I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage

Extreme heat needs more attention from the Albanese Government. My proposal to name heatwaves - as we already name cyclones - should be adopted as a prompt for a stronger public health and communications response to dangerous heat www.moniqueryan.com.au/heatwave_pet...

He’s just doing wars so he can stay in office.

Fall in US support for Israel Questions whether US tax dollars should be propping up Israel's defense, esp. In light of Israels actions in Gaza Israel is a wealthy nation- why should the US subsidise it? open.spotify.com/podcast-chap...

But does it though? Most of the people quoted in this article are right wing arseholes.. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"Israel has now been at war since October 7, 2023, and despite the savagery of attacks on civilian populations that have seen the country — and its leader — accused of war crimes that include genocide, Hamas has still not been disarmed in Gaza.." -good summary www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

🎁 "This is the story of climate collapse in the Northern Territory. It is a story of class and race." It is a story that should shame Australians www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/23016/...

People who push for means testing of public services might as well get ready for those services to be reduced to such a point that they are regarded as "safety net" minimal services.

Kudos to Leonard who got through his vet visit with no gabapentin! He was quite pleased with himself Cyst aspirated pending surgery

Al Jazeera - straight and direct…

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... 🧪🌎

At the vet getting the alien growing out of his head assessed

Gaza journalists mourn Al Jazeera’s Wishah, killed by Israel https://aje.news/6malvf

"For years it has been repeated again and again that gas is needed to firm renewables when “the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow”. Events have shown the opposite: renewables are needed to firm oil, gas and coal when the ship won’t go and the pipeline doesn’t flow." 👏👏

"Historically, critiques of Israeli military policies have often foregrounded the expectation that Jewish communities uniformly support such policies. The recent statements from JCA and JVP challenge this monolithic assumption." Dissenting voices are growing. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

Segal's guide to IHRA definition of Antisemitism has been released. www.aseca.gov.au/sites/defaul...

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

Well this isn't the slightest bit terrifying www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...

Can someone explain this to me? A farmer fails to get the necessary permits for land clearing, which would have cost $2.2m to obtain. He clears the land anyway and is given a fine of $84,000. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

USA subsidises Israel defense with $$$$billions each year Could Israel afford to continue its war on Lebanon & Gaza without that?

Just waiting for all those free speech absolutists who railed against cancel culture to speak out about this

So sorry to our Australia’s Lebanese communities who must think all we care about is the price of fuel. 😔

Why 7 billion of us allow three guys to destroy everything I’ll never understand

yes Australia has some of the best political cartoonists on the planet - this from the dark twisted genius of David Rowe...

It's been a long, long, expensive, long, medically challenging, expensive, long road...but today I booked in my driving test.

Sydney Uni appoints special antisemitism chief Michael Abrahams-Sprod, associate of Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal, to special antisemitism role .. forgets to tell anybody #auspol @wendybacon1.bsky.social Cathy Peters investigate michaelwest.com.au/sydney-uni-a...

She got tired. Thought- bugger it, I'm done

As he would say "suck it up, Buttercup" www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

In the world I rarely share online, psychosocial health is an identified issue There are resources similar to this available, but individuals often resist accessing. If you are overwhelmed, or finding life is hard, give it a go. Its a call. A chat It can't hurt

As Jewish Australians, we are devastated to learn of the Israeli assault on Lebanon yesterday. We urge @albomp.bsky.social and Foreign Minister Wong to speak out against Israel's violent escalation and call on the Government to take decisive action by demanding an immediate ceasefire.

I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage

Hey @albomp.bsky.social - your Spanish counterpart can give you pointers on how to deal with the genocidal Netanyahu regime. #auspol www.livemint.com/news/us-news...

Yep. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

This is why we can't have nice things

Looks like Weipa will have heavy rain & wind. The damage of climate change is cumulative. Communities that are permenantly in recovery/rebuild can only do that for so long...

It is truly a mystery why more women than ever choose to stay single

Sanctions, anyone? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

This is a breaking news story.

Iranian FM:

Yesterday, the crew of the ISS called the crew of #Artemis2 and had a short conversation in between their busy schedules of research and documentation (I promise, to a scientist, that's more fun than it sounds!) This was the first ship-to-ship communications ever to take place in space. #NASA

The pre-conflict daily average number of ships through the Strait of Hormuz was 138. Passage used to be free, will now cost $2m each. Half goes to Iran, so that’s approx $50 billion per annum in new revenue. He did, in fact, make Iran great again.

No offence Gina Rinehart, but if prosecuting war criminals isn’t obvious to you… maybe you’re just an idiot? Best sit this one out.

BREAKING: Woman who routinely buys legal outcomes is flummoxed by how the normal justice system works. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

BTW the people who spent the last few years advocating for Palestine were clearly 100% right that normalizing war crimes and genocide there would just increase the likelihood of inhumane actions elsewhere. Just saying.

A reporter at Climate Change And Energy Minister Chris Bowen's daily press conference appears to suggest that renewables are somehow responsible for petrol rises and that Australia actually needs to drill for more oil.

Well, life is simply a consumer product to Gina. Cheap, disposable, worth little. Something you buy & discard with no thought or concern. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽