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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 12m

Australia's much loved wildlife and places sorely need greater care and legal protection.

Our latest for @aunz.theconversation.com.

theconversation.com/labor-is-clo... With good friends and colleagues, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & @yungenchee.bsky.social.

Labor is close to a deal on environmental law reforms. There are troubling signs these will fall short

Labor is close to a deal on its environmental law reforms. Will they strong enough to protect nature?

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 17h

IKR, all is forgiven!

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 18h

"left for dead on a Darwin road by a driver who did not stop to help, and then later sent text messages to his friends describing the victim as an "oxygen thief" and a "dog"."

This passes for justice, in the N.T. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'There's no justice': Outrage as Jake Danby walks after fatal hit-and-run

A fatal hit-and-run case in Darwin has exposed deep disparities in the NT’s justice system, say Aboriginal leaders, as the victim’s family speaks out.

www.abc.net.au

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 20h

He's yours, for two first rounders + Gulden.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 20h

Given Geelong’s ladder position and likely position in the near future this is massive unders!

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Course material written with AI?!

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Really? Where is this demonstrated?

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

doesn't bode well that the article is entirely focused on politics & development & devoid of any mention of why we need strong EPBC laws! No mention of uncontrolled land clearing, biodiversity crisis, National Environmental Standards, complications of enviro mgt due to accelerating climate impacts

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David Neate @neatedavid.bsky.social · 1d

While Murray Watt is the latest in a long line of incompetent protectors of the environment, from both sides of politics, he is just the buffoon in the hot seat. The @australianlabor.bsky.social party is 100% behind him - I had confirmation of this when I contacted my local member a while back. /2

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Vern Veitch 1952 AU @vernv.bsky.social · 1d

Labor is simply not serious on stopping growth in climate emissions or anything else regarding environmental protection. They seem to think BAU is OK.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

This EPBC Act 2.0 vibe check fills me with deep dread.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... "The government was unlikely to side with the Greens to see the laws passed...Coalition wants to ensure the final say on projects rests with the minister, not the EPA...Senator Watt said it was "unlikely" the government would include a (climate) trigger in the law..."

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... "The government was unlikely to side with the Greens to see the laws passed...Coalition wants to ensure the final say on projects rests with the minister, not the EPA...Senator Watt said it was "unlikely" the government would include a (climate) trigger in the law..."

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

She's studying or teaching?

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Each day the upper management of different unis seemingly find new ways to disappoint those of us working at universities. I love what I do, it breaks my heart what's been allowed to happen to unis in recent decades. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Robodebt for university academic integrity? WT!

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

www.abc.net.au

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Paul Ganderton @ecogeog.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if actually addressing the #climatechange issue might be cheaper than insurance? I do wonder if anyone in governance has any idea - theconversation.com/extreme-weat...

Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year. Better insurance options and loans would help us adapt

Nearly eight in ten homes facing severe to extreme flood risk are now not insured. We need to rethink how to keep communities safe.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

I know, it was such a poorly constructed and unfair piece.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, I'm sick and tired of ignorance being an ok reason to hammer weather forecasters, it's a so unfair.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Funnily enough, Ali didn't address those issues to give context to her segment. Really, really poor.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly, but you wouldn't have known it the way Ali's segment was packaged, terrible stuff.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

What a disgrace @senatorwong.bsky.social is. This country is so utterly cooked.

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 2d

if only @senatorwong.bsky.social had any shred of credibility left after 24 months of 'grave concern' over the livestreamed genocide of Palestinians

meanwhile, PM @albomp.bsky.social👇

Image of Labor PM Albanese (left) & Liberal opposition leader, Dutton (right) wearing jackets emblazoned with donor logos

Text reads: "We'd like to thank our sponsors..."

Albanese's red jacket features: Australian Hotels Association, Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA), TAB, Westpac, Santos, Pratt Industries, Uber, nab, Sportsbet, Woolworths

Dutton's black jacket features: Woolworths, Responsible Wagering Association (RWA), Clive Palmer, Uber, nab, Citileases, Santos, Westpac, Australian Hotels Association, TAB, Sportsbet, Coles, Hancock Prospecting

Source: Greens campaign material

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Kate-Eviva @kate-eviva.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all part of #TheirABC propaganda. Of course Ali mentioned they were decimated of expertise during #Morrison #government and that the #ClimateCatastrophe has changed weather patterns so their old models no longer work. #auspol we need to monitor our weather more than ever. #auspol

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Disgraceful letting Ryan Milgate put the boot into the BOM without Ali Moore on 774 ABC stating how many times they DO get it right. It's an incredibly complex task to predict the weather, especially rainfall, reliably. A little more homework and respect wouldn't go astray, Ali.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, he can reside in the bilge where he belongs.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

Yet another reason to admire Jane Goodall. I wish more leaders with platforms would speak truth out loud.

Please fire the many horrible men (Trump, Putin, Musk, Murdoch, Netanyahu, Xi, Jong-Un, al-Assad, Duterte, Bezos, Zuckerberg...) destroying Earth and humanity into outer space.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship In a lifetime studying the behavior of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall became something of an authority on the aggressiveness of alpha male adults. Now, in an interview released just days after her death, the famed primatologist reveals what she would do with Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other human beings she saw as showing similar traits: launch them on a one-way trip into space. The insight into Goodall’s thinking comes in the Netflix documentary Famous Last Words, recorded in March and kept under wraps until her death last week at the age of 91. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 2d

🧪 Science Spotlight 🧪 Researchers have successfully reintroduced brush-tailed bettongs into a National Park, despite the presence of feral predators like cats and foxes.

Bettongs sourced from populations with larger body sizes and previous predator exposure survived better.

A small, wallaby-like animal stands on its hind-legs. Text overlay says: New science - Brush-tailed bettongs reintroduced to SA National Park after over 100 years.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

I second this motion.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 2d

if only @senatorwong.bsky.social had any shred of credibility left after 24 months of 'grave concern' over the livestreamed genocide of Palestinians

meanwhile, PM @albomp.bsky.social👇

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

Will upper management of these universities be fully accountable? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Careers in limbo after graduates discover university courses were never accredited

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

www.abc.net.au

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

This was an amazing, powerful and sobering meeting. Proud to have been a part of it. www.facebook.com/share/r/1DVi...

Residents of the North, and the North's ecosystems and wildlife, are being sacrificed for corporate fossil fuel profits.

Redirecting...

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