The social media team is also doing their jobs well

Every current and former LGA mayor in Farrer now looking over their CVs

very sad about Sussan Ley’s leadership. growing up in suburban Melbourne in the 80s, her music taught me that it was ok to be weird

Found this year’s godless creation of a hot cross bun: Yes. Cheesy Jalapeño flavoured.

James McGrath: still waiting for those prepoll numbers on the 2025 election. Not waiting for the party room spill numbers before resigning.

"Angus is the smartest policy brain in the shadow cabinet, a man of and courage and values." - James Paterson If Angus Taylor is the policy brain of the Liberal Party, they are in more dire shape than we could have predicted.

IT'S ON! SPILL SPILL SPILL

Look how clever this sweetheart girl is! She found herself a good tree hollow!

Yesterday we found juvenile female #kakapo Ongaonga on a nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. At just under 4 years old (her hatch day is 12th Feb), she's the youngest female ever recorded nesting. Today we also found Matilda nesting - she's just 2 days older. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Once thought to be extinct in NSW, the small, spotted, and highly photogenic western quoll is making a hard-fought comeback to the wild.

Chugger trying to annoy me on the way out of the station and trying to shame me for being impolite by ignoring him. Mate, you broke the social contract requiring me to be polite first by coming up to shill to me. I feel no shame ignoring you while I sort out my umbrella.

The smell of eucalyptus after rain

I know they’re surging in the polls, but given some of the age stratification data coming out: is there a feel in the electorate that ON are a party of old folk for old folk? Are conservative millennial/Z voters still more to the Libs as at least the party isn’t ’go to bed grandma, you’re drunk’?

Only the most noble of motives here from Boyce (who has the 2nd highest ON vote in his electorate at the 2025 election): “If [The Nationals] go it alone to the next election, they won’t have any resources, they won’t have any travel entitlements. Money will be extremely difficult to raise."

For every think piece I see on how One Nation are competitive in Maranoa, I challenge the writer to go look at the Maranoa preference flow for ALP votes to LNP v ON. It’s around 60/40. ON would need to be 4-5% ahead on preferences at the 3CP over LNP to win the seat.

Last week no living person had seen a #kakapo lay an egg. Now you can watch it on our webcam: Rakiura laid her second today (15:01 on 25/1/2025). She'll probably lay another in 3 days' time. #conservation #kakapo2026 #birds www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...

Great day to see Benny doing his thing.

It takes a special level of selfishness to be a Nat, between fucking Ley over while she was at her mother’s dying bedside, making the National Day of Mourning all about themselves, and all the temper tanty outlined here.

What even is the point of Dai Le when she continually fails to turn up to even slightly controversial House votes. Why have an independent if she's not even publicly expressing her position on legislation.

Some maniac has been posting that Australians aren’t REQUIRED to leave their energy efficiency stickers on white goods, and while that might be true, it feels wrong to do so. It’s a permanent part of the appliance! (Just bought a new fridge, I love it dearly, sticker is of course still in place)

Was just reminded that Clover Moore is approaching 22 years in office as Lord Mayor. Incredible how effective* the Get Clover laws ended up. If only every own goal was so clear sighted. *effective at giving Alex Greenwich a state seat

At the beach we found a seemingly injured penguin. Called Wildlife Victoria who told us to take it home and keep it somewhere dark and cool until they could get a volunteer out to collect it. So now there’s just a penguin sitting in the garage of this holiday house like this

If you’re in Sydney, have a free evening tomorrow and want to dance, can I recommend Sydney Festival’s Garabari? Utterly stunning performance piece.

Having another morning where I’m repeating to the void ‘giving yourself and others vicarious trauma is not activism or helpful’.

Looking at my Sydney Festival bookings and the weather forecast and cringing a little. Dressing very lightly for tomorrow!

In 2025 we marked 30 years of the Kākāpō Recovery Programme. Kākāpō ranger and artist Sarah Little (www.instagram.com/sarahmaylittle) tells the story. Part 1 of 2: the history. #kakapo #conservation #parrots #birds

A perfect day for it after some gardening earlier.

Extremely Australian signs I saw down in Royal National Park while walking on Christmas Day:

We have officially run through every cooking fat in the house this Christmas. Including the kilo of extra butter I bought for baking. Shops ahoy!

Okay, fascinating (to me) changes down at Lifeblood right now: 1. People absolutely everywhere, far more than normal 2. The meanings whiteboard has gone from the usual ‘For Sue’ and everyone’s festive comments into half a Bondi shrine 3. The waiting room TV is firmly off for once

Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the morning King Parrot enjoying his breakfast while I have mine

Mum and I decided to ruin our prep for Carols by watching the Michael Cassel concert immediately prior and now have too-high standards

Last day in the office for 2025. Let’s go.

If you’re having trouble finding an appointment to donate blood, a donation in later weeks still matters. Blood from all over the country has been moved to Sydney to help the victims of Sunday’s horrendous terror attack against Bondi’s Jewish community - anything helps x

These are going to a colleague who loves them tomorrow

I just wandered by one of the Lifeblood locations in the city and the line’s not only out the door, but a good several dozen people out the door

One Nation Party Leadership Continuity Planning: Surely (David Oldfield) This (James Ashby) Time (Lyle Shelton) It'll (Mark Latham) Work (Barnaby Joyce)

Christmas baking underway

You know it’s almost Christmas when you’re sitting with a bowl of cherries and a plate of mango

So that brings us to what, 6/9 Liberal parties changing leader in 2025? WA (Mettam->Zempilas) Federal (Dutton->Ley) ACT (Castley->Parton) Vic (Battin->Wilson) NSW (Speakman->Sloane) and now SA. That's every single Lib opposition.

Lured in by beer cans and a crowd, a precious pet Alexandrine parrot has been found safe, 31 kilometres from where she had disappeared six days earlier.

Delighted to see the back of this bad legislation from John Barilaro’s hangups

The artist has expertly captured Malcolm expounding, in trademark declaratory-plaintive fashion, on his favourite subject (Malcolm being right.)

Apparently sandwich-press wagyu steak dinners with pie for dessert still aren't enough courting to publicly say you're joining a party. This is the most drawn out defection in YEARS.

In terms of Malcolm Turnbull's new official portrait...gotta say it looks kinda familiar. That's the same pose as GOUGH WHITLAM'S.

It’s not too hot yet, but that wind is exactly why I’ve been pummelled with fire weather warnings since waking up. What a moisture-stripper of a breeze.

It’s always a good night to make jokes about the time former PM, then Opposition Leader, now US Ambassador Kevin Rudd accidentally had drinks at a New York strip club. He “ did not even stay long enough to finish his beer and urged his companions to leave”! www.abc.net.au/news/2007-08...

Eggnog signal!

I just saw a brush turkey in MILLER’S POINT. I know they’ve colonised south of the Parramatta River, but I hadn’t realised they’d made it south of the harbour itself.