Justine Bucknell
@juzzyb.bsky.social
Water, Nature, Environment & Mother Earth advocate. Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Assoc. #Ramsar. #Fatducks. Voted yes. 322.31ppm
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💧🐟🦆🐸🐄🐨🌳🖤💛❤️🕊️🏳️🌈🇺🇦
A great win for nature and not before time.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging
Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A great win for nature and not before time.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The govt has halted enviro watering due to bureaucratic incompetency
All too often we witness the environment as collateral damage in this absurd situation
The morally correct decison needed to happen yesterday
www.coonambletimes.com.au/concern-for-...
www.coonambletimes.com.au
#Environment
#Water
All too often we witness the environment as collateral damage in this absurd situation
The morally correct decison needed to happen yesterday
www.coonambletimes.com.au/concern-for-...
www.coonambletimes.com.au
#Environment
#Water
Concern for endangered waterbird with water releases paused
Photo: Australian Painted Snipe [Image: Eric Tan – Birdlife Australia] An endangered water bird found in the Macquarie Marshes could have a harder time repopulating after the federal government paused...
www.coonambletimes.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The govt has halted enviro watering due to bureaucratic incompetency
All too often we witness the environment as collateral damage in this absurd situation
The morally correct decison needed to happen yesterday
www.coonambletimes.com.au/concern-for-...
www.coonambletimes.com.au
#Environment
#Water
All too often we witness the environment as collateral damage in this absurd situation
The morally correct decison needed to happen yesterday
www.coonambletimes.com.au/concern-for-...
www.coonambletimes.com.au
#Environment
#Water
The report suggests Nature's worth to the Australian economy is $511 Billion -
The govt IS failing to invest enough to protect this vital asset, considering it's currently holding back vital environmental flows in NSW
#CEWH
#DCCEEW
#Water
#MDB
#MacquarieMarshes
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The govt IS failing to invest enough to protect this vital asset, considering it's currently holding back vital environmental flows in NSW
#CEWH
#DCCEEW
#Water
#MDB
#MacquarieMarshes
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Nature's economic worth calculated - ABC listen
$511-billion dollars - that's the suggested value that nature injects into the Australian economy each year - according to a first of its kind report being launched in Canberra today.
www.abc.net.au
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The report suggests Nature's worth to the Australian economy is $511 Billion -
The govt IS failing to invest enough to protect this vital asset, considering it's currently holding back vital environmental flows in NSW
#CEWH
#DCCEEW
#Water
#MDB
#MacquarieMarshes
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The govt IS failing to invest enough to protect this vital asset, considering it's currently holding back vital environmental flows in NSW
#CEWH
#DCCEEW
#Water
#MDB
#MacquarieMarshes
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
This is a great win for First Nations. Well done #MLDRIN !
Fancy the Minister approving a plan she hadn't read.
Justice Stewart also ordered that information provided by First Nations remain confidential indefinitely, likening it to commercial-in-confidence.
nit.com.au/01-09-2025/1...
Fancy the Minister approving a plan she hadn't read.
Justice Stewart also ordered that information provided by First Nations remain confidential indefinitely, likening it to commercial-in-confidence.
nit.com.au/01-09-2025/1...
‘Another example of water dispossession since colonisation’: First Nations celebrate court win on NSW plan
'This was a good day, as First Nations have been respected by the court system,' says Grant Rigney, deputy chair of the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN).MLDRIN, a confederation ...
nit.com.au
September 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is a great win for First Nations. Well done #MLDRIN !
Fancy the Minister approving a plan she hadn't read.
Justice Stewart also ordered that information provided by First Nations remain confidential indefinitely, likening it to commercial-in-confidence.
nit.com.au/01-09-2025/1...
Fancy the Minister approving a plan she hadn't read.
Justice Stewart also ordered that information provided by First Nations remain confidential indefinitely, likening it to commercial-in-confidence.
nit.com.au/01-09-2025/1...
Reposted by Justine Bucknell
If you missed the @abcnews Media Watch story on whistleblower Richard Boyle, it is posted below & well worth a watch
Whistle in the dark www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
Whistle in the dark www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
Ep 30 - Whistle in the dark - Media Watch
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle escapes jail time, but protections still fall short.
www.abc.net.au
September 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If you missed the @abcnews Media Watch story on whistleblower Richard Boyle, it is posted below & well worth a watch
Whistle in the dark www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
Whistle in the dark www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
The C'wealth Environmental Water Holder has made a decision which will have catastrophic effects on the RAMSAR listed Macquarie Marshes, based on a legal advice he has NEVER seen or questioned.
This is the dystopian world we are now living in.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This is the dystopian world we are now living in.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Halt on all environmental water flows in NSW prompts anger
Australia has been accused of failing its international obligation to look after a Ramsar-listed ecosystem after the federal government paused environmental water flows in New South Wales.
www.abc.net.au
September 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The C'wealth Environmental Water Holder has made a decision which will have catastrophic effects on the RAMSAR listed Macquarie Marshes, based on a legal advice he has NEVER seen or questioned.
This is the dystopian world we are now living in.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This is the dystopian world we are now living in.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
It is now considered illegal to have water in the rivers because bureaucratic incompetence has conflated metering with measurement.
It’s devastating the environment has to become collateral damage in this absolutely bizarre situation.
westernplainsapp.com.au/NewsStory/co...
It’s devastating the environment has to become collateral damage in this absolutely bizarre situation.
westernplainsapp.com.au/NewsStory/co...
Concern for endangered waterbird
The last estimate put the population at less than 500
westernplainsapp.com.au
August 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It is now considered illegal to have water in the rivers because bureaucratic incompetence has conflated metering with measurement.
It’s devastating the environment has to become collateral damage in this absolutely bizarre situation.
westernplainsapp.com.au/NewsStory/co...
It’s devastating the environment has to become collateral damage in this absolutely bizarre situation.
westernplainsapp.com.au/NewsStory/co...
Should read:
"Rivers being punished for being allowed to flow past big irrigation pumps."
www.watoday.com.au/environment/...
"Rivers being punished for being allowed to flow past big irrigation pumps."
www.watoday.com.au/environment/...
‘Calamity of compounding errors’ cuts off environmental flows in Murray-Darling Basin
State and federal environmental water holders have suspended environmental flows as they investigate their water management.
www.watoday.com.au
August 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Should read:
"Rivers being punished for being allowed to flow past big irrigation pumps."
www.watoday.com.au/environment/...
"Rivers being punished for being allowed to flow past big irrigation pumps."
www.watoday.com.au/environment/...
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This horse shit from the pro-Israel lobby is, as usual, horse shit.
There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?
A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.
There is only one party arguing here - Israel.
And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?
A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.
There is only one party arguing here - Israel.
And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’
Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’
Executive Council of Australian Jewry says Australian and Israeli governments should use ‘diplomacy rather than public posturing’
Australia’s peak Jewish group has lambasted Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Anthony Albanese as “inflammatory and provocative”, adding that the “clumsy intervention” showed a “woeful lack of understanding of social and political conditions in Australia” – notwithstanding what the group describes as “unseemly” conduct from Australia’s leader.
The concerned intervention by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry came as Australia and Israel entered the third day of a diplomatic tit-for-tat prompted by Australia’s visa cancellation of far-right Israeli politician, Simcha Rothman, on Monday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This horse shit from the pro-Israel lobby is, as usual, horse shit.
There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?
A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.
There is only one party arguing here - Israel.
And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?
A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.
There is only one party arguing here - Israel.
And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
apnews.com/article/ital... Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely
Italy's Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely
Italy’s Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.
apnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
apnews.com/article/ital... Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely
Bureaucracy is actually holding the environment to ransom -
This is a prime example of how big end of town lobbying can change legal definitions to suit their own agenda.
This is a new low - it is sabotage - maladministration and unlawful, and will have catastrophic consequences.
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This is a prime example of how big end of town lobbying can change legal definitions to suit their own agenda.
This is a new low - it is sabotage - maladministration and unlawful, and will have catastrophic consequences.
t.co/7lylJGWDXu
https://www.nature.org.au/nsw_rules_strangle_rivers
t.co
August 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Bureaucracy is actually holding the environment to ransom -
This is a prime example of how big end of town lobbying can change legal definitions to suit their own agenda.
This is a new low - it is sabotage - maladministration and unlawful, and will have catastrophic consequences.
t.co/7lylJGWDXu
This is a prime example of how big end of town lobbying can change legal definitions to suit their own agenda.
This is a new low - it is sabotage - maladministration and unlawful, and will have catastrophic consequences.
t.co/7lylJGWDXu
Reposted by Justine Bucknell
NRAR, Australia's National Resource Access Regulator, has paused all environmental water for the Murray Darling Basin. No environmental flows means no water for the fish or animals. Cotton Barons have been pushing for this for a long time. Get angry. 😡
August 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
NRAR, Australia's National Resource Access Regulator, has paused all environmental water for the Murray Darling Basin. No environmental flows means no water for the fish or animals. Cotton Barons have been pushing for this for a long time. Get angry. 😡
This is outrageous - bureaucracy bowing to big irrigation again -changing definitions to suit the big irrigation agenda.
This is unlawful, it's maladministration and will have a catastrophic effect on RAMSAR listed wetlands such as the Macquarie Marshes.
www.dcceew.gov.au/cewh/resourc...
This is unlawful, it's maladministration and will have a catastrophic effect on RAMSAR listed wetlands such as the Macquarie Marshes.
www.dcceew.gov.au/cewh/resourc...
www.dcceew.gov.au
August 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This is outrageous - bureaucracy bowing to big irrigation again -changing definitions to suit the big irrigation agenda.
This is unlawful, it's maladministration and will have a catastrophic effect on RAMSAR listed wetlands such as the Macquarie Marshes.
www.dcceew.gov.au/cewh/resourc...
This is unlawful, it's maladministration and will have a catastrophic effect on RAMSAR listed wetlands such as the Macquarie Marshes.
www.dcceew.gov.au/cewh/resourc...
Have your say on proposed changes to gas and pipeline regulations and guidelines for NSW.
Consultation closes 7.9.25
Consultation closes 7.9.25
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Have your say on proposed changes to gas and pipeline regulations and guidelines for NSW.
Consultation closes 7.9.25
Consultation closes 7.9.25
Reposted by Justine Bucknell
Australia is a very wealthy country for the very wealthy that is too poor to provide the public with nice things like housing, education, health, transport or a beautiful environment in case it has to offend the wealthy by asking them to pay taxes on our resources.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas
It’s likely much will be said, but little done, at next week’s economic roundtable.
johnmenadue.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Australia is a very wealthy country for the very wealthy that is too poor to provide the public with nice things like housing, education, health, transport or a beautiful environment in case it has to offend the wealthy by asking them to pay taxes on our resources.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
From tonight into the early hours of July 30, Sthn Delta Aquariids & the Alpha Capricornids are expected to produce dozens of meteors per hour.
They will radiate from the from the constellation Aquarius - sth west horizon but can appear anywhere in the sky.
They will radiate from the from the constellation Aquarius - sth west horizon but can appear anywhere in the sky.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
From tonight into the early hours of July 30, Sthn Delta Aquariids & the Alpha Capricornids are expected to produce dozens of meteors per hour.
They will radiate from the from the constellation Aquarius - sth west horizon but can appear anywhere in the sky.
They will radiate from the from the constellation Aquarius - sth west horizon but can appear anywhere in the sky.
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"it beggars belief that in 2025, the Environment Minister can sign off on massive fossil fuel expansion such as the Woodside NW Shelf gas project without having to consider the massive climate impacts of the pollution it produces." SHY in @croakeynews.bsky.social
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www.croakey.org/health-exper...
Experts sound health alarm on algal bloom crisis, calling for climate action and comprehensive responses
The algal bloom crisis across South Australia should be treated as a disaster for health and a clear warning about
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July 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"it beggars belief that in 2025, the Environment Minister can sign off on massive fossil fuel expansion such as the Woodside NW Shelf gas project without having to consider the massive climate impacts of the pollution it produces." SHY in @croakeynews.bsky.social
www.croakey.org/health-exper...
www.croakey.org/health-exper...
No mention of non existent base flows, lack of connectivity or gross upstream over extraction.
Nothing to see here. 🤯
#MDBA Basin evaluation.
Nothing to see here. 🤯
#MDBA Basin evaluation.
July 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
No mention of non existent base flows, lack of connectivity or gross upstream over extraction.
Nothing to see here. 🤯
#MDBA Basin evaluation.
Nothing to see here. 🤯
#MDBA Basin evaluation.
So 44% of expected native fish species in the Macquarie-Wambuul River have not been seen in the last five years.
Of the other 56%, potentially some have only been seen once in the last five years in the Macquarie Wambuul River. 🤯
#MDBA
Of the other 56%, potentially some have only been seen once in the last five years in the Macquarie Wambuul River. 🤯
#MDBA
July 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
So 44% of expected native fish species in the Macquarie-Wambuul River have not been seen in the last five years.
Of the other 56%, potentially some have only been seen once in the last five years in the Macquarie Wambuul River. 🤯
#MDBA
Of the other 56%, potentially some have only been seen once in the last five years in the Macquarie Wambuul River. 🤯
#MDBA
The MDBA has released its Basin Plan Evaluation report.
You will need to drill down & read the 30+ supporting evidence documents first before the white-washed over view.
Basin ecosystems are in decline and unless action
is taken now, they face collapse.
mdba.gov.au/publications...
You will need to drill down & read the 30+ supporting evidence documents first before the white-washed over view.
Basin ecosystems are in decline and unless action
is taken now, they face collapse.
mdba.gov.au/publications...
2025 Basin Plan Evaluation – Publications and Information | Murray–Darling Basin Authority
mdba.gov.au
July 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The MDBA has released its Basin Plan Evaluation report.
You will need to drill down & read the 30+ supporting evidence documents first before the white-washed over view.
Basin ecosystems are in decline and unless action
is taken now, they face collapse.
mdba.gov.au/publications...
You will need to drill down & read the 30+ supporting evidence documents first before the white-washed over view.
Basin ecosystems are in decline and unless action
is taken now, they face collapse.
mdba.gov.au/publications...
AS IF Jillian Segal wasn't aware of who her husband donated money too. Another load of bollocks
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
This is a major conflict of interest. The optics are horrendous.
#abc730
#antisemitismenvoy
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
This is a major conflict of interest. The optics are horrendous.
#abc730
#antisemitismenvoy
July 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
AS IF Jillian Segal wasn't aware of who her husband donated money too. Another load of bollocks
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
This is a major conflict of interest. The optics are horrendous.
#abc730
#antisemitismenvoy
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
This is a major conflict of interest. The optics are horrendous.
#abc730
#antisemitismenvoy
Reposted by Justine Bucknell
“The reality is of course, the Israeli propaganda machine is a highly organised movement that has been well under way since the middle of last century.
It's slick, it's coordinated & it’s designed to do two things - silence any dissent & terrify any other person or organisation from doing the same”
It's slick, it's coordinated & it’s designed to do two things - silence any dissent & terrify any other person or organisation from doing the same”
July 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“The reality is of course, the Israeli propaganda machine is a highly organised movement that has been well under way since the middle of last century.
It's slick, it's coordinated & it’s designed to do two things - silence any dissent & terrify any other person or organisation from doing the same”
It's slick, it's coordinated & it’s designed to do two things - silence any dissent & terrify any other person or organisation from doing the same”
Reposted by Justine Bucknell
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July 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If you believe your social rights are being threatened by this egregious overreach of public censorship, here is the contact link to let ASECA know what you think
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