Jill Sillar

@jillsill.bsky.social

Australian conservation, preservation of our unique wild places, heritage and animals. Museum volunteer doing what I can. Gadigal land, always was, always will be

Jess Wilson repeatedly dodges questions on whether One Nation Vic leader Warren Pickering’s status as a conspiracy theorist is ‘alarming’, until finally admitting she finds it “very normal” 🙄 What’s ‘alarming’ is the prospect of a Wilson-Pickering government running Victoria.

They’re using AI to justify slashing and offshoring even more Australian jobs and the Government is standing by and watching it happen. Ask yourself who profits from this? We need a system that delivers for the 99% who need jobs not the 1% who live off profits.

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Apparently antisemitism simply fell from the sky. Fully formed. Immaculately conceived. Entirely unrelated to anything happening in Gaza. That’s the finding Aust pre-purchased $131.1 million, confirmed at Senate Estimates in February, with $91 million alone for staffing, property, lawyers & security

A mother dolphin in Western Australia has been carrying the body of her 2-week-old calf through an estuary. Researchers say the behavior is believed to reflect a period of mourning that has been documented in dolphins before the mother eventually lets go to feed and survive.

The view from the top of the hill at the farm, looking roughly north toward the Flinders Ranges. Incredibly green and lush right now. Amazing to see. Near Quorn, South Australia.

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Something that’s been lost in the NAPLAN reporting today: the equity gap in our school system is growing. First Nations kids, kids living in poverty, and those in regional, rural and remote communities are falling further behind. Most of them attend an underfunded public school.