This is disturbing. Scammers going door to door claiming to be Home Affairs. The Department has put out a warning. #auspol #ScamWatch
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Ex software developer, now more interested in science, food, art, cats, bad CAD, 3D printing, and gardening. Watching politics and climate change with horror. Living in Yorta Yorta country, Australia Eclectic...don't expect a theme! Not a Theist
Climate change isn’t just changing the weather it’s changing life itself. We still have time to make a difference: If we protect wildlife, we protect our future. There is no Planet B. Let’s act before more voices of nature fall silent.
Kingbird Takes Flight from Branch
ALT: Kingbird Takes Flight from Branch
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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.
“the proposed cuts to the NDIS - & potentially her own care - instilled fear in her & the wider disabled community. NDIS support is something she has had to fight for, advocating for herself..”Fight, fight, fight for everything. It's never been easy," Ms Carlson said” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'Where are the fakers'? NDIS recipient slams argument for overhaul
NDIS recipient Nicci Carlson, who is in constant pain and may soon lose her eyesight, says cuts to the scheme are making vulnerable people living with a disability scapegoats for Australians hit hard ...
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"the largest mass funeral in recorded history, and not a peep from mainstream western media" — susan abulhawa #GazaHolocaust #GazaGeocide
When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality “When this jellyfish gets old or gets hurt, instead of just dying like most animals, it transforms itself back into a baby jellyfish and grows up all over again. .” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality
Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again
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A new round of inquiries may expose more than corruption and mismanagement. The deeper danger is what money, secrecy and insider access have done to public trust in politics and institutions, Jack Waterford writes. #auspol #Integrity #Corruption
The truth, forced out, is more damaging than coming clean
A new round of royal commissions and public inquiries may expose not only corruption and mismanagement, but the deeper erosion of public trust in politics, parties and institutions.
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'AI forecloses a future – the job not offered, the career not begun, the income not earned – and it does so faster and more finally than any human panel ever could.' AI job applicant screening — the law still applies ~ Annalinde Nickisch independentaustralia.net/business/bus...
AI job applicant screening — the law still applies
We were promised the machine would make hiring fairer. Instead, it made the unfairness quiet.
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Pauline’s Dream. She’s no PM, let’s face it Monte Dwyer reports. Read it here: https://michaelwest.com.au/paulines-dream-shes-no-pm-lets-face-it/
Why have federal, state & territory governments not released their H5N1 response plans for native wildlife to the public & independent experts? They've had more than enough time to prepare. We have a right to know what's planned & what's not planned. Have a listen 👉 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Mass bird deaths likely as H5 bird flu spreads - ABC listen
Australians are being warned to brace for mass wildlife deaths as the H5 bird flu outbreak takes hold.
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A complete failure. Just spitballing, but maybe the Albanese govt should have consulted with experts instead of Fitzy and Wippa
Australia’s under-16 social media ban failing, study shows: What it means
Australia's internet regulator revealed in a recent study that teenagers are continuing to use social media despite ban.
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“The ABC understands Faye Berryman, who co-founded the school with husband Philip O'Carroll, is one of those named, along with son Tim Berryman, who had been principal until recently, & Phillip & Faye's daughter Catherine O'Carroll, who is listed as a school director” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Alternative school's founding family banned from senior roles
The founder and two other senior staff members of an alternative Melbourne school are found unfit to hold a position of authority in the Victorian education system following an investigation by regula...
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Cabinet card from my collection. It doesn’t really look like anyone was enjoying picture day. 
There is a lot we can do to help Australia’s native wildlife survive and recover from H5N1 bird flu. It will require far greater care and investment from governments than we’ve seen so far. theconversation.com/powerless-ag...
Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals
As lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.
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Credit where it’s due, this seems to be sound policy. #AusPol
Solar costs for business to be slashed under energy scheme expansion
The federal government is set to announce changes to the Small-scale Renewable Energy scheme in a bid to help businesses install solar systems and close the gap with residential take-up.
abc.net.au
Computer: say it. say the words. Me: can we not do this today? Computer: we do this every day. say it. Me: (*sigh) I would like to stay logged in on this device Computer: (*chuckling)
Toothless tigers. Bound by compliance with process, not achievement of outcomes. Tick the fucking boxes.
"For Your Eyes Only": Israel’s Mole Inside the United Nations open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
"For Your Eyes Only": Israel’s Mole Inside the United Nations
Hacked emails show Yahav Lichner, a UN official, repeatedly supplied Israeli diplomats with confidential UN reports and private briefings. He now directs UNICEF’s Washington office.
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A new Senate investigation says JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America processed massive sums tied to Jeffrey Epstein despite glaring red flags. Powerful institutions helped keep his operation running and every one of them must be held accountable. Follow the money, release everything.
“A group of current and former Aboriginal police officers are suing the Northern Territory government over allegations they were subject to racial discrimination and vilification while serving on the force”. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'Our only option': Aboriginal police officers take racism allegations to court
Current and former Aboriginal community police officers have launched a class action alleging they were racially vilified, abused and underpaid while working for the NT Police Force.
abc.net.au
I have just been told to stop talking about how slugs have sex. But that doesn’t mean I can’t tell you. theconversation.com/leopard-slug...
Leopard slugs mate in the most beautifully bizarre way – and nobody knows why
Scientists don’t just want to unravel the mysteries of slug sex for voyeurism.
theconversation.com
When we destroy the ocean, we don’t just lose fish, coral, or sharks. We lose pieces of ourselves. Because we are not separate from nature. We are nature. Protecting the ocean means protecting the planet that created us.
Clownfish swimming in a sea anemone
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“all 3 of these companies’ cloud platforms..engaged in..outright price increases & changing core subscriptions to force AI features on them as a means of boosting revenue & conning the street..that “AI is paying off”..that fucks the user to appease Wall Street” www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...
The AI Demand Bubble
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