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Breaking: Antibiotic licence for salmon farming revoked over 'unacceptable risk' The use of florfenicol in Tasmania's salmon industry has been banned as the country's veterinary medicine regulator suspends an emergency licence for the antibiotic.

#BoycottTasmanianSalmon

Albanese government rejected advice on Tasmanian salmon farming impact before passing pro-industry laws FoI documents show ministers ignored recommendation for fresh inquiry that could have reduced or paused farming

Albanese government rejected advice on Tasmanian salmon farming impact before passing pro-industry laws

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Total Lunar eclipse through a Samsung S21 smartphone attached to a small 80mm Maksutov telescope

Well the clouds did eventually clear again, but as I didn't set up the Eq mount, this is the best I could manage, with the limb cut off due to it drifting across the eyepiece field. #lunareclipse 🔭 #astrophotograohy

Through the clouds

One Nation attract the worst of the worst #auspol

Enjoy this little round up of Angus Taylor's many talents

. . . and yes, it's from the tiktok pages of Rupert's Australian

(apologies for the aspect ratio, my converter refused to do anything better than this 😎)

women's AGENDA Enough talk: 8 women killed in 2026 and still no urgency 66 Today, Federal and States Ministers will attend the quarterly Women's Safety Ministers Council meeting. They have an opportunity to make that proposition a reality. Sadly, I am not expecting this will happen. LARISSA WATERS LEADER OF THE GREENS Authorised by J. McColl, Australian Greens, Canberra ACT 2600.

women's AGENDA 66 Four years into the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children, the frontline is fraying. Specialist services are at capacity. Police responses are inconsistent at best, cavalier at worst. Too little is being done to tackle basic things that exacerbate violence: lack of housing, economic insecurity, alcohol and gambling. Read the full op-ed on Women's Agenda Authorised by J. McColl, Australian Greens, Canberra ACT 2600.

women's AGENDA Minister Farrell [..] asked incredulously: "Are you saying we should fund every person who goes into one of these [community legal] centres? Is that your proposition?" Yes, Minister. In a wealthy country that says it is committed to ending violence against women, that is exactly my proposition. - LARISSA WATERS LEADER OF THE GREENS Authorised by J. McColl, Australian Greens, Canberra ACT 2600.

"Ministers, my letter is on your desk and my proposition is simple.
Don’t just talk.
Commit the funding and show political will to do what it takes to end violence against women."

#Auspol

We need change

Read full op-ed here: womensagenda.com.au/.../enough-t...

Fri 20 Feb:

⚠️ @albomp.bsky.social govt's APPROVED 32 new/extensions of Coal & Gas projects

⚠️WA EPA recommended in favour of Black Mountain Energy fracking the Kimberley

⚠️42 Coal mines in the pipeline

Each week more 🚗, 🚎, 🛵, 🚴‍♀️ honk their support for #ClimateAction than ones that don't

I feel your frustration 😔

I have a question for the men who had no questions about Epstein The millions of pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have shone a light on how many influential men were ready to disregard the experiences of countless women.

Julia Baird makes some fine points here, but the mystery to me remains: why are so many men unable to call out other men? This is so endemic and reflexive: thoughtless. Why? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Ocean Set ‘Alarming’ New Temperature Record in 2025 The study, published Jan. 9 in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, found that the ocean heat content (OHC) in the upper 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) of the water column had increased by a large...

“Ocean Set ‘Alarming’ New Temperature Record in 2025" via @mongabay.com for @goodmenproject.bsky.social:

goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

“The prospect of a cash rate increase on Tuesday changed dramatically over the past month. One wonders if the Reserve Bank listened more to the commentariat than the data.” - Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, The Australia Institute

Read more about the RBA interest rate rise: https://theaus.in/4qTmItP

Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Battery demand 'straps on a rocket' as rooftop solar passes its peak Even as Australia appears to have passed the peak of solar uptake, demand for batteries is seemingly headed into orbit.

"Australian households installed as many batteries in the final six months of 2025 as they did in the entire preceding five years, according to figures showing the boom in demand for storage devices"

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Will the MSM NOW accept that if they're sticking with the "Climate 200-supported candidates" narrative, they have to acknowledge the "Advance-supported candidates" as well? Of which there are MANY (looking at you, Freedom Boy).

I wonder if our Australian mainstream news media (ABC Ch7 Ch9 Ch10, radio & newspapers) will ever share with their viewers, listeners & readers the voting habits of One Nation's Pauline Hanson in Federal Parliament. 🤔 #auspol

Forests are the original internet—a vast, ancient network where trees communicate and share resources through fungal pathways (the "Wood Wide Web").
When we clear-cut, we're not just killing trees; we're destroying a complex, intelligent community. #Nature #Science

Gaza — 32 killed in bloody night as Israel shreds ceasefire At least 32 Palestinians were killed overnight as Israeli air strikes tore through Gaza. Another night of mass civilian slaughter

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

“…Israeli aircraft struck a residential apartment. Four civilians were killed, including two children and a woman. Others were injured. The apartment housed a civilian family and was reduced to rubble within moments. The strike came without any prior warning.”

Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71 Actor, also known for Beetlejuice and her work with Christopher Guest, died after a brief illness

Well, that's very sad news to wake up to www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Is it Friday afternoon already

The evangelical creepshow returns. I was always taught that if you cut the head off the monster, filled its mouth with salt, and buried the carcass at a crossroads at midnight, everything would be tickety-boo.

The evangelical creepshow returns.
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...

www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

"The legislation is so broad, and because it's been rushed through, we haven't actually even investigated the unintended consequences."

Chief Political Analyst Amy Remeikis breaks down the new anti-hate speech laws on the latest episode of Follow the Money!
@amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol

Julian Ingram.

Julian Ingram who allegedly killed his ex-partner Sophie Quinn, her unborn baby, her partner John Harris and her aunt Nerida Quinn, was OUT ON BAIL for assaulting her and stalking her and he had an AVO against him.
77 women killed in 2025.
101 women killed in 2024.
#auspol #DV #VAW #sexism #misogyny

According to a meme that’s been going around, the Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its annual neologisms contests, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. Seeing how much you all enjoyed my post on Oxford Dictionaries’ Surprising Word of the Year 2015, I thought you’d also appreciate this! Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you’ve gained Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp Gargoyle (n.), gross olive-flavored mouthwash Flatulance (n.), emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists Pokemon (n.), a Rastafarian proctologist Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men Foreploy (n): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms Skilljoy (n.): The would-be friend who’s a bit better than you at everything Percycution (n.): Giving your child a name he will hate for the rest of his life Coughin (n.): A small enclosure designed especially for smokers Typochondriac (adj.): A paranoid proofreader Ignorial (n.): A monument that nobody visits

A timeline cleanser for you in a serious world

They're all hilarious, but my personal fave is 'esplanade' and I will now be using it in everyday conversation

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I can not get past Australia’s very generously publicly funded Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism reciting social cohesion to advance zionist agenda when her husband and brother in law are among the biggest donors to Advance.

Israel launches deadly strikes in Gaza in new ceasefire violations The Israeli military continues to demolish structures in northern Gaza while also blocking the entry of aid.

By the way, it’s still happening

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

@paulwa14.bsky.social, graphic re oil reserves, as requested.

Queensland to continue to allow farmers to shoot flying foxes after revoking ban on controversial practice Conservationists and scientists criticise state for backtracking and say alternative non-lethal methods such as netting are more effective

We can do so much better than this www.theguardian.com/environment/.... This draconian crap makes me so angry.