#australia

Purple-crowned fairywren male in nuptial plumage Purple-crowned fairywrens are unusually faithful for fairywrens, with extra-pair paternity recorded at rates as low as 5%, far lower than in most other species. Photograph: Howard Loosemore See more at: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/nov/09/the-tiny-world-of-australian-fairy-wrens-howard-loosmore-photography #photography#birds#fairywrens#Australia

#News: #Melanesian #Pasifika seasonal workers in #Australia robbed of $4 million in retirement savings, health insurance and leave 🛑💸 When labour-hire firm iComply collapsed, 2,400 vulnerable workers without benefits. Stronger laws NOW to protect overseas workers! ⚖️🤝 #WorkerRights #FairPay

#Australia #COP31 'Invites the charge of hypocrisy': Experts challenge Australia's climate credibility ahead of COP31 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his government lack the credibility to lead international climate negotiations at next week’s COP31 summit in Türkiye, according to academics https://thepoint.com.au/new/261103-invites-the-charge-of-hypocrisy-experts-challenge-australias-climate-credibility-ahead-of-cop31 #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Australia Decarbonising Australia's power sector would create thousands of jobs We've modelled the jobs that would be generated in Australia's power sector by a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, and find it would create twice as many jobs as the government's current policies https://climateanalytics.org/press-releases/decarbonising-australias-power-sector-would-create-thousands-of-jobs #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#News: #Australia’s iconic alpine ash #forests are now officially endangered! 🌳🔥 Driven by #climatechange, too-frequent bushfires are killing saplings before they can drop seeds. URGENT ACTION NEEDED NOW! 🛑🐨 #ForestConservation #ClimateAction #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Big tech lost $3.7 trillion in market value in October. Here’s why Close to $4 trillion was wiped off the market value of the world’s most profitable technology companies in… #NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Australia #Technology

Australian coral reefs face risk of collapse within 50 years without drastic action, global assessment finds https://phys.org/news/2026-10-australian-coral-reefs-collapse-years.html #Australia #environment #sea #coralreef #coralreefs

Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive. #Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing

Hoping the Australian Government might treat AI companies the same as regular citizens? Sign this petition, and please boost for reach 🙏 https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN10714 *Petition Reason* This petition of citizens and residents of Australia draws to the attention of the House that on 24 September 2026 the Prime Minister stated that an OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorised access to the a Medicare portal, administered by Services Australia, on 18 June 2026. While the Government has announced a taskforce and a forensic investigation, it has not announced a referral of the matter to Police. *Petition Request* We therefore ask the House to call on the Government to immediately refer the matter to the Australian Federal Police for investigation, with a view to criminal prosecution if the evidence supports it. #ai #auspol #australia #openai

#FirstNations #Australia 800 years prior to British colonization in 1788, the Indigenous Gunaikurnai people maintained stable, open eucalypt woodlands across southeastern Australia using frequent, low-temperature “cool” burning analyzed sediment cores from Purghagoolah in the East Gippsland region of southeastern Australia & found tree cover averaged roughly 10% under Indigenous stewardship. High-temperature crown fires and severe soil erosion were virtually nonexistent

$10,000 fine for killing over 700 native and endangered protected animals.. $14.28 each.. Other life is 'cheap' when you're a Human.. "The white-walled room packed with magpies, galahs and sulphur-crested cockatoos, foxes and possums is eerily quiet. As a video pans across shelves filled with these and many other species, there is no flapping or squawking or hissing; the animals are frozen and silent. They are among the more than 700 native animals that were found illegally taxidermied and frozen that were seized from the property of a Victorian antiques store owner last year. On Tuesday, 74-year-old Glenn Richard Rollo was fined $10,000 by a court after he pleaded guilty to 13 charges, including selling and possessing protected and threatened wildlife and failing to provide treatment to a sick animal." https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/man-fined-after-700-frozen-and-taxidermied-animals-found-on-victorian-property-ntwnfb #AnimalCruelty #Victoria #Australia #News #AnimalRights #EndangeredSpecies #Law

Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/thirsty-work-how-the-rise-of-massive-datacentres-strains-australias-drinking-water-supply #AI#water#Australia

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"This is a new low in a pattern of threatening behaviour against politicians and it has been reported to Victoria Police,"

• Paul Edbrooke, after finding a bullet on his car

Bitch, Helen Haines has just had both her legs amputated because of a violent attack on her, and you think someone leaving something on your car is a "new low"?

Men will take the violent traumas other men inflict on women and use them as fodder for their own little faux hero-dramas.

#AusPol #Australia #HelenHaines #Men #Sexism #mansplaining #ToxicMasculinity #gaslighting #misogyny #patriarchy

Cosplay! #photography #streetPhotography #australia #canberra

“I really should sort out the wiring in the garage” “I really should not sort out the wiring in the garage” #possum #australia #brisbane

The Sea of Purple Our wondrous jacaranda tree is in full bloom and floor coverage. It's an annual two-week event. I used to take this photo and fit the whole tree in but as you can see, the top is not visible anymore and I can't back-up as I'm at the front door. It survived an arborist evaluation recently as it poses a threat to ours and neighbours' houses if it ever falls. I'm very happy it's still here. It was a huge factor in us buying the place many years ago. #trees #australia #purple

I Am Not A Robot For small and medium businesses navigating AI, cybersecurity and digital change without the hype. Hosted by Justin Melton and Luke Taylor... Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/i-am-not-a-robot/#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Technology #Tech #Cyber #AI

Helen Haines' condition improves following alleged attack, but remains serious https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/helen-haines-condition-update-serious-but-stable/nodrxcue6 #Australia #Politics

"Australia backs goal of 150 million new rooftop solar systems globally by 2030" #Australia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

#NSW #Australia Minns accused of bypassing high court ruling with laws to allow NSW mine to increase coal production by 32% Bill to authorise production expansion at Mount Pleasant coalmine, subject to a landmark high court decision, criticised as ‘legislative overreach’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/19/chris-minns-bill-expansion-mount-pleasant-coalmine-high-court-decision #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate