It turns out the private companies contracted to improve the $92 million BOM website were Accenture and Deloitte. I hope this proves once and for all that private companies are ALWAYS more expensive than the government. What a total rip-off. 👎

I just had to rub my eyes. They had a man being rescued from a flooded river with a drone, in Vietnam. Meanwhile in Australia a sitting senator wore a burqua in parliament. Disrespectful, racist, red-necked idiot.

Still 41° at 5.30, it might be a warm night?

This shows the truth about water and who gets the Lions share. Also note that "Irrigation" has been changed to "consumptive use", in an attempt to insulate the irrigators from criticism perhaps, or maybe to make it more difficult to see just where the water goes?

I just watched ABC Landline from last week. I think it's a bit rich that the spokesman for the irrigation barrons said that the environmental water is badly managed? Les than a quarter of the water in Burrendong dam is for the enviroment??? Now tell me again how the water is badly managed!

There is so much wrong with our world, some days it's hard to smile. Then you help move furniture for a young friend and she tells you how much she loves her job supporting elderly folks (some younger than me) and the genuine and frank chat restores a little of that lost humanity. ❤️

Does anyone know what day we go from "they won't let us say Merry Xmas" to "you can't change Australia day"? I just want to know when to set my clock back a hundred years.

5.30 AM, coffee drunk, big dog patted. Time to turn on the Teev and find out what went wrong while I was asleep.

Yet another water meeting today. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth while, but then who would speak up for our rivers? Over extraction must end, politicians must put the planet before profits but I can't see that happening any time soon. Whatever you're doing, enjoy and have fun. I will. 🖤💛❤️

Libs can't win without the Nats. Nats can't win without the Libs. Libs hate the Nats. Nats hate the Libs. Gina pulls the strings for both. Tell me again about the alternative government.

D J Tramp has signed off on the Trumpstein files. Exactly which version isn't yet clear.

Environmental Water Advisory Group meeting today. Last one for the year. Environmental flows and their results are on the agenda. What we should be discussing, but won't, is an Irrigator representative saying that environmental water is badly managed. Over extraction kills rivers, let the rivers run

Just a quick comment on the Macquarie Marshes. Changing the name of the extraction from "Irrigation" to "Consumptive use" doesn't improve the health of the internationally recognized, RAMSAR listed, marshes. It's a vain attempt to divert attention away from the real problem, irrigation extraction.

Imagine a world without money. Where greed had limits and everyone enjoyed the same status. Spending time with your family would have priority over everything else. Politicians aren't needed, nor lawyers. No wars. Diplomacy ruled. We had that before money. 😔

Yawn. Late night phone call. One of my favorite Elders needs to see their doctor today. So it's off to the big smoke (Dubbo), for coffee and a catch up. I love these drives, history and current events are discussed at length. Our Elders are our teachers and I still have so much to learn. 🖤💛❤️

Spare a thought for America as it goes through an ICE Age.

I think staff in full hazmat gear, removing potentially asbestos laden sand from schools, is possibly the worst Australian image I've seen this year. Surely there needs to be a federal inquiry, at the very least. 😡

Nat Zero!

Ironically "Independence Day" was on the TeeV last night. You know, the movie where the whole world comes together to fight against the extinction of the planet, (except Gina's LNP it would seem). Read the room.

Gee-nah's intentions are clear, expensive Nuclear for us, cheap renewables for her. Yeah, nah!

BREAKING NEWS: Net Zero has dumped the LNP!

So Gina's NLP (not a typo) will ditch 2050 Nett Zero? Well they better get their act together or they won't have a chance before 2050. 😆

We will never survive Fossil Fuel Accelerated Climate Change while "The Guardian" prints its bullshit. "25 Nov 2014 — Climate change is a myth. We all know this, deep down. Some of you reading this may have been taken in by the fear-mongering governments or corrupt scientists".

Dan Tehan is on Aunty trying to flog a dead horse. Nuclear is expensive, polluting and decades away. Solar and Wind generators are charging a fortune for low cost electricity, why?

Suss-An Ley says Gina's LNP will consider Technology in the war against Climate Change. FMD. Solar and Wind are cutting edge technologies.

Who's leading the Liberals, Ley or Littlepride?

Nazi Tomas Sewell has been released from prison. The colonial system protects its own, what other conclusion could you draw. 🤬

I do love being the idiot. I went for some tests today and the lovely receptionist asked: "What can we do for you today?" When I replied "Large Cap with two sugars" it took a moment to compose herself but she laughed and said "That's mine and I'm not sharing!" 2 days improved right there. 😁

Trump doesn't play golf, he cheats at golf, you have seen the proof. Trump doesn't develop policy, he lashes out against countries whose leader he considers weak (everyone). Trump loves America (his vision of America), but hates Americans. Trump is a joke, but not a funny one.

John Laws is dead. I do not celebrate death, nor will I mourn his passing. No one deserves to be idolized in death if they weren't a good person in life. Laws was a racist, plain and simple, he promoted and spread racism, and that is unacceptable to me. Truth.

Elon Musk thinks he's worth a trillion dollars? Let me strongly disagree. I have done the maths and I think he is worth 19 cents. Why 19? Because I got my appraisal skills from my Dad and he would have said that he "wouldn't give you two bob for him".

There are two types of people that the planet needs fewer of, billionaires and poor people. The ratio of wealth is so one sided that for every billionaire we destroy, thousands of poor people are lifted out of poverty because of it. Win, win. 🎉

Just quickly: If you think the poor are the problem just remember, you are weeks away from the food bank but nearly 700 years away from earning Dominos Pizza's CEO's annual salary. Rich countries shouldn't have poor people. 😡

I love that first cuppa in the morning. At 5 AM most of the world are still waking up, it's quiet time for me and big dog, sharing a moment and just enjoying each other's company. When the cup is empty I'll go in and watch the News to find out what insane shenanigans went on overnight. Sigh.........

What started out as a simple brake bleed has turned into an all day job. Ah well, that's what 30 year old cars are for. 🙂

It's 2025 and the NT police finally get an "anti-racism" policy? When and if it works, expect to see a huge reduction in crime. 🖤💛❤️

Mind blown. India gave us the numbers we use today. Who knew?

Well it was supposed to be a relaxing day, gadding about chatting and drinking tea. But the hot water system had other ideas. So after a lukewarm shower I swapped out the old one for a larger model so I can put a timeclock on it to take advantage of the free electricity from our solar. Adapt, win. 👍

This is such great news & so well deserved! What a tome. And, what a massive effort to document these truths. They were the first traditional documents prepared by Indigenous Australians to be acknowledged by the Parliament in 1963. The Yolgnu have never wavered from these truths.

This is a good news article. Now we just need smart meters... are they working OK now?

Hahaha, Littlepride wants Boozy Barny back? So why did he bring up his most embarrassing gaff, the drunk shouting into a phone he was holding upside down while lying prostrate in the gutter? Yeah, nah, I don't think old Boozy was the only one lying, and in the gutter. 😆

We really need a reality check when we are discussing Fossil Fuel Accelerating Climate Change companies. For instance: Tax breaks are really Tax Avoidance, and Government subsidies are Taxpayer funded contributions, and yet we are charged more than overseas consumers for that privilege????

Fossil Fuel Accelerated Climate Change is the big winner with the Nationals new head in the sand policy. 😡

Woohoo, I slept in till 6 o'clock this morning. It's going to be a good day. Breakfast with the Chew Crew at 8 (+1 today) then continue putting the "Disco" back together after its repairs. Heaps to do so I better get started, happy Sunday all. ❤️

I had a coffee Thursday with a Pauline's Un-Nation (PUN) voter. "She tells it like it is". No, she certainly does not. RWNJ's seem to go to great lengths to search out like minded people. Poor-lean is the dying remnants of the White Australia Policy, and the sooner the funeral the better. IMHO. 😡

Yesterday Victoria signed a Treaty. Today the sun is rising, so I guess it didn't cause the end of the world. ❤️

4:10? C'mon Brain, now is not the time to remind me of all the things I didn't get done yesterday. Oh well, I might as well have a coffee, seeing as I'm not going back to sleep, apparently. Yawn.

My favorite African proverb...

“The owners of the biggest cattle station in the world have been charged over allegedly building illegal dams on inland rivers & waterholes in outback SA..The native title holders are the Arabana who said they first noticed the earthworks while doing a heritage survey” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...