As we move closer to a federal election, I'd like to make it quite clear that despite what many people may think, Peter Dutton is not a monster

He's the creature mummy & daddy monsters threaten to send their kids to when they step out of line

AUS win two Test matches within 90 seconds of each other

#SLvAUS #AUSvENG

You keep threatening to end us, but never seem to follow thru. I'm starting to think you aren't really God at all

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If Gilligans' Island was given a reboot & reflected American society as it is today, the castaways would ignore the Professor & listen to the millionaire & all die before the end of the first season

Just as an unabashed fan, am curious where Pendles would have ranked had he won a Brownlow? Is ranked #5 for total votes over his career & arguably one of the best players never to have taken Charlie home

The 25 best AFL players since 2000 Who are the best AFL players to have pulled on the boots since 2000? To mark 25 years since the turn of the century, ESPN has attempted rank the 25 best players of the last 25 years.

This was a massive (but fun) exercise! For ESPN Australia / NZ, Jake Michaels and I have selected our Top 25 AFL players since 2000. With Champion Data's Christian Joly on the stats, check out how we came up with the list! Here's details and biog of each selection.

Albo would need a spine to take on Murdoch - which is something he has shown over & over he just hasn't got. Might have thrown it into the deal in as the 'steak knives' when he sold his soul

#NotAllHumans 🤭

Ironic that the same people who voted no to an Indigenous Voice because of a falsely percieved view it would have too much influence on the govt, support a foreign nation which has proved repeatedly over the last 12 mths to have a ridiculous amount of influence at all levels of Australian society

How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized ‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say

How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualised

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Insurance companies in the US started hiking up premiums because of climate change in the 1970s

Libby Birch has the chance this weekend to become the first player in either the V/AFL or AFLW competitions to win premierships with 3 different clubs

#AFLWGF #AFLWNorthLions

NSW farmer fined record $1m for wiping out critical koala habitat for private airstrip larger than Sydney airport Ronald Greentree and his company Auen Grain cleared 1,262 hectares of land home to 30 threatened species, NSW government says The former graincorp chair and prominent wheat farmer Ronald Greentree has been handed a record fine of more than $1m for illegal land-clearing in the north-west of New South Wales. Greentree and his company Auen Grain were sentenced in the state’s land and environment court on Friday for offences related to illegal clearing of an area larger than Sydney airport on the property “Boolcarrol”, north-west of Narrabri. The sentence follows a 2022 court decision that found Greentree and Auen Grain guilty of eight separate land-clearing events at the property between December 2016 and January 2019. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

NSW farmer fined record $1m for wiping out critical koala habitat for private airstrip larger than Sydney airport

I'm not quite sure why Anthony Albanese is trying so hard to make Peter Dutton look like a viable alternative as PM, but here we are 🤷‍♂️

We are now here in this Elon Musk free zone.

RFK Jr announces plan to put cocaine back into Coca-Cola – The Chaser "Things were healthier in my day."

RFK Jr announces plan to put cocaine back into Coca-Cola
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Mass bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef in early 2024 was the most severe and most widespread yet recorded - surpassing 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 & 2022.

The overall mortality rate this year will exceed the 30% loss in 2016. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. From Iraq to Afghanistan to the U.S., basic freedoms are under threat as regressives undo protections, fueling hatred & violence against women. A woman is killed every 10 minutes worldwide. #stopviolenceagainstwomen

Largest great white shark ever caught in Queensland control program was pregnant with four pups Female almost the length of a shipping container was found dead on a drumline in August, primary industries department has revealed Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The largest great white shark ever caught in Queensland’s shark control program died while pregnant with four pups, the primary industries department has revealed. A female white shark was found dead on a shark-catching drumline near Gladstone in August. Queensland’s Department of Primary Industries took samples for research purposes and has been collaborating with researchers interstate, a spokesperson said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Largest great white shark ever caught in Queensland control program was pregnant with four pups

While I would've liked to post a life changing &/or inspiring quote to kick off my time here on bluesky, I couldn't come up with one, so here's a photo of an emu I took at Western Plains Zoo 😊