Receiving a flu shot doesn’t just protect you, it protects all the people you would have passed your flu on to. Among those people may be some who are frail or old.

It takes five minutes, it may save a life and will certainly save some suffering.

Get a flu shot.

Single frame. Man standing in front of woman in wheelchair says: “Instead of complaining about the expensive nuclear subs we may never see, or our increasing expenditure on war machinery, maybe think about how properly funding YOUR NEEDS makes us LESS SAFE as a country…”

Priorities.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Australia is and should always be a country where we judge you by who you are, not where you’re from.

Biggest argument against EV trucks in Oz is always: "Yeah what about Melbourne to Perth?!" Mate, chill. Most road freight is Sydney–Melbourne. Long-haul to Perth is mostly train anyway. Fred doing Port Botany to Parramatta every day? Perfect EV truck territory.

Chart showing gas exports and PRRT: 2014-15: Exports $16.9bn PRRT $1.9bn 2024-25: Exports $64.6bn PRRT $1.4bn

Just in case you're wondering why the gas industry hates the idea of a 25% gas export tax and wants to keep the PRRT

Fuel price gouging. War profiteering and government dissembling - Michael West Greedy fuel companies are taking advantage of war, while politicians tell us they’re going to deal with greedy fuel companies, but don't.

When the Iran war started and fuel prices went up, Labor ministers were telling the Parliament and public that the ACCC was cracking down on fuel price gouging. But the ACCC wasn’t, because it couldn’t. The Govt knew it, but were engaging in deceit. #auspol

Research that claimed Roundup herbicide is safe, retracted by US journal - ABC listen In 2017, a lawsuit uncovered internal emails from chemical giant Monsanto that suggested its employees helped ghostwrite an influential paper that claimed to find no evidence the company’s widely used...

Wow missed this. The Monsanto ghost written paper that underpinned glyphosate’s “safe” status, has been retracted.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Earth’s atmosphere stretches out to the Moon – and beyond The outermost part of our planet’s atmosphere extends well beyond the lunar orbit – almost twice the distance to the Moon.

Even at its furthest point, the Orion spacecraft will still be within Earth's atmosphere ... the geocorona is a vast halo of hydrogen that extends for 630, 000 km.
#ArtemisII 🧪 🔭

I only saw this stellar commentary from the superb @cathywilcox.bsky.social today. There's so much outstanding scathing political commentary in these 4 panels. #auspol #TheRules

I Am Not a Number A memorial for the 60,199 Palestinian victims of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Each dot is a name. Each name was a life.

An Egyptian programmer has created a page dedicated to each victim of the Palestinian genocide. So far, he has recorded 72,000 names. Each light point represents a victim and, by clicking on it, you will see their name and date of birth. You can filter by age.
bkhmsi.github.io/i-am-not-a-n...

#BoycottTheCoffeeClub #auspol

A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’

This is not a 'masculinity crisis', it's a misogyny crisis. This is not a problem with 'masculinity'-- millions of men model positive masculinity every day. This is a problem of male violence. Stop calling it 'masculinity'.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The things one finds out arguing with random people who are complaining about elections on the internet. Pauline Hanson's website at www.senatorhanson.com.au/pauline-hans... contains this absolute whopper of a false claim, getting the introduction of preferential voting wrong by 80 years!

"Indefensible:" Fossil fuel lies have crippled climate action, so why did Senate inquiry pull its punches? Australia’s first parliamentary inquiry into climate and energy mis- and disinformation has landed, but why was it forced to bury its most significant solutions?

"Multiple submissions detailed coordinated “astroturfing” campaigns, including fake social media accounts impersonating real Australians to manufacture opposition to renewable energy projects, alongside widespread use of misleading political advertising."
reneweconomy.com.au/indefensible...

Honoured to second Kate Chaney's bill to ban gambling ads today. It's good policy and Australians want it. If the Gov is too scared to stand up on this, they should at least get out of the way and let others do it for them #auspol #politas

✍️ PETITION: Help take on the gas industry Tax the gas industry its fair share! Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could solve the gas crisis – and raise $17 billion every year at the same time. ✍️ Add your name now...

I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Tax the gas industry its fair share! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gas_export_t...

Far less response from western nations to Israel's official racism than to South Africa's in the 1980s.

Until there are boycotts and real sanctions, Israel's impunity will continue.

Australia's National Press Club (allegedly "an association of primarily news journalists"): hold my beer

Israel's targeting & kill count of journos is at least 260

NPC invites Israel’s new ambassador to 🇦🇺, Hillel Newman, to speak (having prev cancelled Chris Hedges who was to speak about Gaza)

A statement on behalf of the Australian Cartoonists Association regarding James Hillier aka Nordacious and the QLD Government:

These thoughts are a gift, gratefully received. Thanks.

“When The Levee Breaks” Performed by John Paul Jones & Musicians Around the World From Playing for Change comes this: 'When The Levee Breaks is a powerful, thought-provoking and emotionally-charged classic by Led Zeppelin, from their Led Zeppelin IV album.

“When The Levee Breaks” Performed by John Paul Jones & Musicians Around the World

Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content “In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

'Sweeping, unchecked powers' behind Iranian tourist ban Thousands of Iranian travellers have now been barred from entering Australia under a government ban, prompting criticism by refugee advocates and some crossbenchers.

Federal government's ban on Iranians to block 7,200 Visitor visa holders from Australia. First time since the White Australia Policy that an entire country of people banned. People from Ukraine/ Israel were permitted to enter Australia on visitors visas

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Done! @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social
And thank you for all that you do!!

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Aesop: I TOLD YOU

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.

Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.

It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.

That’s it.

The selective silence: Why I was forced out of the Multicultural NSW board Retired Navy captain Mona Shindy speaks out on her dismissal from Multicultural NSW

www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-select...
Smash the Patriarchy

#TransportationCarbonFootprint

The @albomp.bsky.social govt APPROVES YET ANOTHER Gas extension involving up to ~1700 new gas wells to 2081 for climate criminals Asia Pacific LNG (check👇)

That's 33 Coal & Gas new/extension projects APPROVED

(who needs Great Barrier Reef or a liveable climate when you've got export gas cargoes)