Sarah Hanson-Young tears into ACMA following their Senate evidence, saying they’re an “absolute lapdog” for the gambling industry. “I don’t know what those people do”🔥
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Time to offer this seminar again I see.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5d agothere are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5
"The only thing stopping Australia from introducing new taxes on the gas industry is the insecurity of our elected leaders." Read an excerpt from co-CEO Richard Denniss' latest Vantage Point essay 'More Fool Me: How the gas industry tricked Australia', in Crikey! #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
This is what Jillian Segal would call antisemitism and is trying to stop. Go Germany!
Yes, it’s Australia, but it is Trump’s playbook by One Nation
Sarah Hanson-Young savages Sportsbet GM Jules Norton Selzer after he refuses to answer whether they've ever returned money to victims after it’s found to have been stolen. SHY “I have to take that as a No”💥 Is it because they thrive on criminal money? Shocking.
UK 'facing food shortages' after four heatwaves in a single year as drought hits critical crops www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news... #FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #UK
UK 'facing food shortages' after drought and heatwaves hit critical crops
Tom Bradshaw, president of the NFU, said production of oats this year has been 'very, very poor', and that wheat has been suffering similarly due to the prolonged drought
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“This [gambling reform] bill is all we get, and frankly, it's piss-weak – it's a piss-weak response to a public health crisis.” Shame on Albo. Shame on Labor. #GamblingCrisis #MurphyReport #auspol
Petitioning the Premier of NSW to project the verdict in the trial of Alan Jones projected onto the sails of the Opera House if he’s found guilty. I have a long memory
In a message for our campaign, media personality and assisted dying advocate Andrew Denton speaks about the importance of helping to deliver more accurate Census data for the religion question. Watch his full video on our website: censusnotreligious.org.au/2026/08/01/a... #Census26 #NotReligious
#Census26 tips incl 👇 It's not about the past, it's about now
Census – Not Religious? Mark 'No Religion'.@censusnotreligious.bsky.social · 5d agoIn a message for our campaign, media personality and assisted dying advocate Andrew Denton speaks about the importance of helping to deliver more accurate Census data for the religion question. Watch his full video on our website: censusnotreligious.org.au/2026/08/01/a... #Census26 #NotReligious
A US government department mislabelled every single African country depicted on a map in its presentation at a global AIDS conference. crikey.com.au/2026/08/03/d...
The Snoop: Daily Telegraph finds the real housing crisis, the Little Orange Book of Hanson, and more
Plus: Who's behind Build Australia, the shiny new campaign flooding your feed?
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'1/2 of all trees surveyed were dead, most with signs of dieback.' The loss of the snow gums will be as significant as loss of the Gt Barrier Reef. But we just got 2 more knockbacks from enviro funders - we can't get anyone interested in funding this issue. themountainjournal.com/2026/08/03/s...
Snow gum survey at Mt Stirling reveals disturbing loss of trees
During the month of August, Friends of the Earth is inviting people to join a series of surveys to help determine the health of snow gum forests. Snow gums are the iconic vegetation species of the …
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“How Platypuses Build Their Hidden Nests” www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QoG...
Rarely Seen Platypus Nest Building Behaviour Explained
YouTube video by Zoos Victoria
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The most depressing thing about swift parrots is that this same story has been told repeatedly for the entire 16 years I’ve been working on them - same terrible conservation outcomes again and again with no changes to Tasmanian forest management www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
What happened when a rare bird found a place to nest near a logging coupe
It was late 2021 when one of Australia's rarest birds started to arrive in the native forests of Lonnavale. Ecologists had expected it but for a reacting forestry sector, it was "not sustainable".
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"Why data centre greenwashing is about to explode” by climate analyst, @ketanjoshi.co Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Nuclear Power Plant in southern France was closed, 29 June, 2025, because the water was too warm to cool the reactor. Now Hungary and Romania, water levels too low
Record low water levels force nuclear output cuts in Hungary and Romania
The closures increase dependence on imported power at a time when the grid is already under strain. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
theconversation.com
2025 A record-breaking heat wave in Europe is warming up the river water that some nuclear power plants use for cooling, prompting operators to shut down at least three reactors at two separate sites. Late on Sunday, June 29, operators shut down one of the two reactors...
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Here comes the Fafocene. "Strong El Niño expected to intensify as much of the world faces above normal temperatures and major changes in rainfall patterns" wmo.int/news/media-c...
Strong El Niño expected to intensify as much of the world faces above normal temperatures and major changes in rainfall patterns
Geneva, Switzerland (WMO) – El Niño continues to intensify steadily and is expected to dominate global climate patterns in the August-October 2026 season, increasing the likelihood of above-normal tem...
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For teachers We love & remember those that encouraged us Thank you This portrait is exhibited as part of the Young Archies at NSW Art Gallery The young artist’s statement caught me as much as the, very accomplished, portrait
"Climate experts fired after the Trump administration dismantled NOAA’s Climate site have rebuilt the project independently. The former federal team launched a new nonprofit website restoring ~ 15 years of climate articles, maps, data tools, educational resources & scientific reports" via Top 10s
The Crisafulli government has removed Indigenous people from Barrambin, locked out the public & sent in the machinery. As if the "public consultation" period wasn't enough of a farce, all that "green space" Premier David Crisafulli promised is scheduled to begin in 2042. #qldpol
Sarah Hanson-Young unloads on Pauline Hanson for running scared & banning media from her presser “What a coward”💥 Says regional Victorian voters who rely on the ABC should “tell her to get stuffed” at the ballot box in November.🔥 #auspol
When will sanity, logic and reality be applied by the ALP to the warped fiction of AUKUS. We hand over $Bs to the US and UK military/industrial complex, sacrifice our sovereignty and get treated as mugs. The optimal pathway becomes more flawed and unrealistic by the day!
Victorians turn out in massive numbers to denounce Pauline Hanson’s “racism and fascism” — swarming her fundraiser to demand she get out of the state.💥 This should be the greeting she gets everywhere she peddles her hate. Well done Victoria. #auspol
WHERE?? WHERE WERE THESE KIDS GOING TO GO PLAY ALBANESE?!!! “And despite Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying he hoped the ban would lead to more kids “playing outside with their friends”, the report found “little to no change” in what kids did offline three months after the ban took effect.”
Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 3d agoAustralia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...