Gil Greening

Australia:
“Heat stress builds up progressively over years, weakening ecosystems and leaving them more vulnerable to fire, drought, pests and disease. A ecosystem which may seem OK can be hit by this “ecological debt” months or years later.”
It’s happening globally.

But f there's a commuter carpark open 24/7 it'll be used.

I often drive to the final commuter station (Campbelltown) south of Sydney, park, and catch the train in. Always 1 hour by train, as long as a piece of string by car.

And cheaper than petrol.

Intense heatwaves directly threaten crops and native species. Here’s what we can do Sustained extreme heat can damage, weaken and kill all living things, from wheat crops to koalas and fruit bats.

"…in coming decades, intensifying climate change will push summer temperatures beyond the records set this summer. Even after the world reaches net zero, unprecedented heatwaves will persist for centuries."

theconversation.com/intense-heat...

Ironic how most of the most hardline "law and order" types are the same ones who want New Zealand and the USA to ignore international laws

It appears that their real preference is not law & order, but to be judge, jury and executioner based on personal reckons & whims

Instant noodles.

Albanese government rejected advice on Tasmanian salmon farming impact before passing pro-industry laws FoI documents show ministers ignored recommendation for fresh inquiry that could have reduced or paused farming

At this point, the Environment Department (and new EPA) exists to make recommendations that can be overruled as a political signal to industry.

Gee, guess those back office staff were good for something after all

Hello Simon Watts I would like to ask you about your planned LNG terminal to secure NZs energy network by tying it to the most unstable region in the world

One of the first acts of the Luxon Govt was to end the Gas Transition Plan, designed to reduce dependence on fossil gas. Luxon’s next step was to plan an LNG import terminal. I said it was stupid at the time and as LNG prices rise it looks even more so

In today’s NZ Herald

Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.

THIS 👇 IS SO TRUE........

Khamenei was Ready to be a Martyr. Israel and the United States Walked Right into that Trap. Israel and the US patted themselves on the back for taking out the Ayatollah, but they totally misunderstood his plan.

Now Trump is nearly begging for the Iranians to return to the negotiating table. But that ship has sailed. Only a fool would ever trust the US or Israel again.

Kenn Maurice Orfanos, March 2026
kennorphan.substack.com/p/khamenei-w...

Australia’s shameless support for the US attack on Iran makes us gullible, duplicitous, or both | Allan Behm For Anthony Albanese – as well as Mark Carney and Keir Starmer – to go along with Trump and Netanyahu’s cynical ploy negates any sense of moral authority we possess – a catastrophe for the rules-based...

We need courageous leadership that stands up for international law. By Allan Behm.

"One year of failure." The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

"One year of failure."...

The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board...

Warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair." ...

www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...

Israel's ambassador to Australia seeks to discredit UN Israel's new ambassador to Australia seeks to discredit the United Nations by claiming the country "can't take them seriously".

Send this war mongering, genocide justifying, lying bastard home.

#AusPol

This Tom Gauld cartoon says it all for me today...

Luxon says he 'misspoke' on Iran; 'Words matter a great deal' says Hipkins Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed that he misspoke when he said New Zealand would support “any action” to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon on Monday.

"obviously that is not what we want to see"

want

some days i do not want to get out of bed

but i do

you can't walk this back Christopher Luxon, you're incompetent as a PM, even worse as a wordsmith

just resign, today

along with your MSM editor cronies, eh

#nzpol

hey remember when they told us Herzog came here to give “the” Jewish community an “opportunity to grieve”. Yeah same.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Maybe Australia needs a "Not Difficult" Party lead by women.

Solutions for:
Violence against women and children - Not difficult.
Climate change - Not difficult.
First Nations deaths in custody - Not difficult
Wage parity - Not difficult
Homelessness - Not difficult.
Patriarchy - Not difficult

U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the hel...

The regime won’t let you have clean hands if you work for them, even if they’re punishing you. This was leaked on purpose, is uncomfortably close to confessing to a war crime, and highlights once again how tech’s unthinking growth directly leads to dead kids.

Albanese can run but not hide from Carney's message about the threat from the US Mark Carney arrives in Australia today. He has to live in a world where the threat posed by the US is obvious. It's a threat Anthony Albanese refuses to see.

By any objective assessment the US is deeply damaging to Australia. But our government refuses to see reality, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/03/m...

There are Americans trapped in Amerika

And they can see right through the gaslighting and hypocrisy

How many Australian voters can truly say - in words and in actions - they too understand the gaslighting and hypocrisy in Australia?

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 - 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇!

Investing and creating the infrastructure for renewables (solar, wind, wave, geothermal) are the way to go #nzpol

The Atlas Network has form: it is credited with influencing the election of autocraticand ultra-conservative leaders in Brazil, Argentina, the Netherlands and, recently, New Zealand. Will Australia be next? This may seem disconnected from matters of church and state, but, as oneAmerican professor of religion says, we need to recognize that Christian dominionism is just “part of the tool kit of political radicalism.”

Here’s a scary read linking Atlas, Christian dominionism (related to Christian nationalism) and conservative politics.
Now more safeguards have been removed, more journalists should be investigating the potential influence of Atlas on New Zealand’s 2026 election.
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chrysstevenson.com/tag/australi...

Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material The disgraced former top cop was sentenced to nine months' home detention and does not need to register on the child sex offending registry.

And another man found guilty of multiple child pornography charges also avoids jail time - and is not placed on the sex offenders register. Ha & Howard Temple should win jail. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Hipkins going all out for my dying bestie, the international rules-based order: "For the US to claim that it was a preemptive act of self-defense because they were aware that Israel was going to attack... shows absolute contempt for international law."

This part:

“Republican presidents, launching wars, never fail to pledge their friendship to the people they are bombing.” @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social

What decades of research reveal about involuntary substance use treatment – and why evidence points elsewhere Many cities are considering involuntary substance use treatment as a solution to drug use among the homeless. But research doesn’t support this strategy.

“Involuntary treatment for adults with substance use disorders is necessary in extreme cases, but... raises serious concerns about patient safety”, like higher risk of relapse, rearrest and even death after release from treatment, explains a clinical psychologist.

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