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On the coast, south of Adelaide.
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yungenchee.bsky.social
As EPBC reforms get framed as political tussles & deal-making, don't forget ongoing colonialism, what's at stake on Indigenous lands, and their warnings that bad amendments & inadequate environmental laws "risk irreversible damage to country, culture and communities"
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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jonathan-cook.bsky.social
Israeli group B’Tselem notes that, since a supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel has:

* killed 345 Palestinians,

* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,

* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.

All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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bluntshovels.bsky.social
"Fixing the main road and infrastructure isn't on their priority list, but taking down a free shop is."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Government threatens to shut down 'illegal' street charity
Queensland's transport department has threatened to penalise residents who set up street-side charity cupboards without filling in the requisite paperwork.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
"Go8's key focus is to ensure the new regulatory framework does not lead to over-regulation or create unnecessary regulatory complexity for the sector"

Go8 representative body is so out of it's depth, it's embarrassing

Do the member universities pay to be part of this cringe-inducing club❓
Australia's top universities seek changes to key environmental reform
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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stopcambo.bsky.social
BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.

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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Queensland's transport department has threatened to penalise residents who set up street-side charity cupboards without filling in the requisite paperwork.
Government threatens to shut down 'illegal' street charity
Queensland's transport department has threatened to penalise residents who set up street-side charity cupboards without filling in the requisite paperwork.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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kayawanu.bsky.social
Overheard at the servo just now
Young cop hogging the night service window to whine about being assaulted . Without missing a beat the teenager behind the counter said, ' yes well, you are wearing provocative clothing'
It's going to be a good day. Earliest sunrise I've ever seen.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Beekeepers are being urged to monitor their hives more frequently after further detections of the deadly bee parasite varroa mite in South Australia.
Varroa mite detected in bee hives in two more SA locations
Beekeepers are being urged to monitor their hives more frequently after further detections of the deadly bee parasite varroa mite in South Australia.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"

A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->

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View Amanda Gautier-Ronopawiro’s graphic link Amanda Gautier-RonopawiroAmanda Gautier-Ronopawiro • 2nd2nd Medical Illustrator at Gautier Scientific IllustrationMedical Illustrator at Gautier Scientific Illustration 1d • Edited • 1 day ago • Edited • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow AI is everywhere. In general, as many other (medical) illustrators I am sure, I have feared it will one day take our jobs. Yesterday, my friend Stephanie E. sent me the image on the right. A surgeon with a large Instagram following (Alexandre Mensier) posted it to teach people about Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. I am the illustrator of the image on the left, it was part of my dissertation. In order to create this work, I witnessed a (breathtaking) fetoscopic laser surgery in person by the specialists of Fetal Therapy LUMC, Leiden I have spent weeks researching in books as well as in the anatomy lab, speaking to specialists, making sure I would get the anatomy and proportions exactly right. Thinking about color use and how that would affect the viewer of the image. Waiting for feedback, sketching, resketching, and eventually painting every stroke by hand and digitally finishing the illustration. All to get to this carefully crafted illustration. And then someone took it. Asked AI to make an image of it, just so they don’t have to pay an actual artist. No permission or credits needed. This is legal theft and there is not a thing I can do about it. Not only did AI ‘take my job’. It, or rather the person using it, took my actual work, time and effort and stripped it of its very core: accuracy. A surgeon without gloves and a random number of fingers on each hand. Don’t even get me started on the anatomy of the mother or the poor fetus getting a laser through its head. I have felt every emotion seeing this monstrosity of an image. Created in mere seconds, directly from not only my work, but all the specialists involved that put their time and knowledge of years into it… a drawing on the left of a needle being injected into a foetus, and a machine-assisted copy of it the surgeon used
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Heavy rain has caused significant flooding in Gaza, with thousands of Palestinians living in tents bearing the brunt of the sudden burst of winter weather.
Palestinians left without shelter after Gaza tent cities flood again
Heavy rain has caused significant flooding in Gaza, with thousands of Palestinians living in tents bearing the brunt of the sudden burst of winter weather.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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kudelka.bsky.social
Escalating disappointments until Gough’s angry ghost hurls a thunderbolt and incinerates the lot of them.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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benjamino.bsky.social
Example 1312 of why this all sucks and any govt that gives them ever greater powers to do this are garbage racists too
Police were 10 times more likely to use force against a person they perceived to be Aboriginal than against someone they perceived to be white — and 13 times more likely to use a Taser. Aboriginal women were 10.6 times more likely to have force used against them than white women. Police were 7.2 times more likely to use force against people they perceived to be African, 5.3 times more likely to use force against someone of Pacific Islander appearance, and 2.3 times more likely against someone of Middle Eastern appearance.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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benjamino.bsky.social
"Project researchers said that in 2024, Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched by Victoria Police officers than white people, while people perceived to be African were about nine times more likely."
Victoria Police banned racial profiling a decade ago. Has it made a difference?
Researchers said that in 2024, Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched by Victoria Police than white people.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.

“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”

It's true👇
Screenshot from Guardian Australia's liveblog Revealed: Labor's offer to get Greens to back EPBC overhaul - Dan Jervis-Bardy Guardian Australia has obtained the separate sets of concessions that the Albanese government is prepared to make to its nature laws to secure the Greens or the Coalition's support. The proposed concessions to the Greens, circulated on Tuesday morning, include: - Limiting the fast-tracking of fossil fuel projects under bioregional plans - Limit the new "streamline assessment pathway" to restrict fossil fuel projects - Limit the proposed new "national interest" exemption to exclude fossil fuel projects - Reversing proposed changes that would have handed the so-called "water trigger" to state governments - Require that the minister retain the power to declare that a project requires Commonwealth approval, even under deals to devolve decision-making powers to the states. - Require that the states have agreements to assess projects under federal nature laws before allowing them to have power to make decisions under the laws The government has also offered to subject native forest logging to national nvironmental standards within three years, although the detail of that amendment is still being worked through. The Greens will no doubt discuss its position on the EPBC laws at their regular Tuesday morning party-room meeting although it's unclear if a final position will be settled. Screenshot from Guardian Australia's liveblog Labor's offer to the Coalition to get it to back nature laws revealed - Dan Jervis-Bardy As for the Coalition, the government has offered five concessions. They include: - So-called "stop-work" orders that halt projects can only be in place for a maximum of 14 days - Clarify that maximum fines for breaches of nature laws ($1.6m for individuals, $825m for businesses) would only apply in the "most serious and egregious cases" - Allow the minister to sack the chief executive of the independent environment protection agency (EPA) for poor performance. - Allow the minister to set "directions" to the chief executive of the EPA - Retain one of the existing project assessment pathways that requires proponents to submit "preliminary documentation" ahead of a decision. The list of amendments does not include any changes to a new "unacceptable impact" definition that would, if met, result in the immediate refusal of a project.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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kateauty.bsky.social
theconversation.com/long-awaited...

An assessment of the legal risks associated with NOT incorporating climate in the new #EPBC #federalEPA legislation …
Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why
Labor has pledged to pass long-awaited environment laws this week. But the current reforms leave Australia open to legal challenge.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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tomquinn.bsky.social
If you've ever wondered how much gas we need for electricity generation now and into the future? What drives electricity prices, or is there enough gas supply?

We produced this easy to access summary report last year for Solutions for Climate to cut through the spin and provide you with the facts.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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richarddenniss.bsky.social
The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS

Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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rodcampbell.bsky.social
"the Gov is trying to give itself the power to cut that income off before a person has been found guilty.

It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."

Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
US mining giant Alcoa will withdraw part of its plans to expand its mining operations in the world's only jarrah forests, following community concerns around water security and environmental impacts.
Alcoa shelves plans to explore Perth Hills for mining expansion
US mining giant Alcoa will withdraw part of its plans to expand its mining operations in the world's only jarrah forests, following community concerns around water security and environmental impacts.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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tusk81.bsky.social
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Researchers warn that the alga Karenia cristata, which has killed around a million animals in Australian waters in one of the biggest algal blooms ever seen, could harm marine life elsewhere
Toxic algae blighting South Australia could pose a global threat
Researchers warn that the alga Karenia cristata, which has killed around a million animals in Australian waters in one of the biggest algal blooms ever seen, could harm marine life elsewhere
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November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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davegraney.bsky.social
A fine review of our show in Adelaide on Friday via the i94bar site www.i94bar.com/reviews/gigs...
The Big D gets his Soft 'n' Sexy Sound on at The Gov
Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes The Gov, Adelaide Friday, November 21, 2025Words: ROBERT BROKENMOUTHPictures: MANDY TZARAS It was one of those “where to begin “kind of gigs. Long story short, I've be...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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jhaue.bsky.social
Environmental experts challenge prescribed burn assessment in endangered bird habitat www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Conservationists condemn prescribed burn in cockatoo nesting area
Environmental and conservation experts in Western Australia challenge claims by Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn that two endangered bird species were not present in a patch of Great Southern bu...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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mrkranky.bsky.social
This is the nightmare rushing up on the world’s driest continent, with governments and regulators avoiding any responsibility for action.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Water is under pressure in the Great Artesian Basin
The Great Artesian Basin covers a fifth of Australia and contains water that has been there for millions of years. Now, decades of extraction are taking their toll and traditional owners are fighting ...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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abcnewsbot.bsky.social
After thousands of hours of recording, the elusive night parrot has been captured on camera drinking from a water hole for the first time, reshaping researchers' understanding of their needs.
Elusive night parrot filmed drinking water in the Pilbara
After thousands of hours of recording, the elusive night parrot has been captured on camera drinking from a water hole for the first time, reshaping researchers' understanding of their needs.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM