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Mother and daughter discover contender for world's largest known coral colony Mother and daughter citizen scientists have found what is believed to be the largest coral colony on the Great Barrier Reef and possibly in the world.

Mother and daughter citizen scientists have found what is believed to be the largest coral colony on the Great Barrier Reef and possibly in the world.

Injured animals emerge from refuges weeks after SA bushfire As the firefighters packed up and went home from the recent Deep Creek fires, other volunteers were just starting weeks of work finding injured wildlife in the charred landscape.

As the firefighters packed up and went home from the recent Deep Creek fires, other volunteers were just starting weeks of work finding injured wildlife in the charred landscape.

The birds of my childhood

The Wrap: Trump's America is a warning, and Australia keeps treating it like a guide More often than not, Australia’s relationship with the United States highlights and reinforces the worst in our politics, and the worst in theirs. Here at home, the week began with some shamefully rac...

Emma Shortis is always good value

"Prepare for bedlam. Each El Niño event in recent decades has gotten steadily worse, because each one drives the temperature to a new record. That’s because each is super-imposed on a higher baseline temperature that comes with the steady warming of the planet."

@silverpebble2.bsky.social 🚨 CUTE ANIMAL ALERT 🚨

How to foster global lawlessness: Destroy the UN and its agencies Here’s a question that everyone should be asking as global rupture (to use Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s word) spreads. What’s the best way to make the world more lawless, more chaotic and muc...

Its chilling to think what could happen if the UN falls apart

One thing that astonishes me about the Herzog visit is that Israel has murdered more journalists than any other state in the 21st century, and he hasn’t faced a single question about this (to my knowledge) from the Australian media

It sure is. :(

Episode 111: Andrew Okey In the first episode of 2026, novelist Andrew Okey joins me to discuss his award-winning manuscript Jacopo's Contract. We also delve into writing the north, winning writing prizes and why literary age

A great friend and talented writer

Both my sons met their special ladies in their forties. Have hope!

A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant commu...

Subversive craft! Love it

This is a disgrace!

“We are about to head back into parliament – and the sitting year proper – with one of the major parties again focused on itself, and the other doing all it can to ensure the focus remains on its rivals,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.

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The picture says it all- a tragic death

Murray Watt’s licence to kill endangered species in Tasmania Murray Watt’s latest approval for Korea Zinc includes a table that explicitly permits the company to kill thousands of native animals a year, including critically endangered species such as the swift parrot.

Dozens of Tasmanian environmentalists have been fined or jailed for defending the swift parrots’ nesting forests from logging, yet Murray Watt has authorised Korea Zinc to kill one a year.
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How Adelaide built Writers’ Week Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week has helped shape South Australia’s cultural identity since 1960. Its cancellation is a major blow – financially, reputationally, and culturally.

The cancellation of Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week is more than a cultural hiccup – it’s a blow to an institution that helped define South Australia’s identity from 1960 onward, writes Christina Slade. #auspol
#Adelaide #WritingCommunity #culture #arts

Told you: Australia has blue AND pink lakes!

Australia has blue lakes .. and pink lakes too

Postcard from Bondi: to absent friends | Fiona Katauskas A place to remember

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‘Make America Go Away’: spoof Maga caps soar in popularity amid Greenland crisis Red caps are becoming a symbol of protest in Denmark as Donald Trump ratchets up the pressure on Greenland

‘Make America Go Away’: spoof Maga caps soar in popularity amid Greenland crisis

Lancet rejects Trump's 'politicisation' of paracetamol use in pregnancy Just months after US President Donald Trump warned women about taking paracetamol during pregnancy a new study finds there is no evidence linking the painkiller to autism in children.

Just months after US President Donald Trump warned women about taking paracetamol during pregnancy a new study finds there is no evidence linking the painkiller to autism in children.

Amy nails it as always in this piece examining the role of the Premier of SA in the Adelaide Writers Festival debacle

This is interesting!

“Dire threat of collapse”: southern Australia’s most important river system

Why I withdrew from Adelaide Writers’ Week Authoritarianism and its brutal brother fascism are rising all around us. They thrive on controlling, squashing and censoring ideas they do not like. I refuse to participate in that.

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I don’t know how Malinauskas is managing to make this even worse. This is a horrendous comment - the false equivalence here is horrific

STATEMENT FROM THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE 8 January 2026 Following a statement from the board responsible for the Adelaide Festival organisation and all Adelaide Writers’ Week events, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support and sponsored events from this year’s literary festival. The Australia Institute has valued being part of discussions at the event, which in the past have promoted bravery, freedom of expression and the exchange of ideas. Censoring or cancelling authors is not in the spirit of an open and free exchange of ideas.

Statement from @australiainstitute.org.au on Adelaide Festival.

Things are pretty dire out there. So many people doing the best they can with what they've got.