Fluffy rosella baby covered in grey fuzz held in a hand

The mug on this baby rosella 💚🩵💚

Justice for Kumanjayi White Warlpiri people and supporters are mobilising for justice and for systemic change in response to the horrific death in custody of Kumanjayi White. These immediate demands stem from deep grievances abo...

Warlpiri people are mobilising for justice and systemic change in response to the horrific death in custody of Kumanjayi White
Sign Petition to NT police: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ju...

Meet Scott Morrison, the latest recipient, of the once was “prestigious” Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

Sign the Petition Stop Scott Morrison's Order of Australia

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Sounds like Nike needs to be boycotted. I am never buying Nike gear again.

Friends of genociders are my enemies.

Protests over Indigenous man’s police custody death in supermarket Hundreds of protestors have taken to Sydney streets to demand justice of the death of an Indigenous man who died while being restrained in an Alice Springs supermarket. #news #theage #national

Hundreds of protestors have taken to Sydney streets to demand justice of the death of an Indigenous man who died while being restrained in an Alice Springs supermarket. #news #theage #national

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a sign that says ' reports ' ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a sign that says ' reports '

Labor doing the bidding for the toxic Tasmanian salmon industry has made the EPBC worse than it was under Scomo and the LNP. That’s quite an achievement!

you deserve medical providers who are on your side... they should support you they should NOT dismiss you, disrespect you, or disbelieve you...even in subtle ways

Adult Red Wattlebird feeding its offspring. Well camouflaged in the Bottlebrush tree.

Adult Red Wattlebird feeding its offspring. Well camouflaged in the Bottlebrush tree. #bird #birds #birdsofaustralia #birdphotography #canonaustralia

This truth is undeniable.

#Auspol

They really banned TikTok before they banned sending weapons to Israel during a genocide.

Peter Dutton has just announced free lunches for business leaders but he does not support free TAFE for everyone else. It seems he has no problem with tax payer funded free stuff so long as it’s just for bosses.

An update on this: the Bishop confirms his priests did get JobKeeper during COVID (even though his lawyers argue in another context they aren’t technically employed by the diocese and therefore the diocese isn’t vicariously liable if they abused children) because churches closed during lockdowns.

The dawn sky is mauve with silhouetted trees and broken grey clouds

The clouds glow a deep orange from the first rays of the dawn sun.

The deep blue noon sky is contrasted with small white fluffy clouds and the faded earth colours of the arid landscape

Early afternoon clouds start to come together after a day of floating apart to cast weak shade on the red rocks and ochre land of this incredible pound.

Dawn to late afternoon: One perfect cloudy day on the Ormiston Pound walk in Central Australia.

In 2016 when I started working intensively on orange-bellied parrots there were only 3 females & 14 males left in the wild - today there’s many more.
Makes me so happy seeing their busy little flocks these days 🤩🦜🪶🧪

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Exclusive: Children targeted in NDIS crackdown Despite claims the government’s reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is focused on fraud, a third of the savings will come from pushing children off the scheme.

NDIS/NDIA seems to be morphing into a new #RoboDebt, with automated form letters & falsely recovering $$ from participants. Kicking people off the scheme while acknowledging there are no alternatives in place yet (or ever?) is pathetic & cruel.

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Photograph of a small weevil standing on the end of a leaf, facing the camera. it is ruddy brown with distinctive black and light-brown patterns on its head and body. It has large, round, dark eyes, a long snout, and short, angled antennae near the end of the snout.

Vine Weevil (Orthorhinus klugii).
#insects

Screencap from @davidcsimon's INPRNT shop showing a gallery of bird photos available as prints.

I should probably mention this more often (or, you know, *at all*) ...but I have a shop where you can buy prints of some of my best bird photos: www.inprnt.com/gallery/davi...
#birds

A few years ago on 🐦 we had a wonderful culture of sharing Australian ecological science and nature photography with the #WildOz hashtag.

I'd love to bring it back to Bluesky, so here's a starterpack of Australian ecologists, botanists, naturalists & nature photographers! 📸🦘🌳🐨🦜

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Photograph of a young Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike: a medium-sized passerine bird, mostly shades of grey with a dark face. It is perched on a bare branch and has a large cicada in its beak (held by the wing)

Moments after the previous photograph: The cicada can be seen plummeting to earth and the bird looks surprised.

Moments after the previous photo: The bird, still holding the now severed cicada wing in its beak, realises its meal has fallen and is leaning down, preparing to dive after it.

Moments after the previous photo: The bird launches itself straight down after its meal with its wings outstretched and tail fanned, catching the sunlight, and its beak wide open as if screaming "NOOOOO!!!". The cicada's wing is freefalling.

A young Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike drops its cicada snack.
#birds

Homeless man Stephen says his dog saved his life. Now a Queensland council won’t let him keep it Moreton Bay mayor says pet ban is a response to complaints against homeless people over dog attacks but advocates say the timing is heartless * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Homeless man Stephen Bartholomew says his…

Homeless man Stephen says his dog saved his life. Now a Queensland council won’t let him keep it

The most Christmassy of Australian birds.
A red-capped robin.
(Not at all related to the northern hemisphere robins, btw.)
🪶 #birds

CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24% | Common Dreams CEOs at top US companies saw their pay skyrocket by 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay only increased by 24%

Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?

100%? 500%?

Try 1,085%

Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Approves another fossil fuel projects - logs another native forest #auspol

We all know this should not be happening in Australia - and yet we continue to vote for politicians - at all levels of Govt - who refuse to address homelessness. It’s politicians who can have the greatest impact. And it’s us who vote for the politicians!

It really is up to us #auspol

Australia can no longer be defined by Albanese’s cowardice and Dutton’s cruelty.

We deserve better. #auspol

Another adorable Echidna sighting. This one was sniffing around the base of a tree at Mulligan's Flat. I love how they can seem so busy but also so unhurried at the same time.

#echidna #wildoz #wildlifephotography

A reminder the Albanese Government is paying a private American prison company with an appalling human rights record $2.3 billion over 5 years to run our onshore detention centres. Appalling especially now with the power to strip search people without a warrant & to take their phones for any reason.