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This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
1/ No surpirise that Business Council of Australia's leading the charge for further regressive changes to Watt's already regressive EPBC package
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
Alliance of Industry Groups: Letter on EPBC - Business Council of Australia
www.bca.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
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Oh no! Off to Human Rights Commission "26 journalists and commentators, including Andrew Bolt, Caleb Bond, Chris Kenny, Erin Molan, Rita Panahi, Steve Price"
#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/racism-human...
#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/racism-human...
Racism. Human Rights Commission to investigate News Corp journos - Michael West
The AHRC has accepted a series of complaints of discrimination and racial hatred against NewsCorp and many of its journalists.
michaelwest.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Oh no! Off to Human Rights Commission "26 journalists and commentators, including Andrew Bolt, Caleb Bond, Chris Kenny, Erin Molan, Rita Panahi, Steve Price"
#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/racism-human...
#whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/racism-human...
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Liberals landing on Net Zero. The Age
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Liberals landing on Net Zero. The Age
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PANIC!!
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
PANIC!!
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
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BREAKING: The Albanese Labor Government just joined with the Coalition to vote against an inquiry into AUKUS proposed by the Greens.
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
BREAKING: The Albanese Labor Government just joined with the Coalition to vote against an inquiry into AUKUS proposed by the Greens.
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Car: "Depress clutch to start."
Me to clutch: "The planet is being ruined by billionaire sociopaths, everyone's house is grey, the internet was a terrible mistake and I can't stop thinking about all the stuff I put in bins in the 1990s that I should have recycled. Also I think I've broken my toe."
Me to clutch: "The planet is being ruined by billionaire sociopaths, everyone's house is grey, the internet was a terrible mistake and I can't stop thinking about all the stuff I put in bins in the 1990s that I should have recycled. Also I think I've broken my toe."
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Car: "Depress clutch to start."
Me to clutch: "The planet is being ruined by billionaire sociopaths, everyone's house is grey, the internet was a terrible mistake and I can't stop thinking about all the stuff I put in bins in the 1990s that I should have recycled. Also I think I've broken my toe."
Me to clutch: "The planet is being ruined by billionaire sociopaths, everyone's house is grey, the internet was a terrible mistake and I can't stop thinking about all the stuff I put in bins in the 1990s that I should have recycled. Also I think I've broken my toe."
Reposted by Cath U
Victoria's first Treaty with First Peoples' was debated in state parliament last week. The Treaty introduces some Victorian Aboriginal words you may not have heard before — here's how to say them and what they mean.
Gellung Warl and other Victorian Aboriginal words part of Australia's first Treaty
Victoria's first Treaty with First Peoples' was debated in state parliament last week. The Treaty introduces some Victorian Aboriginal words you may not have heard before — here's how to say them and what they mean.
www.abc.net.au
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Victoria's first Treaty with First Peoples' was debated in state parliament last week. The Treaty introduces some Victorian Aboriginal words you may not have heard before — here's how to say them and what they mean.
Reposted by Cath U
🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.
Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview – Poverty and Inequality
povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.
Reposted by Cath U
A moment away from politics with a wonderful piece of cross-species preservation of the past
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest
Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A moment away from politics with a wonderful piece of cross-species preservation of the past
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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🌸 Spring has arrived in Australia, meaning native bees are buzzing around searching for food, mates and suitable nesting sites.
Now is the perfect time to provide habitat for our pollinating friends by building a bee hotel 🐝🧪
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/bu...
Now is the perfect time to provide habitat for our pollinating friends by building a bee hotel 🐝🧪
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/bu...
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
🌸 Spring has arrived in Australia, meaning native bees are buzzing around searching for food, mates and suitable nesting sites.
Now is the perfect time to provide habitat for our pollinating friends by building a bee hotel 🐝🧪
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/bu...
Now is the perfect time to provide habitat for our pollinating friends by building a bee hotel 🐝🧪
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/bu...
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Today, the ABC reports that a top statistician quit a study into whether Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant was destroying the Murujuga rock art after the WA govt misrepresented his team’s key finding.
“Someone who had a key role is saying what we've long known. WA govt misrepresented the facts"
“Someone who had a key role is saying what we've long known. WA govt misrepresented the facts"
Don't believe the spin. Pollution from the gas export plant is destroying the ancient Murujuga rock art.
The ABC’s report that a top statistician quit a study into whether Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant was destroying the Murujuga rock art after the WA
australiainstitute.org.au
October 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Today, the ABC reports that a top statistician quit a study into whether Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant was destroying the Murujuga rock art after the WA govt misrepresented his team’s key finding.
“Someone who had a key role is saying what we've long known. WA govt misrepresented the facts"
“Someone who had a key role is saying what we've long known. WA govt misrepresented the facts"
Reposted by Cath U
Reposted by Cath U
"The Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities."
omg
omg
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"The Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities."
omg
omg
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Came across this shot of ¨The Emu Rising¨ from the beginning of this year on a wonderful night of 24 hour power blackout. You will see the head of the Emu touching the bottom star of the Southern Cross.
A strong symbol in Australian First Nations Culture.
A strong symbol in Australian First Nations Culture.
September 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Came across this shot of ¨The Emu Rising¨ from the beginning of this year on a wonderful night of 24 hour power blackout. You will see the head of the Emu touching the bottom star of the Southern Cross.
A strong symbol in Australian First Nations Culture.
A strong symbol in Australian First Nations Culture.
Reposted by Cath U
🧪 Reddit user u/lunalovegood asks:
For laundry detergent - which is the best option? Do detergent sheets release microplastics into the water?
Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/03/envi...
If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!
For laundry detergent - which is the best option? Do detergent sheets release microplastics into the water?
Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/03/envi...
If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!
Environmental Question #16 [Laundry Pods]
Courtesy of Reddit user u/lunalovegood Q: For laundry detergent - which is the best option? I recently started using detergent sheets but h...
environment.samellman.org
September 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🧪 Reddit user u/lunalovegood asks:
For laundry detergent - which is the best option? Do detergent sheets release microplastics into the water?
Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/03/envi...
If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!
For laundry detergent - which is the best option? Do detergent sheets release microplastics into the water?
Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/03/envi...
If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!
Reposted by Cath U
It’s baffling to me that so much of the U.S. (and the world) has decided that letting their kids get sick at school all the time (and spread illness to their parents and everyone else) is preferable to just … adequately cleaning indoor air
August 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It’s baffling to me that so much of the U.S. (and the world) has decided that letting their kids get sick at school all the time (and spread illness to their parents and everyone else) is preferable to just … adequately cleaning indoor air
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Well well well.
September 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Well well well.
Reposted by Cath U
Reposted by Cath U
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive GLOBAL study revealed COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA technology PREVENTED OVER 2.5 MILLION deaths WORLDWIDE between 2020 and 2024.
It reveals that vaccinations didn’t JUST protect against illness.
They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.
It reveals that vaccinations didn’t JUST protect against illness.
They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.
September 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive GLOBAL study revealed COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA technology PREVENTED OVER 2.5 MILLION deaths WORLDWIDE between 2020 and 2024.
It reveals that vaccinations didn’t JUST protect against illness.
They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.
It reveals that vaccinations didn’t JUST protect against illness.
They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.
Reposted by Cath U
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
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David Pocock: “Like many Australians I was frustrated & angry about many decisions government made that clearly weren’t evidence-based or in best interests of Australians. I’ve come to see why: a lack of transparency and broken lobbying rules.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21450/...
The lobbyists who control Canberra
Before I decided to run for parliament, like many Australians I was frustrated and angry about the many decisions the government made that clearly weren’t evidence-based or in the best interests of Au...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
August 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
David Pocock: “Like many Australians I was frustrated & angry about many decisions government made that clearly weren’t evidence-based or in best interests of Australians. I’ve come to see why: a lack of transparency and broken lobbying rules.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21450/...
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Ten top spots to see Australia’s rare and remarkable wildlife www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/escape/...
Ten standout spots to see Australia’s rare and remarkable wildlife
Australia is home to an extraordinary variety of wildlife – and it's often easier than you might think to see these remarkable creatures.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ten top spots to see Australia’s rare and remarkable wildlife www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/escape/...
What a wonderful initiative.
I’d happily live in a tiny house with my kids if it meant homeownership. Problem with tiny homes is they don’t meet building standards in the ACT. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
These women got $55k to build a tiny home, but there was one catch
The bold experiment to give 15 at-risk women a chance to own their first home for under $120,000, but there was one tiny catch.
www.abc.net.au
August 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
What a wonderful initiative.
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I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible