Fern Hames
@fernhames.bsky.social
Rivers. Nature. Nature connectedness. Ecology. First Nations Leadership. Ethical leadership. Ways of knowing, braiding knowledges. SciArt. Living and working on Taungurung Country. @TLAWC @RMIT @HomewardBound @RoyalSocietyVictoria
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“If the government continues to do nothing, we will be forced to leave our homelands.”
The Federal Court will deliver its long-awaited decision on the Torres Strait climate case this Tuesday afternoon in Cairns.
Decision due on Torres Strait Island climate case
The Federal Court will deliver its long-awaited decision on the Torres Strait climate case this Tuesday afternoon in Cairns.
nit.com.au
July 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“If the government continues to do nothing, we will be forced to leave our homelands.”
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Must-read piece on "End Times Schooling" by @jessehagopian.bsky.social who has done so much to unleash the liberatory power of education.
🌱 My new piece for @truthout.bsky.social is on combating the rise of “end times schooling.”
It’s inspired by @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s framing of “end times fascism.”
Social justice unionism & teaching truth are our best defense—join the struggle!
truthout.org/articles/eli...
It’s inspired by @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s framing of “end times fascism.”
Social justice unionism & teaching truth are our best defense—join the struggle!
truthout.org/articles/eli...
Elites Want to Turn Schools Into Factories of Hopelessness. We Can’t Let Them.
“End times schooling” risks turning schools into graveyards for hope — but they can also be greenhouses for resistance.
truthout.org
June 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Must-read piece on "End Times Schooling" by @jessehagopian.bsky.social who has done so much to unleash the liberatory power of education.
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The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outside of Victoria. See what the experts have to say about the discovery:
biodiversitycouncil....
biodiversitycouncil....
May 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outside of Victoria. See what the experts have to say about the discovery:
biodiversitycouncil....
biodiversitycouncil....
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too many people have been conditioned by corporate social media into believing that if you do something and don’t post about it online, it doesn’t count.
you must destroy the Mark Zuckerberg who squats within your head.
you must destroy the Mark Zuckerberg who squats within your head.
if we are to survive the current American authoritarian turn, then “actually learning when to shut the fuck up on the Internet” has to be among our TOP priorities on the left
A lot of people desperately need to learn that you don’t have to post on a 100% public social media website about *every single thing you do*, and indeed, you really, really shouldn’t
May 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
too many people have been conditioned by corporate social media into believing that if you do something and don’t post about it online, it doesn’t count.
you must destroy the Mark Zuckerberg who squats within your head.
you must destroy the Mark Zuckerberg who squats within your head.
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By approving a 50-year extension to the North West Shelf gas project, the Federal Government has signed a death warrant for Australia’s most significant ancient artistic treasure.
📺 Watch the full video report from @stephenlongaus.bsky.social
youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI
📺 Watch the full video report from @stephenlongaus.bsky.social
youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI
The Fight to Save Murujuga
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
youtu.be
May 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
By approving a 50-year extension to the North West Shelf gas project, the Federal Government has signed a death warrant for Australia’s most significant ancient artistic treasure.
📺 Watch the full video report from @stephenlongaus.bsky.social
youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI
📺 Watch the full video report from @stephenlongaus.bsky.social
youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI
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Dr Ken Mulvaney thought that once people realised how important the rock art was, there would be no more industrial development at Murujuga.
Instead he's seen multiple new developments built, creating acidic emissions that are slowly destroying the rock art.
#auspol
Instead he's seen multiple new developments built, creating acidic emissions that are slowly destroying the rock art.
#auspol
May 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Dr Ken Mulvaney thought that once people realised how important the rock art was, there would be no more industrial development at Murujuga.
Instead he's seen multiple new developments built, creating acidic emissions that are slowly destroying the rock art.
#auspol
Instead he's seen multiple new developments built, creating acidic emissions that are slowly destroying the rock art.
#auspol
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Deeply saddened. With Watt & Albanese's 'executive' decision to ignore 50000 years of cultural heritage at Murujuga, & O'Neill's 'smugness', they ALSO potentially 'approved' a minefield of racist-based vandalism against aboriginal sites everywhere. Let that sink in.
www.abc.net.au/news/105359106
www.abc.net.au/news/105359106
Elders 'devastated' after important WA cultural site smashed by vandals
Derek Councillor was leading a tour group along the banks of the Greenough River, east of Geraldton, when he found the statue sacred to Naajuga traditional owners smashed to pieces.
www.abc.net.au
May 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Deeply saddened. With Watt & Albanese's 'executive' decision to ignore 50000 years of cultural heritage at Murujuga, & O'Neill's 'smugness', they ALSO potentially 'approved' a minefield of racist-based vandalism against aboriginal sites everywhere. Let that sink in.
www.abc.net.au/news/105359106
www.abc.net.au/news/105359106
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Don't believe the spin from the WA Government. Pollution from the gas export plant is destroying the ancient Murujuga rock art.
Rock art expert Professor Benjamin Smith read the report and set the record straight.
Video from Friends of Australian Rock Art. #auspol
Rock art expert Professor Benjamin Smith read the report and set the record straight.
Video from Friends of Australian Rock Art. #auspol
Scientist outraged at "doctored" report on gas industry pollution at Murujuga
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Don't believe the spin from the WA Government. Pollution from the gas export plant is destroying the ancient Murujuga rock art.
Rock art expert Professor Benjamin Smith read the report and set the record straight.
Video from Friends of Australian Rock Art. #auspol
Rock art expert Professor Benjamin Smith read the report and set the record straight.
Video from Friends of Australian Rock Art. #auspol
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Australia's largest oil and gas project will continue until 2070, making a complete mockery of fake aspirations for "net zero emissions" by 2050.
This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.
Nobody voted for this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.
Nobody voted for this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070
The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje...
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Australia's largest oil and gas project will continue until 2070, making a complete mockery of fake aspirations for "net zero emissions" by 2050.
This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.
Nobody voted for this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.
Nobody voted for this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Looks like Labor is about to approve the North West shelf gas expansion, which among bad news for the planet and WA energy costs is terrible for the nearby Murujuga rock art - which is so old, it has one of the first known depictions of the human face
australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
The Australia Institute - We Change Minds
The Australia Institute is an independent think tank based in Canberra. We conduct high-impact research for a better Australia.
australiainstitute.org.au
May 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Looks like Labor is about to approve the North West shelf gas expansion, which among bad news for the planet and WA energy costs is terrible for the nearby Murujuga rock art - which is so old, it has one of the first known depictions of the human face
australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
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Here's me. 'Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway'
Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway - The Shot
If left unsupervised, capitalism will always eat democracy. And we are further on this arc than many of us want to believe.
theshot.net.au
May 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Here's me. 'Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway'
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Read this beautiful multimedia story produced by The Conversation whilst you eat your chocolate bilby!
stories.theconversation.com/fire-revival/
stories.theconversation.com/fire-revival/
Fire revival
A return to traditional Indigenous burning practices in the Gibson and Great Sandy deserts is helping protect the ninu, or greater bilby.
stories.theconversation.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Read this beautiful multimedia story produced by The Conversation whilst you eat your chocolate bilby!
stories.theconversation.com/fire-revival/
stories.theconversation.com/fire-revival/
Notice, Name and Nurture: 3 steps for a more nature-literate society: theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society
Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.
theconversation.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Notice, Name and Nurture: 3 steps for a more nature-literate society: theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
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Our review of the 2025-26 federal budget has found that the Albanese Government is still far short of investing what is required to meet the government’s own environmental commitments, despite recent funding commitments for protected areas.
More at: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/federal...
More at: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/federal...
March 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Our review of the 2025-26 federal budget has found that the Albanese Government is still far short of investing what is required to meet the government’s own environmental commitments, despite recent funding commitments for protected areas.
More at: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/federal...
More at: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/federal...
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This column from Alan Kohler really broke my heart. My colleagues in climate science have been screaming the impacts of climate change from the rooftops for decades.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
As Trump abandons climate action, we must accept net zero won't happen
While markets and media were chasing Donald Trump’s tariff fiasco last week, something far more important was unfolding in East Palestine, Ohio.
www.abc.net.au
March 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This column from Alan Kohler really broke my heart. My colleagues in climate science have been screaming the impacts of climate change from the rooftops for decades.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Today I cancelled my subscription to The Age. Accepting front page advertising $$ for hate-filled disinformation from the Trumpet of Patriots is a step too far.
March 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Today I cancelled my subscription to The Age. Accepting front page advertising $$ for hate-filled disinformation from the Trumpet of Patriots is a step too far.
"Barking mad". Solar geoengineering is outright dangerous. Imagine if we could genuinely decrease emissions instead
"The UK’s gamble on solar geoengineering is like using aspirin for cancer" | My new op-ed in @theguardian.com with Ray Pierrehumbert: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK’s gamble on solar geoengineering is like using aspirin for cancer | Raymond Pierrehumbert and Michael Mann
Injecting pollutants into the atmosphere to reflect the sun would be extremely dangerous, but the UK is funding field trials
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Barking mad". Solar geoengineering is outright dangerous. Imagine if we could genuinely decrease emissions instead
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We are rapidly surpassing 1.5°C of global warming:
March 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We are rapidly surpassing 1.5°C of global warming:
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This👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽😳.
US politics will impact Australia’s capacity to predict the path of cyclones
🙏 @gergyl.bsky.social
US politics will impact Australia’s capacity to predict the path of cyclones
🙏 @gergyl.bsky.social
This system is under attack, right now, by Trump. (Australia's BOM doesn't run anything similar; relies on these.)
March 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽😳.
US politics will impact Australia’s capacity to predict the path of cyclones
🙏 @gergyl.bsky.social
US politics will impact Australia’s capacity to predict the path of cyclones
🙏 @gergyl.bsky.social
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NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
www.military.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
Powerful Welcome to Country by Dr Mandy Nicholson this morning at the Bush Heritage Australia/ Trust for Nature Women In Conservation breakfast this morning. Layers of Country, looking after Country, & Reciprocity. Plus, fabulous performance from the Djirri Djirri Dancers🌿 #WIC25
February 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Powerful Welcome to Country by Dr Mandy Nicholson this morning at the Bush Heritage Australia/ Trust for Nature Women In Conservation breakfast this morning. Layers of Country, looking after Country, & Reciprocity. Plus, fabulous performance from the Djirri Djirri Dancers🌿 #WIC25
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“Promising to reduce the size of the public service is a cheap political stunt.”
New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers.
New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol
New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers.
New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol
Cutting the public service saves nothing
Reducing the size of Australia’s public service is often characterised as a way to save the country money and make government departments more efficient.
australiainstitute.org.au
February 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“Promising to reduce the size of the public service is a cheap political stunt.”
New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers.
New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol
New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers.
New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol
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Why Do (Or Don’t) People Protect Nature? Insights From Conservation Practice and Environmental Psychology to Respond to the Biodiversity Crisis | Global Environmental Psychology doi.org/10.5964/gep.... - I have no idea, but we wrote a paper anyway.
Why Do (Or Don’t) People Protect Nature? Insights From Conservation Practice and Environmental Psychology to Respond to the Biodiversity Crisis| Global Environmental Psychology
doi.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Why Do (Or Don’t) People Protect Nature? Insights From Conservation Practice and Environmental Psychology to Respond to the Biodiversity Crisis | Global Environmental Psychology doi.org/10.5964/gep.... - I have no idea, but we wrote a paper anyway.
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*New paper* Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention.
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
*New paper* Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention.
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
-With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames!
#CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...