I need to take Peter Malinauskas birding sometime. He needs to spend some time with the amazing creatures and environments he is trying to bugger up 😠

Agreed. What a joke the Malinauskas government is turning into. Way to destroy an iconic region’s groundwater, environment, natural attractions and primary industries — all for for the failing fossil fuel vultures.

Look, Limestone Coast communities, farmers & environmentalists might think fracking is "disastrous" But more valued constituents like Santos & the South Australian Chamber of Mines & Energy considers it a restoration of “science-based decision-making” & that's what counts for the Malinauskas govt

SA government plans to remove 10-year fracking ban in state's South East Premier Peter Malinauskas previously rejected claims he would reverse the moratorium but today said they that they "didn't think it was good policy at the time of its introduction" #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

What is the difference between God and Donald Trump? God knows he is not the president. Michael Brinkman, Ventnor The Age, letters

My friend (Aust citizen) said she got an email over night that her parents' visa is on hold for 6 months. This is a shocking blow for my friend and her family when they are so desperately worried about their family in Iran. What does Australian Labor stand for these days?

Excellent on the Tech Billionaires controlling the US government and more. Scary stuff. iview.abc.net.au/show/four-co...

I watch with dismay as people attack One Nation voters: its counter-productive. We need to find a way to engage. Labor especially needs to focus on social justice, return to Labor values, not lurch to the right. The Greens need to re-evaluate strategies. redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/polarisati...

"Many of us hoped there would finally be accountability and justice, and real consequences for those responsible for this devastating scheme," writes Rhys Cauzzo's mother, Jenny Miller. "Sadly, that hope has not been realised." satpa.pe/LUNylNm

Watch this film. West Papua is being cleared right now. Rainforest flattened. Soldiers deployed. 2.5 million hectares turned into sugar and palm oil plantations. Indonesia calls it development. The world calls it business. History will call it ecocide.

Jim Chalmers: Make Gas Giants Pay! getup.to/39Y57AS8C2rkFL

Stripped of life: the deadly South Australian algal bloom is still spreading one year on

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

Must-read thread from Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Seeing regime change as a new way to define his legacy, President Trump is already eyeing his next target: Cuba. Vivian Salama reports:

Drones are measuring the temperatures of common surfaces in regional cities and the results have stunned emergency services, with Mount Gambier's lawn bowls turf recording a temperature of 86 degrees Celsius.

The CSIRO is nearing the end of a long road of diminishing returns and may not be able to survive without significant intervention, reports Rick Morton. satpa.pe/CeGYR6Z

Another Friday special

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

If the Liberals thought things were bad before…..

For Valentines Day this year, give a copy of @amyremeikis.bsky.social's sure to be best seller "Where It All Went Wrong: The case against John Howard" Pre-order now. The code #HowHowardFuckedUs alas gives no discount at all (because Howard fucked us) www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Where-...

As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor. theshot.net.au/news/opinion...

Sadly amusing that it took Haaretz to pick up on this line by Albanese

Had a fascinating chat with Richard Cooke about the cultural impact of Wikipedia on its 25th birthday. Richard wrote the brilliant essay on Wikipedia, "The Last, Best Place on the Internet":

Zali Steggall points out the consequences of inviting Isaac Herzog given the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestine was 'highly foreseeable' live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...

If we are going to ban symbols and phrases because of 'social cohesion' then we really should start banning some moustaches too.

This is lovely theconversation.com/as-beautiful...

Senator @barbarapocock.bsky.social pressing the Minister in Estimates today: if the Future Fund already excludes weapons & tobacco, why not companies like Palantir that enable racial profiling & punitive tracking of immigrants?

Oh damn, this was good.

Albanese’s stupid, immoral decision to invite Herzog has inflamed divisions in the local Jewish community too.

'Disunity is death' – but Labor's cowed caucus has a cost too www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Bezos shreds Washington Post staff after bending of the knee to #Trump, shelling out millions for that 'Melania' dross. Hope your subscriptions are well and truly cancelled. The paper that gave us Woodward and Bernstein belongs in bird cages these days ...

The more people that choose to walk, bike and ride public transit to get around cities, the better cities work for everyone, including drivers. EVERYONE. There’s no “war on cars,” just an opportunity for more successful cities. You’re being lied to. It’s time we tell #TheTruthAboutTraffic.

NSW Premier compared Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah's skill as a writer with that of Salman Rushdie. A strange comparison indeed given Rushdie is a staunch advocate for free expression, and,prominent opponent of 'cancel culture'. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Just read (listened to) On the Calculation of Volume I, by Solvej Balle...loved it. Now onto Vol 2.... thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

UK Govt has released a report that should transform how we think about climate, nature & security. www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/nationa...

"We are now facing an urgent choice as to whether we submit to the entrenched hatred and abuse of women as a technological and cultural norm, or whether we fight for an alternative way forward." @senkatyg www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

"Australia already has technologies to cool cities, from reflective coatings and heat-resilient pavements to advanced shading systems. Yet many of our cities remain dangerously hot. The issue isn’t a lack of solutions, but the failure to roll them out at scale." theconversation.com/we-know-how-...

“If Washington governs by force in Venezuela, it will repeat the failures of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya: Power can topple regimes, but it cannot create political authority. Outside rule invites resistance, not stability.” - Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University, scholar of international security

fantastic piece. chilling.

hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.

The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking. It exposes that much of the world has been cowed. Most notable exception: the Latin American left. That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3

I wrote about reporters’ refusal to use “act of war,” “invasion” or “coup” when covering Trump’s brazen attacks on Venezuela, instead echoing WH-approved euphemisms, and the broader trend of our press dutifully giving Trump’s lawlessness the vague whiff of international legitimacy when it has none.

"What is the point of intelligence that can identify environmental protesters but cannot link a cache of guns to a known extremist connection?" Strong piece on #ASIO #bondibeach #auspol by @UrbanWronski (repub) michaelwest.com.au/bondi-attack...

📚 REVIEW: At the end of World War II, many Nazi war criminals fled to Australia. A new book tells the stories of the investigators who tried to bring them to justice. 👉 theconversation.com/a-histo...

Editorial: Christopher Pyne was still a cabinet minister when he met with EY to discuss taking a job with the consultancy. There was no confusion about the purpose of the meeting. Nine days later, Pyne was offered a job. Three days after that, he accepted. satpa.pe/THajPYe

The prime minister uses his UN speech to talk up Australia's emissions plan after Donald Trump called climate change a "con job", and confirms Australia is still seeking a temporary seat on the body's Security Council.

Australia will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions between 62% and 70% on 2005 levels by 2035 - press conference about to start - live updates here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...