I’ve used WA Health’s COVID-19 wastewater surveillance page to estimate the number of infections of BA.3.2. I estimate ~1,100 BA.3.2.* infections in Perth for the latest week, and ~5,700 over the 11 weeks since BA.3.2.* was first detected. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #BA_3_2 #Australia #WA #Perth 🧵

En octobre toujours, les zones qui ont le plus "surchauffées" sont le nord-est du Canada, le centre de l’océan Arctique et l’Antarctique oriental. 3/3 (Via Copernicus)

Protests on an outback road in the Northern Territory have refocused attention on Pine Gap, the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs. The protesters have tried to block workers from accessing the facility, which they claim is aiding Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Nour Haydar speaks with seni…

The ABC, SBS and government institutions should stop posting on X-Twitter. This is because Elon Musk changed the algorithm to favour far-right propaganda over other content. It means ABC news stories get filtered through the Musk algorithm before they reach the public.

I heard that Academia is producing this kind of work.

This week in Australian politics. It's rearranging deckchairs time again. Not drowning, waivering #auspol

Sydney’s metro stations are genuinely inspirational public architecture and so deserve this award. To everyone involved, the construction workers, architects, public servants and ministers, thank you for making these public spaces so beautiful. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and clearest signs of a culture descending into barbarism.” Hannah Arendt

The comet is the third interstellar object from deep space ever recorded to pass through Earth's solar system.

A vital commentary in @anzjph.bsky.social about why Prevention Pays. ⤵️ #PublicHealth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The two bills to establish the Australian Centre for Disease Control #AusCDC passed Parliament this morning. Thank you @markbutlermp.bsky.social, Minister for Health and Ageining, for delivering on the ALP's election promise. Minister's statement: shorturl.at/ELJj3 #PublicHealth

Strong surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis is vital to detect any polio cases. ACT data show gaps in case reporting. Researchers say clinician awareness and stronger reporting systems are key to maintaining Australia’s polio-free status. Read in ANZJPH: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... #PublicHealth

@publichealthaus.bsky.social is there any recent data or research on life expectancy since Covid began? I know several people in their 50’s who appear to be aging and confused very early. #auspol

Check out the just-launched 2025 Eat Lancet Commission Report ⬇️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Vietnam’s biggest coffee-producing province of Dak Lak appears to have dodged the worst of Typhoon Kalmaegi, according to initial assessments by an industry group after the storm made landfall overnight

Actually some of us do. Many of us are shutting down our streaming services and TV because the collapse of Western civilisation and the #ClimateCatastrophe seems likely to create enough horror.

🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @benjamin-clark.bsky.social speaks to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, about feminism, anti-fascism, the manosphere, Labour and Zohran Mamdani: www.prospectmagazine...

Climate change is posing growing risks to aviation safety and efficiency by intensifying storms and turbulence, a new French study has found.

This sounds very much like #US.

This is just so ruthless!

How’s that going to work? Water? Power? Security? More US exploitation? Is CI part of Australia or has our refusal of refugees come back to bite us? #auspol

I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.

Yup, all he has to do is whisper to thug mates/thug family "get ready to buy, I'm gonna announce more tariffs"....he announces, market dives....Next day he whispers...."get ready to sell, I'm take back the the tariff announcement"...market surges up...trump and thugs clean up...

Brilliant news! The excellent Frank Bongiorno is heading up the new Centre of Public Ideas at Canberra University. Which is just what Australia needs: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910617...

“Barmy abandoning the Nats comes as somewhat of a surprise. This is not a bloke with transferrable skills…” theaimn.net/bibulous-bar...

What's currently wrong with @australianlabor.bsky.social's EPBC Act reform package & how can they make it fit for purpose? @biodivcouncil.bsky.social has put together a detailed policy brief. 12 key concerns are discussed & solutions are provided. biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/ge...

AUS can’t afford to house tge homeless 🧐

Goodness. Who is agreeing to these things. First offshore indefinite detention and now Google AI data centre. This #federal @australianlabor.bsky.social government is losing its grip on the #national #interest. #auspol @tonyburkemp.bsky.social

It is both ethically wrong & fundamentally anti-democratic for one man to command this much wealth and power. States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pay dispute between the Crisafulli government & Queensland teachers rolls on. After school rallies scheduled with strike action dates to be decided. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

I suppose she supports withdrawing all social security from the poor( Like USAID and SNAPS ) as well as creating poverty. Less people more money for the few left.

That #political campaign has been waged for decades.

The Queensland Teachers' Union says after-school rallies will be held across the state next Thursday in the wake of its rejection of a state government pay offer last month.

Europe faces a growing dilemma: how to protect children online without breaking digital privacy for everyone. On EU Confidential, Sarah Wheaton is joined by reporters Sam Clark, Eliza Gkritsi and Océane Herrero to unpack Europe’s child safety regulations: www.politico.eu/podcast/eu-c... 

You, America, created Trump; up to you now to get rid of it. Trump wasn't created even this century. America created Trump a long time ago by thinking you're country gets to tell every other country what do, assassinated other nations' leaders, interfered (CIA) in other nations' democratic elections

Trump isn't an outlier Americans. He is everything America is and has stood for for decades at least since WWII, "we're better than everyone else" "we run the world" "we rule the roost" "other nations f off". "Our way or the highway" Trump is just the end result of typical America, not an outlier.

Global Council Co-Chair @josephestiglitz.bsky.social stressed that tackling inequality, within and between countries, is vital to public health. Addressing the debt crisis is urgent and possible. Universal Health Care is essential, especially for pandemic preparedness. #G20

💸🙏🏻 IN LEX WE TRUST 🙏🏻💸 A year before Greensill Capital’s collapse plunged Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance into crisis, the British steel tycoon described Australian financier Lex Greensill as “our perpetual god” who had “poured insane amounts of money” into his companies. on.ft.com/47Etco8

No one is holding him to account…and he is stubborn, visionless, unduly cautious and risk averse…and has a tin ear 🤷🏼

AI is not human! Human is heart-soul-body, pneuma-psyche-soma, not a computer-like brain. AI has been designed by tech people to sabotage human relationships, to generate addictive behaviours, to manipulate the lives of countless people. Just watched www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/real...

Seeing a major problem with @albomp.bsky.social ‘s government and the current press gallery. ‘intertia by design’ seems the wrong take on: #truth #integrity #AUKUS #GenocideSupport #ClimateCatastrophe #UnequalOpportunity #Homelessness #RisingPoverty #JobSeekerCrueltyForProfit. #auspol

It was a disgrace and history needs to be very, very clear that the Royal family, their enabling staff and the royalist bluebloods within Australia's aristocracy, tarnished Australia's good name and reputation . #RepublicNow

A gaggle of royals all collaborated with Kerr in the dismissal of the Whitlam Government – the Queen,  Prince Philip, who called Whitlam "a socialist arsehole",  Prince Charles and Lord Mountbatten. #auspol #theDismissal #Whitlam #Charles

Israel blocking wells on Palestinian land with cement. Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do

Poor girl!

ANGIE BELL: I think it’s unfair that you say we’re poised to do anything because we haven’t finished our processes. On net zero, we’ve got another party room coming up outside of parliamentary sittings. PATRICIA KARVELAS: When?

"Our political system is structured around portfolio silos. "The gaps between these portfolios is often where sensible reform proposals go to die." - Dr Sophie Scamps MP on how real reform can be sidelined for short-term goals at our Revenue Summit 2025. #auspol @sophiescamps.bsky.social

“Australia’s dollar sovereignty gives the federal government the capacity to fund essential services such as housing, health, education, and climate resilience. Yet, factional control within Labor channels this public money toward political strategy...” socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/labor-party-...