We’re logging off for a little summer rest 😎 Our social media channels will be unstaffed until 8 January. Thank you for being part of our community this year. We wish you a safe, restful summer and look forward to reconnecting in 2025.

There’s a range of reasons why you might be flying solo on Christmas Day. Make the most of the day with planned activities for a festival of one. #lifestyle#life#life #relationships

Day 23 #FlowerAdventCalendar #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #Photography #Gardening

German expressionist painter Gabriele Münter, Meditation, 1917 #womensart

Illustration by contemporary artist Angela Smyth #Christmas week 🎄 #Womensart

. Day 22 #FlowerAdventCalendar #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #Gardening #Photography

Winter/summer #Solstice in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres 🌎 🌏 🌍 Artworks by Sarah Evans, Dawn Stacey Wawiriya Burton and Beatriz Milhazes #WomensArt

. Day 21 #FlowerAdventCalendar #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #Photography #NativeOz #Gardening #Australia

Peace and love. Day 19 #FlowerAdventCalendar #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #Photography #Gardening #NativeOz

For anyone looking for a distraction to recent horrific events, I highly recommend this wonderful adaptation. Ewen Macgregor, & his moustache, excels as a Russian aristocrat - cheeky, funny, flamboyant, sensitive. Other cast members - and 1920s hotel - terrific too. tv.apple.com/au/show/a-ge...

From creating sustainable tech to life-saving treatments, these scientists show how curiosity drives breakthroughs. 🌏✨ Swipe through to see how research turns ideas into discoveries that transform lives. #ShineDome25

WTF is with the NSW Greens voting down a censure motion on disgraced MP Mark Latham and seeing it fail? Fks sake.

Parliament should pass truth in political advertising laws when we sit next week and ban deepfakes in election campaigns. The govt has a bill sitting there, they should bring on a vote. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

In a wealthy country like 🇦🇺 our most vulnerable shouldn’t be living below the poverty line. I look forward to the release of the next independent expert committee report being released tmrw & call on govt to ⬆️ safety net in the budget. @patskarvelas.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

As Trump trashes NATO, is clueless about AUKUS & generally upends world order, a timely foreign policy chat on this week's #SundayShot with @andrewjfowler.bsky.social, @australiainstitute.org.au's @emmashortis.bsky.social & an interview with Bruce Wolpe. Subscribe at www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot

Northern Rivers NSW SES says buses are now available to pick up evacuees at four bus stops in Lismore every 30 mins. The buses will go from the Lismore area to the Southern Cross Uni evacuation centre. SES says these buses will pivot to higher frequency if passenger demand is higher than expected

May we all - human and non humans (especially the trees and their inhabitants) - stay safe and may this cyclone be a fizzer (so we can curse our cleaned yards, empty shops, and over preparedness)!

What to do in a cyclone

Emergency Warning Bushfire WA Leave Now Issued: 15:36 MOUNT ADAMS and YARDARINO Bushfire Emergency Warning is in place for people sth of Midlands Road in northern parts of MOUNT ADAMS and eastern parts YARDARINO of in the SHIRE OF IRWIN You are in danger and need to act immediately to survive

Watch and Act Bushfire Not Safe to Return Issued 7:08 Bornes Hill Dunkeld, Glenthompson Winds are expected to sustain over the coming days from the W-SW Firefighters, heavy machinery and aircraft will remain in the area Follow ABC radio as comms tower impacted

“We want her to have something which is linked to the 60,000 years of history — that unbroken connection with the human spirit which we want her to feel nurtured by." Gisèle Pelicot story is amazing Amazing for her strength, courage and capacity to wrest dignity from the horror