Oh come on

Labor didn’t have the ″⁣ticker″⁣ for a fight with the online gambling lobby. It’ll be the same with the gas lobby.
David Cayzer, Clifton Hill
The Age, letters

Pick up the nearest book, turn to p. 42, and post the second sentence:

“Rather than “I intend to be the best survivalist,” or “Grant me a mean spear-throwing form,” the intentions we share are remarkably similar.”

My year without matches - Claire Dunn

The answer is that Australia would rather kick 160,000 people off NDIS than tax the gas industry fairly.

Taxing the gas industry would require facing down very powerful lobbying groups and industry leaders.

War in Iran Gives New Fuel to a Tax Debate in Australia

“How do we live in a country, one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, and we’re getting more tax from beer?” the senator, David Pocock, asked.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/w...

Australia's cyber security co-ordinator just dropped what I think will be a very useful reaction meme

"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"

Flying Fox tower looking over the Howqua River

A good day at “the office”

Kangaroos, fog, and the sun coming up over the Howqua Hills

Good morning

“We’re helping too many people with disabilities” is a hell of a line from a Labor government

a drawing of a cat in the rain with a black background Alt: a drawing of a sad cat in the rain with a black background

Labor could be setting an example - be an exemplar of modern democracy, caring , compassionate, fair, good taxes, and putting up good arguments against the neocons….

Like I said … they could … with such a majority they could set the narrative …. but they don’t 😞

A collection of Autumn leaves showing a red, orange, and yellow colour palette

🍁 The season has turned 🍂

Good morning

WE DON'T LIKE HIM EITHER DUDES POINT THAT SHIT AT X OKAY

And we’re supposed to trust these guys in AUKUS?

New site of critically endangered Tasmanian species found A group of bushwalkers walking in remote southwest Tasmania has discovered a new population of a critically endangered plant, King’s lomatia.

Well, I guess this is my first ever piece of breaking news - probably the biggest rare plant story in Australia this year. Over at @tasinquirer.bsky.social.

tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/very-ex...

Israeli former PM calls on ICC to halt West Bank ‘Jewish terrorists’ after prosecutions stop Exclusive: Guardian analysis of settler violence shows no Israelis prosecuted since 2020 for killing Palestinian civilians, as former military, police and spy chiefs describe ‘organised Jewish terrori...

Attacks have spurred former prime minister Ehud Olmert to call for an intervention by the ICC, to “save the Palestinians and us [Israelis]” from state-backed settler violence, carried out with the complicity and sometimes participation of the police and military.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

“Israeli officials are effectively green-lighting the use of sexual violence, when they decide not to prosecute the most high-profile case, which is extremely well documented … There is a culture of accepting sexualised assault against Palestinians.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Books for Earth Day

‘It’s surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth.’
- Sir David Attenborough

Ahead of #earthday some essential reading 📖

Let’s take that responsibility.
We can all play our part 🙏

🌱🌳💚🌏💙

War crime apologists undermine our Australian values I’m a veteran of 20 years. War crime apologists don’t speak for us. Like many who have served, I was deeply shaken by the Brereton Report in November 2020. The war crimes detailed across its 530 pages...

The Brereton Report made clear that none of the alleged crimes occurred in the heat of battle

The true heroes are the soldiers who...testified against war crimes. Those who dismiss this brave group have not engaged with the report’s findings or the culture it reveals
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

The Strokes - Oblivius - Live Coachella
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdX3...

For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them

Headline from the AFR "Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"

You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No?
You mean the CGT discount? No?
You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No?
You mean the free gas for multinationals? No?
You mean the failure of the PRRT? No?
You mean the tax dodging trusts? No?
You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No?

No you mean the NDIS FFS

Recap of the Snow Gum Summit 2026: The Next Ascent Mobilise! Resist! Transform!

Our report on the 2nd snow gum summit, held in Jindabyne last month, is now finished.

I feel very proud that we hosted this important event.

www.melbournefoe.org.au/recap_snowgu...

Won’t somebody save these hundreds of turtles condemned to death? | First Dog on the Moon There is a whole dam full of water right there but the turtles can’t have it

Letting one person's 'concerns' prevent a life-saving release of environmental water for wildlife, including turtles, is truly fucked up, and those responsible should all be ashamed.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social

Inside the 'Bad River Series' with Beau Miles YouTube video by Brian 'Ponch' Wattchow

Follow up podcast about the Bad River series.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqAv...

❝ ‘Social media and scrolling has re-trained our brains’, she [Caro] says. ‘People think that because they can swipe instantly and see a beautiful swimming hole, getting there’s as easy as swiping. Not realising it’s a 5km walk on an exposed ridge with no water.’ ❞
weareexplorers.co/blue-mountai...

Australia's 2 largest supermarkets face mounting scrutiny over their continued sourcing of Atlantic salmon from Macquarie Harbour, where salmon farming is hurtling the skate towards extinction,

Instead of acting, Coles & Woolies are having quiet chats about how to manage the PR.

Murray River, Wood Wood

The Murray River is looking awfully shallow. Our campsite pump is now outside of its pump up depth, and there are some snags appearing that I haven’t seen before.