Bushbark
@bushbark.bsky.social
Curious human.
Biodiversity & citizen science.
Lover of owls, invertebrates, reptiles.
Constant reader.
Habitat gardener. Tea drinker. Crafty. Gluten free baker.
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🐶🐾Precious Maltese Shih Tzu
Yugambeh Country, Logan QLD
Australia
She/Her
Biodiversity & citizen science.
Lover of owls, invertebrates, reptiles.
Constant reader.
Habitat gardener. Tea drinker. Crafty. Gluten free baker.
🍄🟫🐸🐌🪲🦉🦎🐍🌿🌹
🐶🐾Precious Maltese Shih Tzu
Yugambeh Country, Logan QLD
Australia
She/Her
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Huge and deadly, Typhoon Fung-wong triggered flash flooding, landslides and knocked out power to entire provinces in the Philippines. (AP - Aaron Favila)
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Huge and deadly, Typhoon Fung-wong triggered flash flooding, landslides and knocked out power to entire provinces in the Philippines. (AP - Aaron Favila)
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'Boab tree's by contemporary Australian artist and printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
'Boab tree's by contemporary Australian artist and printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart
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Then it's not a fucking ceasefire, is it.
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Then it's not a fucking ceasefire, is it.
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Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
YouTube video by NockturneSA
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
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It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
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"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
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How much money do you think a private school linked to Scientology should get from the NSW Government?
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
How much money do you think a private school linked to Scientology should get from the NSW Government?
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
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Join the 27,172 people who believe that politicians and policy makers have a duty of care to young people and future generations to protect them frm climate harm
Petition fm Senator Pocock and the Duty of Care team - Anjali, Hannah,Jess and Daisy is at
adutyofcare.davidpocock.com.au?utm_campaign...
Petition fm Senator Pocock and the Duty of Care team - Anjali, Hannah,Jess and Daisy is at
adutyofcare.davidpocock.com.au?utm_campaign...
DUTYOFCARE
adutyofcare.davidpocock.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Join the 27,172 people who believe that politicians and policy makers have a duty of care to young people and future generations to protect them frm climate harm
Petition fm Senator Pocock and the Duty of Care team - Anjali, Hannah,Jess and Daisy is at
adutyofcare.davidpocock.com.au?utm_campaign...
Petition fm Senator Pocock and the Duty of Care team - Anjali, Hannah,Jess and Daisy is at
adutyofcare.davidpocock.com.au?utm_campaign...
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Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of Sir John Kerr's dismissal of democratically elected Labor fedgovt.
Kerr, QEII, Prince Charles, Opp'n Leader Malcolm Fraser & others hv bn blamed for it.
You won't hear or read anything like this insider's story:
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Kerr, QEII, Prince Charles, Opp'n Leader Malcolm Fraser & others hv bn blamed for it.
You won't hear or read anything like this insider's story:
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans
I was familiar with many of the events leading to the Dismissal on 11 November 1975. That knowledge was greatly increased by Professor Jenny Hocking with her long and successful campaign to have the P...
johnmenadue.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of Sir John Kerr's dismissal of democratically elected Labor fedgovt.
Kerr, QEII, Prince Charles, Opp'n Leader Malcolm Fraser & others hv bn blamed for it.
You won't hear or read anything like this insider's story:
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Kerr, QEII, Prince Charles, Opp'n Leader Malcolm Fraser & others hv bn blamed for it.
You won't hear or read anything like this insider's story:
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Hi, high school wellbeing worker here, this will create more work for me than it solves largely because it will move kids from safer websites AND make them less willing to talk about what goes on for fear of getting in trouble for breaking the ban
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Hi, high school wellbeing worker here, this will create more work for me than it solves largely because it will move kids from safer websites AND make them less willing to talk about what goes on for fear of getting in trouble for breaking the ban
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The government's "review" into management and usage of Mt. Wellington/kunanyi was a complete stitch-up. I completed the review and could tell by how the questions were framed that the government was angling for the responses it wanted. #politas
Kunanyi/Mount Wellington cable car included in draft recommendations
The Tasmanian government has made a draft recommendation for a cable car on Hobart's Kunanyi/Mount Wellington, documents released under Right to Information laws show.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The government's "review" into management and usage of Mt. Wellington/kunanyi was a complete stitch-up. I completed the review and could tell by how the questions were framed that the government was angling for the responses it wanted. #politas
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Natalie’s on fire 🔥
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Natalie’s on fire 🔥
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
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"On the day of the approval, Tassal started using florfenicol at two salmon farm leases at Dover in Tasmania's far south, and other companies are expected to begin using it soon."
If you want to avoid unknown medical consequences I’d avoid eating Tasmanian salmon altogether. Do you know what you are eating when you buy it? Beware!
@indy4franklin.bsky.social
@indy4franklin.bsky.social
Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"On the day of the approval, Tassal started using florfenicol at two salmon farm leases at Dover in Tasmania's far south, and other companies are expected to begin using it soon."
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Powerful storm set off floods and landslides, killing at least two and displacing 1.4 million .
Philippines assesses damage after deadly Typhoon Fung-wong
Powerful storm set off floods and landslides, killing at least two and displacing 1.4 million .
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Powerful storm set off floods and landslides, killing at least two and displacing 1.4 million .
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Seriously #corruptible and very #expensive #outsourcing to private sector of #government function in the department. Looks like ‘not our fault’ strategy. Similar to famously terrible #procuremrnt in #defence. #auspol
#NACC where are you?
#NACC where are you?
ATO is paying private debt collector $42m to pursue taxpayers, including welfare recipients
ATO is paying private debt collector $42m to pursue taxpayers, including welfare recipients
The tax office’s increased reliance on Recoveriescorp has coincided with a spike in complaints to the watchdog
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The Australian Taxation Office has awarded the private debt collector Recoveriescorp more than $42m in contracts as part of a hard-edged campaign to pursue some taxpayers, including welfare recipients.
The size of the contracts, published on the government’s tender portal, shows how much the ATO has come to rely on the third-party collector in recent years, which has coincided with a spike in complaints to the watchdog. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Seriously #corruptible and very #expensive #outsourcing to private sector of #government function in the department. Looks like ‘not our fault’ strategy. Similar to famously terrible #procuremrnt in #defence. #auspol
#NACC where are you?
#NACC where are you?
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November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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More fishy business in Tasmania
#auspol
#auspol
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
More fishy business in Tasmania
#auspol
#auspol
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"Will you have antibiotics with that?" Tasmanian salmon industry dosing stock. Ermmm ... not for me.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-approved-tasmania/105983426?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"Will you have antibiotics with that?" Tasmanian salmon industry dosing stock. Ermmm ... not for me.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-approved-tasmania/105983426?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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Around the world, from Türkiye to China to Greece, former coal mines are being repurposed for solar energy in a growing trend that blends clean electricity with regional development and environmental restoration.
Read more 👇
www.aa.com.tr/en/science-t...
Read more 👇
www.aa.com.tr/en/science-t...
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Around the world, from Türkiye to China to Greece, former coal mines are being repurposed for solar energy in a growing trend that blends clean electricity with regional development and environmental restoration.
Read more 👇
www.aa.com.tr/en/science-t...
Read more 👇
www.aa.com.tr/en/science-t...
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The litmus test for the NACC’s effectiveness above anything anyone says in its defense is the NACC’s failure to investigate the Robodebt Six presented to it on a plate by the RC Catherine Holmes. The NACC Head Brereton refused to investigate the six and used foul methods to ensure it never happened.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The litmus test for the NACC’s effectiveness above anything anyone says in its defense is the NACC’s failure to investigate the Robodebt Six presented to it on a plate by the RC Catherine Holmes. The NACC Head Brereton refused to investigate the six and used foul methods to ensure it never happened.
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Don Farrell asked why after all this time, the #NACC still hasn’t made any major findings of corruption.
“That’s an indication that the system is working. There is no corruption, & I say that's a good thing!”
Appalling response. It doesn’t even make sense. Makes my blood boil.
“That’s an indication that the system is working. There is no corruption, & I say that's a good thing!”
Appalling response. It doesn’t even make sense. Makes my blood boil.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Don Farrell asked why after all this time, the #NACC still hasn’t made any major findings of corruption.
“That’s an indication that the system is working. There is no corruption, & I say that's a good thing!”
Appalling response. It doesn’t even make sense. Makes my blood boil.
“That’s an indication that the system is working. There is no corruption, & I say that's a good thing!”
Appalling response. It doesn’t even make sense. Makes my blood boil.
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🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
‘Pouring money into a trough’: Senior public servant blows whistle on allegedly ‘corrupt’ millions
The Home Affairs assistant secretary claims money was spent on overinflated contracts or for services that were never provided.
www.smh.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
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The Australian people deserve answers from the #Albanese Government following explosive new whistleblower revelations aired on #60Minutes tonight, exposing corruption, cover-ups and criminal infiltration at the heart of Australia’s offshore detention regime #auspol #60mins #nauru
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Australian people deserve answers from the #Albanese Government following explosive new whistleblower revelations aired on #60Minutes tonight, exposing corruption, cover-ups and criminal infiltration at the heart of Australia’s offshore detention regime #auspol #60mins #nauru
Shedding.
Gum tree, the bark opening to reveal a golden trunk beneath.
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Gum tree, the bark opening to reveal a golden trunk beneath.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Shedding.
Gum tree, the bark opening to reveal a golden trunk beneath.
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Gum tree, the bark opening to reveal a golden trunk beneath.
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Fresh cleanly green.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Fresh cleanly green.
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