Adrian Tomlinson
@adriantomlinson.bsky.social
Independent environmental advocate in central Australia, living on unceded Arrernte lands. I have a particular interest and experience in water and concern about invasives, persecution of dingoes and bad laws/policy.
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Across Australia calls for federal action are spreading as fast as buffel grass!
Please click on the link to sign and share this petition calling for federal action www.change.org/p/buffel-gra....
Please click on the link to sign and share this petition calling for federal action www.change.org/p/buffel-gra....
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Across Australia calls for federal action are spreading as fast as buffel grass!
Please click on the link to sign and share this petition calling for federal action www.change.org/p/buffel-gra....
Please click on the link to sign and share this petition calling for federal action www.change.org/p/buffel-gra....
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A major study claiming Roundup was safe has been retracted 25 years late after discovering corporations wrote the science and regulators accepted it. The public becomes the lab rat.
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Ghostwriters, polo shirts, and the fall of a landmark pesticide study
A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scien...
phys.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A major study claiming Roundup was safe has been retracted 25 years late after discovering corporations wrote the science and regulators accepted it. The public becomes the lab rat.
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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Turns out Mr Wolf's benevolent program for the School of Little Piggies 🐷🐷🐷 is not what it seems to be...🤔
#Shell #QueenslandMuseum #FutureMakersProgram #HowMuchIsThatSocialLicence #ChumpsList
#Shell #QueenslandMuseum #FutureMakersProgram #HowMuchIsThatSocialLicence #ChumpsList
Inspired by the report by @commsdeclare.bsky.social on STEM programs funded by Shell's at Queensland Museum.
Mister Wolf is not motivated by altruism towards the School for Little Piggies.
Mister Wolf is not motivated by altruism towards the School for Little Piggies.
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Turns out Mr Wolf's benevolent program for the School of Little Piggies 🐷🐷🐷 is not what it seems to be...🤔
#Shell #QueenslandMuseum #FutureMakersProgram #HowMuchIsThatSocialLicence #ChumpsList
#Shell #QueenslandMuseum #FutureMakersProgram #HowMuchIsThatSocialLicence #ChumpsList
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Listen
youtu.be/rWx_vpSaKSI?...
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
Act
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
Please sign and share this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
youtu.be/rWx_vpSaKSI?...
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
Act
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
Please sign and share this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
Rene Kulitja talking about buffel grass
YouTube video by Letters for the Environment Central Australia
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Listen
youtu.be/rWx_vpSaKSI?...
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
Act
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
Please sign and share this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
youtu.be/rWx_vpSaKSI?...
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
Act
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
Please sign and share this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
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Labor Ag Minister Julie Collins is siding Bob Katter in making sure buffel grass keeps being spread. Meanwhile hummock grasslands and unique species like MacDonnell range cycads are being smothered and burning.
Please sign the petition
c.org/C5pjVCchnN
Please sign the petition
c.org/C5pjVCchnN
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Labor Ag Minister Julie Collins is siding Bob Katter in making sure buffel grass keeps being spread. Meanwhile hummock grasslands and unique species like MacDonnell range cycads are being smothered and burning.
Please sign the petition
c.org/C5pjVCchnN
Please sign the petition
c.org/C5pjVCchnN
Another reason to act on buffel grass (petition in comments)
Traditional owners say they hope the park's new listing will trigger action to prevent the spread of an invasive grass species that's changing the ancient landscape.
Watarrka National Park, home to popular Kings Canyon, placed on National Heritage List
Traditional owners say they hope the park's new listing will trigger action to prevent the spread of an invasive grass species that's changing the ancient landscape.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Another reason to act on buffel grass (petition in comments)
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Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
Sign the Petition
Buffel Grass - Stop the Invasion
c.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
Its simple buffel is unequivocally devastating. No ifs and buts. Please sign and share.
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
Sign the Petition
Buffel Grass - Stop the Invasion
c.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Its simple buffel is unequivocally devastating. No ifs and buts. Please sign and share.
Reposted by Adrian Tomlinson
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
Sign the Petition
Buffel Grass - Stop the Invasion
c.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
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Incredible documentary that's a must see re: mining in Australia, and the legacy we need to deal with. How Australia is hurting First Nations people at the expense of colonialist profits.
#Australia #FirstNations #Colonialism #documentary #climate #SundayShot
#Australia #FirstNations #Colonialism #documentary #climate #SundayShot
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Incredible documentary that's a must see re: mining in Australia, and the legacy we need to deal with. How Australia is hurting First Nations people at the expense of colonialist profits.
#Australia #FirstNations #Colonialism #documentary #climate #SundayShot
#Australia #FirstNations #Colonialism #documentary #climate #SundayShot
This is the beautiful and internationally significant Lake Woods in the Barkly. Submissions close today on what would be the largest solar farm on earth - 500 km2, just 25 km south from here.
This is 1.5% of the entire occupied habitat for bilbies.
This is 1.5% of the entire occupied habitat for bilbies.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is the beautiful and internationally significant Lake Woods in the Barkly. Submissions close today on what would be the largest solar farm on earth - 500 km2, just 25 km south from here.
This is 1.5% of the entire occupied habitat for bilbies.
This is 1.5% of the entire occupied habitat for bilbies.
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As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?
That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’.
thepoint.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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‘But the portrait Hill paints jars with that splashed on to screens across the country last year when the Territory government declared an emergency and enforced a youth curfew.’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘She’s a shrewd Green’: meet Alice Springs’ new mayor, determined to rewrite the story of her beloved home town
Criminal defence lawyer Asta Hill says she is putting human rights at the centre of her leadership – without shying away from addressing community safety
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
‘But the portrait Hill paints jars with that splashed on to screens across the country last year when the Territory government declared an emergency and enforced a youth curfew.’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Jesse Noakes:"In WA,[..] it often looks like Woodside owns the state[..] where fossil fuel sponsorship is the norm, sports & culture bodies give each other cover to maintain the arrangement, immune to needling inquiries from national media,[..] these partnerships continue despite public exposure"
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Jesse Noakes:"In WA,[..] it often looks like Woodside owns the state[..] where fossil fuel sponsorship is the norm, sports & culture bodies give each other cover to maintain the arrangement, immune to needling inquiries from national media,[..] these partnerships continue despite public exposure"
This would be the biggest solar farm on Earth! Why it’s on a bilby stronghold, next to Lake Woods a wetland of international significance for waterbirds.
It needs rigorous environmental impact assessment. I’m at a loss as to why it’s not on cleared land.
Submissions will help.
It needs rigorous environmental impact assessment. I’m at a loss as to why it’s not on cleared land.
Submissions will help.
SunCable’s Muckaty Solar Precinct Proposal
Have Your Say
Closes November 25th
See our case card and submission writing tips here:
www.lettersfortheenvironment.com/suncables-mu...
Have Your Say
Closes November 25th
See our case card and submission writing tips here:
www.lettersfortheenvironment.com/suncables-mu...
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This would be the biggest solar farm on Earth! Why it’s on a bilby stronghold, next to Lake Woods a wetland of international significance for waterbirds.
It needs rigorous environmental impact assessment. I’m at a loss as to why it’s not on cleared land.
Submissions will help.
It needs rigorous environmental impact assessment. I’m at a loss as to why it’s not on cleared land.
Submissions will help.
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😢 We are monsters: As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
www.theguardian.com/environment/20…
www.theguardian.com/environment/20…
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
😢 We are monsters: As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
www.theguardian.com/environment/20…
www.theguardian.com/environment/20…
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Company talks of deals with giant data centres but when it comes to site selection are cheapskates - choosing a bilby stronghold close to Lake Woods rather than cleared land or a pastoral lease.
@biodivcouncil.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@biodivcouncil.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Company talks of deals with giant data centres but when it comes to site selection are cheapskates - choosing a bilby stronghold close to Lake Woods rather than cleared land or a pastoral lease.
@biodivcouncil.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@biodivcouncil.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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@readfearn.bsky.social:"The loss of corals at Ningaloo was part of the 4th & worst global mass bleaching event on record that exposed >80% of reefs in >80 countries to temperatures high enough to cause bleaching."
2024 was 1st calendar year w mean 🌏 temp exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial level
2024 was 1st calendar year w mean 🌏 temp exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial level
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@readfearn.bsky.social:"The loss of corals at Ningaloo was part of the 4th & worst global mass bleaching event on record that exposed >80% of reefs in >80 countries to temperatures high enough to cause bleaching."
2024 was 1st calendar year w mean 🌏 temp exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial level
2024 was 1st calendar year w mean 🌏 temp exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial level
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As renewables eat into the energy market + EVs reduce demand for petrol, fossil fuel firms aim to step up production of plastics + chemicals made from oil + gas. By mid-century, half of growth in demand for oil is predicted to come from making more plastic + chemicals. A must read 👇🏾
How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Driving Plastic Production and Pollution | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Pivot to Plastic Is Polluting Our Planet
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
As renewables eat into the energy market + EVs reduce demand for petrol, fossil fuel firms aim to step up production of plastics + chemicals made from oil + gas. By mid-century, half of growth in demand for oil is predicted to come from making more plastic + chemicals. A must read 👇🏾
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November 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Isn’t there enough cleared land already?
Why is this new Suncable proposal not in the spotlight?
Clearing 493km2(ie 49,300ha) including 360km2 of bilby habitat with 53 sites identified where bilbies present/likely present?
Submissions close 25 November.
@biodivcouncil.bsky.social @kirstyhowey.bsky.social
ntepa.nt.gov.au/consultation...
Clearing 493km2(ie 49,300ha) including 360km2 of bilby habitat with 53 sites identified where bilbies present/likely present?
Submissions close 25 November.
@biodivcouncil.bsky.social @kirstyhowey.bsky.social
ntepa.nt.gov.au/consultation...
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Isn’t there enough cleared land already?
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In Australia, responsible gambling is championed by a whole ass "independent peak body", Responsible Wagering Australia, made up of leading betting service providers
Albanese's overriding of Snr Minister Rowland & Labor's abandonment of gambling ad reforms is not timidity
It's fealty & repayment of donors (graph from @join-the-dots.info)
Some specific sponsors include: Aust Hotels Assoc, Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA), TAB, Sportsbet
#AusVotes25
It's fealty & repayment of donors (graph from @join-the-dots.info)
Some specific sponsors include: Aust Hotels Assoc, Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA), TAB, Sportsbet
#AusVotes25
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In Australia, responsible gambling is championed by a whole ass "independent peak body", Responsible Wagering Australia, made up of leading betting service providers
😢 ‘but with so many simultaneous ignitions I do wonder how they could possibly sense which way to run, hop or fly to safety.’
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
😢 ‘but with so many simultaneous ignitions I do wonder how they could possibly sense which way to run, hop or fly to safety.’