A comprehensive, devastating description of Israel’s deliberate annihilation of the conditions of life in Gaza

So many terrible things happening in the world right now, but this might be the biggest news in terms of long term catastrophic consequences. This current stops Western Europe turning into Siberia in winter and feeds millions of people on multiple continents www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is a remarkable judgment - but also to be expected when the legislature is pushing the courts in remarkable ways. The Court struck the legislation down because the purpose of the law was to stop protest, which is incompatible with Aus system of democracy www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/19d...

Laws introduced to restrict protest in the wake of the Bondi terror attack found to be unconstitutional - they impermissibly burden freedom of political communication www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?

Still safer than having supersized pick-up trucks and SUVs in our cities.

I really hope the animal advocates prevail. Both the Australian courts and legislature have been cartoonishly authoritarian in the past when it comes to cracking down on the speech rights of animal advocates.

Not sure why Sky News thinks this makes Liam Bartlett look good. Comes off as a complete clown

It's immediately clear that this clown is from Sky News Australia. This wasn't a good-faith question but rather a deliberately antagonistic fishing expedition for content Sky could package as a social-media outrage meme, which is almost entirely how Sky communicates with its audience

Human Rights Law Centre and Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom have applied to be heard as amicus in the upcoming High Court hearing re: if an abattoir can obtain an injunction to stop the publication of footage of alleged animal cruelty obtained via trespass www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

“Just as the right finds it easier to win elections through populist messaging, it is also more able to navigate this choice between conciliation and confrontation. The reason is obvious. Socialists have a programme that would upend the present social order…” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Melbourne from above

National Address could have been an email

Less anticlimactic national addresses, more windfall taxing 🫰

Just 1 example of the kind of thing unis are getting for their massive spend on consultants. ANU spent $6k on a "non-significant meeting" with a reputation management firm at which apparently no one took a note. That's more than a tutor gets for a semester's work thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

France 🇫🇷 and Spain 🇪🇸 = the heroes we need

Best time of the year in Melbourne / Naarm

“The conflict cannot be separated from Gaza... Left unresolved, Gaza offers Iran and its allies a narrative for resistance.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“If governments want to help households through an oil shock, support should be targeted and fiscally sustainable. The aim should be to direct help to the people under the greatest pressure, rather than simply subsidising all fuel users” theconversation.com/halving-the-...

German federal and state governments gave BMW more than a quarter of a billion euro in December to develop hydrogen cars. The obsession with H2 cars has lead directly to more people still driving petrol and diesel.

“The arrest video shows eight armed officers wearing helmets, face masks and vests entering the Ashfield home.” What is going on in NSW?!?! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

JACINTA ALLAN QUIETLY SHELVES ANIMAL CRUELTY PREVENTION LAWS ⚖️ "Labor bill recognising all animals as sentient and raising care requirements won’t be introduced before state election." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #SpringSt #VicPol #AusPol #Animals #AnimalRights #AnimalWelfare #AusPol26

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

“These are the kinds of animal cruelty cases the Victorian government promised to target with new laws almost a decade ago. But Guardian Australia can reveal those reforms have been shelved indefinitely.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

even setting aside the intended effect of campus crackdowns: one difference between now and two years ago is that half or so of them are gone, having received their four year degrees, and "students" (2026) and "students" (2024) refer to two largely different populations of people

Finally the cross-party momentum for a Federal Human Rights Act we need

Every parent of a toddler recognises what’s going on here

When Malm’s book became a hit at the start of the decade, I don’t think any of us expected it would be Trump who’d take the initiative www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

An oil shock just forces a simple choice: Subsidise fuel or Subsidise getting off fuel Most governments pick the first That’s a mistake! A quick 🧵

Perfect

“The political calculus has changed. What previously would have been seen as a risky option is now seen as sensible.” www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

“A record 41% (3.4 billion) of the world’s population currently resides in countries where democracy is deteriorating, the report claims, adding that Washington is leading this global turn away from democracy.” www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Anyway, as I wrote today - the system is rigged substack.com/home/post/p-...

Cheers to everyone who delayed fossil fuel phaseout by saying "you can't switch off fossil fuels overnight" Because thanks to them everyone now has to face a situation where fossil fuels are switched off overnight 🙃🙃🙃

Australia's pesticide regulator is doing the best it can. Environment groups say it is not enough. In the wake of the decision to pull second-generation rat poisons from supermarket shelves, I took a look at how we ended up here for @thepointau.bsky.social.

Absolutely vile and evil.

“Israeli police have killed two young Palestinian brothers and their parents in the occupied West Bank, shooting all four in the head and face as the family returned from a Ramadan shopping trip.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

“The tide of public consciousness has turned in Australia as well. This is the real danger for Anthony Albanese. The disconnect between the values of everyday voters and the desires of influential powerbrokers is irreconcilable.” www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/g...

You could easily apply this to Australia. My only comment: Europe made it through the last crisis unscathed because it raided the spot market for gas at the expense of the developing world. Those countries did not make it out of Europe's crisis unscathed.

Thoughts and prayers for renewables critics running reliability / “when the sun doesn’t shine” lines

One for legal ethics seriouspeople.co/penguin/

“What makes these power shifts unusually disruptive, says Snell, is the sheer pace of them. “Normally, we can say: ‘In so many million years, the map of the world will change.’ Well, it will change in the lifetime of normal people living a normal lifespan.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Absolutely nuts. I fired up Google Gemini and asked it a bunch of questions about my own field — areas I know really well, that I write and publish in. Literally the first paper that it told me about had a hallucinated author name

Spain: the only Western government with a backbone, apparently.

Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say

The strikes on Iran are blatantly illegal. I explained in June why the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were unlawful under US and international law. Everything I wrote then is true today, but this is a far larger assault with far graver consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

Die USA und Israel haben mit einem Militärangriff auf den Iran begonnen. MARKO MILANOVIĆ zeigt, warum sich die Militärschläge nicht als Selbstverteidigung nach Art. 51 der UN-Charta rechtfertigen lassen und offenkundig gegen das Völkerrecht verstoßen. verfassungsblog.de/warum-der-er...

The suggestion from the Resources Minister that taxpayer funded organisations should never lose litigation is quite something. As the Minister for Resources, she also shouldn’t be commenting on the conduct of environmental protection organisations. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

The CGT 50% discount not only distorts the housing market it is also the most inequitable policy you could dream up. (Which is probably why John Howard and Peter Costello did it) www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Excellent post here on Auspublaw “First, the contempt consequence sits uneasily with the Summary Offences Act’s purpose of removing restrictions on freedom of assembly and encouraging cooperation between protest organisers and police.” www.auspublaw.org/blog/2026/2/...

Column today - the fuel tax credit scheme for miners, farmers, industry is one of the 20 biggest budget costs. It's also a fossil fuel subsidy. Why are multinationals still being refunded these huge sums? www.theguardian.com/environment/...