Donna Lu
@donnadlu.bsky.social
Writer / Journalist at Guardian Australia. donna.lu@theguardian.com.
"Evidence we do have suggests that values of care make women much more open to the alarming nature of the scientific evidence and the visceral impact that weather events have on people." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Forty per cent of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change, survey finds
More than a third of Coalition voters believe temperatures will not rise at all, poll shows
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November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Evidence we do have suggests that values of care make women much more open to the alarming nature of the scientific evidence and the visceral impact that weather events have on people." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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very nice coverage of our Telmatomyia discovery and lovely background on Robert Beattie, who have found the #fossil, by @donnadlu.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
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Retired Australian teacher discovers the oldest fossil of its kind in southern hemisphere – and a new species
Robert Beattie, 82, has found specimens of a 151m-year-old midge that challenge what we know about how the insects evolved
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November 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
very nice coverage of our Telmatomyia discovery and lovely background on Robert Beattie, who have found the #fossil, by @donnadlu.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
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Hello, @australia.theguardian.com is looking for 800 word opinion pieces that can run any time over the summer months. They can be funny, serious, sad, thoughtful, uplifting... Surprise us! If you have an idea you'd like to pitch, email cif.australia@theguardian.com with SUMMER PITCH in the subject
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Hello, @australia.theguardian.com is looking for 800 word opinion pieces that can run any time over the summer months. They can be funny, serious, sad, thoughtful, uplifting... Surprise us! If you have an idea you'd like to pitch, email cif.australia@theguardian.com with SUMMER PITCH in the subject
"In his only interview before next month’s Cop30 climate summit, António Guterres acknowledged it is now 'inevitable' that humanity will overshoot the target in the Paris climate agreement, with 'devastating consequences' for the world."
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
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October 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"In his only interview before next month’s Cop30 climate summit, António Guterres acknowledged it is now 'inevitable' that humanity will overshoot the target in the Paris climate agreement, with 'devastating consequences' for the world."
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Pregnancy skincare products target women at a vulnerable time. Do any work or do they just stretch the truth? | Antiviral
Pregnancy skincare products target women at a vulnerable time. Do any work or do they just stretch the truth? | Antiviral
Oils, creams and lotions with names like ‘mummy’s tummy’, ‘bump love’ and ‘belly butter’ abound
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Pregnancy can be a trying time: you can’t tell whether you’re nauseous or hungry, your body is working at close to the sustainable limit of human endurance, your organs are rearranging to make space for a growing alien.
There are myriad indignities: nosebleeds, swelling feet, back pain, and, if you’re unlucky, ceaseless vomiting that goes “full Tarantino”. Continue reading...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Pregnancy skincare products target women at a vulnerable time. Do any work or do they just stretch the truth? | Antiviral
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Study in the Lancet journal finds that Israel's starvation campaign in Gaza has left 55,000 children under the age of five acutely malnourished, risking long-term health damage. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study
After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands
of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute
malnutrition and facing an ...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Study in the Lancet journal finds that Israel's starvation campaign in Gaza has left 55,000 children under the age of five acutely malnourished, risking long-term health damage. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Peter Combe goes hard: “Children are being slaughtered, on a daily basis, for almost two years. Our ability to ignore it astounds me. You can talk to any NGO, they all say the same thing – it’s a genocide ... I hope people aren’t surprised I feel the way I do." www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
The passion – and politics – of Peter Combe: ‘Children are wonderful critics because they’re very intolerant’
Wash Your Face in Orange Juice, Newspaper Mama, Toffee Apple … the children’s entertainer who has sold more than 1m albums and DVDs reflects on his 40-year career, childhood and speaking up
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October 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Peter Combe goes hard: “Children are being slaughtered, on a daily basis, for almost two years. Our ability to ignore it astounds me. You can talk to any NGO, they all say the same thing – it’s a genocide ... I hope people aren’t surprised I feel the way I do." www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
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Bird of the year voting update! The top 3 have been rock solid over the whole poll. The little penguin, rainbow bee-eater, pelican and splendid fairy-wren have all crashed out of the top 10, while the galah and emu-wren are surging ahead
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Bird of the year voting update! The top 3 have been rock solid over the whole poll. The little penguin, rainbow bee-eater, pelican and splendid fairy-wren have all crashed out of the top 10, while the galah and emu-wren are surging ahead
V happy to say I'm now assistant climate, environment and science editor @australia.theguardian.com, back working with the best team ie @adammorton.bsky.social @readfearn.bsky.social @lisacox.bsky.social @petrastock.bsky.social! Pls get in touch with tips/pitches (& ways to ensure a tawny BOTY win)!
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
V happy to say I'm now assistant climate, environment and science editor @australia.theguardian.com, back working with the best team ie @adammorton.bsky.social @readfearn.bsky.social @lisacox.bsky.social @petrastock.bsky.social! Pls get in touch with tips/pitches (& ways to ensure a tawny BOTY win)!
As good a week as any to mention that I have started a stint as an assistant news editor in the Melbourne bureau @australia.theguardian.com 🤠 Please get in touch if you spot things we should be covering
May 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
As good a week as any to mention that I have started a stint as an assistant news editor in the Melbourne bureau @australia.theguardian.com 🤠 Please get in touch if you spot things we should be covering
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@donnadlu.bsky.social got to the bottom of why Kaitlyn Dever's Australian accent in Apple Cider Vinegar was so good. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Are actors getting better (and ‘bett-ah’) at Australian accents?
No longer must we wince through a jarring Cockney-Kiwi mix: Hollywood has finally cracked Aussie dialects. Is it the teaching, the spread of Bluey, AI – or something else?
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May 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
@donnadlu.bsky.social got to the bottom of why Kaitlyn Dever's Australian accent in Apple Cider Vinegar was so good. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
For the culture desk, I wrote about why American and British actors no longer seem to butcher (or butch-ah) the Australian accent www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Are actors getting better (and ‘bett-ah’) at Australian accents?
No longer must we wince through a jarring Cockney-Kiwi mix: Hollywood has finally cracked Aussie dialects. Is it the teaching, the spread of Bluey, AI – or something else?
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
For the culture desk, I wrote about why American and British actors no longer seem to butcher (or butch-ah) the Australian accent www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The social, successful and the supernatural: I wrote about charisma and why having it depends on who you ask www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The social, successful and the supernatural: what makes a politician charismatic?
Is Anthony Albanese charismatic? Peter Dutton? Charisma has been linked to electoral victory (just ask Bob Hawke), but defining it can be difficult
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April 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The social, successful and the supernatural: I wrote about charisma and why having it depends on who you ask www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"I always thought space travel was futuristic, but this was the first time it came off as travelling back in time, in this case using their little capsule to take us back to the most ludicrous inanities of 2010s girlboss feminism." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde
The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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April 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"I always thought space travel was futuristic, but this was the first time it came off as travelling back in time, in this case using their little capsule to take us back to the most ludicrous inanities of 2010s girlboss feminism." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Guardian Australia has launched a series about nature and threatened species. It's called Last Chance: The extinction crisis the Australian federal election is ignoring. Includes videos, news and comment pieces.
Here's a preview of what it's about:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4kQ...
Here's a preview of what it's about:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4kQ...
Last chance: the extinction crisis this election is ignoring
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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April 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Guardian Australia has launched a series about nature and threatened species. It's called Last Chance: The extinction crisis the Australian federal election is ignoring. Includes videos, news and comment pieces.
Here's a preview of what it's about:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4kQ...
Here's a preview of what it's about:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4kQ...
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I think I missed some. But here’s a fun fact: the Heard and Macdonald Islands are uninhabited.
The tariff is on penguins.
The tariff is on penguins.
April 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I think I missed some. But here’s a fun fact: the Heard and Macdonald Islands are uninhabited.
The tariff is on penguins.
The tariff is on penguins.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system.
There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.
By @donnadlu.bsky.social
There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.
By @donnadlu.bsky.social
Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn
Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics say
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system.
There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.
By @donnadlu.bsky.social
There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers.
By @donnadlu.bsky.social
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Study casts doubt on gluten as cause of gut ailments among non-coeliacs
Study casts doubt on gluten as cause of gut ailments among non-coeliacs
Research finds people with self-declared gluten sensitivity experienced symptoms whether or not they ate gluten
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People who report being gluten intolerant but do not have coeliac disease may be experiencing gut symptoms unrelated to gluten intake, new research suggests.
A study involving individuals with self-reported gluten sensitivity has found that they experienced gut symptoms such as bloating and abdominal pain regardless of whether or not they consumed gluten. Continue reading...
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March 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Study casts doubt on gluten as cause of gut ailments among non-coeliacs
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Marina Hyde in form.
"They really should make a darkly satirical TV show about these absurd, degenerate, unpleasant people. Call it The White Potus"
"Hegseth’s sole comment on the bed he and the guys just shat was to attack the man to whom they personally served this scoop" www.theguardian.com/...
"They really should make a darkly satirical TV show about these absurd, degenerate, unpleasant people. Call it The White Potus"
"Hegseth’s sole comment on the bed he and the guys just shat was to attack the man to whom they personally served this scoop" www.theguardian.com/...
It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde
We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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March 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Marina Hyde in form.
"They really should make a darkly satirical TV show about these absurd, degenerate, unpleasant people. Call it The White Potus"
"Hegseth’s sole comment on the bed he and the guys just shat was to attack the man to whom they personally served this scoop" www.theguardian.com/...
"They really should make a darkly satirical TV show about these absurd, degenerate, unpleasant people. Call it The White Potus"
"Hegseth’s sole comment on the bed he and the guys just shat was to attack the man to whom they personally served this scoop" www.theguardian.com/...
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My column this week is about how fucking BAD the body image/fatphobic vibes are at the moment and how other people need to engage before it destroys us all. I don’t ever insist you read my stuff but I’d love you to read this one www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The thin-obsessed world is growing more vicious by the minute. But fat people aren’t going anywhere | Rebecca Shaw
It’s time to open up your big fat mouths and push back against fatphobia
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March 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
My column this week is about how fucking BAD the body image/fatphobic vibes are at the moment and how other people need to engage before it destroys us all. I don’t ever insist you read my stuff but I’d love you to read this one www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump cuts to have ‘chilling effect’ on climate science and ‘degrade’ Australia’s ability to forecast weather
- by @donnadlu.bsky.social
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- by @donnadlu.bsky.social
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Trump cuts to have ‘chilling effect’ on climate science and ‘degrade’ Australia’s ability to forecast weather
Australian meteorologists and scientists will be affected by mass firings at Noaa, experts warn
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March 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump cuts to have ‘chilling effect’ on climate science and ‘degrade’ Australia’s ability to forecast weather
- by @donnadlu.bsky.social
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- by @donnadlu.bsky.social
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Australian scientists and weather forecasters rely on US data and models — NOAA cuts will have a “chilling effect” on climate science and may impact Australia’s ability to accurately predict our future climate, scientists told me www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Trump cuts to have ‘chilling effect’ on climate science and ‘degrade’ Australia’s ability to forecast weather
Australian meteorologists and scientists will be affected by mass firings at Noaa, experts warn
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Australian scientists and weather forecasters rely on US data and models — NOAA cuts will have a “chilling effect” on climate science and may impact Australia’s ability to accurately predict our future climate, scientists told me www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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As the federal election approaches, our new podcast series explores how much power and influence Gina Rinehart has - listen to the teaser: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia great - podcast
Reged Ahmad speaks to Sarah Martin, senior correspondent and the host of our new podcast series, Gina, about who Gina Rinehart is and what she wants
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March 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As the federal election approaches, our new podcast series explores how much power and influence Gina Rinehart has - listen to the teaser: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
From @dpcarrington.bsky.social: "17 cities across the globe have been hit by climate whiplash, suffering more frequent extremes of both wet and dry conditions" – including Hangzhou, Jakarta, Dallas, Baghdad, Bangkok, Nairobi and Melbourne www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals
Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped
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March 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
From @dpcarrington.bsky.social: "17 cities across the globe have been hit by climate whiplash, suffering more frequent extremes of both wet and dry conditions" – including Hangzhou, Jakarta, Dallas, Baghdad, Bangkok, Nairobi and Melbourne www.theguardian.com/environment/...