space travel was futuristic, but this was the first time it came off as travelling back in time, in this case using their little capsule to take us back to the most ludicrous inanities of 2010s girlboss feminism." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde

The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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