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Pauline Hanson thinks she speaks for the mainstream but her burqa stunt shows she is a bit player with bad instincts | Tom McIlroy While banning the burqa might play with the Sky After Dark audience, it is miles from a broad concern among punters

“…Pauline Hanson would have us believe One Nation is a mainstream force in Australian politics. The fundamental ugliness she unleashed this week with her performance suggests she’ll stay a bit player.” Scorching from @tommcilroy

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I am always happy to keep a huntsman inside but I like to know what I’m dealing with

Thanks Rob - I think it’s a black house spider

Ha thanks

Thank you!

Is this a funnel web spider?

Aussie Bird Count Celebrate National Bird Week by taking part in the biggest citizen science project to hit Aussie shores. Join thousands of people from across the country, heading out into their backyards, local parks...

AUSSIE BIRD COUNT STARTS TODAY! aussiebirdcount.org.au

Spend 20 minutes counting the birds you encounter. Log them. Repeat as many times as you like. Proper science! There are also prizes.

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Australian bird of the year 2025 winner announcement – live Follow live as we announce the winner of the 2025 Australian bird of the year

Follow our live blog with best birder @gingerandhoney.bsky.social for the official 2025 Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year winner announcement www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds #birdoftheyear

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions | Miles Herbert I never again want to have to look back and wonder, could I have done more?

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions, by @milespherbert.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thanks Gregory, what fun! I'm so glad you enjoyed the episode as much as we enjoyed recording it.

What an absolute delight to record

The red goshawk is at risk of extinction - and of being eliminated on day one of the Australian #birdoftheyear competition! Can you/will you save it? Here is @readfearn.bsky.social on why you should care: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds @birdlifeoz.bsky.social @australia.theguardian.com

Voting has begun. I am on team Spotted Pardalote.

I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised birds could have a powerful significance even for people who weren’t bird-nerds like me

Lovely piece from bird nerd Sean Dooley from @birdlifeoz.bsky.social >> I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

VOTING HAS BEGUN! Who will be the 2025 Australian bird of the year? Vote now, vote every day for the best bird. Will it be the tawny frogmouth's year? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birdoftheyear #birds

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

‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? by @lisacox.bsky.social #birdoftheyear #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘We are horrified’: proposed lead mine in NSW wine region has community living in fear for children’s health Following revelations the environment watchdog buried a report on lead mining, parents wonder if they can ‘trust that our children’s safety is coming first’ over mining interests

Lisa wants to raise her children on the family farm - but a lead mine next door threatens her dream.

Great reporting from @natashamay.bsky.social on this issue and gorgeous photos from Blake Sharp-Wiggins

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I love the #birds feed on here. Please add me! #addbirder - I will have lots of great bird content coming up with the @australia.theguardian.com @birdlifeoz.bsky.social #birdoftheyear poll starting 6 October

In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace | Mark Saunokonoko Some Māori believe that when they die, their spirit travels up New Zealand to the tip of the North Island – souls flying like birds

In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace - absolutely gorgeous piece by @marksaunox.bsky.social. Get out your tissues #birds #birdoftheyear www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next month

It's that time again! #birdoftheyear poll 🥳 Nominations for the top 50 shortlist are open now. Make sure your favourite bird makes it to this year's poll!
Voting starts 6 October www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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I was delighted to announce this week that @tommcilroy.bsky.social has been appointed as @australia.theguardian.com political editor, That means we are looking for a chief political correspondent to join our Canberra team.

Community fights lead mine near primary school as report highlights Australia’s failure to protect children Report commissioned by Mudgee health alliance suggests mine’s health and environmental assessments accepted by NSW government contain errors and outdated evidence

Excellent reporting from @natashamay.bsky.social - Community fights lead mine near primary school as report highlights Australia’s failure to protect children www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith Exclusive: Governing council ‘retrospectively’ decides the Les Carlyon literary award should go only to first-time authors, ruling out Chris Masters’ book

Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith - story by Paul Daley www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The rules of political gravity may have set in for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – but the Coalition is still in a dangerous limbo Price’s refusal to endorse Sussan Ley’s leadership on Wednesday was a deliberate provocation that left the opposition leader no choice * Report: Ley dumps Nampijinpa Price from shadow ministry over refusal to back leadership or apologise over migrants comments * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast For much of her short career in Canberra, the usual rules of political gravity have appeared not to apply to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. A firebrand, outspoken and unapologetic about almost everything, she went from a first-term backbencher from the Northern Territory to a member of the shadow cabinet in less than a term. Easily the most prominent opponent of the Indigenous voice to parliament, Price used the referendum campaign to build her political brand exponentially. Tom McIlroy is Guardian Australia’s chief political correspondent. Continue reading...

The rules of political gravity may have set in for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – but the Coalition is still in a dangerous limbo

The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians

The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich - a devastating but important read from Hoda Osman and Emma Graham-Harrison www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

"I used to try to justify my existence here, to explain why racist attitudes are wrong using logic and reason. Now, I have only anger left. I am furious that this is a conversation that is being allowed to play out on a national stage."
Powerful column from Zoya Patel in @australia.theguardian.com

Should Australia worry about RFK Jr’s shock flu vaccine move? A US panel’s decision not to recommend the preservative thiomersal won’t affect vaccine availability in Australia, say experts. But it will stoke dangerous anti-vax sentiment

This is a great explainer of what thiomersal is and why some people confuse ethylmercury with methylmercury www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project The annual total dwarfs CO2-e from many other sources – including whole countries

This visual representation of emissions from the North West Shelf project is incredible - www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran | Owen Jones Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this reality, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran - by
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