"Why is News Corp attacking tax reform? Because it’s actually a real estate company News Corp’s controlling share of REA Group is worth about $13.75 billion — about 65% of News Corp’s entire market value." www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/20/t...

when people tell me AI is inevitable so I better get on board

Promises. My @smh cartoon.

Community backlash kills WA data centre ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...

Ferry important Norway leads the world in electric ferries by a long way - dozens operational for > decade Countries like China & India pursuing mass deployment Sydney’s starts 2028 trial after delays In 2 years? Slower than a war, and an oil crisis Time to act is now

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

Labor’s Budget priorities are under fire as conservation groups warn funding cuts, weakened protections and fast-tracked approvals could deepen our environmental crisis. Nature on life support: Budget cuts fuel biodiversity crisis ~ Sue Arnold independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Be Afraid - my cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I just signed a petition to Stop Seismic Blasting from Australian Marine Parks . Sign here: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/stop...

In 2019, a Persian leopard named Aren was first spotted in Armenia. Later that year, he was seen again, but he was missing a leg. Rangers believe he stepped on a landmine. Aren's story shows how roads, fences, & landmines fragment the habitat of this endangered species. By @ayleighk.bsky.social.

This should be a no brainer. No institution or government should aid, facilitate, fund or support climate damaging industries. Otherwise we have a self fulfilling death wish. Divest rapidly from all fossil fuel related industries and funders.

There is going to be a LOT of bullshit about trusts. So let's keep our eye on the ball. Bugger all people use them. But millionaires do and they get a LOT of income through them And they do that because they can avoid paying tax.

Yes. A 1000 times - yes! 🙌

Zohranist Mamdanism may not be your cup of tea but it's hard to argue he's not doing stuff. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As strident voices predict inevitable civil war, worth reflecting that most people who've lived through a civil war end up wanting peace at any cost and never to return to that hell. Below, Bulstrode Whitelock, quoted in Tristram Hunt's The English Civil War at First-Hand 👇

Yes water usage is probably the best measure. For example www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07...

I imagine @clientearth.bsky.social will be working on this already… If you don’t know them, take heart: they’re like the the guy in the fantasy movie who plants his feet and holds the line when all the monsters come over the wall. (Consider donating!)

THIS tony abbott??? 😱😱

Ok. Housing crisis. Everyone says: it’s a supply issue. Sure. Fill up the vacant properties that already exist and our supply issue is significantly reduced without building a goddamn thing!! Why is this so hard? #HousingCrisis #Auspol.

Excellent article, bursting with practical suggestions, on how to green our urban environments, & nurture nature & habitat landscapeaustralia.com/articles/sub...

‘Disastrous’ plan to allow fracking on South Australia’s Limestone Coast is a broken promise, locals say Labor moves to overturn moratorium on fracking in groundwater-dependent region two years earlier than planned and just weeks after state election www.theguardian.com/environment/...

💯💯 boom. Truth 👏👏💙

Not just Port Kembla, and not just #AUKUS. We already have US intel gathering from Pine Gap, Exmouth, Geraldton, and troop movements out of Tindal, Darwin, Townsville, Curtin, Learmonth, Scherger... If Australian national sovereignty means anything, the whole US 'alliance' needs a reset. #auspol

Krill is used for krill oil and making farmed salmon pink. There are much better plant based alternatives for krill oil so DO NOT BUY IT. Info on our @seashepherdglobal.bsky.social campaign here www.seashepherd.org.au/our-campaign...

Instant supply increase. No building required. #Simples. #Auspol. #HousingCrisis.

HUGE NEWS! This morning, the owners of Newcastle Waters instructed management to immediately cease plans for the culling of 20,000 native corellas & galahs. When 1000s of Australians speak up for our iconic nature, the world listens. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. — Environment Centre NT

Please sign and share. #auspol #AustralianWildlife www.ecnt.org.au/stop_the_sla...

Some of the identified individuals the US killed in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific showed "no indication of involvement with drug trafficking." And even if they were traffickers, they'd be low level. Killing them would make virtually no impact on the cartels or drug trafficking into the US.

Spain trying not to look smug about the whole "we began the switch to renewables before there was an energy crisis" thing

The world’s leaders watched this happen and watched their shocked and appalled people stand up in their millions, weekend after weekend, and decided their only option was to pretend the protests were motivated by racism. It’s absolute horseshit but that’s the state of the narrative at the moment

My Afghan friend Kakar has sent more cartoons and his story. I’ll post them from time to time.

(F***ck. 🤦‍♂️)

Seismic testing for oil and gas deposits has been linked to decreased fish catches in Gippsland waters in Victoria. #auspol Fossil fuels are bad for the Earth. Leave them in the ground! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Alcoa under FURTHER investigation 4 clearing at its Willowdale mine after "deliberate repeat breach" of environmental laws at its Huntly mine & a $55M settlement CEO Oplinger "calls permission to strip mine more of WA's jarrah forest his "number one" lever to boost the earnings of the $25B company"

Why must it always be 'conquered'? Why not understood, cooperated with, and/or shared?

Shell appears to have received more than £50 million in taxpayer handouts for its North Sea operations in 2024, the last year it reports government payments Shell made $7 billion profit in Q1 this year www.shell.com/sustainabili...

Judge overturns US sanctions on UN official who called for war crimes prosecutions over Gaza

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Federally funded science can lead to incredible discoveries. If only this administration had slightly less disdain for universities and their researchers. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/h...

Clear Air column: stuff happening in the west. Warrants attention beyond the west. Will matter. Does matter. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Expressions of interest for the Australian Parliament House Artist-in-Residence program are now open until 16 June 2026. For more details and how to apply visit: www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parlia... 📷AUSPIC

In the UK, you can now be jailed as a terrorist, despite not committing a terror offence, not being charged with a terror offence, and not being convicted of a terror offence. Even worse, the jury can't be told that you will be sentenced as a terrorist for your non-terror offence.

Hundreds of Papuan students and youth marched on the streets of Jakarta demand justice after 5 civilians killed, 3 injured in West Papua

The Australian story of the "attacked Boomer" Bob Conkey doesn't mention Gina Rineharts generosity #auspol

“A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea” edition.cnn.com/2026/05/12/w...

Applicants to a $500,000 program offered by Australian petroleum producer Santos to support flood-affected communities across the outback in mid-2025 were told they would only be given financial help if they said good things about the company in the media. New from me in @drilledmedia.bsky.social