The ABC’s independence is now at stake with Segal’s recommendation for a government-appointed censor/monitor with coercive take down/penalty powers. This will institutionalise the “pre-emptive buckle”. Hoping the Royal Commission will reject this unnecessary and draconian constraint on our media.

This reply nails it. 🎯 Source: x.com/LadyChuan/st...

There’s something so peaceful about the way these translucent caps catch the light—nature’s own fiber optics. 🍄✨ This delicate specimen was worth every second of crawling through the damp moss. 🌿 #Mycology #MacroPhotography #PacificNorthwest #NaturePhotography #Fungi

Vaccines Save Lives! “Vaccines are so effective they created an entire generation of people who think the diseases they prevented weren’t a big deal.”

According to Jillian Segal the ABC and SBS need oversight of its reporting on Gaza and they should run +ve stories about Israel. I reckon truthful reporting on Israels inhumanity, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and genocide is essential. This should be the Royal Commissions priority

Dr Mo. Gaza doctor in Australia on consequences of AHPRA decision Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: https://michaelwest.com.au/dr-mo-gaza-doctor-in-australia-on-consequences-of-ahpra-decision/

David Pocock pauses, overcome with emotion, while detailing UN’s horrific findings against Israel “IDF has now killed 20,000 Palestinian children” “…deliberately shot at children’s limbs…as a twisted game of target practice”😔 Barbaric & sickening. This is our ally?

“Many journeys; one jersey” Mabil tells it as is, with eloquence and grace. Those mounting the counter argument seem tawdry and mean-spirited in comparison. Suspect he enjoys life more than they do. #socceroos #auspol

Amnesty International has called for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya to be released from Israeli prison for months. His life and health are at risk after horrific detention and abuse. Australians who worked in Gaza have told me how doctors are targeted. Australia must call for his release.

Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen at scale Cambridge Uni made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...

In a wilderness where gale force winds & furious weather reign supreme, Patagonia's mount Cerro Torre is bathed in the warm light of the rising moon, while the stars reflect beautifully in its still waters. #photography #travel #nature #bluesky #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography

Today, Mr Andrew Wilkie MP delivered a passionate speech in Parliament on the impacts of gambling and the urgent need for genuine gambling reform. Read more on The Point Live ➡️ https://theaus.in/4vNGY2K

Deep in the arid lands of northern Namibia, a miraculous artery of water traces the western and central border to Angola, and graces one of our planet's most beautiful waterfalls in a desert environment. #bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #nature #art #sunrise

The social media ban isn't working and is giving parents a false sense of security about their kids' online safety. Misconceived, poorly designed and badly implemented. If it can't be fixed it should be scrapped. And the tech companies must be forced to clean up their act #auspol #politas

It’s hard to imagine how anyone could see the dreadful harms caused by gambling in this country and not try to do something about it. But the Prime Minister and this Federal Labor Government still won’t act in the public interest. Tell them to act now: www.stopgamblingads.com.au #auspol #politas

The report found evidence of children being deliberately targeted by Israeli Defense Forces. Such acts would amount to war crimes under international law.

#trees #photography

The Yilki horses from Türkiye 🔥🔥🔥

The Greens have secured amendments to the govt’s Bill that will protect workers' pay & conditions & empower unions during IR disputes. These changes will boost protections for workers during bargaining & in particular support educators, teachers and firefighters.

This is it. Home. The only place life exists that we know of. We should be cherishing it not destroying it for the pointless enrichment of inadequate oligarchs. Greed can never be sated.

Well this is a very good development 👇

Australians will pause at 11am tomorrow to observe a minute’s silence, in order to reflect on the hardships endured by rich men who sabotaged their careers on purpose in order to generate maximum media coverage and victimhood status.

So many of them. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

#DailyGlimmer Wow! Just wow - rice grain sized leaf sheep 😲👇 🦋 rocks www.worldwildlife.org/resources/fa...

"My parents are at an age where their bodies are yielding, prematurely, after a lifetime of stress and upheaval caused by war, migration and the responsibility to navigate their families through both." Beautiful piece from Antoun @deepcutnews.bsky.social. #auspol www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-only-th...

If you were scrambling to make your submission — reprieve! Submission deadline for the Senate Inquiry into AI & Data Centres now extended to 1 Sept 2026 www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

“Mankind will reach maturity on the day it learns to value diversity —of life and ideas. ... The worst thing that could happen is for all of us to look and think and act alike.” — Gene Roddenberry I'm guessing Pauline Hanson is no fan of #StarTrek. #auspol #diversity #multiculturalism

The Fed Govt is seeking to open up new areas of ocean between Tas and Vic for the oil and gas companies. This priceless natural environment is already under threat from the twin climate and extinction crises. We should end this madness now. #auspol #politas

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Meet Congo‘s most dedicated World Cup fan. Michel Kuka Mboladinga: the man who stands as a statue for the entire match. [📹 romangabriel1933] Original post

This isn’t actually funny but I keep cackling to myself when people say we should pursue AI because it will tell us how to solve climate change. Like, we *know* how, we’re just not. ::burns so much fossil fuel to ask:: hey AI, what do? AI: “stop burning fossil fuel”

Courage never erases fear. It walks beside it. Trembling but unyielding.

Huge win!! In partnership with Senator Lisa Murkowski, we protected the Ocean Observatories Initiative—critical sensors that are essential for managing our fisheries, forecasting weather, and understanding climate change.

“If #AUKUS is the right answer for Australia, it will withstand examination. If it cannot withstand examination, that is something Australians need to know now – not in 2035, when the bills are larger and the options are fewer.” Former CDF Chris Barrie. #auspol

Whut story❓ This exposé of Thales-owned Australian Munitions that manufactures explosives for Israel in Victorian factories, transports it under cover of night in unmarked vehicles, ships it from 🇦🇺 ports, & obscures it's origins & final destination by trading it via arms dealing ops in Singapore⁉️

Well, this seems to be important - for folks still interested in a bit of useful perspective 👇

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🇮🇳 On India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing ➡️ u.afp.com/SzWW

At the #NPC today, Pauline Hanson doubled down on the allegation the late Tim Fischer had once called her a "witch" and to "burn her at the stake" When pushed, she couldn't recall the evidence. "In some newspaper somewhere" she claimed Here's the quote It was from a man called Terry Andrews 🙄

🇵🇸 Gazan dressmakers turn waste into wardrobes for children Dressmakers from the southern Gazan city of Khan Yunis work through power shortages and soaring costs as they collect burnt fabrics to design and make new dresses, mainly for children.

One of those children, 10-year-old David, is the child of a foreigner. “Would you like to know him?” I asked David. He looked at me steadily. “I’m not sure. What kind of man can he be?” mnth.ly/Gw7dKk2

Well-deserved indeed @marykostakidis.bsky.social 👏👏

Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average - by @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

It’s time we genuinely put education, research & societal benefit back at the heart of what we do, & that staff & students are supported accordingly. I compare my undergraduate experience in the 90s to my time as a Professor now & it’s incredible what’s been lost & traded away for a focus on $.

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Australia is urging the world to electrify, but its own freight system still runs overwhelmingly on imported diesel. Electric trucks could cut emissions, strengthen fuel security and lower costs, Bruce Hardy and Adam Triggs write. #auspol #ElectricVehicles #Energy

"Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained." — Amos Goldberg, Professor of Holocaust History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem #GazaGenocide #IsraeliTerrorism