David Papps
@davidpapps.bsky.social
Conservationist. Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder 2012-2018. AM. Veteran of forest wars. National parks advocate. Unabashed fan of greenie academic activists. Swans tragic. Close friend of Charlie the Bichon. It's what you do, not what you say.
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Cannot believe how concussed the discussion is in Australia. We have a major security problem - two extremists training with (?) ISIS overseas and had easy access to guns – and Sussan Ley is releasing an Action Plan that is like "We will amend the Australian Research Council Act"
December 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Cannot believe how concussed the discussion is in Australia. We have a major security problem - two extremists training with (?) ISIS overseas and had easy access to guns – and Sussan Ley is releasing an Action Plan that is like "We will amend the Australian Research Council Act"
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Bondi politic.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bondi politic.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Turfing Frydenberg is one of the best things Victorians have done. It’s been vindicated again by his conduct this week: turning an atrocity into a desperate attempt to revive his political career.
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Turfing Frydenberg is one of the best things Victorians have done. It’s been vindicated again by his conduct this week: turning an atrocity into a desperate attempt to revive his political career.
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‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing
Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing
Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing
Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus.
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Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus.
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Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus.
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New piece - about the media environment today and the troubling lack of scrutiny of government nickfeik.substack.com/p/a-rare-win
December 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New piece - about the media environment today and the troubling lack of scrutiny of government nickfeik.substack.com/p/a-rare-win
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Since fish farms were closed on most of the inside pass of Vancouver Island, look at the amazing coho fishery recovery. Amazing to see!
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Since fish farms were closed on most of the inside pass of Vancouver Island, look at the amazing coho fishery recovery. Amazing to see!
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This is quite pathetic. Not unexpected given the journo, but still.
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is quite pathetic. Not unexpected given the journo, but still.
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euro (Osphranter / Macropus robustus) near the bolla bollana creek
arkaroola wilderness sanctuary , far northern flinders ranges, south australia
#photography #landscapephotography #wildlifephotography #australia #southaustralia
arkaroola wilderness sanctuary , far northern flinders ranges, south australia
#photography #landscapephotography #wildlifephotography #australia #southaustralia
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
euro (Osphranter / Macropus robustus) near the bolla bollana creek
arkaroola wilderness sanctuary , far northern flinders ranges, south australia
#photography #landscapephotography #wildlifephotography #australia #southaustralia
arkaroola wilderness sanctuary , far northern flinders ranges, south australia
#photography #landscapephotography #wildlifephotography #australia #southaustralia
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hiker on the summit of mount jagungal (2061 metres), kosciuszko national park, new south wales, australia
#photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #australia #southaustralia
#photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #australia #southaustralia
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
hiker on the summit of mount jagungal (2061 metres), kosciuszko national park, new south wales, australia
#photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #australia #southaustralia
#photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography #australia #southaustralia
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early morning on coombadjha creek, washpool national park, a world heritage temperate rainforest, new south wales, australia
#photography #landscapephotography #australia #newsouthwales #wildernessphotography
#photography #landscapephotography #australia #newsouthwales #wildernessphotography
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
early morning on coombadjha creek, washpool national park, a world heritage temperate rainforest, new south wales, australia
#photography #landscapephotography #australia #newsouthwales #wildernessphotography
#photography #landscapephotography #australia #newsouthwales #wildernessphotography
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Will a controversial water plan lead to 'bad years' for Roper River barramundi?
Documents obtained through FOI laws showed an increased water extraction rate could lead to "bad years" for barramundi and the endangered largetooth sawfish.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Documents obtained through FOI laws showed an increased water extraction rate could lead to "bad years" for barramundi and the endangered largetooth sawfish.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Will a controversial water plan lead to 'bad years' for Roper River barra?
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws have revealed planned water extraction from the aquifer that feeds the Northern Territory's Roper River could lead to "bad years" for its fish popu...
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Will a controversial water plan lead to 'bad years' for Roper River barramundi?
Documents obtained through FOI laws showed an increased water extraction rate could lead to "bad years" for barramundi and the endangered largetooth sawfish.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Documents obtained through FOI laws showed an increased water extraction rate could lead to "bad years" for barramundi and the endangered largetooth sawfish.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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All those thinking the private sector would find a way to solve climate change, when of course all it was ever going to do was find ways to produce even more emissions and f*ck the environment royally.
Because well... that's all it ever has done.
Because well... that's all it ever has done.
Excellent reporting by @joshtaylor.bsky.social and @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
All those thinking the private sector would find a way to solve climate change, when of course all it was ever going to do was find ways to produce even more emissions and f*ck the environment royally.
Because well... that's all it ever has done.
Because well... that's all it ever has done.
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Information collected includes the older person’s name, date of birth, contact details (address, email, phone), demographic information (e.g. gender), identifiers (e.g. Medicare number, healthcare identifier, aged care ID), applications, consents and supporters
In estimates today the Department confessed to me that older people are having their My Aged Care data stolen by providers for use in sales calls.
This is aged care under Labor: jacking up out-of-pocket costs then letting telemarketers loose to gouge vulnerable people even more.
This is aged care under Labor: jacking up out-of-pocket costs then letting telemarketers loose to gouge vulnerable people even more.
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Information collected includes the older person’s name, date of birth, contact details (address, email, phone), demographic information (e.g. gender), identifiers (e.g. Medicare number, healthcare identifier, aged care ID), applications, consents and supporters
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
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Data centres planned in NSW alone will need enough power for 1m homes www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Data centres planned in NSW alone will need enough power for 1m homes
The state wants to be a hub for computing infrastructure but is considering ways to make their developers pay for more of their massive energy needs.
www.afr.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Data centres planned in NSW alone will need enough power for 1m homes www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why
theconversation.com/long-awaited...
theconversation.com/long-awaited...
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 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why
theconversation.com/long-awaited...
theconversation.com/long-awaited...
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You cant protect nature if you wont protect native forests from chain saws & bulldozers
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
You cant protect nature if you wont protect native forests from chain saws & bulldozers
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
State Library proposes major cuts to staff and services
The library plans halve the number of reference librarians it employs and reduce the number of computers available for public use in a move that has outraged staff.
www.theage.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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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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Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
-Virginia Young
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
-Virginia Young
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
-Virginia Young
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
-Virginia Young
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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The agency this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence
CDC Vaccine Website Promotes Anti-Science Claims of Autism Ties
The agency this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The agency this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence
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Rules meant to protect endangered gliders increase risk of localised extinction, scientists say www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Absolute madness': Environment groups decry glider survey results
New data points to the "systemic" under-reporting of greater glider dens within areas earmarked for logging in NSW, which scientists say could result in localised extinctions.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rules meant to protect endangered gliders increase risk of localised extinction, scientists say www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...