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Reading Katherine Wilson's excellent article in this month's The Monthly, and this paragraph is the most concise summary you'll ever read of Labor's record on environmental issues for the last 12 years.

Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution theconversation.com/unlocking-th...

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

theconversation.com/friday-essay... Generative AI trains on people. Its algorithms learn from humans, requiring our quirks and idiosyncrasies to improve. If the models are exposed predominantly to the output from other AIs, they degenerate and, eventually, collapse.

Yep johnmenadue.com/post/2026/10...

#DailyGlimmer Was exploring the great outdoorium yesterday in the south east of Tasmania (south of Dover) and came across a tree fern grove that ran all the way to the sea 😮 - have never seen coastal tree ferns - stunning

Hey so my nearly two-year stint in some other roles is coming to an end after next week and I’ll be back to environment reporting. 🎉 If you have some scoops for me, hit me up!

Our pool-to-pond conversion in suburban Adelaide will feature on Gardening Australia tomorrow night, where we will explain why and how we did it. A true oasis for ourselves and all wildlife. On ABC TV at 7:30pm Friday 23 Oct 2026, and on iview thereafter.

I can’t express just how absolutely grotesque it is to take a very recent and horrific crime which, if anything, can be tied to our culture’s ongoing indifference to male violence against women, and try through anguished mental gymnastics to blame it instead on people who want to stop a genocide

A court’s told the alleged Haines attacker has mental health issues but the Murdoch media cravenly use the tragedy to whip up hate for anti genocide voices and environmentalists as the beloved Indi MP fights for life. “Truth Lies & Media” is live!⚡️ Promo Match Frame Editing #auspol #NewsCorpse

Once again, Australia goes missing.

Lol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re bringing @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to Australia Nov 15-22! Join us in Melbourne or Sydney for a chance to hear Molly dive into her latest book alongside speakers & artists like @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, Louise Adler & more. Tix: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/09/moll...

#BREAKING 🚨 Larissa Waters will resign as Greens leader due to ill health, saying she is managing a "pre-existing kidney disease that has declined significantly", although "prognosis for recovery is positive" Waters says she will remain as a Senator for Queensland

‘Not acting on climate change means a certain World War in the lifetime of anybody born from now on.’ Scientists explain that climate change is a far bigger threat than governments are telling you:

Investigation launched into Wedderburn(NSW) hazard reduction burn that destroyed NSW RFS fire truck www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

'Ecological thinning' happening in Victoria too, because loggers gonna log. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

Today I mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague Dr Tim Read, Greens MP for Brunswick. A champion for our climate, for his local community and for the integrity of our parliament. 🧵

One of the nicest people you could meet and a champion of forest protection.

'Dimopoulos then “blindsided conservationists”, Crook says, by announcing Labor’s about-face on national park commitments to a mtg @ the ETU, which was promoting shooting ... Many nature campaigners who come from the union mvmnt say D’s acquiescence to Big Build unions turned them against Labor.'

#SophieMcNeill @sophiemcneill.bsky.social : STOP RECRUITING OUR KIDS TO #AUKUS @walabor.bsky.social ! Went to a pretty frustrating AUKUS community forum hosted by #ABCperth yesterday in Rockingham. #AUSPOL #WApol #Labor #Greens #ALP #VoteGreens #WarWithChina #UShegemony #USimperialism

The smoke from “planned burns” is making my head ache badly

The Victorian government sat on a report for more than 12 months that found the state’s koalas were in chronically poor health.

I felt better after I wrote this. It was a relief to admit that I failed. climatefictionwritersleague.substack.com/p/is-it-me-i...

Never ever ever going to get sick of seeing this

An exhibition bringing together artists responding to urgent environmental concerns surrounding contemporary forest management. Curated by Christine Gregory, Time to Burn examines current fire management practices, with a focus on aerial prescribed burning in the Southwest.

It's a scam, it's a scam, it's a scam. Taxpayers will pay for 95% of the NSW Great Koala National Park. Yet Chris Minns/Bowen say $$ from climate polluters for offsets are essential. Me in The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

I've always thought that offsets are largely an accounting sham; as an ecologist they make little sense to me on a finite planet and where most habitats and ecosystems can't be recovered quickly. This video rams it home. National parks and koalas are not there to help polluters to keep polluting.

Electricity provider AusNet is investigating how three of Victoria's rarest eucalypts were felled on public land. au.news.yahoo.com/tradies-baff...

Victoria plans up to 6,000 km of fuel breaks, including through high-conservation-value forests. Chris Taylor and David Lindenmayer write that the program risks serious environmental damage while offering limited protection against severe bushfires. #Bushfires #Forests #Climate #fuelbreaks

logical article exposing the insanity of what they call 'fuel breaks'. These just dry out a forests natural fire-resistance - cool, damp, intact forests supress a fire's travel. These wind tunnels can also flume fire along them even faster #environment pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...

If fuel breaks will have a limited effect on stopping fire spotting and may potentially contribute to crown fires, why are they being constructed? One reason is that firebreak construction provides a source of timber for the native forest logging industry johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08...

Got a great jumper today from Microbats of Melbourne, a specialist microbat rescue and rehabilitation service based in Templestowe. Go give ‘em some bucks! microbatsofmelbourne.org

The 80,000 native forest jobs claim doesn’t add up https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-08-25/476570/ #Auspol

Worth noting that the @albomp.bsky.social government coughed up $240 million for a football stadium precint in Tasmania for a Tassie Devil Football team. However can only find $20 million to stop Tassie Devils, and all our other wildlife, from being decimated by bird flu Check your priorities Labor