Census completed for another 5 years. Last one was done while in lockdown. Tinfoil hat wearing has become VERY fashionable since then
This is disturbing. Scammers going door to door claiming to be Home Affairs. The Department has put out a warning. #auspol #ScamWatch
The 15 minute city conspiracy theory is very weird to me because it’s just a straight description of urban spaces that are good. Why would you be against proximity to services and infrastructure
. @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social on 🔥 2/2 “If a data centre is proposed to use only #gas, it ill not meet the minimum nat standard, it won’t be allowed to register, & it will not be able to proceed… [that] will apply across the country.” #climate #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/bowen-says-c...
Bowen says coal "isn't baseload anymore, it's unreliable," will stop states pushing gas for data centres
Bowen says data centres could rescue stalled renewables as he warns coal-fired power stations are no long reliable, and cautions northern states not to go down gas path.
reneweconomy.com.au
Europe shuts nuclear power plants due to drought. Now imagine putting nuclear power plants on the driest inhabited continent on earth 🙄
Not the biggest surprise given the developing El Niño in the Pacific, but global sea-surface temperatures were at record levels in July… (this chart via BoM):
I see One Nation are opposed to the 15 Minute City. Makes sense, I prefer the old-fashioned 540 minute city you get on Punt Road
"Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has said he will use federal power to force the Queensland and NT governments to fall into line with his plan to require data centres to fully offset their electricity use with investments in renewable energy." Good. www.smh.com.au/environment/...
‘We will use all the powers available’: Bowen lays down law to states on data centres
Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists the data centre boom and his plans to drive down Australian emissions can co-exist.
smh.com.au
The High Court has decided in favour of native title holders who were fighting to overturn a water licence that had been granted to a cattle station in Central Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... #auslaw #ntpol Judgement can downloaded from here www.hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-ju...
Breaking: 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
Made me think of Max Gillies doing his pope bit. Gillies for Willies.
The Albanese government will expand the scheme which provides incentives to households and businesses to install rooftop solar.
Government expands discount scheme to encourage larger businesses to install rooftop solar
theconversation.com
Is needing to blow up the Danube riverbed to try and provide emergency supplies of cooling water to a nuclear power plant A Good Thing? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output
theguardian.com
Canberra's concrete bus shelters added to the ACT Heritage Register
'Icon of our history': Canberra bus shelters added to heritage register
Canberra's bus shelters were described as "concrete monstrosities" when installed in 1975 but have since been noted for their brutalist architectural style and functionality.
abc.net.au
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
When the internet was first around it used to scream at us every time we tried to connect to it. We should have listened.
Excellent thread on the sleight of hand that is the bastardisation of the Turing Test and leads to Sam Altman proclaiming, "i am a stochastic parrot, and so r u".
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3d agoThe greatest magic trick of them all is *lying*. The reason you can't figure out that coin vanish even after the conjurer performs it three times in a row is that they *didn't* do the same trick three times in a row! 1/
Victoria Police investigating alleged assault at Camp Sovereignty
Police hunt for offenders after alleged assault on Camp Sovereignty
Victoria Police are investigating an allegation of assault at Camp Sovereignty with a 37-year-old victim treated for facial injuries.
abc.net.au
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".
abc.net.au
Pauline Hanson unveils future independent MPs
View from The Hill: Hanson announces One Nation Victorian leader, bans major media outlets
Pauline Hanson formally announced a suite of candidates for the Victorian election, including her lead candidate Warren Pickering, 43, who will run for the seat of Pakenham
theconversation.com
Cuba's power grid failed Sunday, causing another nationwide blackout. Cuba has been suffering rolling power cuts due to aging equipment and a US energy embargo that halted regular deliveries of fuel for power stations u.afp.com/SHoD
Thinest skinned pollie in Australia.
stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 3d agoPauline Hanson flees her own custom-curated presser. With ABC & Guardian banned, & far-right criminal Avi Yemini running interference, still can’t handle questions, even from Sky “Shouldn't all media have access...?"💥 Not even sidekick Avi could save her from total humiliation.
Ralph Carr named as Melbourne businessman found guilty of rape
Breaking: Ralph Carr named as Melbourne businessman found guilty of rape
A suppression order has been lifted on identifying celebrity agent Ralph Carr as the Melbourne businessman found guilty of rape last month.
abc.net.au
There is a certain level of obtuseness in (some) "AI" apologists when they flounce up to point out what "AI" is good for in science, etc, while eliding the fact that almost none of that use is driving the current market capitalization, environmental degradation and resource hogging of the field
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
There is a great film to be made about an eclectic group of Aussie dickheads trying to nick this. "Barred Up" on a streaming service in 2028.
ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 5d agoThe Perth Mint has unveiled the world's largest gold bar, weighing 521.2 kilograms and refined to 99.999 per cent purity.
