Journalists need to be very very careful reporting on the paracetamol story. This is no time for straw man reporting or headlining Trump's statement without commentary, because all most people will see is the headline and take it as gospel. 1/

Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", according to the former chair of a senate inquiry examining governance at public universities. ... "There's no other sector in the country where failure is rewarded so handsomely and with so little scrutiny."

Read our landmark report, 'Australian Science, Australia's Future: Science 2035': https://bit.ly/ASAF2035 #Science2035

A paper in Nature suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪

What do you see? 👀

Union members at the ABC and across the media industry stand with John Lyons and reject the US President’s unfounded attacks on our colleague. #MEAAmedia

Australia to set up its first national Centre for Disease Control, a move that has been decades in the making but catalysed by lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Just another day in Down Under. #WildOz

Environmental reporting is the most dangerous field of journalism after war reporting, according to UNEP. www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

That’s how you write a headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Again and again: free speech silenced at the behest of an organised pro-Israel lobby group by weak-kneed management. If people don’t stand up to this pressure there won’t be a single institution left in which anyone can talk about the genocide in Gaza.

One and a half million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050 unless climate change can be limited, Australia’s first national climate risk assessment has warned. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Imprisoned for dance crimes

Meta *very* quietly (no media drops) just uploaded its 2025 sustainability data. They removed the "How we're taking action" section from their website...... Data update coming soon, I promise! sustainability.atmeta.com web.archive.org/web/20250910...

Journalism’s DEI work — and reporting on it — is never done. If you have tips and insight about how these efforts are going in your newsroom, you can find my secure contact information at the end of the story ⬇️

Eating garlic-flavoured muesli and yoghurt for breakfast because what I thought was one of the kids' just-finished cereal bowls (ideal for reuse to reduce washing up) was in fact the remains of last night's tzatziki.

Some good news today: Researchers using remotely operated submarines keep discovering new fish species, hundreds so far. This one is the bumpy snailfish

Must read @thesizzle.com.au by @cameronwilson.bsky.social "I saw videos of a guy being arrested, calling him a 'boomer leftist' responsible for the attack, who was later released because he wasn’t the shooter. Then I saw that Kirk had died. I felt myself scrolling, and scrolling, and scrolling."

The MEAA News Corp house committee stands with its members and condemns the targeting of workers doing their job. The abuse hurled at News Corp photographer Alison Wynd on Wednesday by Geelong's Bailey Smith is unacceptable. meaa.io/47J5gSl

Calling Australian writers with a disability: the Writers' Space residencies at Varuna in Katoomba, NSW are open for applications. There are six two-week fellowships available for writers with a disability or who are D/deaf, incl one-on-one mentoring & travel costs. www.varuna.com.au/for-writers/...

I'm looking for stories about how AI is killing creative work, and I'd love to hear from you—artists, writers, illustrators, actors, designers, editors, voice actors and narrators—if your job or practice has been hit. This is going to be a big one. [email protected]

Love a tantalising rock. I have a bench, drawer, box and desk full of rocks that looked at me with much tantal.

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

The explainer I wrote for why this time of year sees Australia's share of renewables surge to its highest levels www.tempestsandterawatts.com/p/why-is-spr...

RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN Thursday 11 Sep 9am Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton. A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

A lot of anxious Yr 11s on the train this morning, sweatily prepping for their preliminary HSCs. Good luck to them all, and to their families.

I wrote this. Every journalist, social media producer and news influencer in Aus should read it & memorise @whiterosesociety.bsky.social principles of reporting. Huge thank you to @kurtsengul.bsky.social for invaluable expertise, I was very tempted to publish all your answers verbatim. #auspol

I'm looking for pitches for @MotherJones' print culture section, Mixed Media! These are ~2,000-word essays that combine reporting, cultural criticism, historical research, and/or personal narrative. More details in our pitch guidelines here: www.motherjones.com/contribute/w...

It boggles the mind that Australia's government-appointed Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal has not said a SINGLE public word about literal Nazis marching in the streets and committing brazen acts of racist violence. Actual, real Nazis. The darkest embodiment of anti-semitism.

Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.

I’m sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now they’re heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.

Red line. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Congratulations to Tyne and Ashley for their excellent reporting on the devastation that anthropogenic climate change is wreaking on the world's coral reefs: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04...

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️ "Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

The government's proposed FOI Act amendments are out. Media has focused on the new submission fee, but far more alarming are changes making it easier for govt to block access to public information. Two in particular stand out:

Definitely recommend reading, listening to, @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social for anyone interested in what’s going on in Australia (now and generally)

The first story I did for Crikey back in 2021 was reporting on a leaked neo-nazi manual showing how "media baiting" — aka tricking journalists into writing about them — was a major strategy for them. www.crikey.com.au/20...

Almost 200 media outlets have joined forces to demand an end to the killing of journalists in Gaza and for the international press to be allowed access to the conclave 👇

Congratulations to @clarewatson.bsky.social, whose Hakai Magazine story on an inventive scheme to cleaning up ghost fishing gear is going to be included in this year's anthology of Best Australian Science Writing: hakaimagazine.com/news/using-t... www.linkedin.com/posts/clare-...

Thank you to the Saturday Paper for putting this information about Linda Reynolds on the public record. It’s quite the legacy. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...

Interesting that Mehreen Faruqi was immediately sanctioned for holding up a sign in parliament supporting Gaza but Bob Katter threatens violence against a journalist who is simply doing his job and asking an MP a question - and has so far received no parliamentary censure.

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It is never acceptable to physically threaten a journalist — it is particularly unsettling that Mr Katter would invite journalists to attend a press conference and then threaten them for simply asking a reasonable question. #MEAAmedia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Science journalism matters. Trust in facts matters. Community matters. Thank you for being part of TON’s story. Help us celebrate another 15 years. See how @laurahelmuth.bsky.social describes what TON has meant to her. #TON15 www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...

Oh well. I am making my claim and every author should.

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...

“Mariam was kind, gentle and deeply passionate about her work. She had lost her mother and her closest colleague, Abu Anas, yet she never stopped covering the war for even a single day." #StopKillingJournalists