as if $55 m could buy a jarrah forest!

pity not to hear McKellen without interruption

My kid gets a free lesson in social cohesion from the Minns militia The government’s response to crush our rights under the guise of social cohesion while kowtowing to a murderous foreign regime is a betrayal and epic failure of moral courage. Thea Henstrom reports.

Ben Saul, Challis Chair of Law at Sydney University and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-terrorism says, NSW is one of “the most draconian anti-protest jurisdictions in the democratic world”.

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The Celebrate Women 2026 campaign is just around the corner! 🎉

Celebrate Women runs from 1–31 March in celebration of International Women’s Day, tracking events during March which create opportunities to grow content about women and non-binary people on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects.

Really helpful report here from Academi Heddwch Cymru (Wales' first 'peace institute') about last year's Strategic Defence Review and what this means for #Wales.

Headlines: many policies sit uncomfortably with Welsh gov't commitments to peace...

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Green and golden bell frog clutches a blue fingered glove

Canberra's very own Jurassic Park moment

Three mushrooms in grass

There aren't many mushrooms about this time of year in England but I spotted this Psathyrella type thing on the weekend #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

yet article in Guardian showed how Turning Point Australia is working on the splinters, with strategies, tactics and of course money!

Jon Kudelka’s cartoons mattered – and so did his refusal to look away Jon Kudelka’s influence went far beyond award-winning cartoons. Lindsay Foyle reflects on a career marked by sharp political insight and principles.

Jon Kudelka on cartooning:
“We’re not careful. That’s what editors are for – they make us careful."
Cartooning is the “rickety shed at the back of the fourth estate”.
Lindsay Foyle
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“If we don’t fight now to protect our basic civil liberties, the beatings will continue until social cohesion improves,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute.

Read more: https://theaus.in/4aiOEBI

Albanese dismisses Aukus concerns as submarine shipyard cost revealed to be $30bn Prime minister commits $3.9bn as ‘down payment’ for Adelaide facility to eventually build nuclear-powered vessels

Aust's warmongering ALP wing of the Duopoly runs the state against its own pple who they exploit in favour of themselves+the US, transferring billions of Aust taxpayers' money to the US MIAC ensuring the pple get poorer and poorer and inc the danger of nuclear war www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Albanese dismisses Aukus concerns as submarine shipyard cost revealed to be $30bn Prime minister commits $3.9bn as ‘down payment’ for Adelaide facility to eventually build nuclear-powered vessels

The AUKUS agreement has now been in place for 4 years. During that time both the US & UK have undertaken reviews of its progress. With the Albanese govt now admitting its South Australian submarine base will cost at least $30bn, it's well past time Australia undertook its own AUKUS review.

CSIRO funding falling short by ‘at least’ $1 billion Internal correspondence and Senate submissions show the CSIRO is running out of money and may lose its position as a leading research agency.

On December 17, after a one-off $233 million budget boost, CSIRO chief executive Dr Doug Hilton wrote to all staff, saying the new money wasn’t nearly enough and staffing would need to be reduced by an estimated 300-350 FTE. satpa.pe/RJJjR9y

Antarctic penguins threatened as warming temperatures cause them to breed earlier, research shows A new study finds that warming temperatures are causing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, threatening some species with extinction by century's end.

Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said. https://to.pbs.org/49Jiy0m

so, how does this become interesting?

Australian Book Review is very fine cultural magazine.

reading Galgut's Arctic Summer and DHLawtence's conversation with Morgan (EM Forster).

concerned by Turning Point Australia making local far right coherent, strategic watching SA election campaign

YouTube video by Quoll Croft A quoll eating apple in our BBQ area.

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One of the black with white spotted quolls eating apple.

both, barbarism and civilization

a men-problem!

domestic impoverishment c/- Albo government.

“The time for action is now. The ongoing delays torment those who are losing their jobs, livelihoods or simply remaining silent due to a lack of protection and support. When whistleblowers don’t speak up, everyone suffers."

Read the full article: https://theaus.in/4bYxw5y

omitted the adjective 'mass' beloved of Turning Point, awaiting SA election campaign

all nature! noticing nature, the way to go!

cannot see what's Australian about this list, other than implicit nationalism wherein lies so much potential for intolerance.

rather than the news!

Vermilion's Wandoo gas field halted by regulator after December oil spill Exports from an oil field off WA's Pilbara are at a standstill after an oil spill in December. The regulator says it has identified "systemic failures" at the Canadian-owned Wandoo facility.

Exports from an oil field off WA's Pilbara are at a standstill after an oil spill in December. The regulator says it has identified "systemic failures" at the Canadian-owned Wandoo facility.

Turning Point Australia?

been there before, not their job... that's a political decision.