Islamophobic & anti-immigrant rhetoric & false accusations. Antisemitic speculation that led to thousands of X posts naming the wrong man. A news outlet actually using that name on air. A first look at the absolute mess following the Bondi Junction attack. theguardian.com/australia-news…

My research team are on 'One Tree Island' - in the #GreatBarrierReef trying to better understand the impact of the current mass #bleaching event on the corals, the fish, the invertebrates, the microbes and neighbouring soft-sedimentary habitats.

It's grim.
#ClimateCrisis

Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘most severe’ coral bleaching on record as footage shows damage 18 metres down… good reminder why carbon emissions need to be cut theguardian.com/environment/20…

Tanya Plibersek says she has proposed rejecting Walker Corporation's Toondah Harbour development at Moreton Bay:
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“My proposed decision says that we can’t destroy portions of this internationally important wetland.'

A controversial govt payment system wrongly diverted $700k in welfare money from vulnerable Australians to energy giant AGL and helped prop up a Christian rehab centre using gay conversion practices and exorcisms, Guardian Australia can reveal. theguardian.com/australia-news…

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Kim Beazley and other former Labor leaders say protect Burrup hub

Australia’s system a failure on global scale, study finds theguardian.com/environment/20…

Fifth mass coral bleaching event in eight years hits Great Barrier Reef, marine park authority confirms theguardian.com/environment/20…

Here’s the accumulate heat stress in corals at World Heritage-listed Lord Howe island- the world’s most southerly coral reef. Black line is this year so far, compared to all other years going back to 1985. Data from Coral Reef Watch Story here. theguardian.com/australia-news…

From me - Lord Howe island faces ‘major’ coral bleaching as ocean temperatures continue to break records theguardian.com/australia-news…

Clover Moore attacks NSW government and EPA over ‘regulatory failure’ before asbestos crisis. With ⁦Lisa Cox⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Excellent report on underlying long term issues with #EPA regulation of #asbestos - this is reflective of compromised & weak regulation on other issues. Here’s some examples on management of Bingo fro my blog wendybacon.com/2022/epa-order…