How can Coalition & Labor govts not only stand by & watch the wholesale destruction of the Great Barrier Reef but actively lobby AGAINST listing it as 'in danger' AND keep subsidising & approving the fossil fuel projects that are killing it?
theguardian.com/environment/20…

❤️SHE MATTERS: JOAN MARY DRANE!❤️

April 26-27, 2024: 78-year-old Joan Mary Drane was killed at a home Yangebup in WA, Her body was found days later. Her son has since been charged with her murder. Joan is the 33rd of 34 Australian woman killed this year.

19 years old and already had a domestic violence order active. Never even got a proper go at life.

For good luck throughout the month, say 'RABBIT RABBIT!' or 'RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT!' as the very first words you speak on May 1. Also have ice cream for breakfast because heck, why not? #rabbitrabbit #rabbitrabbit rabbit #MayDay

“If politicians won’t act then we must. Because we can always do something. Don’t buy salmon. Don’t eat salmon. Because to eat salmon is to participate in the crime.” Richard Flanagan | The destruction wrought by Tasmania’s salmon farming #auspol #politas
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❤️SHE MATTERS: UNNAMED WOMAN!❤️

I've just become aware of another woman killed in Australia this year - and because she is Indigenous there was very little media coverage or public anger over her death.
On February 29, the 26-year-old First Nations woman died in Darwin Hospital

'The rate of women killed by an intimate partner in Australia increased by nearly 30% in 2022-23, compared to the previous year, according to data released by the #Australian Institute of Criminology on Monday.'

theguardian.com/australia-news…

Man who stranded his wife in Sudan for two years becomes first exit trafficking conviction in Victoria.
Mohamed Ahmed Omer — who secretly changed the return flight to leave his wife stuck in Sudan without a passport — faces 12 years in jail.
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-3…

Alecia Simmonds: “When did women achieve the same rights as men to sit on juries across all states in Australia? It’s a question I love to ask law students each year, and it works just as well at dinner parties ... The answer is 1997.”
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Another Autumn day in Tasmania..
You needn’t be a climate scientist to know this alleged “sustainable” practise is polluting Earths cleanest air, impacting human health & wildlife.
The climate-biodiversity crisis is here-Industry & Gov must step up.

Dr Sheep Person Podge womensagenda.com.au/latest/52000-w…
Fixing the shortage in funding to Women’s legal services would be a good step

Australia Institute The Monthly 👇

Your regular reminder that the salmon companies currently undermining Tas world heritage status are entirely foreign owned, including by wildly corrupt Brazilian firm, and pay no tax.

theaustralian.com.au/nation/uns-ple…

New Australian Geographic article out! 🚨
The World of Weird & Whacky Wasps! 🐝

Australia is full of incredible wasps with bizarre life-cycles happening right now in your own backyard! 🤯
Check out the article I wrote here to learn more! - ausgeo.co/wasps

Why didn't any of you tell me 'Anatomy of a Fall' was mostly in French? I was looking for a relaxing evening's viewing. Instead, it was a 'close attention' movie. And very French.

A good source of ideas for anyone wanting to increase #biodiversity and encourage native wildlife into their garden 🦋🐝🦘🦎🦜

I can finally post This Land Is Mine on my own X account. For those who don't know, I made this in 2012.