Rosemary Storey

Friday essay: The dangers of centrism in a time of crisis The science says we need to rush on climate change, but centrists like our PM are still telling us it’s not yet time to stop building new gas or coal mines.

In the fight against slavery abolitionists eventually prevailed over slave owners. The fight wasnt won in the sensible centre but by ‘extremists’ who risked everything to save the lives of others. It scares me to think how the ABC would cover such a debate today. theconversation.com/friday-essay...

Oh, Canada – don’t make the same wildfire mistakes as Australia A sobering fact is that prescribed burning is not the panacea it’s been made out to be

"For instance, medical data quite clearly show that Australians are far more likely to die from respiratory problems linked with prescribed burning than they are to die in a wildfire."

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Inventor of leaf blower: what if we replaced rakes with something noisier, more expensive, actually takes longer, uses gas, requires maintenance, and is hard on worker's backs? Lose-lose times seven!?!?! Genius!

Does the cultural establishment recognise a cultural event when they see one? or would they rather censor the Harbour Bridge march?

"When authorities cited 'safety concerns' to justify shutting down a peaceful demonstration, they were not responding to actual physical danger but to the political danger posed by successful collective action."
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First Dog on the Moon’s Hottest 100 (featuring songs that are actually good by bands that I’ve actually heard of) | First Dog on the Moon It is the Triple J listeners who are wrong

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Brilliant analysis from Sarah Rees in The Saturday Paper:

"Despite repeated commitments to protect the area, the Labor government has failed to deliver."

#GreatForestNationalPark

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Highly relevant to the enthusiastic if unscientific planned burning of native forest conducted by the Australian govt in the name of bushfire prevention.

It’s alleged that First Nations man Mr Robert Barnes been kept in solitary confinement in SA’s Yatala Labour Prison for 800 days. (The UN prohibits solitary for more than 15). Cultural support has been denied. His well being is on the line. Time for an Inquiry that gives us some answers Premier.

@warburtonenvironment:
Join us for two evenings of film, conversation, and community action as we launch Forest Country - a new documentary that exposes the truth behind the so-called “end” of native forest logging in Victoria.

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“It is deeply concerning that the government allowed this program in the circumstances and given the outcomes, it’s clear they shouldn’t have.”

Failed koala translocation in NSW:
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The price of protest in the Minns Police State. #nswpol #auspol

Imagine if you were in parliament for decades, and became Australia’s foreign affairs minister, and the main thing you were remembered for was failing to call out a genocide that was televised live for 2 years.

screenshot of media release from Tim Ayers with text:Large-scale renewable energy ventures awarded Major Project Status 3 July 2025 The Australian Government is backing major renewable energy projects, creating thousands of jobs and injecting billions into the local economy while supporting the path to net zero. Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science Tim Ayres announced Major Project Status has been granted to two nationally significant large-scale developments. The Northern Silica Project, located North of Cairns, will annually produce 3 to 5 million tonnes of silica sand over 25 years, supporting 120 construction jobs and 90 ongoing roles. The high-purity silica sand mining project will supply essential materials for domestic manufacturing of solar panels, silicon wafers and high-end electronics. The Bonaparte Carbon Capture and Storage Project, located offshore northwest of Darwin, will support emissions reductions in hard-to-abate sectors such as metal and chemical refining. The project will potentially enable the development of low-carbon industries in the region, creating 370 construction jobs and 40 ongoing positions

The spirit of the Coalition lives on in the Labor Government. Giving cash to a carbon capture and storage project co-owned by INPEX, Woodside and TotalEnergies & calling it a RENEWABLE ENERGY VENTURE. Angus Taylor would be so proud. 🥲
#auspol #climate

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NSW Police assault pro-Palestine protesters, arrest five at SEC Plating picket New South Wales Police brutalised pro-Palestine protesters picketing SEC Plating, hospitalising one and arresting five others. Isaac Nellist reports.

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NSW Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi said Minns gov “repeatedly undermined our civil liberties & vilified pro-Palestine, anti-genocide protesters ... Today’s events are a direct result of that dangerous political approach & this Labor gov must be held accountable.”

"AUKUS would be the biggest transfer of Australian sovereign wealth in our history.

"And it was cooked up by a few blokes in suits and uniforms behind closed doors, sprung on the Australian people overnight."

#auspol @ebonybennett.bsky.social @emmashortis.bsky.social

Total legends, everyone who contributed to this fundraiser. Thank you.

Penny Wong, 2003: "I say suspicion is not enough. To justify going to war we need more than suspicion. What sort of world would we live in if suspicion alone was justification for participation in unilateral military action outside the auspices of the UN? "

YouTube video by SIX News Australia Greens slam Albanese for supporting US strikes on Iran

The Greens have slammed the prime minister for supporting the US strikes on Iran, with senator David Shoebridge telling 6 News that Anthony Albanese is "parroting Donald Trump's talking points"

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Australia criminalises courage. Richard Boyle exposed ATO abuse & faces prison. David McBride told the truth on war crimes & is in prison. That's not justice - it's a warning to stay silent. On World Whistleblowers Day, we call for laws that protect, not prosecute, truth-tellers.

Good thing we didn't vote for Dutton, or cripes, we'd have a govt that is full throated in its support for illegal bombing of a sovereign nation.

Australia news live: Greens demand Labor reveal whether Pine Gap used in Iran strikes; former Wong adviser labels attacks a ‘flagrant breach’ of international law Follow live

Today reveals the dangers of the 'two party system'.

Both govt and opposition:
- support US use of Pine Gap and other bases on our soil, which may make us a target
- refuse to come clean with the Australian people.

Both Labor & LNP threaten our security. #auspol
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Lab jumps shark in Tas.. forcing an election, refusing to talk with people elected by the community and now preferring foreign owned multinationals over the Tas Env and adopting LNP language of ‘green tape’.That is ‘Lennon in Winter’’s Labor #BacktoFuture #politas

I love lichens! They're a mini holobiont of fungus, algae and cyanobacteria working together to thrive as a symbiotic whole, nutrient cycling nitrogen from the atmosphere to soils, breaking down rocks and dead wood to enrich soil and offering a food source to an abundance of animals. #nature

A 17 second video which neatly summarises the level of care the Victorian government has for the environment.

Burn that toppled estimated 400yo tingle tree killed 'hundreds more' The felling of what is estimated to be hundreds of tingle trees in a burn last December has sparked fresh calls for a review of prescribed burning in WA.

Meanwhile, in a Melbourne office, a phone rings.

DEECA: Hello?
DBCA: It's me. Look,we're getting bad press for a planned burn destroying hundreds of rare trees. Any advice?
DEECA: Stick to the plan! Ignore them. If that doesn't work, call it a success.

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New research shows native forest logging industry going up in smoke New research published in the leading international journal Nature Communications has added to the growing evidence that native forest logging in Australia is exacerbating wildfire risks.

Australia’s logging industry is fuelling the flames. New research shows logged native forests are 4x more likely to burn than plantations — and stay fire-prone for decades. This isn’t forestry. It’s arson with a delay fuse. #Bushfires #Logging #AusPol #Forests #ClimateCrisis

If it looks like a duck; walks like a duck; quacks like a duck. but it's not logging? if it's logged by a logger; loaded by a log loader; sorted at a log yard then delivered 2 a logging mill. Ya'd reckon it's logging. Nah. People are getting pretty sick of being gaslit.

This will be good!