Justine Bucknell

Water wars ahead now Australia’s longest river officially critically endangered The lower Murray River has been designated critically endangered by the Albanese government as it blasted the environmental management of the former Coalition government.

This is really important, great yet tragic news at the same time, that parts of the MDB have to
reach a critically endangered state before they are allowed to be listed for extra protection.
#MacquarieMarshes

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YouTube video by GZERO Media Putin calls Trump about Venezuela invasion

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"The issue relates to links between Charlesworth’s associate Daniel Calderisi and Santos, where he twice worked on secondments. Charlesworth also disclosed a close friendship with an employee of Santos who carried out a commercial review of the Narrabri project."

Santos hit by further delay on Narrabri gas ruling A traditional owner appeal over the project’s approval was due to start on Tuesday but is now expected in March 2026 after the judge recused herself.

This is the same Judge who ruled in favour of the SANTOS SLAPP suit against the EDO - the TIWI Island case for the "apparent" coaching of a witness.
The hypocrisy is gobsmacking.
I'd say this is grounds for an appeal @edolawyers.bsky.social

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NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory

A great win for nature and not before time.
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Concern for endangered waterbird with water releases paused Photo: Australian Painted Snipe [Image: Eric Tan – Birdlife Australia] An endangered water bird found in the Macquarie Marshes could have a harder time repopulating after the federal government paused...

The govt has halted enviro watering due to bureaucratic incompetency
All too often we witness the environment as collateral damage in this absurd situation
The morally correct decison needed to happen yesterday
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#Environment
#Water

Nature's economic worth calculated - ABC listen $511-billion dollars - that's the suggested value that nature injects into the Australian economy each year - according to a first of its kind report being launched in Canberra today.

The report suggests Nature's worth to the Australian economy is $511 Billion -
The govt IS failing to invest enough to protect this vital asset, considering it's currently holding back vital environmental flows in NSW
#CEWH
#DCCEEW
#Water
#MDB
#MacquarieMarshes

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‘Another example of water dispossession since colonisation’: First Nations celebrate court win on NSW plan 'This was a good day, as First Nations have been respected by the court system,' says Grant Rigney, deputy chair of the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN).MLDRIN, a confederation ...

This is a great win for First Nations. Well done #MLDRIN !

Fancy the Minister approving a plan she hadn't read.

Justice Stewart also ordered that information provided by First Nations remain confidential indefinitely, likening it to commercial-in-confidence.

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Ep 30 - Whistle in the dark - Media Watch ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle escapes jail time, but protections still fall short.

If you missed the @abcnews Media Watch story on whistleblower Richard Boyle, it is posted below & well worth a watch

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Halt on all environmental water flows in NSW prompts anger Australia has been accused of failing its international obligation to look after a Ramsar-listed ecosystem after the federal government paused environmental water flows in New South Wales.

The C'wealth Environmental Water Holder has made a decision which will have catastrophic effects on the RAMSAR listed Macquarie Marshes, based on a legal advice he has NEVER seen or questioned.

This is the dystopian world we are now living in.

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Concern for endangered waterbird The last estimate put the population at less than 500

It is now considered illegal to have water in the rivers because bureaucratic incompetence has conflated metering with measurement.

It’s devastating the environment has to become collateral damage in this absolutely bizarre situation.

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‘Calamity of compounding errors’ cuts off environmental flows in Murray-Darling Basin State and federal environmental water holders have suspended environmental flows as they investigate their water management.

Should read:

"Rivers being punished for being allowed to flow past big irrigation pumps."

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This horse shit from the pro-Israel lobby is, as usual, horse shit.

There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?

A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.

There is only one party arguing here - Israel.

And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.

Italy's Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely Italy’s Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.

apnews.com/article/ital... Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely

Bureaucracy is actually holding the environment to ransom -
This is a prime example of how big end of town lobbying can change legal definitions to suit their own agenda.
This is a new low - it is sabotage - maladministration and unlawful, and will have catastrophic consequences.
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NRAR, Australia's National Resource Access Regulator, has paused all environmental water for the Murray Darling Basin. No environmental flows means no water for the fish or animals. Cotton Barons have been pushing for this for a long time. Get angry. 😡

You'd be correct in assuming who is behind this catastrophic situation.
The govt is holding the environment to ransom and it is sabotage
Twisting definitions to suit the big end of town is unlawful
This should have nothing to do with NRAR
The environment can not be turned into a man made construct

@ramsar.org
@lisacox.bsky.social
@caitlinfitzsimmons.bsky.social
@mikeyslezak.bsky.social
@peterhannam1.bsky.social
@greencate.bsky.social
#MurrayDarlingBasin
#environment
#water
#auspol

This is outrageous - bureaucracy bowing to big irrigation again -changing definitions to suit the big irrigation agenda.
This is unlawful, it's maladministration and will have a catastrophic effect on RAMSAR listed wetlands such as the Macquarie Marshes.

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Have your say on proposed changes to gas and pipeline regulations and guidelines for NSW.
Consultation closes 7.9.25

Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas It’s likely much will be said, but little done, at next week’s economic roundtable.

Australia is a very wealthy country for the very wealthy that is too poor to provide the public with nice things like housing, education, health, transport or a beautiful environment in case it has to offend the wealthy by asking them to pay taxes on our resources.
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Federal and State Water Acts state that the environment must come first, however bureaucratic mismanagement is not doing it any favours.
#CEWH
#ICAC
#TOORALE

From tonight into the early hours of July 30, Sthn Delta Aquariids & the Alpha Capricornids are expected to produce dozens of meteors per hour.
They will radiate from the from the constellation Aquarius - sth west horizon but can appear anywhere in the sky.

Experts sound health alarm on algal bloom crisis, calling for climate action and comprehensive responses The algal bloom crisis across South Australia should be treated as a disaster for health and a clear warning about

"it beggars belief that in 2025, the Environment Minister can sign off on massive fossil fuel expansion such as the Woodside NW Shelf gas project without having to consider the massive climate impacts of the pollution it produces." SHY in @croakeynews.bsky.social
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No mention of non existent base flows, lack of connectivity or gross upstream over extraction.
Nothing to see here. 🤯

#MDBA Basin evaluation.

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So 44% of expected native fish species in the Macquarie-Wambuul River have not been seen in the last five years.
Of the other 56%, potentially some have only been seen once in the last five years in the Macquarie Wambuul River. 🤯
#MDBA

This reflects other long-term studies showing a decline in native fish more than 90% since European settlement
Waterbird numbers across eastern Australia falling 90% in the last 4 decades.