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Why is Pauline Hanson in the USA speaking at a political event -she's supposed to be representing the people of Queensland in the Australian parliament. Why was she granted leave, and who's paying for her trip?

Pauline Hanson skips parliament to speak at conservative conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago One Nation leader also seen with Gina Rinehart – and many of her talking points align with mining magnate

I do hope we’re not paying this grifting thing’s travel expenses! #Hanson www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

But I am sure the experience - if you allowed yourself to truly be one with it - the experience of putting away the groceries was a truly spiritual journey ...

... or maybe not.

Bird. Golden Whistler Gold body, black chest band and head, white neck. At Sarsfield, East Gippsland, Australia

#birds Watched group (m & f) #GoldenWhistler #Whistler this afternoon. No camera! So this from same spot a few years ago #Sarsfield #EastGippsland #Australia

Liberal strife is really about winning – but not elections One of the hardest things for people to understand with this latest Liberal Party implosion is that it’s not rational.

This has never been about common sense:
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Short, loud bang. House shook, windows rattled. At about 1644 this afternoon 12 km NE of #Bairnsdale

Breaking its ceasefire with Hezbollah, the IDF launched two unprovoked ground attacks on the township of Bilda in southern Lebanon on Wed 29Oct25. There's STILL no mention of this Israeli invasion of Lebanon on the Australian ABC News website. 🙄 #IsraeliTerrorism #LebanonUnderAttack

#AndrewWindsor sings:

If you really like it you can have the rights
It could make a million for you overnight
If you must return it, you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer

Sumatran Elephant Elephas maximus sumatranus Sumatran Elephants are Critically Endangered, with populations declining by 80%. Threats include deforestation for palm oil and poaching Take action for them!

Lighter coloured than other #pachyderms, Sumatran #Elephants deserve to live in freedom. They're 🐘💀 critically endangered in #Indonesia 🇮🇩 due to #palmoil #deforestation and #poaching. #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🤮☠️⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/19/s...

Hastie, Joyce ignite late-term abortion fight over paid leave for stillbirth law Four Coalition MPs have renewed a debate over “late-term abortions” in federal parliament, raising concern that laws guaranteeing paid leave for parents of stillborn children will be used by mothers w...

Limelight-chasing ghouls Hastie, Joyce & two other nowhere-nobodies grandstanding to get in the way of a parliament united to help the mothers & fathers of stillborn children as they go through unimaginable grief. May they reap what they sow. Galatians 6:7
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

And that life is, apparently, about 30 years.

I ain't about to argue with this gal!

The Gold-ringed cat snake floating and swimming along a forest stream in Singapore. Beautiful and hypnotic

And another #Banksia species Caro (sorry I don't know its name immediately) from south-west coast of #WesternAustralia #Australia the flower cones appear from out of the sandy soil rather than on the bush itself. Will research name and post at another time.

Watch now as Israel and US arm and support militias in Gaza to put down Palestinian fight for independence.

William Barak’s missing art: Wurundjeri Elders lead the search to reclaim lost cultural treasures Barak was an Aboriginal leader who witnessed the signing of the controversial 1835 Batman Treaty. He made many works during his life, but many are unaccounted for.

William Barak’s missing art: Wurundjeri Elders lead the search to reclaim lost cultural treasures

theconversation.com/william-bara...

Chasing Trump's Billions Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.

The Australian ABC Four Corners investigation, Chasing Trump's Billions, is now online. #4Corners www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Blue Tongue lizard. A large skink from Australia

#Bluetongue #lizard #Tiliquanigrolutea #Australia #EastGippsland A common large skink

US friends,
I appreciate and empathize with your concern about the Qatari base. But friends, the US has 615 military bases around the globe and stations 158,716 military in foreign nations. Fight for our freedom from US occupation!

US friends,
I appreciate and empathize with your concern about the Qatari base. But friends, the US has 615 military bases around the globe and stations 158,716 military in foreign nations. Fight for our freedom from US occupation!

This a rather fishy post.

"The Australian Wars" by Rachel Perkins, Mina Murray, Stephen Gapps, Henry Reynolds. Tells the story of the massacres and guerilla warfare, as Indigenous nations resisted colonial invasion and occupation of their lands. 416p. Released: 4Nov25. #Australia #BookSky www.thenile.com.au/books/rachel...

Just by the way, Australians threw this goon out of office.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_a... ... or Sabra and Shatila ...

Australian citizens have the right to return to Australia. Calling them 'Isis brides' does not change the law. They are Australian.

Steve Cannane's brilliant 4 Corners expose of Australia's gambling reform hiatus highlighted imminent collapse of sport without gambling $$$. Exact same line used by BigTobacco when they fought as bans. Guess what? All sport survived & grew. 25 years ago!

Great story on ABC #4Corners now on how online gambling companies operate, the damage they do to the community & how they keep the major political parties in the pockets.

‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? When the federal government gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site in South Australia that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Whitenecked Heron near Alice Spings, Australia roosting above the waters of Ormiston Gorge in the central Australian desert

#birds #HeronWhiteNecked near #AliceSpings #Australia roosting above the waters of #OrmistonGorge in the central Australian desert