Suchita V Smith
@suchitavsmith.bsky.social
Writer and blogger at Little Body Huge Life. Disability. Conservationist, Former environmental scientist, former radio producer/presenter, former Dance DJ. No chats thanks. https://littlebodyhugelife.wordpress.com/
This is a big worry. Minimal input from actual people, no medical input, limited appeal opportunities, sounds like no lessons learnt from #Robodebt. Anxiety, stress and limited assistance for the very people this is meant to help. The govt hasn't been listening. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul
Exclusive: Staff were told of major changes to the way NDIS funding and support plans will be made during a recent internal briefing
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is a big worry. Minimal input from actual people, no medical input, limited appeal opportunities, sounds like no lessons learnt from #Robodebt. Anxiety, stress and limited assistance for the very people this is meant to help. The govt hasn't been listening. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bringing us the reality that thousands, millions are already dealing with increased climate extremes. Devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Bringing us the reality that thousands, millions are already dealing with increased climate extremes. Devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At a time when humanity needs to unite like never before, many forces are working to divide us. We need to make systemic changes in how we function so we are not continuing to destroy our home, and this needs all of us. We can all play our part for the greater good, as the late Jane Goodall said.
October 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
At a time when humanity needs to unite like never before, many forces are working to divide us. We need to make systemic changes in how we function so we are not continuing to destroy our home, and this needs all of us. We can all play our part for the greater good, as the late Jane Goodall said.
Donut economics by Kate Raworth is the best model so far to map out the whole system changes needed to live on a healthy planet for the long term. Individual issues eg climate change can silo our attention when we need to change the whole system
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October 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Donut economics by Kate Raworth is the best model so far to map out the whole system changes needed to live on a healthy planet for the long term. Individual issues eg climate change can silo our attention when we need to change the whole system
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The new assessment model for NDIS has red flags - fitting the huge diversity of disabilities & their individual needs into a ticking box exercise is not needs based; not using the best evidence, from treating health professionals, makes it inadequate. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Algorithm to be used for NDIS plans
The government is using an ‘instrument’ designed by the University of Melbourne to reassess support payments for disabled people.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The new assessment model for NDIS has red flags - fitting the huge diversity of disabilities & their individual needs into a ticking box exercise is not needs based; not using the best evidence, from treating health professionals, makes it inadequate. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
While large companies stubbornly stick to continuing to make large profits from environmentally destructive actions and products, our earth is being poisoned and trashed, with no regard for our future survival. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline
Almost 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
While large companies stubbornly stick to continuing to make large profits from environmentally destructive actions and products, our earth is being poisoned and trashed, with no regard for our future survival. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Evil are those that choose their massive profits over the long term health of our planet. We are drowning in plastics but profits are more important www.facebook.com/share/p/171k...
Redirecting...
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August 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Evil are those that choose their massive profits over the long term health of our planet. We are drowning in plastics but profits are more important www.facebook.com/share/p/171k...
I can so relate. If I'd known what was entailed in writing and publishing a book when I started 15 yrs ago I never would have started. But here I am, I kept plugging away, kept returning to it, and now I've just finished a pre-publishing edit, with the help of #CastleMountMedia. Publish next March
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I can so relate. If I'd known what was entailed in writing and publishing a book when I started 15 yrs ago I never would have started. But here I am, I kept plugging away, kept returning to it, and now I've just finished a pre-publishing edit, with the help of #CastleMountMedia. Publish next March
I love the Nanas! bsky.app/profile/deni...
Hey Albo, it’s been A Long Way to The Top! But we’re expecting a lot from your 2nd set & we know you love❤️ AC/DC. So here’s little 🎵 to get your #climate mojo working – from some headbangin’ Nannas.
Go harder, go faster! More wind and solar! Less coal and gas!
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Go harder, go faster! More wind and solar! Less coal and gas!
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July 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I love the Nanas! bsky.app/profile/deni...
Flowering now in my garden, the West Australian native plant Templetonia retusa, also called Cockies' Tongue (Cockies short for Cockatoos), about 4cm, that survive tough conditions - poor soil, part shade, limestone, long hot summers, bringing joy and brightness.
July 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Flowering now in my garden, the West Australian native plant Templetonia retusa, also called Cockies' Tongue (Cockies short for Cockatoos), about 4cm, that survive tough conditions - poor soil, part shade, limestone, long hot summers, bringing joy and brightness.
Almost all of the thinking about how we operate on the planet is stuck in the past, which is resulting in the destruction of our environment that will be at the peril of all on planet earth. Great to see Donut Economics getting some traction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It feels cool to be a cog in change’: how doughnut economics is reshaping a Swedish town
A casual mention of Kate Raworth’s theory has grown into the basis for decision making in Tomelilla
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July 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Almost all of the thinking about how we operate on the planet is stuck in the past, which is resulting in the destruction of our environment that will be at the peril of all on planet earth. Great to see Donut Economics getting some traction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It frustrates the hell out of me that we are so distracted by politics & bullshit, when we need to be united as humankind as never before to change our world systems of economics, manufacture, consumerism. Anyone who is still promoting economic growth doesn't get it. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
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July 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It frustrates the hell out of me that we are so distracted by politics & bullshit, when we need to be united as humankind as never before to change our world systems of economics, manufacture, consumerism. Anyone who is still promoting economic growth doesn't get it. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
A fringed lily from Western Australia to soothe you today.
July 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A fringed lily from Western Australia to soothe you today.
An Australian wattle to brighten your day
June 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
An Australian wattle to brighten your day
Will the re-elected Labor government give priority to our environment? This what voters want! Approving the extension of the northwest shelf gas for 50 years, and further clearing of jarrah forest for mining are not! theconversation.com/5-things-we-...
5 things we need to see in Australia’s new nature laws
A group of prominent environmental scientists devised this list of 5 things we must see in Australia’s new national environmental laws, if we are to avoid calamity and hasten recovery.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Will the re-elected Labor government give priority to our environment? This what voters want! Approving the extension of the northwest shelf gas for 50 years, and further clearing of jarrah forest for mining are not! theconversation.com/5-things-we-...
An excellent article with an outside view, of the West Australian unique Jarrah forest, and the peril it faces by continued expansion by Alcoa in a changing climate. Rehabilitation over many years has not managed to replace a forest ecosystem. It's a slow death apps.publicsource.org/alcoa-mines-...
Pittsburgh metals icon erodes rare Australian forest
Photos reveal extensive ecological damage to Australia’s Northern Jarrah Forest as Alcoa mining operations scar the earth. | Part One
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May 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
An excellent article with an outside view, of the West Australian unique Jarrah forest, and the peril it faces by continued expansion by Alcoa in a changing climate. Rehabilitation over many years has not managed to replace a forest ecosystem. It's a slow death apps.publicsource.org/alcoa-mines-...
'Substandard' rehabilitation efforts after clearing Jarrah forest for aluminium mining should be a sound reason not to grant expansion of clearing, diminishing forest vulnerable to drying climate. Replanting trees is not the same as the complex ecosystem that is lost. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Inside Alcoa's plans to expand mining in the world's only jarrah forests
US aluminium giant Alcoa wants to expand mining operations in Western Australia's jarrah forests, setting the stage for a battle with environmentalists over the impact on wildlife and water quality. H...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
'Substandard' rehabilitation efforts after clearing Jarrah forest for aluminium mining should be a sound reason not to grant expansion of clearing, diminishing forest vulnerable to drying climate. Replanting trees is not the same as the complex ecosystem that is lost. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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They want you to think that protecting nature will make us all poorer, sicker and sadder.
It's a lie - as Costa Rica proves.
The Central American country’s extraordinary push to protect its rainforests and nature made its people happier, healthier and wealthier. Here’s how. 🧵
It's a lie - as Costa Rica proves.
The Central American country’s extraordinary push to protect its rainforests and nature made its people happier, healthier and wealthier. Here’s how. 🧵
April 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
They want you to think that protecting nature will make us all poorer, sicker and sadder.
It's a lie - as Costa Rica proves.
The Central American country’s extraordinary push to protect its rainforests and nature made its people happier, healthier and wealthier. Here’s how. 🧵
It's a lie - as Costa Rica proves.
The Central American country’s extraordinary push to protect its rainforests and nature made its people happier, healthier and wealthier. Here’s how. 🧵
He says it so clearly. We need to change our priorities.
February 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
He says it so clearly. We need to change our priorities.
The NDIA are removing vital supports while eligibility is reassessed, with poor communication. Now a review criticises their actions. Shades of #Robodebt. It's hugely stressful for participants, #ndia need to do much better for the vulnerable! It's their job! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Melbourne woman’s fight to keep NDIS support raises legal questions about agency’s ‘troubling’ processes
Tribunal decision for 54-year-old Veronica Stephan-Miller suggests onus of proof should be on NDIA, not recipient, before revoking benefits
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The NDIA are removing vital supports while eligibility is reassessed, with poor communication. Now a review criticises their actions. Shades of #Robodebt. It's hugely stressful for participants, #ndia need to do much better for the vulnerable! It's their job! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It feels awfully like more of the same with the changes to the #ndis. All without much input from participants, overbearing uncaring bureaucracy removing supports. Not fair.
Open letter to the NDIA regarding procedural fairness in NDIS eligibility reassessments open.substack.com/pub/leakylif...
Open letter to the NDIA regarding procedural fairness in NDIS eligibility reassessments open.substack.com/pub/leakylif...
Open letter to the NDIA regarding procedural fairness in NDIS eligibility reassessments
Dear NDIA: Your current process is stacked against participants. Here's how to fix it.
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January 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It feels awfully like more of the same with the changes to the #ndis. All without much input from participants, overbearing uncaring bureaucracy removing supports. Not fair.
Open letter to the NDIA regarding procedural fairness in NDIS eligibility reassessments open.substack.com/pub/leakylif...
Open letter to the NDIA regarding procedural fairness in NDIS eligibility reassessments open.substack.com/pub/leakylif...
Poor Bali is inundated by plastic rubbish this time of year. It's time to stop treating our oceans as bottomless rubbish dumps and drastically cut back our plastic consumption. Anything produced needs its whole life cycle sorted - reused, recycled . Laws for plastics. www.news.com.au/travel/desti...
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December 31, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Poor Bali is inundated by plastic rubbish this time of year. It's time to stop treating our oceans as bottomless rubbish dumps and drastically cut back our plastic consumption. Anything produced needs its whole life cycle sorted - reused, recycled . Laws for plastics. www.news.com.au/travel/desti...
Julia Baird talks about grace in the US where public figures set a tone where denigration and abuse are acceptable, where kindness and civility are absent. Yet as Julia notices, all around were acts of kindness and care, same in most our lives.
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Revenge is 'like Ritalin' in post-election America, but I saw signs of grace
All year, I had been looking forward to launching my book in a city that never forgets, never forgives, let alone never sleeps. When I arrived in Manhattan, it was obvious grace was in short supply.
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December 23, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Julia Baird talks about grace in the US where public figures set a tone where denigration and abuse are acceptable, where kindness and civility are absent. Yet as Julia notices, all around were acts of kindness and care, same in most our lives.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Nothing better on a hot day than to watch the sunset at the beach with a friendly cruisy crowd
December 22, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Nothing better on a hot day than to watch the sunset at the beach with a friendly cruisy crowd
I wrote a blog about meeting #michaelleunig at a Bali Writers Festival a few years ago. There were a number of obstacles for a woman with disabilities and with the Bali traffic but the end made all the effort so worthwhile. wordpress.com/post/littleb...
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December 19, 2024 at 10:17 PM
I wrote a blog about meeting #michaelleunig at a Bali Writers Festival a few years ago. There were a number of obstacles for a woman with disabilities and with the Bali traffic but the end made all the effort so worthwhile. wordpress.com/post/littleb...