You’re very talented !

Photo of an adult male Gang-gang Cockatoo, portrait from the neck up. It is grey with light grey/green bars on the edges of its feathers, and bright red feathers on its head and crest. Its eye is dark and its stout beak is white.

As before, but a different, younger male Gang-gang Cockatoo. Its red head feathers aren't fully developed yet. It is biting the end of a stick.

As before, but an an adult female. its head feathers are grey and its belly feathers have cream, yellow, and orange bars.

Today there were *nine* Gang-gang Cockatoo in our garden!
#birds

Wow!

I love that! I’m still finishing a jumper meant for my sisters 60th birthday - she turns 62 next month 🤦‍♀️

The people that should be kicked off the NDIS are In my opinion the privatised service providers. Same as the other public teat suckers the Job Agencies.

Last time I left my home to pick up scripts + get a haircut, I was abused by two charming people who claimed I was bludging on the NDIS (I’m a manual wheelchair user + vision impaired). I was on my own (I’m non NDIS + receive no support whatsoever), struggling but did not ask anyone for assistance.

How bloody dare they ? And I’ll bet “the charming people” have no qualms whatsoever rorting their tax returns every year

Senator Ralph Babet is a single, childless, 43-year-old immigrant.

FFS

Exclusive: University of Queensland scraps Indigenous children’s book, citing controversial anti-Semitism policy The University of Queensland has decided to pulp all 5,000 copies of a children’s picture book written by an Indigenous poet, after media queries from News Corp’s _The Australian_ newspaper that levelled accusations of anti-Semitism against the book’s illustrator. It’s a decision that also marks the first time a controversial definition of anti-Semitism, adopted by Australia’s universities last year, has been cited as the basis of a book cancellation. _Bila, a river cycle_ , was written by award-winning Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money and illustrated by Matt Chun. It’s an environmentally-focused book that tells the story of a river’s journey from mountain to sea and the people who pollute the waterways. Money and Chun began work on the book in 2022 and it was due for release this year. Jazz Money, the author of __Bila, a river cycle.__ In January this year, Dymocks announced that it was removing all of Chun’s books from its stores after he wrote an article titled “We don’t mourn fascists” in the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack. After the Dymocks announcement, _The Australian_ approached University of Queensland Press (UQP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Queensland, to ask about _Bila._ The chair of UQP, Professor Heather Zwicker, told the newspaper that the publisher had, “put the proposed publication on hold pending the outcome of an internal review and external legal processes underway,” effectively suspending its publication. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

The book's author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it "sets a chilling standard".

The Petroleum Resources Rent Tax is broken. Australians deserve a fair return for our resources.

A 25% tax on gas exports would raise $17 billion a year (which yes, is far more than $6.9 billion over four years!)

📺 @richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol

Sarah Hanson-Young shreds the QLD Resources Council for recycling the same old arguments against a Tax on Gas that they used against QLD Labor’s Coal royalties in 2022, revealing there’s “more” Coal mines now than in 2022
SHY: “In 2022 there were 52, there’s now 58!”💥 #auspol

Slippery

A small Australian 2026 #flu update.
22APR2026
🦠It is *not* an early start to the 2026 season. That is a really nice change from several past years.
In the ~12 days since my last update (10APR), detections have risen by 1,602. That's a daily rate of 134.

In Australia, measles cases have continued to grow most strongly in New South Wales. They blew past last year’s tally for the state about a month ago.

Some sign of the pace slowing lately, but with an 18 day incubation period it is too early to relax.
🧵

Thanks for all you do for us 🫶

The only things they excel in are hypocrisy & rorting

Bridget McKenzie, who resigned in disgrace over Sports Rorts, tells Sunrise that the NDIS will only survive if we “stop the rorting.”
Extraordinary hypocrisy. From the same party that left the NDIS without fraud protections for a decade. #auspol

Australians are being played by Rinehart and Hanson, and the media is helping – Amy Remeikis Legacy media's refusal to scrutinise One Nation is going to hurt the country

It should worry you that the One Nation candidate on track to win Farrer thinks it is "above his paygrade" whether Gina Rinehart is funding the party.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/legacy-med...

In other words he has no independent thought processes or ethics

Yep

Larissa Waters asks former Treasury chief Ken Henry if it’s too simplistic to say wartime gas profits from the war on Iran can either go to Australians, or to overseas investors & shareholders.
Henry “That’s not simplistic, that’s how it is!” “It is as simple as that.” 💥 #auspol

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Minns doubles down on ‘rational’ anti-protest law despite NSW’s highest court ruling it unconstitutional Greens criticise premier’s ‘extraordinary attack’ on judiciary and urge him to accept he ‘got it wrong’

I have no time for Minns

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You are so so good ! 👏👏👏

Single frame. Prayer session in the Oval Office. Trump’s team laying hands on Trump, as his pastor says, “O Lord, cast out those misguided religious leaders who would dare to meddle in our politics…”

Let us pray.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Farmers welcome fertiliser deal struck between Australia and Indonesia | Region Canberra An extra 250,000 tonnes of agricultural-grade urea has been secured for Australian farmers in a fertiliser deal struck with the…

Say what you like about other issues,
On a mission to secure much needed fuel and fertiliser during this crisis.
Labor govt are doing an excellent job.
#auspol
region.com.au/farmers-welc...

Long waits make for sicker patients. Sicker patients need more time in hospital. Our health system needs urgent care | Ranjana Srivastava When experienced staff leave, the inexperienced people who replace them need years to gain confidence

Good article

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Words Of Al Jazeera Columnist......

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese described the Israeli occupation army as “the most degenerate army on earth,” stating that its practices have crossed all red lines and violated international law.

Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260420-un-...