A lot of people worked for years to expose the scandal of Robodebt. But the big lie of ‘mutual obligation’ is still official policy in Australia. Until we treat people seeking help with respect, this stuff will continue

Every word. Bravo. The whole article is superb. “Calling for civility is about exerting power. It is a way of reminding the powerless that they exist at the will of those in power and should act accordingly. It is a demand for control.”

Israel is deliberately depriving people of aid in #Gaza. MSF’s new report shows how restrictions blocked medical supplies, sometimes even forcing our teams to perform procedures without anesthesia. Read the report: ow.ly/YZ8v50WZFBs

A 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing The web of life is unravelling fast

#Wombats are tough - they're one of the only #marsupials to remain active above the snow line, and will dig down through a metre of snow to reach food below. #WombatWednesday #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat

As soon as you understand that PhD completions are a key institutional output metric, many things come into focus.

I like big bats and I cannot lie! A cartoon... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

People in Gaza City are facing daily bombardment, famine and compromised access to means of survival. Israeli Forces placed the entire city under a displacement order. But people have nowhere to go to. There is no safe place in #Gaza. #CeasefireNow

This is where you can find out who is on the BDS list and why bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Agai...

I dare anyone to name one person in a position of leadership that isn’t ruthless, ethically bankrupt or a complete sellout (or all of the above). It isn’t just politics. Even if you do manage to name one, they are the exception and they swim in a sea of filth.

The edges of this tree-hollow and the branch next to it have been worn smooth by what must be generations of #possums coming and going. The tree is a pencil pine - one of #Tasmania's endemic treasures. These slow-growing mountain giants can live for 1000 years. That's a lot of possums. 🌲 #trees

Then they came for the talk show hosts and I was like yeah whatever... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Must watch - what the doctor reports is pure evil. A few more western nations - like Australia - have just made the largely performative gesture of recognizing the state of Palestine. OK, but that's not how you stop Israel's sadistic, targeted murder of children. #GazaGenocide #auspol

I could go on all day, but the point is that Palestinian organisers and leaders like myself have tried for years to engage in good faith, and we've been blocked or denied. Then, because we aren't represented in the press, they manufacture the fiction that we don't want to engage.

(7) Melbourne Queer Film Festival offered to meet with us, then cancelled the meeting and refused to reschedule it, before we even called a boycott, (8) I literally *do* meet with MPs, but most of them don't bother to reply or are emphatic refusals (hi, Andrew Charlton!) (More?)...

(4) Almost all of the opinion pieces we send in to Australian publishers are ignored, (5) I begged Tanya Plibersek, in person, in tears, to help evacuate a friend from Gaza to no avail, (6) my local council reps haven't replied to multiple requests to meet (Still more)...

When people ask "why don't Palestinians just..." Well: (1) the Prime Minister refused to meet with us, (2) we tried to negotiate with Sydney Festival before we called the boycott, (3) the PMO had me banned from an event I was asked to attend by a Rabbi (There's more)...

And if any of us ever lose our cool or patience - as we have every right to do, during the genocide of our own people - they seize on the opportunity to call us belligerent, disruptive, disrespectful, uncivil, offensive, you name it. God is my witness, we have tried so hard to engage.

Assassinated? Nope; he was murdered, with a firearm, like 20,000 other Americans every year, many much more notable. Conservative? Nope; radical reactionary. He absolutely did not promote continuance of existing social norms and governance. Christian? You're really just kidding here, aren't you.

Second deadliest attack on journalists in history, and I haven’t seen it reported by any of Australia’s biggest media outlets

Australian doctor in Gaza introduces Kenan who lives in the hospital because he has no family left after Israel killed them 💔

8/ Governance oversight of these cuts is completely inadequate. The cuts just get rammed through via loopholes like 'resting' and 'pausing' units and programs - bypassing the few checks and balances we have at our disposal. At some point the whole house of cards will come tumbling down.

10/ imagine being a world expert in whatever - , quantum physics, multi-regression statistical analysis, sociology of work and organisational studies, ancient history, political science.... and being treated as though we are stupid and don't understand the issues or the numbers.

“Never apologise, never explain, and cling to the BIG lie at all costs. Another grift will be along in a minute. There’s always a spot at the table for an ambitious person who believes in nothing and will say anything.”

This Week's Onion Magazine:

Yeah they can. They keep doing it.

It’s fucked up.

Yep

ASIC Chair Joe Longo explains why ASIC didn’t punish fmr ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott “In Aus we don’t lightly ban ppl from their employment, we don’t lightly send them to jail, we don’t lightly impose penalties on them or ruin their reputation” Unless you’re a whistleblower, then you’re screwed

A modern democracy, with the most moral army in the world.

Not glossies, but hubby and I watched in wonder whilst an entire family of black cockatoos drank water from our bird bath this morning. 20+ of them, patiently waiting their turn (because the bird bath is so small). Absolute magic. ❤️

"Regardless, I cannot avoid Flanagan’s conclusion – that the death of a single cockatoo is a kind of apocalypse, a permanent reduction in the finite resource of love. I think the only reason we don’t think like this is because it’s unbearable, not because it’s untrue." 😭

This is a powerful piece. Highly recommended. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

I have known Chris Sidoti as a person of great integrity and personal courage for nearly four decades - his vilification by the Israeli govt as a “Hamas stooge” and “antisemite” is disgraceful. #AntiGenocideIsNotAntisemitic #theirABC is in disgrace for aiding and abetting Israel’s lies

Absolutely damning. Australia claims that it is not an active participant in the Israeli atrocities against Palestinians, but provides military materiel and military intelligence (through Pine Gap, for example), and maintains diplomatic & trade relations, in breach of international law. #auspol

We've got to stop the assault on dingo populations, in the A.C.T., in Victoria, and elsewhere. There are far better ways to protect livestock than barbaric trapping, shooting and poisoning of dingoes. Comments from me in this article by @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social au.news.yahoo.com/warning-cont...

I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

It has always been thus.

Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit

Paris has so much public outdoor space to hang out in. Public squares and parks with heaps of seating. Near me, all green space is sports ovals and a couple of crappy playgrounds. And that’s more than loads of suburbs. This only works if you care about community not just property.

“I have never encountered such blatant disregard for the protected status of humanitarian workers, facilities, and operations under international law,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini about the war in #Gaza. Watch @cnn.com investigates: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/09/w...

Albo tells Pacific leaders what they want to hear then manipulates timing of Woodside approval for after he’s left. Laughing all way to Woodside’s donations.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer. New York Times tomorrow

While ordinary people are paying the price of escalating climate disasters, big polluters keep raking in record profits. It’s time they paid their fair share. ✍️ Sign the petition today: bushfiresurvivors.org/mbpp #MakeBigPollutersPay #BushfireSurvivors

Imagine how hard Twitter would be laughing if someone had put a bullet through the neck of a leading Democrat, live on camera. Would politicians halfway round the world be clamouring to echo them?

Deadly heat waves directly attributable in large part to oil, gas and fossil major corporations. Great new research published. Time to get serious about stopping burning fossil fuels. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The victim was aged between 6 and 9. The reporting seems to miss the point that a child cannot consent to sex, so "sexual experience" should be accurately described as "previous rapes". The whole thing is disgusting.

Israel and supporters are evil. How many times do we have to say it?

Our chickens are Hamas

Without urgent action, a species that helps hold rainforests together might be gone for good. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/yes-spe...