"today, the High Court unanimously agreed the water licence had not been lawfully granted by the Northern Territory government." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

High Court rules in favour of native title holders fighting NT water licence

The High Court decides in favour of native title holders fighting to overturn a water licence that had been granted to a cattle station in Central Australia.

abc.net.au

A white supremacist superpower has been ruthlessly and sadistically oppressing a nearby developing island nation – that’s never committed an offense against it – for decades. For absolutely no rational, justifiable reason whatsoever.

Reuters@reuters.com · 3d ago

Cuba's national electric grid collapses, plunging island into darkness reut.rs/4fKWwgK

‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk

‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk

Council leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes The government’s housebuilding agenda is hitting the stark reality of a lack of water and crumbling infrastructure across the east and south-east of England. Half the country was declared to be in serious drought this week, for the second consecutive year, with the Environment Agency warning of dire consequences for the economy, environment and wildlife. Continue reading...

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This policy would directly lead to physical abuse of disabled and neurodivergent children. Tell your friends. I'm absolutely serious.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 4d ago

ACT candidate Paul Henry unveils plan to let teachers use 'reasonable force' on 'little shits'

In the latest NDAA amendment votes, five Dems crossed party lines to ban Tricare coverage for ttrans care for dependents of military members: H. Cuellar (TX) V. Gonzalez (TX) D. Davis (NC) S. Figures (AL) And Terri Sewell (AL) becomes the newest Dem to do so. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Five Dems Crossed Party Lines To Strip Health Care From Trans Servicemembers And Their Families

“It's not just an attack on transgender kids.”

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New open access paper on Australia's response to water theft with @rachelkillean.bsky.social and @cristyclark.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jel/advance-...

Rethinking the ‘carceral creep’ in water governance: enforcement, accountability, and restorative possibilities in Australia's Murray–Darling Basin

Abstract. This article interrogates water theft in Australia as a lens through which to explore the ‘carceral creep’ in environmental governance. Situating

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Due to several retirements, UWA #Law School is recruiting multiple positions from Lvls B-D (lecturer, snr lecturer, Assoc Prof). See ad for topic areas BUT we could also really use a feminist/gender & the law person!! #job #jobFairy #academia #Perth #AUS external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

New blog post on Australia's response to water theft and the interesting relationship between punitive and restorative approaches to justice and relational repair. With @cristyclark.bsky.social and #RachelKillean www.slsa.ac.uk/post/punishi...

Punishing Water ‘Theft’ in the Climate Crisis

Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social ju...

slsa.ac.uk

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... A Wadi Wadi man has won a Supreme Court challenge to stop work on a contentious flood plain project in Victoria's north-west after the state government admitted it failed to properly consult with traditional owners.

Supreme Court battle over traditional owner consultation pauses flood works

The Victorian government and a regional water authority have admitted they did not property consult with traditional owners before approving a controversial flood plain restoration project.

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Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

okay fine i'll read the thing based on the first skim i did i'm not holding my breath, but since we're cited repeatedly i'll engage in good faith.

“University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.”

University of Chicago Law to ban phones, laptops in classroom for first-year students in new AI plan

University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.

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SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.

Australia is reviewing its plan governing water use in the Murray-Darling Basin and so far it's not looking good www.globalwaterforum.org/2026/07/09/t...

The Next Basin Plan–a disaster in the making - Global Water Forum

The Murray-Darling Basin is Australia’s breadbasket and home to threatened ecological communities and species. For many years there has been a contest between different Basin stakeholders as to how it...

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The federal government told the Klamath Tribes they weren't a "salmon tribe" because dams wiped out their fish 100+ years ago. So the Yurok Tribe applied for the $5.9M grant & passed the funds through. This is Indigenous solidarity in action. www.hcn.org/articles/the...

The Klamath Tribes couldn’t get federal dollars for salmon. Then the Yurok stepped in - High Country News

For more than 100 years, salmon had been absent from the Klamath Tribe’s lands — a fact that cut them off from funding sources to fix that.

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🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?

I stand with trans people | Good Law Project

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The Ponca Nation just became the first Tribe in the U.S. to endorse the Fossil Fuel Treaty—a global agreement for an equitable phaseout of oil, gas & coal. 37 Indigenous nations & 18 countries have now joined.

Services Australia is revealed as incapable of effectively managing some of the country's most complex legislation, despite having significant power to punish or affect ordinary Australians, Crikey's correspondent-at-large Rick Morton reports. www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/30/s...

Robodebt spectre invoked in damning report on Services Australia

This latest look under the hood of Services Australia reveals an agency incapable of effectively managing some of the most complex legislation in the country.

crikey.com.au

The work we did with kākāpō is now not possible because the govt has said that our funding should go to science that makes money. Members of our current govt have said that if an endangered species is in the way of a mine or a new road then it’s goodbye #nzpol peterkdearden.substack.com/p/on-kakapo

on Kākāpō

and extinction

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You know what? This is a genuinely great response by Hogan: calling Hanson racist, comparing her to “this stupid boofhead over here, Trump”, laying out the diversity of the working class he came from, and declaring “I want to die in Australia - in a multicultural Australia!”

‘She’s a pelican’: Paul Hogan says no thanks to Hanson’s praise

Pauline Hanson described the actor and Norman Gunston as “essential features of Australian monoculture”. Hogan says the One Nation leader is living in the past.

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Overnight, the United Nations has released another report confirming that Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza. Read our full statement calling for Australia to impose country-level sanctions on Israel at: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/06/jewi...

A phenomenon I've noticed recently is people trying to occupy some untenable middleground wrt to the use of systems sold as "AI" -- this is a position where people try to recognize the harms of this tech but also hold space for "responsible" or "ethical" use. 🧵>>

everlee wihongi's first feed as a free woman, after being kidnapped by ICE 70 days ago. the details of how it went down are here on webworm: www.webworm.co/everleeisfree/

Hugely important story from Queensland where Indigenous people are being dropped from any positions of influence. This is just the start. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Qld minister tight-lipped about 'Project Invisibility' Indigenous sackings

Under the direction of Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek, eight Indigenous directors have disappeared from the boards of south-east Queensland's cultural institutions.

abc.net.au

WE WON!!🙌🏾 THE OCEAN OBSERVATORY INITIATIVE (OOI) INSTRUMENTS ARE STAYING IN THE WATER!!!!! 🌊 🦑🧪 (for now 🙏🏾) oceanfdn.org/the-national...

The National Academies Just Set the Record Straight on Ocean Observing - The Ocean Foundation

The NSF is dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative and TOF President Mark J. Spalding explains what's at stake.

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A major new study has looked at the impact of the Australian welfare system on the rates of suicide It concludes that effective suicide prevention would mean raising JobSeeker payments & replacing punitive mutual obligations (such as Work for the Dole) adelaide.edu.au/about/news/2...

a few hours ago, a judge in wisconsin ruled that everlee wihongi's 2014 marijuana charge has been vacated. this means ICE now have *zero* legal grounds to keep her detained. please RT, and thanks for carting about this story: www.webworm.co/hugewin/

A Huge Win For Everlee

David Farrier reports Everlee Wihongi's 2014 marijuana charge has been vacated and she may be freed from her ICE prison as early as next week.

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5/ Experts point to several factors for why it came back: 1️⃣Cattle smuggling outside control zones 2️⃣In early 2025, roughly 15,000 USDA positions were eliminated, and a USAID-funded monitoring project was terminated 3️⃣ The loss of specialized expertise as generations of entomologists retire

"In a climate-unstable world, where environmental destruction moves faster than traditional litigation, giving mountains legal personality is not radical. It is the most practical tool we have left." www.pressreader.com/india/ht-raj...