Kate Auty
@kateauty.bsky.social
Living and working on #Taungurung country in Victoria the #TreatyState of #Australia. Things I am: a reader, lawyer, writer, curious. Posting out of interest. Cover: #JoshMuir
House prices have been growing three times faster than wages since 1999. If first home buyers are going to get a chance, we need a temporary drop in house prices. We need a public developer to build and sell homes people can actually afford. www.afr.com/property/res...
Top-end property prices hit hardest as housing slump deepens
Sydney led a national housing market downturn, tumbling 1.4 per cent in July alone as premium properties took the brunt of the fall with a 1.8 per cent decline.
afr.com
From me. Almost 400 native Australian bird and mammal species have been assessed as being at a high risk – or worse – from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a federal government assessment has revealed.
Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed
Assessment of more than 2,000 native species warns nearly one in five at high risk of deadly H5N1, including parrots, fur seals and quolls
theguardian.com
abcnews.com/US/capital-c... Litigation exposes an explanation …
Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'
Capital One says it closed hundreds of accounts associated with President Trump and his businesses in 2021 "for anti-money laundering reasons," according to a filing.
abcnews.com
“Some economists have warned that disruption due to the Rhine’s low water levels could shave as much as 0.2 percentage points off German growth.” Net Zero is much cheaper than letting emissions and temperatures rip. #climatecrisis www.ft.com/content/e5cb...
Rhine drought strands ships and forces German production cuts
Water level of crucial trade river has fallen to match 2018 record low after extreme heatwaves
ft.com
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... How is this allowed to happen? Rhetorical question .
A week after she was born, a Gazan baby contracted chickenpox
As chickenpox spreads through Gaza's tent camps, the race to contain the virus is made harder by a lack of sanitation, overcrowding and summer heat.
abc.net.au
NSW wind projects are being forced into independent planning reviews on the basis of complaints about wind farms that don't even exist. Disinformation is all about causing confusion and delay reneweconomy.com.au/wind-project...
Wind project faces referral due to long distance objectors, citing impacts of a wind farm that doesn't exist
Public meeting called for wind project due to submissions from mostly long distance objectors, including a group citing impacts of a wind farm that does not exist.
reneweconomy.com.au
Support a full gambling ad ban www.stopgamblingads.com.au?recruiter_id... Stop the deluge of gambling ads. It is crushing people.
Stop Gambling Ads
Australians lose around $31.5 billion a year to the gambling industry - the highest losses per person of any country in the world. Tell your MP to support a gambling ad ban.
stopgamblingads.com.au
Last night when charging the #EV at St Arnaud I was struck by the late afternoon light - and then I thought - #RussellDrysdale. So here we both are. No filters.. life in an #Australian country town - if we didn’t sit, look wait, talk and eat #fishAndChips we would have missed it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... #ICAC #IBAC #Naac (lower case)
A who's who of those at the centre of the ICAC's latest explosive probe
Eight weeks of public hearings by the corruption watchdog that could change the NSW Liberal Party forever begin on Monday. These are some of the key players embroiled in the donations investigation.
abc.net.au
The Murtoa Stick shed was close to being demolished until it wasn’t. Triumph it was saved.
Cascading implications of climate change. #Sport will be affected in more ways than this. #HeatHumanityAndHockeySticks
Tim Stephens@proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2w ago“The final stage of the 2026 Tour de France has been cut short due to a lack of security officials, who have been deployed to fight wildfires that are blazing across the country.” Climate change comes for us slowly, then all at once. www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
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Hanson’s attack on family violence leave shockingly out of touch - Australian Council of Trade Unions
Thousands of workers have used the leave to meet with police, attend court hearings, secure emergency accommodation, organise school and care arrangements for children, access support services and imp...
actu.org.au
www.actu.org.au/media-releas...
Hanson’s attack on family violence leave shockingly out of touch - Australian Council of Trade Unions
Thousands of workers have used the leave to meet with police, attend court hearings, secure emergency accommodation, organise school and care arrangements for children, access support services and imp...
actu.org.au
A government official in Australia says the Northern Territory needs data centres to use lots of water so......the Earth's axis doesn't flip
This is a masterclass in political communication. This is a backdown but Mamdani contextualises what he's about to say, clearly explains why he's not doing what he said what he would do, and does so in a way that does not concede his position or moral authority. And people love him for it.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w agoBenjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Former Catholic bishop sexually abused boys at 'shirts-off' parties, court hears
One of Australia's longest serving senior Catholic clerics had a sexual interest in young Aboriginal men and abused them in Western Australia's far north over several years, a Perth court hears.
abc.net.au
lol. Bridget lives in Wodonga. “leftwing globalists” and “woke” institutions are the last thing on people's minds there.
Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺@kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 3w agoBridget McKenzie spoke at the same London conference as Pauline Hanson. "...conservatives are “in a war” against mass immigration, “leftwing globalists” and “woke” institutions, urging rightwing movements across the English-speaking world to unite & fight back." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
