‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say

On what planet is a RAMSAR wetland maintained by keeping water flow within river banks? Some genius stops all environmental & grazier grassland allocated water flows due to a failure of NSWWater hydrology management for a single farm? Huge NSW Govt failure.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dudes. As a society we taught young women to walk with keys between their fingers in dark parking lots and to carry pepper spray in their purse.

So yes. I’m asking you to be responsible for the actions of other men. After all, that’s what you’ve asked of women for centuries.

It’s your turn.

Nannas say “You tell em love.”

Sexual violence and forcible transfer in the West Bank This report documents gender-based and sexualised violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank in contexts w...

Sexual assault, forcing citizens to strip naked, Israeli men exposing themselves to children.
The latest human report on Israel's actions against people in the West Bank is shocking.
When will western leaders stand up for international law and denounce the terror state?
www.nrc.no/resources/re...

Oh but NO!
Our heroes 🤢 get shot in the ear!
And have miraculous powers of, of,
'ear regeneration'.
Just like on the cartoons.

When the fat cats sitting at their desks in well secured buildings in different countries want to fight each other they should have a duel. No they send young men & women to fight their battles & they stay in their secured buildings or travel around in 20 car cavalcades surrounded by security .

AI is the technological heir of mansplaining and getting it wrong

The hidden public cost of private schools blowing a hole in our budget Yes, debt has blown out. Here's where you can start cutting back.

THIS

‘If you want to talk about wasteful government spending, the $12 billion a year going to well-off people sending their kids to private schools would be a good start.’ www.canberratimes.com.au/story/922838...

Australia. The idiot country.

Ask yourself, what would Xi do? - Michael West The defence hawks never miss a chance. Netanyahu and Trump are running amok in the Middle East. Yet “Look over there! China!”

Obvious lesson from the war on Iran is that hosting American bases unsurprisingly makes the host a target when America goes to war.
We are through the looking glass, needing American military protection because we host American military protection.

Mine for MWM
michaelwest.com.au/what-would-x...

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

Where are the AUKUS nuclear waste costings (let alone the dump sites)? - Michael West Defence has to provide costings for before procurement is approved. Where are the AUKUS nuclear waste disposal costs?

At this rate, Australia will get to dump US & UK nuclear waste here under the AUKUS deal, get no submarines for $368B, and still not be told where they're dumping the waste or how much it will cost
@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social reports
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/where-are-th...

Submarine agency external spending hit record high amid 'secretive' culture review Ray Athwal Ray Athwal Data Journalist. Published 08 April 2026 Australia’s submarine agency is committing record funding to external firms for management and support services while maintaining a “secretive” stance on internal assessments of its own workplace culture. While AUKUS was framed as a means to establish sovereign industrial capability, an analysis of procurement contracts showed the agency has relied on a small group of private providers.

Wtf???

So, no money for NDIS but all the money for AUKUS - and they're outsourcing $$$ to external private firms?!

#AusPol

Gas tax fight escalates ahead of budget as inquiry begins Calls are growing for a new 25 per cent tax on gas exports to increase the petroleum resource rent tax on windfall profits, but companies have warned any changes would jeopardise Australia's energy su...

As the govt weighs options to raise revenue, balance the budget & confront the global energy crisis, one solution is staring them in the face: replace the broken PRRT with a fair tax on gas exports. It's long overdue, and has widespread support… www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Plan B: insulating ourselves from the US P&I today begins a major new series - rethinking Australia's foreign policy. The United States is becoming more erratic and less reliable, and Australia must respond by insulating itself – strengtheni...

Plan B: insulating ourselves from the US johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

A well reasoned contribution

gorgeous...

The real heroes of the Epstein story The four women who were the first to go public

The real heroes of the Epstein story

The more you know…💫

NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians Review recommends better use of NDIS data to identify repeat rorters and a requirement for providers to register with the government

Maybe the government needs to look at this slightly differently you’d think…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“Australia Institute research shows if Labor had introduced a 25% export tax back in 2022, we would have collected $69 billion by now, and every week we delay introducing such a tax is costing us $350 million." - Dr Richard Denniss

Read more: https://theaus.in/4cwYwYk

"Politicians ignore this issue at their own peril"

#TaxGasProfits, #auspol

#ClimateCriminals are ripping us off while destroying our future.

@australianlabor.bsky.social

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

The gas industry has chosen to focus on exports, the PRRT was set up to tax oil in the Bass Strait. It ain't working

That's why we need a 25% tax on gas exports

Rose Jackson NSW Water Minister says they're avoiding paying reparations to one inundated farm (while everyone else on the wetlands is gagging for a decent flow) they're trying to keep the water flows within the river banks. That's right. They think that flows to a wetland should be kept in river 🤦‍♀️

British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students Investigation reveals how Horus, a company led by ex-military intelligence officials, was hired during protest movement.

what I can not stand about these tertiary institutions attacking their own students is the complete absence of evidence that pro-Palestine students are a physical threat to anything or anyone. The “threat” is to status quo white supremacy and war machine money.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Rotunda of the US Capitol where people are standing, many in military camouflage, holding signs that read "End the War on Iran" among other messages.

The #BraveOfUS stand up and confront power and that's exactly what @vetsaboutface.bsky.social is doing with 150 veterans and active duty military in the Capitol rotunda right now to demand Congress end this criminal war on Iran.

Where are the AUKUS nuclear waste costings (let alone the dump sites)? - Michael West Defence has to provide costings for before procurement is approved. Where are the AUKUS nuclear waste disposal costs?

In response to an #FOI request for a cost estimate for the disposal of #AUKUS nuclear waste, the Australian Submarine Agency has advised it’s somewhere in amongst 3,000 docs. They can’t find the estimate … or they don’t want to find (and disclose) the estimate. #TransparencyFight #auspol

I truly don’t want a world where speech is banned, I want a world where we prioritise everyone’s education to the point where people are so socially and ecologically conscious, and they understand science and epistemology so well that we don’t need to ban speech.

Witness a breathtaking solar plasma rain larger than Earth, captured over 9 hours by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. A reminder of the immense power of our Sun.

Funny how the law and order guys never think it applies to them 🙄

He’s again blaming the courts, the protesters and those attacked by police all for his appalling and illegal attempts to ban dissent