And a Happy New Year to you too.

Total bald faced lie. On the front page. Of the only major newspaper in my state. See the problem here?

Got an email from the school that the boy was getting an award. Asked him what it might be for? He reeled off four possible subjects. At the ceremony yesterday he got an award in all four. Proud Dad.

Describing the first revegetation project taken under the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative at Boatharbour (upstream from Lismore).

Describing the first revegetation project taken under the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative at Boatharbour (upstream from Lismore).

Bare stream banks before works.

Rocks, woody debris, plants and fencing cattle out makes a huge difference.

I can’t express how proud I feel when I see these #NorthernRiversWatershedInitiative updates.

I didn’t waste my 9 years on Council.

Adopting #NaturalFloodMitigation is our best chance to protect communities & our river in one of the most flood prone catchments in Australia.

Cheers, big ears 😀🍻

Is it the same if I wear my watermelon undies on the outside? I’ve obviously missed the news of the watermelon ban?

Live: Dozens of bills pass Senate as social media ban approaches More than two dozen bills have passed the Senate today, with debate on the social media ban for under 16s approaching. Follow live.

Ok, so this is a big deal. The Senate has just passed the five Future Made in Australia bills - which lay the foundations to start transforming Australia's industrial landscape from fossil fuels to a clean export future.

Let me explain why... (1/n)

I couldn’t believe it when it was dropped. But now that makes sense. It’s still stupidity, but at least I understand that.

The prime minister's 'oh shit' moment when Fatima Payman helped sink key law Fatima Payman's vote was needed to pass a critical reform. It was late on Wednesday the prime minister's office realised it was about to collapse.

This is... funny. The hard nosed political operatives of the backroom couldn't... "count"

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Burning fossil fuels causes more deaths than tobacco
smokekills.com.au @docsenvaus.bsky.social
CCS: trying to make smoking safe after smoke leaves your lungs
Deploying renewables faster most efficient way to avoid CO2 release to atmosphere

Oh, also, stop cutting down trees, please

Lovely. Thanks Matt.

Keep calm and carry on? It may be time for Australia to shift from default setting after first Test thumping | Geoff Lemon The current set-up lean towards playing it safe on team selection but after a first Test humiliation efforts to project calm can be dissembling

This is very good from @geofflemon.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2...

Infant dies amid worst Queensland whooping cough epidemic on record Queensland Health confirms child’s death from highly contagious infection as vaccination rates plummet and cases spike across Australia

Here’s the link:

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

This was supposed to include the link. Dammit, now I’ll have to work out what I did wrong.

Infant dies amid worst Queensland whooping cough epidemic on record

Get vaxxed people.

Blackout risk warning as scorching temperatures forecast for parts of NSW Power supplies will become tight in New South Wales and Queensland this week, with parts of western Sydney tipped to approach 40C Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Power supplies will become “tight” in New South Wales and Queensland later this week as the season’s first major heatwave coincides with outages at big coal-fired power stations. Parts of western Sydney are forecast to approach 40C on Tuesday and Wednesday during a pre-summer hot spell spanning a week of 30C-plus days. Heatwave conditions in eastern parts of NSW will be in the low- to severe-intensity range, the Bureau of Meteorology said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Blackout risk warning as scorching temperatures forecast for parts of NSW

Courts, politicians and police in the sea: the many battles for climate activists at NSW’s Rising Tide protest Experts say moves to stop the protest come amid an escalating crackdown on activism across the country

When our leaders refuse to take urgent action on climate change, then - for the love of our children & grandchildren - we simply must protest. I stand with @risingtideaus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Sending hugs 🤗

Once you realize that Trump isn’t nominating cabinet members to RUN agencies but DESTROY them, it makes more sense.

The gender pay gap is now at its lowest recorded rate ever. This is because the Labor Govt:
1. Supported minimum wage increases
2. Banned pay secrecy clauses
3. Funded wage increases for aged care workers
4. Supported men to share in parental leave
6. Publishes gender pay gap of individual employers

To the ‘dude’ walking down the street pushing a large boom box in a shopping trolley.

Thanks for the Michael Jackson tunes, they made the trip back to the 1980’s feel complete.

Terrible news today:

This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.

Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.

www.aims.gov.au/information-...

Let’s not waste another summer debating climate science – Australia’s energy transition can work for everyone | Peter Lewis When the heat is on, the onus should be on the Coalition to explain why they don’t support measures to ensure their newly discovered battlers have access to rooftop solar

Australians want to see the renewables rollout continue.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Hello Michael 👋👋

My first BlueSky block. I’m not putting up with that idiot again. Feels good.

A false crawl, so the female turtle may be back again in the next few nights.

ATTENTION TWEED TURTLEWATCHERS!

We have had our second nesting attempt (false crawl) for the season in the Tweed area last night. Often nesting females that false crawl, will try again in the coming nights. TurtleWatch hotline 0447 877 149.

📸 Denise Gravestone & Sara

Blue and white car

Red car

Black car with flames

Brown and white car

Tell me your #BestThing of the day. Mine is that it’s cruise night, the council-appointed night of the month to do laps of Main Street in your hot rod/ souped up rust bucket/ cattle mustering ute while the locals sit out in deck chairs and eat ice cream and burgers

This is a cool thing. Cruise night.

Turtle tracks coming up the beach

From the pattern in the sand we see that it uses alternate front flippers to crawl. That’s what shows it’s a Loggerhead turtle.

The nest site. Lots of sand thrown around to hide exactly where the nest is buried.

We have had our first successful nest for the season in Evans Head two mornings ago! This nest was from a loggerhead turtle. We can hopefully expect this lady to lay another clutch of eggs in the coming weeks. Ph 0447 877 149 to report!

📸 Leann Spencer