Feathers of Oz

In Australia, 45% of Gen Z vote for the Greens. Is it any wonder with the way our governments (and both the two main parties) continues to align themselves with fossil fuel companies, open more coal mines and succumb to lobbying across all fronts. #auspol #climate #genz

Wow. Queensland which is most at risk of extreme weather events and much else, according to a latest #climate report puts coal and gas at the centre and have extended coal mines by 20 years.

Go figure. Suicidal.

Two elections and still the Australian government hasn’t brought in environmental laws to protect wildlife and nature.

And they continue to open coal mines while claiming to take action on #climate.

It’s shameful. #auspol #hypocrisy

Why do this while claiming to want action on climate crisis??? You are setting us on fire @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social

Australia’s horrifying climate future in four charts – and how we can avoid the worst Maps released by the Australian Climate Service show just how bad things will get for heatwaves, drought and coastal flooding

While some leaders may call climate change a "con job", we know it's impacting ever corner of our country.

Ignoring these warnings & failing to invest in action + adaptation betrays communities across the country and leaves us unprepared.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Phase out fossil fuels Emissions reduction targets won’t solve the climate crisis if they’re built on fiction. It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...

A $30bn takeover of Santos by a foreign state-owned oil giant isn’t just business - it puts energy security, energy prices, export contracts & climate action at risk.

We need a public inquiry into this shady deal to provide transparency & answer questions.
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/ind...

‘Getting ridiculous’: Bureaucrats sat on critical pollution study for four years Internal documents reveal the level of concern inside the NSW environment watchdog about releasing a report that mining companies did not want published.

Why when mining employees comprise less than 3% of Australian workforce, and have successfully pushed for their mines over the health of the planet, have any influence at all? Now their hiding reports on lead levels in children’s blood

New research shows that based on genetic, behavioural, ecological and archaeological evidence, dingoes are distinct from domestic dogs, including South-East Asian village dogs, which look superficially similar.

Read more on @theconversation.com
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Did you know it’s an offence in Western Australia under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 to feed native fauna without a licence, it can attract fines up to $20,000

Instead:
🌱 put native plants in your garden
💧 leave out fresh water

#wildoz #ozflora #ausmammals #birds #wildlife #biodiversity

Beautiful superb parrot feeding on lerps - keeps taste pretty nice and birds love the sugar hit

The Rodrigues parakeet’s last day: what one extinct bird tells us about the role of museums Two specimens at a museum in Cambridge are the only physical evidence this bird ever existed.

150 years ago today, the last known Rodrigues parakeet died.
It - and one other specimen - is now in @zoologymuseum.bsky.social: the only physical evidence the species ever existed.
I wrote about them & the importance of #museums in our knowledge of #extinction:
theconversation.com/the-rodrigue...

Paul Hogan cigarettes poster anyhow have another gas field

Anyhow…. FFS!

An underwater scene of blue water with large dead or dying bleached coral devoid of fish. REQUIEM FOR OUR REEFS TELL WA MUSEUM: CUT TIES WITH WOODSIDE Fossil-fueled climate change is killing our coral reefs. So why are WA Museums accepting sponsorship from Woodside? JOIN US: 10am, Sunday August 17th WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle Presented by Go Beyond Gas

REQUIEM FOR OUR REEFS TELL WA MUSEUM: CUT TIES WITH WOODSIDE
Fossil-fueled climate change is killing our coral reefs. So why are WA Museums accepting sponsorship from Woodside?
JOIN US:
10am, Sunday August 17th
WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle
Presented by Go Beyond Gas

The Rodrigues parakeet’s last day: what one extinct bird tells us about the role of museums Two specimens at a museum in Cambridge are the only physical evidence this bird ever existed.

The last known Rodrigues parakeet died exactly 150 years ago. This story ticks a lot of natural history museum bingo boxes:
✔️Sex bias in natural history
✔️Colonial legacies
✔️Dodos
But also, how museum specimens act as irreplaceable records of lost biodiversity:
theconversation.com/the-rodrigue...

Neat new study out by my ex PhD and current postdoc Daniel on Green parrots nest protection!

Murray Watt’s decision to tick off fish farms in Macquarie Harbour using Albo’s weakened Env law reminds me of the con trick Labor and LEAN played on Aust community in 2022. Elect them , they said and they would introduce new stronger Env laws. They lied. Maugean skate headed for extinction.

What’s it to you?

I want to vote for all of them but I voted for the #palmcockatoo

The Rock n roll parrot of bird world

CRIMINAL

Leonardo Dicaprio urges Australia to 'shut down' controversial industry and save rare animal The call was made as the Albanese government works to safeguard the salmon industry against an environmental challenge. Find out why.

@australianlabor.bsky.social masterclass in adding insult to injury

Act 1: The #MaugeanSkate, a unique animal with a 60 million year lineage is facing extinction cos it’s only habitat in all the world (World Heritage Macquarie Harbour) is being suffocated & fouled by toxic,industrial salmon farming

“Not releasing the National Climate Risk Assessment before setting a 2035 target is like heading out on a road trip without a map, without knowing what hazards are ahead.”

- Senator David Pocock

@davidpocock.bsky.social

#auspol

The Australian gov continues to open coal mines and sign off on gas projects while the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef literally cook due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels.

It’s a disaster #climate #ningaloo #greatbarrierreef

A sunny winter day is the perfect time for a walk in the Perth Hills, especially as the Winter Donkey Orchids (Diuris brumalis) have just erupted into flower 💛🧡

#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #bloomscrolling #inaturalist

Hottest 100 of Australian Songs - triple j Listen on Saturday July 26 as we count down the Hottest 100 Australian songs - as voted by you.

The Hottest 100 link for those who need it. Crowded House now
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We need more nest boxes… the old trees with hollows are scarce in the city

A fluffy baby parrot in a hand with a sheepish look on its face

The look on the face of this green rosella chick kills me 😂😂😂

A slightly brirry nighttime photo of a chudditch - the animals is chestnut brown with white spots. It is feeding on a dead western grey kangaroo. The quoll's pink nose is just visible.

The prettiest of Australia's four species of #quoll is arguably the chudditch (western quoll). Unfortunately you can't tell from this terrible photo, partly because it has its face buried in a kangaroo.
#MammalWatching #WildOz #quolls #WesternAustralia #Dryandra

Green parrot on a green grass background sitting on my finger

Superb parrot on my finger 🙂

I pay rates through my rent, I vote in local elections, and I too actually want a LOT more cycle lanes. And public transport lanes.