New Australia Institute research shows that the Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing Australian gas than the Australian Government!

"They're taxing our gas. There's no reason we can't."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary. The NDIS funds reasonable and necessary supports that make ordinary life possible. Cuts put people at risk. Act now to protect the NDIS.

The #NDIS funds the supports people with disability rely on for everyday life. PWD Australia is calling on the community to help stop further cuts to the NDIS. #NDIS #disabilityrights #inclusion Find out more and get involved here: pwd.org.au/disability-r...

NDIS growth has been driven by structural and legislative failures by past govts which have allowed waste, rorting & inadequate regulation. The system can be reformed humanely & transparently, but we shouldn't be making wholesale cuts unless adequate supports are in place for vulnerable Australians.

Rare and beautiful 'extinct' bird rediscovered after 100 years of no sightings The night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is a small green-and-yellow bird species long considered near-mythical across Australia’s interior.

Rare and beautiful 'extinct' bird rediscovered after 100 years of no sightings:

www.earth.com/news/rare-bi...

Hi friends, it's Peer Review Friday 😃

Today we're looking at Responding to changes in the unregulated drug supply: the need for a dynamic approach to drug checking technologies by Bhuiyan, I. et al, published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, July 2023.

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Injectable peptides are the new anti-ageing trend. But what evidence do we have they’re safe for humans? Once taboo, injecting is becoming normalised in the beauty industry and on social media. But what do peptide serums actually contain? And do the anti-ageing claims stack up?

New in @theconvo-bot.bsky.social @theconversation.com

Pleased to be able to address the rise of synthetic injectable peptides.

@uqchsr.bsky.social

theconversation.com/injectable-p...

'Grow up': Meta censoring warnings about illicit drugs, health experts say Public health workers are warning lives could be at risk due to social media sites automatically censoring educational posts about illicit drugs circulating in the community.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

My patient would rather take a peptide than a statin. That reveals an uncomfortable truth in medicine “The volume of evidence behind a therapy has become inversely correlated with public trust in it,” writes Vikas Patel.

On folks who eschew well-studied, regulated meds like statins, but happily inject unregulated, unapproved, mail-order peptides.

This is a good article, excerpted below:

www.statnews.com/2026/04/03/p...

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🔍 On #InternationalDrugCheckingDay, we highlight how #DrugChecking helps identify unexpected substances, risky mixtures and emerging trends.

🎥 Watch our webinar recording: euda.europa.eu/media-library/euda-webinar-international-drug-checking-day_en

Dying woman opens up on facing mortality at age 26 Before ending her life through voluntary assisted dying, Annaliese Holland shares her final wishes and advice on living a full life.

Dying woman opens up on facing mortality at age 26: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/annalies...

In Australia, it costs about $300 to get the vaccine if you are not yet 65 years of age (yoa; or other special group), despite recommendation to get it from 50 yoa, and growing body of literature pointing to a beneficial effect in reducing the risk of dementia ($300 vs care for dementia ..⚖️)

Photo of Chris Bowen NEW EPISODE | Australia’s fossil fuel subsidies are out of control Listen to Follow the Money now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

Fossil fuel subsidies are growing faster than spending on the NDIS.

@rodcampbell.bsky.social says it’s time to call out the idea that governments can’t afford to support Australians in need, yet can dish out $31,020 per minute on climate-destroying subsidies. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/3PHIcMu

⚠️ Community Notice 13th March 2026

Two blue 'hello kitty' press pills were brought to CanTEST for testing, expected to contain MDMA - actually containing the synthethic cathinone N,N-dimethylpentylone and MDMA instead.

Test it before you take it.

#cantest

If the NDIS is ‘runaway spending’, what do we call $16 billion in fossil fuel subsidies? New research shows fossil fuel subsidies will reach $16.3 billion in 2025–26, rising faster than the NDIS. Handouts to mining giants are growing faster than support for Australians with disability.

Just a reminder - while NDIS subsidies are allegedly 'unsustainable' fossil fuel subsidies grew by 9.6% in the last year to $16.3bn. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

🆕Exploring the Utility and Appropriateness of Dose Thresholds for Issuing of Public Drug Alerts on High-Dose MDMA: A Qualitative Study

Jack Freestone, Harriet MacDonald, Stassi Kypri, Brendan Clifford, Krista J. Siefried, Nadine Ezard

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

NDIA rejected a vision-impaired person's request for a $7000 mobility scooter because his inability to drive a car "did not result from low vision" but rather due to laws barring people with low vision from holding a license. Nuts! Went to court, NDIA lost, had go buy the scooter and pay costs.

Photo of Australian pelicans with a cormorant hiding in the left foreground

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore. I think this is a cormorant among the pelicans.

IYKYK #KathandKim

Head of a bright green and blue bird camouflaged behind green leaves and red flowers and fruit of an apple tree

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #bestofthemonth. My favourite was a green rosella in an apple tree on #brunyisland Tasmania

Bathroom for assistance dogs with a patch of fake grass, drinking bowl and poop bags for clean up

Hobart Airport has a bathroom for assistance dogs and it's awesome #Hobart

Photo of two boats on the water with green and yellow tones

Unintentionally arty photo from Hobart dock, waiting to head off to Bruny Island.

People heading down brown river to a steep waterfall. Person (Scott Morrison) on shore "We're now in a stage of shit creek where you just can't make paddles free"

Favourite Jon Kudelka cartoon. From a time during COVID when Morrison was saying tests shouldn't be free, but really could apply to anything.

Such a sad loss. Loved his art, his sharp humour and piercing insight.

Micro-QuEChERS extraction method optimization for quantification of designer benzodiazepines in forensic postmortem blood samples Abstract. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a quantitative method for the analysis of designer benzodiazepines in postmortem blood samples

Micro-QuEChERS extraction method optimization for quantification of designer benzodiazepines in forensic postmortem blood samples #JAT #MassSpec academic.oup.com/jat/article-...

Looking for Australian (UTC+10) individuals who would be willing to serve as mentors for the #DisabledInSTEM program as we have two individuals currently without mentors!

A Life Built in a Good-Enough System A Life of Disability, Adversity, Laughter — and the Systems That Made It Possible

My brother wrote a beautiful tribute to our Dad who passed last week — Voy Ilic:
nickilicphysio.substack.com/p/a-life-bui...

Just an amazing good news story in the feed for a change.

A picture of a black-tailed wallaby facing the camera surrounded by plants and trees

Spot the wallaby

New case report of the synthetic opioid protonitazene found in vaping product sold as cannabinoids, with chronic use leading to opioid depence. Nitazenes in vapes have previously been reported in Australia. doi.org/10.1080/1556...