The Oz piles straight in before Mehreen has even declared, just to remind her what it'll do to her if she dares.

Larissa’s leadership has always come from the heart. As a leader she acts from conviction and through collaboration to make a fairer and more equal world.

Without wanting to sound like an infirm retiree who doesn't know how to negotiate the internet...I fucken hate MyGov

Hooray! www.smh.com.au/environment/...

After a catastrophic decline bogong moths are back, and naturalists are celebrating

Bogong moths numbers have surged after years of decline, flying evidence of an ancient transfer of vital nutrients from lowlands to the fragile high country.

smh.com.au

I guess it's hard for many to understand, but HOORAY for the 100's of Bogong moths at our place this weekend! Welcome back!! Not so much the wolf spider in my shoe this morning...aaagh! (But I did see a wallaby in the backyard... so all good!)

To quote myself about Rugby League : "Like two smallgoods trucks colliding in a back paddock..." Never more apt than today. Jeez, this match is gruesome!! #NRL

And speaking of Angus Taylor, I've been meaning to post this since hearing him bang on about masculinity as a policy issue. I don't know about you, but my idealisation of masculinity is quietly loving and mentally strong and respecting equality. Try this, Angus, from Lucas Jones:

Watching the Yanks desperately trying to get the vote out for the mid-terms and advising folks of their rights as voters - makes me SO grateful for the AEC. Tweaks I'd make - four year terms and fixed election date. Stop the endless media fixation and political opportunism.

“Demented tin can” - best description I’ve heard of AI yet. Tks @birmo.bsky.social aliensideboob.substack.com/p/turn-the-d...

Turn the dial up to extreme miffedness, Mr Cooley.

All I wanted to do was write a funny little column about deleting unread email.

aliensideboob.substack.com

We've got bigger fines for littering where I live.. ie: On-the-spot $60 for a cigarette butt or a bottle top

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 6d ago

Government to fund maintenance, safety of abandoned oil platform off West Australian coast

Looks like the Coalition are on to a real winner, great move well done Angus.

guaranteed vote winner

Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then.

The Cathy Wilcox@cathywilcox.bsky.social · last wk.

www.smh.com.au/business/com...

Bad luck Warriors! We had a housefull here cheering you on - thanks for a brilliant,exciting year of scintillating footy. Loved every minute!! #letsgonewarriors #NRL

Yep

So sad to hear of John Farnham's deteriorating health. But I do so hope he's well enough to know how dearly he is loved ... and that his voice is one of our most precious national treasures. xx

The kids in next door's pool, yelling "Marco Polo" every other minute. Tempted to yell :"He's in Persia... off youse go!"

My God, the Coalition is pathetic. A new curriculum focusing on "Western Culture"? As we sit at the bottom of the world with the Asian and Pacific nations as our neighbours? Wake me up when this shit is over!

Claiming the first sight and sound of Koels in Sydney ... no wonder the mynah bird were going nuts! Our torture goes through till March. Ergh.

Take the time to read the article written by Kos Samaras. An analysis of Hansons cruel existence. Thankyou Kos. Your Mother would be very proud if you.

Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com · 2w ago

Pauline Hanson’s comments about Maryanne Albanese have been treated as another political controversy. The deeper question is what happens when cruelty and grievance become a route to attention and power, Kos Samaras writes. #auspol #OneNation #Politics

In Australia, we publicly fund privilege, not opportunity.

Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2w ago

A Labor govt who won't cut $ to wealthy private schools does not inspire confidence that it will take on "the fight against socio-economic segregation between schools, growing privatisation and the marginalisation of public schools as a pillar of democracy." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...

Prof Marcia Langton demolishes One Nation's bullshit approach to 'race characteristics' - never based on good data & science but - for more than 200 years - on wanting a justification for barbaric words & policies. nit.com.au/16-09-2026/2...

Racist pseudo-science still shapes Australian politics

Pauline Hanson speaking about Aboriginal people on a white Christian podcast last year said 'they're the most primitive race on Earth and we're supposed to be holding them up and saying what they've a...

nit.com.au

For writers like me (corralling a novel into existence), there's an old book I have: "Creative Wisdom for Writers" by Roland Fishman.(Allen&Unwin) If you can find it, it's both a balm and a call to action. All quotes from the greats. Ie: "Most of the work is done in the unconscious" Peter Weir

Love our backyard bandicoots ...lately seem to have gone MIA - neighbourhood cats and roaming foxes, most likely culprits. Sad.

The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · 2w ago

Humans have had a complex relationship with this marsupial, known for its pointy snout, thin tail and large hind feet.

Australia’s aged care reforms promised a fairer, rights-based system. Nearly a year later, Kathy Eagar and Ian Yates give them 4/10. They write that long waits, unaffordable fees and fundamental problems with Support at Home remain. #AgedCare #Health #AusPol

Aged care report card: 4/10 – not good enough

Nearly a year into Australia’s aged care reforms, access remains difficult, waiting lists persist and costs are unaffordable for many, while flawed assessment and funding systems continue to undermine care.

pearlsandirritations.com

I criticise Labor because they often say they're better than "the alternative". Such a very low bar. Coudn't even limbo under it. How about a bar, so high (as third richest country on earth), that others could never hope to reach?

Why are Labor prioritising debate on the "Regulatory Reform Omnibus" today when AI catastrophic risk is becoming more and more apparent. It's time to step up and start dealing with it!

Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly!

Keating, Rudd and now Kelty, all hopping into Albanese and Chalmers for their lack of vision, poor policy settings and go-slow on the economy ... what will it take for them to sit up and take notice ?? www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

‘Don’t insult me’: Labor luminary unleashes over falling house prices, real wages

Bill Kelty, a mastermind of reforms that set up Australia’s modern economy, has delivered a stinging critique of the economic record of Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers.

smh.com.au

Pathetic again from Labor. They have no interest in environmental causes, nil ambition, and zero inclination to resist corporate pressure.

Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’

Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’

theguardian.com