Heather Evans

@psychopoesie
Oh wow, that’s sounds quite lovely to me. Serendipitous for sure. Have a wonderful time.

New at my Patreon... In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, I went for a wander and discovered a cafe hidden within a delightful 120-year-old colonial-era residence:

#Cambodia #PhnomPenh #cafe #history #architecture https://www.patreon.com/posts/dateline-phnom-143617228

@timrichards
You brought back a lot of good memories for me, so thanks for that.

@timrichards
That’s beautiful. This trip seems to have gone pretty quickly, but you’ve certainly packed in a fair bit.

Airport interior, with a gold Hindu statue beneath a large skylight.

Good morning all. Waiting at Siem Reap airport in Cambodia for my flight to Singapore, then onwards to Perth. Nice airport this, only two years old and with plenty of natural light.

#Cambodia #travel #flying

Frightening - #AusPol #ClimateCrisis #NetZero

‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed | Climate crisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/17/heatwaves-hotter-longer-more-frequent-net-zero-emisisons-delay

@psychopoesie
Good luck.

Good morning tooters. It’s already nearly 9am & I woke at 6.30am today all snuggled in bed, oh my goodness I love my mattress topper & where has the time gone! Rarely have a bad nights sleep now. It’s only been a week or so but I hope it continues. It was around 10c when I finally roused enough […]

@MarkAsser
Not a great way to start your day, but if it’s what you need you have to. Hope it has worked for you.

Fabulous & easy to understand information, a lot more of this is needed. This is the type of argument that needs to be widespread & on repeat. #AusPol #Renewables #CleanEnergy

This widely used chart makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is […]

Tim in front of Angkor Wat.

Buddhist monks walking toward Angkor Wat.

A tower of Angkor Wat against a dramatic sky.

A very steep set of steps at the centre of Angkor Wat.

I visited Angkor Wat! Amazing place. Here are a few pics - will post more and some written thoughts soon for my patrons at https://www.patreon.com/timrichards

#Cambodia #travel

I did like Michael Palin in Venezuela. Standing under a fast running waterfall and shouting "I am 81 and I should not be here. I should be in bed". What a legend. #sbsondemand

@timrichards
You’ll love it, such an amazing place - enjoy.

Look away. Sussan Ley’s glass cliff is definitely starting to crack When Sussan Ley stepped into the Liberal Party leadership after Peter Dutton’s crushing May 2025 defeat, it briefly felt like the Coalition might chart a new course. As the first woman to ever lead the federal Liberal Party, her appointment carried enormous symbolic weight. It was never going to be an easy task, particularly with the smallest of mandates to be leader in the first place, but there was still hope that Ley just might be the figure willing to break from the party’s increasingly narrow, combative politics and give it a chance at renewal. But six months on, and that hope has evaporated. What once looked like a moment for reinvention has instead hardened into something gratingly familiar. The glass cliff that hung over Ley from day one is now fully visible and she’s buckling under the pressure of factional forces at the expense of Liberal voters. Instead of using the opportunity as leader to drag the Liberals into alignment with what modern Australia wants, ie: meaningful climate action, social progress, a commitment to integrity, she’s retreated. She’s blatantly ignored the urgent warnings of moderates, commentators, and even her own internal polling and offered zilch in the way of fresh thinking or coherent policy. And now, under pressure from the hard right of the Coalition, she is presiding over a baffling abandonment of the party’s net-zero commitment, despite the last election clearly showing that decisive climate action was a top-tier voter priority. In fact, according to a recent Essential poll, 48 per cent of Australians believe the Liberal Party should take more progressive positions, while just 24 per cent think it should lean more conservative. Among coalition supporters specifically, 49 per cent want more progressive policies, underscoring that even the party base is not unified behind a retrograde strategy. Meanwhile, young Australians are drifting so quickly away that the Coalition may never be able to appeal again. ABC reporting on post-election data showed millennials (born 1981–1996) gave the Coalition just 21 per cent primary support, while Gen Z gave it 27 per cent. Importantly,70 per cent of Gen Z voters and 66 per cent of millennials ranked climate change as a “very” or “fairly” serious threat. The intel is clear, and the Liberal Party has known it for years now. The hard evidence demonstrated by Teal independents, younger voters, professional women, and its own former supporters prove, decisively, that climate action is not niche and not optional. Yet Sussan Ley is backing in a position that is not only environmentally reckless, but electorally suicidal. When leaked internal polling warns that ditching climate targets will cost the Coalition swathes of previously blue seats, it should be a moment for the leader to draw a line. Instead, Ley has allowed herself to be boxed in by the same ultraconservative figures who have long attempted to remake the Liberal Party into an Australian Trump-lite replica. If all of this feels eerily familiar, it’s because we’ve seen it before. Malcolm Turnbull, perhaps the last leader who arrived with genuine moderate credentials and a public appetite for change, quickly wilted under the pressure of the party’s right flank. He failed to confront the internal bullies who sought to drag the Coalition away from the mainstream. Despite his own well-documented passion for stronger climate reform, he failed to make true headway. His treasured National Energy Guarantee (NEG) was abandoned due to internal party opposition, and he later stated that failing to pass climate policy was his greatest regret as leader. Ley seems to be running the same trajectory, only faster. The outward possibility that she could be the leader to modernise a deeply out-of-touch Liberal Party, has simply not translated. And the cost will not just be hers. If the Coalition abandons climate responsibility, clings to outdated social conservatism, and fails to centre the needs of women, families, younger voters and professionals, it will accelerate its own decline. This latest retreat from net zero doesn’t just undermine the party’s credibility; it threatens its viability. Six months in and Sussan Ley is well and truly on the ropes, and those in the alt-right of her Coalition couldn’t be happier. She’s a dead woman walking unless she finds the bravery to lead rather than placate. Because the Liberal Party won’t just lose the next election, it will lose its relevance entirely. Share this glass cliffnet zeroSussan Ley by Tarla Lambert-Patel 3 hours ago ## Stay Smart! Get Women's Agenda in your inbox * Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ ## Latest news ### Parents of neurodivergent kids need support. But those who need it most often wait longer ### Trump labels Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘traitor’ as she demands transparency on Epstein documents ### Vic Minister Natalie Hutchins spoke up to protect women and swiftly paid the price online ### Zhila Amir Zadeh named Female Innovator of the Year for Australia at COP30 ### Why women everywhere are joining book clubs (and it’s not just for the books) ### Podcast: What the Budget means for women

Look away. Sussan Ley's glass cliff is definitely starting to crack #AusPol

https://womensagenda.com.au/politics/sussan-leys-glass-cliff-is-definitely-starting-to-crack/

I seem to be having a bit of an issue since the last update on my iPad. When I try to share a news article or a YouTube video to mastodon my little pop up where the link would normally appear is blank. The article is there & I can toot it, I just can’t see it until I actually go to my mastodon […]

Good morning tooters. It was a wet rainy night last night & lovely, everything is nice & wet outside & a little more to come. It was barely 10c when I got up & we are only supposed to reach 19c today. So our temps are still all over the place. It’ll be warmer for the rest of the week though.
I […]

Almost typed up a thing about why a particular Opposition policy is stupid, then decided not to waste time stating the bleeding obvious. #auspol

Yippee - it’s raining & there’s more coming. I hope it’s a good soaker, the garden always does better with natural water delivery. #HappyDance #Rain

Kos Samaras (probably the most knowledgeable electoral pollster) has pronounced the Liberals unelectable. That might be right. But there is a lot of donations from Gina and others looking for a home. Here is your moment Albo. Reform the election funding laws similar to South Australia and you […]

@psychopoesie
The after effects of a bad dream can linger a while sometimes, it’s like you can’t quite let it go. Weird feeling.

@psychopoesie
Enjoy your evening out. You’ll love it.

@timrichards @LifeTimeCooking
Oh that looks delicious & it’s lunchtime here & I’m just have a snag with cheese in bread 😂.

Good morning tooting friends. It’s a beautiful day outside today, blue sky with lots of fluffy patchy clouds. It was 13c when I got up at 6am & it is forecast to reach a very pleasant 26c today. Had the first real taste of Summer yesterday, didn’t use the aircon for cooling but did have its fan […]

No saving the Coalition – and that should be a warning to Labor #AusPol.

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/11/15/coalition-labor-governing

@timrichards
I tried it once in Singapore - I couldn’t finish it, not awful but not yummy.

King of UK, to his own brother: "That does it, you're not a prince any more. Out you go."

US, now that Trump is clearly implicated: "Technically it's not really pedophilia if the girl is 14."

The freaking *British royal family* is doing a better job cleaning house than we are.

An orange & grey streaky & cloudy sky tonight at dusk. My favourite gum tree framed on the right & garden structures in the gloom below.

Very streaky but so pretty sky tonight just before dark #Sunset.

@psychopoesie
Something I keep telling myself too 😂.

@psychopoesie
That’s beautiful & I love the flags too.

How cute is this little bug on my miniature peach tree. I think it’s a Katydid - as opposed to a Katydont 😂.
I’ve always thought it a strange name for a bug. Anyway I thought it was lovely. #Bugs #MyGarden
An aside - I had a couple of books when I was a child, one […]

[Original post on aus.social]