Landscape view from a mountainside. Gum tree in foreground forest and mountains in background

View from Mount Samson

Black and white photographs of Parramatta Centenary Uniting Church. People are seated at tables on a raised stage and on the ground floor, engaged in discussions and working on laptops. A large wooden cross is visible on the brick wall behind the stage. People focused on their laptops, printed materials and a QR code flyer are visible on the table. Other attendees are seated in the background. Other people standing together, smiling and laughing. Some attendees are visible mingling in the background near the entrance. CLDC in full launch!

My lawyer Nick Hanna (@nicholashanna1 on insta) + his colleagues have started a not-for-profit law centre Civil Liberties Defence Centre (@thecldc on insta) that will provide pro bono assistance to people facing legal issues like me. Please support them at cldc.org.au

Larissa Waters says it’s “poor judgment” allowing Israel’s Ambassador to speak at the NPC & rebukes claims it’s ‘good for democracy’🙄
“250 journalists killed in Gaza, in that genocide…that seems very incongruous with platforming the Ambassador at the National Press Club”💥 #auspol

@greenpeaceap.bsky.social activists disrupted a major gas conference in Sydney today,

Reporting from the scene a lone SKN member moonlighting against #Gas Guzzling #Corporations #Greepeace “Australians have had enough. Time to tax em” said #Greenpeace #Knitting #Nannas #Gas Guzzling Corporations.

It's interesting hearing from different states, as Greens have different cultures by state. Qld Greens were the opposite of this, very engaged with grassroots. Gave some vote growth and seats but list seats next election to ALP pushback camoaigning

In Qld they had huge consistent outreach in the higher renter suburbs for a few election. Experienced an issue that renters were being gentrified out of those electorates and spread more thon across other ekectirates

40,000 hand-raised baby corals bring hope of restoring Great Barrier Reef Tens of thousands of baby corals, grown on land or settled from wild spawn slicks, have been transplanted onto the Great Barrier Reef.

Best of intentions. All power to people trying to fix a continuing disaster. But I can't help but think unless we seriously address climate change such projects are likely futile. And the scale of the challenge regarding restoring the GBR is massive.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

The biodiversity crisis is as urgent as the climate crisis.

"As with everything, it will be the poor – working or not – who will have to pay the highest prices, who will be asked to make the biggest sacrifices. It should never have had to come to this, but this is the inevitable outcome of 30 years of policies designed to keep us living in the past." #auspol

Why can't we have nice things like that? (I mean, any public transport in rural areas would be nice).

Australian governments urged to prioritise needs of rural and remote communities in fuel crisis responses Ahead of a National Cabinet meeting on Monday to address the fuel crisis caused by war in the Middle East,

Yes, indeed. Susi Tegen, National Rural Health Alliance, made that point in our story on Friday: www.croakey.org/australian-g...

Australia has to attack misinformation about climate change, Senate report says Australia needs to increase its efforts to fight back against misinformation about climate change, a Senate report says.

Australia has to fight back against misinformation about climate change, Senate report says www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Australia urged to swap diesel for electric buses as fuel costs soar Electric buses are just 1% of the Australian fleet compared with 80% in urban China, a quarter in the Netherlands and 12% in the UK

Australia urged to swap diesel for electric buses as fuel costs soar
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No transport relief for Sydneysiders as fuel prices surge The NSW Liberals and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) have renewed calls for free public transport in response to surging fuel prices.

The NSW Liberals and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) have renewed calls for free public transport in response to surging fuel prices.

They found that the whales oriented to the mother during labor and to the newborn after delivery. Sperm whale calves cannot immediately swim effectively, and a core group of individuals — Rounder, her sister Aurora, and a young, unrelated whale named Ariel — spent the most time lifting the newborn. But every whale in the group acted as "a primary supporter" at some point, including the sole male, an adolescent named Allan who was starting to leave the group to embark on a largely solitary life, as male sperm whales do. But he appeared at the birth. The calf was rarely left untouched, and it was usually being touched by at least two whales simultaneously. According to the paper's abstract, the team's analysis indicated that a female family member had "led birth assistance" before the delivery. The paper details the close proximity of that whale, Lady Oracle, to Rounder, and drone video shows Lady Oracle rolling with Rounder as the calf emerges. But the paper itself does not flesh out further evidence of predelivery assistance.

This is wondrous — when whales give birth they are attended by a group of other whales, who then take turns holding the newborn up to the surface so he or she can breathe.

In the birth described below, Rounder was especially helped by Lady Oracle, her own mother. 🥹

Queensland Police are now investigating a South Brisbane mural by Scottie Marsh under the new hate speech laws. It says "River to the Sea" and features an image of John Farnham and some watermelon slices.

More state overkill against protestors in NSW

I fear the Gympie Gympie more than snakes.

Yep, absolutely, and funding for environmental and conservation-related research is already appallingly low and still declining, despite dual existential crises (biodiversity extinction and climate change), David Pocock.

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And I am so, so, so angry at the stupid culture wars and deliberate blocks put in place to the nation being able to have energy sovereignty. That any chance we had of transitioning the energy economy was derailed decades ago by fu*kers simping for fossil fuel. Energy security IS national security

Charts showing share price change since the Iran War began: BHP: -14.6% ASX200: -7.8% FMG: -4.4% CSL: -3.1% CBA: -2.8% Woolworths: - 0.6% Santos: +17.2% Woodside: +24.0%

Just checking in again on how Woodside and Santos are going

Fake news on everything from whales to wind farms: Australia is flooded with climate misinformation Disinformation is everywhere: AI-based material was even used to generate some of false claims in submissions to the inquiry into misinformation.

No doubt that misinformation and disinformation through social media and AI is fossil-fueling climate denial.

But the core problem is a political and media establishment which has been cozy with coal, oil and gas lobbies for decades. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
theconversation.com/fake-news-on...

Mum and Joey on Bruny Island.

🧵 Putting together a thread of statements put out by Australian unions regarding the 2026 War in Iran. I was collecting these for myself, and thought others might find it useful. Let me know if your union puts out a statement and I'll add it. #ausunions

I know we all say it a lot but it is REALLY recent that numbers like this were close to unimaginable, for a grid the size of Britain and its current level of interconnection elsewhere.

This is important because pretending we can't exist without fossil fuels is a big lie designed to stop us trying

Solidarity with those journalists striking at the ABC today - I know it can be rough. Also thoughts with those in impossible positions because of casual and short term contracts.

Which side is Australia choosing? #AusPol

China's green energy boom could spell the end of the fossil fuel age China has put its economic might behind renewable technologies in a desire to stop relying on imported fossil fuels.

Wrote last week about China's reasons for becoming the world's first electrostate (energy security, air pollution, economic boom, oh and climate) and how it's helping the whole world to kick fossil fuels: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

The report calculated this cost from lost income, infrastructure and property damage and increased health costs #auspol #climate #intergenerationalEquality