#australia
Australia rocked by Kallangur murder and beach tragedy https://noah-news.com/gb/en/news/2023/12/10/australia-rocked-by-kallangur-murder-and-beach-tragedy #Australia #domesticviolence #Queensland
The Tibetan Community in Canberra held a walk around Lake Burley Griffin to mark Human Rights Day
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/guys-in-the-gulf/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Leisure #Hobbies #Fishing
Australia beset by climate extremes as Cyclone Jasper's threat looms large https://noah-news.com/gb/en/environment/2023/12/10/australia-beset-by-climate-extremes-as-cyclone-jaspers-threat-looms-large #Australia #CycloneJasper #extremeweather
I hope #Sydney people are getting some relief today, #Australia is having a wild summer already. Stay safe.
Haney vs Prograis live stream: Watch boxing online, non-PPV option, start time, full fight card: Devin Haney vs Regis Prograis for the WBC super lightweight world title could provide a barnstorming night of boxing. https://shut.net/2023/12/10/news-haney-vs-prograis-live-stream-watch-boxing-online-non-ppv-option-start-time-full-fight-card?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #UnitedStates #AppleInc #Australia #Canada #UnitedKingdom
Trending in #Australia on Dec 9, 2023
Ryan O'Neal
Leave the World Behind
Shane MacGowan
Farrah Fawcett
Discover more on https://trendingon.wiki/en/trends/australia/2023-12-09
@sik0fewl #Canada could at least regulate the interchange fees to something close to the actual cost to the institution - that would help a lot. Other countries eg. #Australia have done so and there's been no exodus of credit card vendors. No doubt we'd see a lot fewer perks on credit cards but no great loss there (the "tax on the poor" I spoke of - basically kick-backs to high rollers with the high margin cards that generally charge the highest merchant fees).
https://www.nerdwallet.com/au/credit-cards/credit-card-merchant-fees
Russian troops raped and tortured children in Ukraine, U.N. panel says #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czech #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Switzerland #Canada #Slovakia #Italy #Ireland #Europe #Netherlands #Japan #Australia #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #G7 #StandWithUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-troops-raped-tortured-children-ukraine-un-panel-says-rcna49168
Lethal TikTok craze killing kids, dad of tragic teen issues stark warning: Dad holds dead daughter's hand, warns parents about aerosol dangers. Aerosol abuse is a new social media craze. Experts weigh in. https://shut.net/2023/12/10/news-lethal-tiktok-craze-killing-kids-dad-of-tragic-teen-issues-stark-warning?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Socialmedia #Australia #Paramedic #UnitedKingdom #TikTok
Germany's Social Democrats say their previous policy on Russia was a mistake #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czech #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Switzerland #Canada #Slovakia #Italy #Ireland #Europe #Netherlands #Japan #Australia #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #G7 #StandWithUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/9/7432391/
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/femmecon-pod/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #SelfImprovement #Advice
Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation Perth has been added to A Radical Guide https://www.radical-guide.com/listing/anarcho-syndicalist-federation-perth #WhereWereYouRadicalized? #australia #oceania #perth
Ukraine will soon make a new request for decommissioned Australian F/A-18 fighter jets after an agreement on their transfer to an American company lapsed, — Australian Financial Review
#AureFreePress #Ukraine #Australia
@firstdogonthemoon you’ve given the housing developers of #australia some great name ideas for their new streets! I’m expecting a whole suburb of them by next Tuesday!
“Where are you moving to?”
“Irregardless Gardens.”
#Hanwha Aerospace has secured a $2.4 billion deal to supply armored vehicles to #Australia, bolstering #SouthKorea's #defense industry and highlighting its advanced military technology.
https://www.kedglobal.com/aerospace-defense/newsView/ked202312080010
> “Earth's climate system will be pushed well beyond the point of no return. The time to act is now. Australia and the world must cease with denial and delay. We must stop faffing around, urgently phase out fossil fuels and prepare for the consequences of climate collapse that is already locked in.”
Fears of a NATO Withdrawal Rise as Trump Seeks a Return to Power #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czech #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Switzerland #Canada #Slovakia #Italy #Ireland #Europe #Netherlands #Japan #Australia #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #G7 #StandWithUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/us/politics/trump-2025-nato.html
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/conversations-with-madonna/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Education #SelfImprovement #Advice
Sorry yall I don't want to use this place as a sort of "look at how amazing my life is" Instagram, but I just wanted to let yall know that the Cook Islands were incredible, that I just woke up to free pancakes in my hostel on Bondi and that I'll be petsitting a lovely dog and cat in Sydney for a month 😊 #travel #australia #sydney
@sjbone https://kolektiva.social/@marcolgato/111548750941774319
And they are trying to turn #australia into their biggest aircraft carrier
#gohomeyanks
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/unveiling-it/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Comedy #Interviews #Chats #Culture #Identity
Good morning, #mastoart #mastophoto
This is #silentsunday #fotografie #photography
#Childers #cove #greatoceanroad #peterborough #victoria #australia
#roentare
#photographyisart
#photographysoul
#potd
#photooftheday
#pictureoftheday
#picoftheday
#ThePhotoHour
#stormhour
#foundart
#ayearforart
#nature
#longexposure
#landscape
#seascape
I share these little gems discovered on #bandcamp lately
🔊 From Mexico a surprising sweet and sour sauce : trippy cumbia!
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https://karenylosremedios.bandcamp.com/album/silencio
( #triphop #latin #cumbia #Mexico )
🔊 From the Swiss lakeside Riviera some nice surf-punks in a garage
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https://fomies.bandcamp.com/album/ominous-prominence
( #rock #fuzz #garage #psychedelicrock #punk #Vevey #Switzerland )
🔊 From Finland with syncopated fury
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https://nyos.bandcamp.com/album/waterfall-cave-fantasy-forever
( #alternative #instrumental #mathrock #postrock #two-piece #avantgarde #Jyväskylä #Finland )
🔊 From Australia, a meditative journey through the desert dunes
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https://hashshashin.bandcamp.com/album/ara-a
( #drone #cinematic #instrumental #prog #progressivemetal #Sydney #Australia )
New at bl.ag online: 'Sign Painting the Goldrush in Hill End, New South Wales'
1870s Australian sign painting and sign painters in the remarkable A&A Photographic Co. collection.
#signpainting #signwriting #Australia #newsouthwales #Hillend #goldrush
European Parliament members urge Duda, EU leaders to take action on Polish border blockade #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czech #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Switzerland #Canada #Slovakia #Italy #Ireland #Europe #Netherlands #Japan #Australia #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #G7 #StandWithUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState https://kyivindependent.com/european-parliament-members-urge-duda-eu-leaders-to-take-action-on-polish-border-blockade/
German energy giant RWE seeks social license for 1GW wind project in western Victoria
https://reneweconomy.com.au/german-energy-giant-rwe-seeks-social-license-for-1gw-wind-project-in-western-victoria/
"RWE is proposing to install 145 turbines on around 14,000 hectares of farmland at Campbells Bridge in the Northern Grampians and Yarriambiack shires"
BI against the windpark
Southern Wimmera Renewables Research Association (SWRRA)."
Das sind AKW Befürworter und Barnaby Joyce Fans
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As NSW sweltered in heatwave conditions, Cyclone Jasper bore down on Queensland and Adelaide expected close to 50mm of rain.
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As they say, don't worry about the world coming to an end today - it's already tomorrow in Australia.
#Australia #flood #heatwave #cyclone #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #collapse
Polish border blockade traps Ukraine’s critical military supplies, including drone components #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czech #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Switzerland #Canada #Slovakia #Italy #Ireland #Europe #Netherlands #Japan #Australia #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #G7 #StandWithUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/12/09/polish-border-blockade-traps-ukraines-critical-military-supplies-including-drone-components/
On this, my last scheduled afternoon in Melbourne, Australia I visited the Immigration Museum and the State Library of Victoria. Here’s my journal entry about it:
https://journeys.klebanoff.com/2023/12/immigration-museum-state-library-of-victoria/
Another day of slow exploration in #Sydney, doodling around the Rocks, Opera House, Botanic Gardens and Hyde Park areas, soaking up the Christmas energy. Later we stopped in the traditional & atmospheric East Sydney Hotel bar for a thirst-quenching #craftbeer before moving on to Centennial Park and the Moonlight cinema. Supine on super comfy beanbag beds with bats circling overhead & takeaway pizza in hand we settled in to watch the recent #Barbie movie. #Australia
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/this-is-your-sporting-life/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Sport #PersonalStories #Sports #Commentary
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 25/11/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018674
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 29/11/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018693
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 30/11/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018692
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 29/11/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018713
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 29/11/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018688
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 25/11/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018673
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 25/11/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018715
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 04/12/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018707
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 04/12/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018706
🚨 Green forest fire alert in Australia
On 05/12/2023, a forest fire started in Australia, until 09/12/2023.
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=WF&eventid=1018705
If you are into #retrogaming including #arcade and #pinball machines, I recommend to watch this recent #documentary called 'Still Standing'.
It is peculiar because it tells the story from the point of view of #Australia, at a time before Internet, where the country was somewhat isolated.
Very intriguing to learn about a complex called Downtown in #Adelaide, which had large areas dedicated to #arcade and #pinball machines. It was, arguably, the largest in the world at its time.
Does anyone know what bird this is? Maybe some kind of masked honey eater? (North eastern Victoria, Australia)
It's back is greenish near the head going to bright turquoise lower down.
It's the first time I've seen it in our back yard. I can't find it in any of my bird books.
Shining Bronze Cuckoos - Australian native birds 🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁
https://jan-matson.pixels.com/featured/shining-bronze-cuckoos-australian-native-birds-jan-matson.html
Oil painting of a family of Shining Bronze Cuckoos resting on a gum tree perch.
#birds #bird #BirdArt #BirdPainting
#BirdsOfMastodon #artist #wildlife #BirdOfTheDay #MastoBirds #painting #FediGiftShop #nature #birdsite #JanMatson #birding #NativeBirds #Australia #AustralianBirds #GiftIdeas #prints #art #fediart #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #artwork
Dang #Australia getting all their #ClimateEmergency disasters at the same time.
Heatwave, fire, flood & cyclone: Sydney temperatures peak at 43C amid wild weather across Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/09/heatwave-fire-flood-and-cyclone-sydney-temperatures-peak-at-43c-amid-wild-weather-across-australia
Temperatures in New South Wales soared >43C & bushfires burned across the state, as Cyclone Jasper loomed off the coast of Queensland.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for parts of the south coast & Snowy Mountains, with damaging wind gusts likely & large hail possible.
There were 85 grass & bushfires burning across the state, with total fire bans in place in many areas.
In South Australia, Adelaide was expecting close to 50mm of rain, with >100mm to parts of Eyre Peninsula.
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/at-the-movies-with-charlotte-and-bron/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Movies #Culture #Identity #Film #Reviews
This photo was taken over 44 years ago in the Three Sisters area of the Blue Mountains in NSW down under and I'm curious if the artwork representing the myth of the three sisters is still standing? If it's still there hopefully the sisters have had a good clean up?
🤔 😎 😜
#travel #photography #humor #humour #australia #nsw #bluemountains #threesisters
Australia's bid to co-host COP31 climate conference faces obstacles
Fossil fuel exports could prove sticking point for international community
Heatwave, fire, flood and cyclone: Sydney temperatures peak at 43C amid wild weather across Australia | Australia weather | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/09/heatwave-fire-flood-and-cyclone-sydney-temperatures-peak-at-43c-amid-wild-weather-across-australia
"As NSW sweltered in heatwave conditions, Cyclone Jasper bore down on Queensland and Adelaide expected close to 50mm of rain"
Lol this happens to be all the time in #australia. Definitely my answer going forward https://youtube.com/shorts/Xu5Aa0rnvfE?si=HaZLx0-fjsgBDEju
The big storm yesterday luckily didn't do much damage at our place. However I did get a shock at 6am this morning at how bright it was in the kitchen. Both the exterior shadecloth blind and the awning must have come down in the wind last night. Shows what a difference they make. First job of the morning was to repair and reattatch them both before the heat hit. Now we're back to our shady, dimly lit kitchen again.
#Australia #Canberra #Summer #Storms
How does he manage to do this without getting arrested?
I can't even put together a few lights without the neighbours calling the cops.
Here in the US, most folks have no idea about all the green energy stuff in Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. But they sure know in #Australia and they're worried...
A dramatic ramp up in investment in the energy transition is stimulating the US economy, said the leader of the Greens, Adam Bandt, and Senator Penny Allman-Payne, who highlighted that some 170,000 jobs have been created, $110bn in private investment attained, and over 140 new plants built to make solar and battery storage.
"Australia can become a renewable superpower, but if we don’t act soon to transition our industries away from dirty fossil fuels, we risk getting left behind as the rest of the world moves on."
https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/16178
🇦🇺🇺🇦Australia is transferring an additional batch of Bushmaster armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine - Australian Ambassador to Ukraine
Australia supports Ukraine! (PHOTO) #Ukraine #Australia #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
Legal action underway to recover $millions owed to thousands of #McDonalds #Australia workers. Rich company, poor workers, #WageTheft.
As always, good idea to #JoinAUnion!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/301023277/mcdonalds-australia-hit-with-lawsuit-for-allegedly-asking-staff-to-work-for-free
A moment of silence please for the iconic Choco Malt ice cream. I never liked many ice cream sticks and I'd always go one of these or Calippo or mango Weiss.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qzs-Om_vl6M&si=4LIAJasrS9HUJIX9
🇰🇷🇦🇺South Korea's Hanwha signs $2.4 bln defence contract with Australia (Kanal 13 - Azeri News in English VIDEO) #Ukraine #SouthKorea #Australia #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
🎧 What I'm on right now —remastered #INXS, dropped today.
"Bitter Tears" (Lorimer 12" Remix), 1991.
📹 The video was directed by Troy Davies, incorporating elements of the original film by Richard Lowenstein.
#EddieFM #Music #Dance #Rock #90s #Australia #JukeboxFridayNight
Zebra Finch - impasto painting 🩵💙🩵
https://jan-matson.pixels.com/featured/zebra-finch-impasto-painting-jan-matson.html
Heavily textured oil painting of an Australian Zebra Finch. These little birds are the most common grass feeding native finches in Australia.
#finches #birds #bird #BirdArt #BirdPainting
#BirdsOfMastodon #artist #wildlife #BirdOfTheDay #MastoBirds #painting #FediGiftShop #nature #birdsite #JanMatson #birding #NativeBirds #Australia #AustralianBirds #GiftIdeas #prints #art #fediart #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #artwork
Good morning, #mastoart #mastophoto
This is #saturdayvibes #saturday #fotografie #photography
#greatoceanroad #peterborough #sunset #coast #seascape #landscape #cloud #nature #sky
#roentare
#photographyisart
#photographysoul
#potd
#foundart
#ayearforart
#pictureoftheday
#picoftheday
#photooftheday
#islands
#australia
#victoria
#bayofmartyrs
The developer of an experimental immunotherapy delivering nanoscale payloads to treat pancreatic cancer says the treatment received fast-track status from the Food and Drug Administration.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45483
#News #Press #Science #Business #Cancer #FDA #Biotechnology #PancreaticCancer #Tumor #Immunotherapy #FastTrack #ClinicalTrial #Nanoscale #Antibody #Australia
Australian #spy chief reveals 'top secret' data cloud project that's interoperable with #US, #UK
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/top-secret-intelligence-cloud-us-uk-spy-networks/103196700
#politics #australia #UnitedStates #surveillance #privacy #cybersecurity
#Fisk, season 2 of this funny series from #KittyFlanagan is now streaming. Check out my #review #television #Australia https://oldaintdead.com/fisk-season-2-of-this-oddball-australian-comedy-still-delights/
McDonald’s hit with $100m class action for allegedly asking staff to work for free.
Wat. I mean... Holy hellfire. That's... Wow.
Fairy wren on a blossom branch 🌸🌸🌸
https://jan-matson.pixels.com/featured/fairy-wren-on-a-blossom-branch-jan-matson.html
A thickly textured oil painting of a little male Superb Fairy Wren perched on branch of Japanese Cherry Blossom.
#birds #bird #BirdArt #BirdPainting
#BirdsOfMastodon #artist #wildlife #BirdOfTheDay #MastoBirds #painting #FediGiftShop #nature #birdsite #JanMatson #birding #NativeBirds #Australia #AustralianBirds #GiftIdeas #prints #art #fediart #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #artwork #gardening
It's finished :)
Title: 'Where the two Streams meet'.
"Alexi's daughter died in childbirth, each Sunday afternoon he takes his grandson Christopher to sit by the stream for a while & listen to nature, and waits for the day his son-in-law returns from the war.."
(Classical-styled small piece, 6912x5376pixels master)
#Classical #FineArt #EarlyModern #Art #Artist #Arte #Artwork #DigitalArt #Australia #Adelaide #Inspirational #Wallart #Prints #Canvas #Canvases #MastodonArt #Nature #MastoArt #ArtMatters #FediArt #ArtCollector #Paintings #Painting #Gifts #GiftIdeas #MothersDay #Christmas #Birthday #Present #ArtBooster #UniqueArt #CreativeToots #Color #Colorful #SilentSunday
And a #Covid19 pandemic.
But the emergency phase of the #Pandemic has been declared over in early 2023.
And now seems a fair time to look at how #Australia's #AgedCare system is functioning.
The following article does a good job of this.
https://www.croakey.org/what-more-could-be-done-to-protect-aged-care-residents-from-covid-plenty-it-turns-out/
#Heatwave currently impacting large parts of Australia now to be joined by Cyclone Jasper.
“December cyclones on the Queensland east coast are very unusual – there have been only three since 1970.
“What makes this system even more intriguing is the presence of El Niño, which normally leads to a late onset of the cyclone season, along with the recent reduction in cyclone numbers due to climate change.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/cyclone-jasper-heatwave-northern-tropics/103196214
#AgedCare in Australia in 2023
~2018 I had dealings with federal government bodies that were meant to be ensuring the quality and safety of the care being provided in #AgedCareBusinesses in #australia
I encountered nominal watchkeepers whose approach amounted, in my opinion, to re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.
A website spoke of possible disciplinary action - the phone conversation was explicit that that was not a possibility.
And to make up for the last four years of contributing nothing (and even putting aside the many years of failure under the #Coalition between 2013–19 when finances ought to have been ramping up to meet the 2020 goal), #Australia has a backlog of about $AU20b to be seen as anything like a 'fair' contributor to the #GreenClimateFund, remembering that the US$100b/yr represents only a fraction of what the developing world needs to ensure a just and swift transition to a climate-stable future.
And that's before we consider the #LossAndDamage fund announced a few days ago (another long-term sticking point in #UNFCCC negotiations and a separate piece of international #ClimateFinance), to which Australia has not yet made any kind of pledge.
Until Australia takes credible steps towards those kinds of figures, Australian government promises ought to be treated by all our neighbours as so much smoke.
7/8
#AusPol #ClimatePol
When the #GreenClimateFund was being established, Australia's Prime Minister was #TonyAbbott, a #ClimateDenier, who had won the 2013 federal election promising to dismantle the baby steps towards a #ClimatePolicy the previous #Labor government had made.
So there was little surprise when PM Abbott announced in Nov 2013 that #Australia would be contributing a massive sum of $0 to the Green Climate Fund.
At the time, he claimed Australia would chip in AU$200m (then =USD$187m) over four years, but since this was merely a rebranding of existing #ForeignAid, it clearly didn't count as "new and additional funding", a fact that most journalists blithely ignored, falling for the bait-and-switch. Or we might say instead that the Australian government was overstating its foreign aid commitments by $200m over those years.
Nonetheless, the four years were soon gone, as was Tony Abbott, as well as his successor #MalcolmTurnbull, who in turn had been replaced as PM by #ScottMorrison. When it came time to pledge again in 2018, Morrison announced Australia would be pulling out of the Green Climate Fund entirely, a path also taken by the #Trump administration at the time, whom Morrison was often cribbing notes from when it came to what kinds of #cruelty and #selfishness he could get away with.
5/8
Just one more lane bro!
TfNSW opened Rozelle Interchange just over a week ago - one of the most complex underground motorway junctions in the world.
You guessed it - it's created new traffic and been front page news since!
The City of Sydney estimated $45B has been spent on the entire (privatised) motorway project known as Westconnex.
Followed all CASA rules (<250gm, visual line of sight, not near people, above empty park).
The EU has a fairly good position in the CO2 emissions league. 7,6 ton CO2e per person. Australia is 20,2 t and USA 19 t.
Now we can relax in Europe and wait for the others to catch up. World leaders can do that. The UK is doing the same, they even have room to max out their fossil fuel fields. That's how far ahead they are.
https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/us/countries-climate-change-emissions-cop28/
#EU #UK #Australia #USA
Everyone gets an incorrect bill from time to time, but billing customers for over a decade for services that didn't EXIST is rather special... and not in a good way.
#Australia #Telstra
https://gizmodo.com.au/2023/12/not-good-enough-acma-slaps-telstra-with-a-three-million-dollar-fine-for-consistent-billing-errors/
Robin in a field of poppies 🍃🌸🍃
https://jan-matson.pixels.com/featured/robin-in-a-field-of-poppies-jan-matson.html
The oil painting "Robin in a field of poppies" captures the ethereal beauty of nature and the delicate presence of wildlife.
#birds #bird #BirdArt #BirdPainting
#BirdsOfMastodon #artist #wildlife #BirdOfTheDay #MastoBirds #painting #FediGiftShop #nature #birdsite #JanMatson #birding #NativeBirds #Australia #AustralianBirds #GiftIdeas #prints #art #fediart #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #artwork #BloomScrolling #gardening #garden
Yesterday I checked out the latest mpavilion opposite the NGV. It's way better than the images I'd seen, the inner pool is a wonderful thing and there are great framed views to trees and the city. It is fairly obvious the architect is Japanese (fantastic aesthetic) and has obviously been made aware of Melbourne weather - there is a substantial canopy and interesting walls to shelter from wind.
There's a coffee cart nearby so a nice meeting place
#Melbourne #Australia #MelbourneWeather #mpavilion #architecture
#Australia: just over 330MW of new rooftop #solar
systems (0-100kW) was installed in November 2023, “smashing the previous record” of 314MW set in December 2020.
The average system size jumped to 9.9kW, reflecting a growing push towards electrification, electric vehicles and energy independence, and putting further pressure on the country’s remaining coal generators, and the gas industry.
#EnergyTransition #SolarPV #ClimateCrisis
https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-installs-smash-record-as-households-turn-to-bigger-systems-put-pressure-on-coal/
For the aussie queer folks up in Brisbane, How is it?
A$3.9b spent on Rozelle Interchange, result: more car congestion, "fix": add more lanes.
"An emergency meeting of the Transport Minister John Graham and high-ranking transport officials on Sunday afternoon has resolved to add a second lane in one section, and consider doing the same on Victoria Road to ease congestion."
This post was brought to you by the biggest first world problem in existence: travel burnout.
I'm a bit sick of being a tourist. I want to find a place, a job and start moving there. Build a life. But I can't decide where and now everything feels a bit pointless. Like I'm sure the Whitsundays are beautiful, but what am I gonna do there, just look at another beach?
Crikey, this sign was in the pedestrian underpass at Castlemaine Station:
I am also tracking Australia's Cl8imate Ministers Chris Bowen and Jenny McAllister at #COP28 and Australian participation in pledges for my #ClimateDiary
#Australia 🇦🇺
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/11/tracking-australian-ministers-and.html
#Boost please
GPs in clinics are waiting for me to:
1. Go into #agedcare (I’m not aged.)
2. To see a #GP (Who works in their clinic.)
3. Because I don’t fit their business model. (They won’t #homevisit or #Telehealth me even if I see them once.)
Yes they literally said this.
Someone help me! 😭
@mecfs
@chronicpain @chronicillness
@disabilityjustice
#PwME #MEAwarenesshour #MECFS #ChronicPain
#ChronicIllness #PwLC
#Healthcare #MedMastodon
#Australia #Disability #PatientRights #Accessibility
I am tracking #COP28 climate negotiations, with an Australian focus, at my Climate Diary blog page, with updates through each day.
#ClimateDiary #Australia
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/11/australia-at-cop28-climate-diary.html
#Humanity (or the lack thereof)
#Refugees #AusPol #Australia https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2023/12/01/kylea-tink-indefinite-detention?ahe=ebeddd8f7e2b90295e462557553ae77183d6fe603945ee9a3ebc2a950de31597&utm_medium=email&lr_hash=cb54282d116316794e73cd9c1d38a231&acid=124468&utm_source=Adestra&utm_campaign=Saturday%20News%20-%2020231202
"Every state is in the firing line for #bushfires this Summer according to the latest forecast released on Thursday by the National Council for Fire & Emergency Services (AFAC).
#Australia has already experienced “record-breaking dry conditions and warmer than average temperatures during early spring,” according to the AFAC summer bushfire outlook.
“Hot and dry conditions are expected to persist into the new year for many locations.”
More Duck #orchids this week! Went for a wander around Providence Ponds Flora and Fauna Reserve. Low and behold that park is absolutely loaded with them. So nice to see!
Did you know that in 1965, a #dress caused an uproar in #Australia?
#British #model Jean Shrimpton had been invited to the 1965 #Melbourne Spring #Racing event.
When she showed up 2 hours late, the crowd was silent.
She was wearing a simple white shift dress that ended 10cm above the knee. She wore neither hat or gloves nor stockings.
The then ultra conservative, outraged Aussies were mocked by the British press, who aptly called Shrimpton “a petunia in an onion patch”.
Australian Trade Unionists For Palestine Are Blocking Israeli Ships - PopularResistance.Org
https://popularresistance.org/australian-trade-unionists-for-palestine-are-blocking-israeli-ships/
#WorldNews #Australia #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #union
Uh... #Australia! How would you spell this one of our colloquialisms? I've only ever said it.
Australia: the NSW parliament has voted unanimously to enshrine a 70% emissions cut by 2035 in law. It's so good to see cross-party support for #climateaction
Victoria has a bill enshrining 75-80% emissions reduction by 2035, bring forward net zero to 2045, 95% renewables by 2035.