Ian Smith

Record spike in whooping cough cases due to 'potentially catastrophic' trend A "potentially catastrophic" decline in Australia's childhood vaccination rates has contributed to the sharpest increase in cases of whooping cough in 35 years, infectious diseases experts say.

Whooping cough cases hit record high after vaccine rate drop in Australia.

-we need a government Comms campaign about the benefits of vaccination. Yesterday.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Apparently Melbourne Museum has shed about 100 jobs this financial year.

"Can someone please explain to me what the purpose of this fenced-in area is? We can't even walk through it. Occasionally I see workers from the council performing some sort of scrub clearing operation. Whenever I go past it, I can't help but feel what a waste it is not to allocate this area to residential housing."

The best part of working with native grasslands is the community support.

I have a patch of ruby salt bush that keeps the ground temp in the low to mid 20's

Bricks at 9:30pm after a 40 degree day, still 35 degrees, but Boston ivy keeps the bricks 5 degrees cooler. A very cheap form of insulation.

I'm reading through Abundance because everyone seemed to, and I'm not yet in a position to offer a critique but a few things have caught my attention. I'll collate a few here as I go.

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Down to 37 degrees, better get the puffer jacket out.

41mins 21seconds: saved $100 on car insurance through the phone call, but boy it's a slog.

Occupation, okidoki.

My article I wrote for HortInsights is now published in their Summer edition:

Thanks to Australian Institute of Horticulture for publishing.

How playing Tetris can unlock your dreams and help treat trauma Scientists are harnessing the Tetris effect, a phenomenon described by people who play the classic 1980s video puzzle game, to help unlock dreams and treat post traumatic stress disorder.

Just a reminder a game of Tetris is a good idea.

www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

The cognitive dissonance:
1) I support this law while it doesn't impact my children
2) I support this law to stop my children doing what I currently allow them to do.

The kangaroo apple planted next to the lemon tree is loving the high nitrogen fertiliser not intended for it.

See you there!

Similar to last night's 'let's free up some Tupperware containers' dinner.

Could the last person out please turn off the lights?

3: economics wouldn't support coalition policy.

Loaded potatoes with sides, stick em in the slow cooker overnight on high for time saving on the day.

Good chance of aurora sightings in Melbourne tonight.

Just lost a job interview because it's a temporary position and I'm currently under a temporary position within the same organisation, even though they are completely different roles.
Well thought out law that one.

Graph translation into English.

If interested

When I was working in an aid program the biggest problem I saw was they were not evidence run, but started with the solution then tired to find the problem. Eg:
"I'm here to dig a well!",

"we don't need a well we need registration trucks for shipping produce to market",

"I've built you a well"!

We had USB thumbdrive bootable MSN chat to bypass the school blocks in the in the 2000's

Indigenous flowers in my garden.

They appear to struggle and then you walk out one day and find there edge 2m away :P

Or Alturnitively if you are a land manager Chilean needle grass is also flowering... Might want to map and spray that out...

Native wild flowers such as wattles and cassinia.

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, now's the time to go for a nature walk and see the wild flowers

My indigenous garden is starting to gain attention! Hopefully this blue tongue will help remove all the snails.