I've covered NDIS since it began, more than any other subject in my career. There are indeed original flaws in the way it was introduced but to punish disabled people for failures of successive governments is not good policy. Policy weaklings, indeed. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/28/j...

If women treated ballet like men treat football #enjoy #jetéjeté 😎 (credit: www.instagram.com/barelyadult/...)

By Gilly @profesh_baby: "Wearing an N95 mask (or better!) is the easiest way to protect yourself and everyone around you. It's an act of solidarity." Source: x.com/profesh_baby...

And this: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Humans are …. awful, I want to say in despair…. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

By ExtroSpecteur @ExtroSpecteur And also in Japan, checking the CO2 levels at the cinema... as good as fresh air! Source: x.com/ExtroSpecteu...

What does it really look like to stay COVID-cautious as a doctor in 2025? Dr. Nancy Malek shares her daily routines, the science that drives her, and why she won’t stop advocating for airborne precautions. Read her perspective here: whn.global/why-i-still-.... #PublicHealth #COVID #Masking #N95

Queensland Government to destroy ‘globally significant’ COVID vaccine study biobank. A globally significant COVID vaccine study biosample bank is set to be destroyed, 2 years after Queensland government defunded the award-winning immune response research project. Source: archive.md/4h1YC

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

"I hope it haunts you" Senator David Pocock to the two major parties on the extinction of Maugean skate, recognised for its World Heritage value, in the Senate today.

The QLD LNP announced an INDEFINITE delay to implementation of anti-discrimination law reforms designed to protect victims of DV, homeless people, women at work & others. This was implemented by QLD Labor & now LNP are reneging on the reform. LNP Newman Mk II www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...

The Prime Minister wants to introduce new laws to let destructive salmon corporations bypass environmental protections. I've signed the @australiainstitute.org.au petition to protect the Maugean skate - will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_salmon_f...

Australia news live: ‘$56 a day goes fast’ welfare group says in call to lift jobseeker payments; The Age publishes Palmer ad after staff protest

We Need Mandatory Masking in Healthcare, and We Need it Now. "Healthcare facilities should set the tone when it comes to masking. They should help patients protect themselves from Covid and other threats. Instead they push droplet dogma and put lives at risk." Source: archive.md/IuxcJ

Shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

US COVID update: Feb 17, 2025 🔸1 in 72 people currently infected 🔸668,000 new daily infections 🔸4,676,000 new weekly infections 🔸234,000 to 935,000 weekly Long COVID cases "There is more transmission today than during 59.3% of the pandemic" Source: pmc19.com/data/PMC_COV...

Sign the petition: Help Protect the Murujuga Rock Art from Destruction nb.australiainstitute.org.au/help_protect...

Social media makes politics more accessible but also spreads misinformation—especially during elections. Democracy needs truth. That’s why I introduced my Stop the Lies bill to ban false political ads. Yet in 2025, we still have no safeguards. Next week, I’ll call on the government to act.

Such an advance! www.health.gov.au/topics/envir...

We need to worry about this: Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Scott Reef’s a rare, unspoiled gem home to endangered sea snakes, turtles & manta rays. But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all. The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

It’s no surprise 🇦🇺 is a world leader in extinction when we’re still subsidising the cutting down of our native forests in 2024 🤯 The Forest Wars is a must-read this summer. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Shame, QLD government. Shame. How can you defend the silencing of truth-telling? You cannot, but indigenous voices will be heard in spite of your actions. Six years to create, two days to dismantle. What happens now the Indigenous truth-telling inquiry has been scrapped?

This: 👇🏾 Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans