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'Our research shows long-unburnt forests act to limit fire without human intervention – even as the climate changes.
Authorities need to heavily invest in rapid fire detection & attack, training & employing more specialist remote area firefighters.'
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
Authorities need to heavily invest in rapid fire detection & attack, training & employing more specialist remote area firefighters.'
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped
After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
'Our research shows long-unburnt forests act to limit fire without human intervention – even as the climate changes.
Authorities need to heavily invest in rapid fire detection & attack, training & employing more specialist remote area firefighters.'
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
Authorities need to heavily invest in rapid fire detection & attack, training & employing more specialist remote area firefighters.'
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
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This is a clearly written, evidenced-based article by two highly respected academics.
So it probably won't be read by anyone at Forest Fire Management Victoria.
So it probably won't be read by anyone at Forest Fire Management Victoria.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is a clearly written, evidenced-based article by two highly respected academics.
So it probably won't be read by anyone at Forest Fire Management Victoria.
So it probably won't be read by anyone at Forest Fire Management Victoria.
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"Prescribed burning resets the clock, giving a few short years with an open understorey. But the void is soon filled by flammable fast-growing shrubs."
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"Prescribed burning resets the clock, giving a few short years with an open understorey. But the void is soon filled by flammable fast-growing shrubs."
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
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Some extremely strong words on the gas industry by Mike Rann speaking at the @australiainstitute.org.au’s Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture
thepoint.com.au/news/251116-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251116-...
Gas lobby using tobacco tactics, former SA Premier warns
The fossil fuel sector is using “tobacco industry tactics” to maintain a bipartisan commitment to supporting gas expansion in Australia, former South Ausralian Labor Premier Mike Rann has said.
thepoint.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Some extremely strong words on the gas industry by Mike Rann speaking at the @australiainstitute.org.au’s Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture
thepoint.com.au/news/251116-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251116-...
Incoming
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Incoming
This brings joy. Yellow-tailed black cockatoo who came to visit yesterday.
September 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This brings joy. Yellow-tailed black cockatoo who came to visit yesterday.
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A top 10 cited article in the journal Functional Ecology! Our work on ecological control theory shows how forests can suppress fire if left undisturbed.
April 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A top 10 cited article in the journal Functional Ecology! Our work on ecological control theory shows how forests can suppress fire if left undisturbed.
Happy International Dog Day
#happystick
#happystick
August 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Happy International Dog Day
#happystick
#happystick
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One. In. Three.
Dear @albomp.bsky.social, Please explain how government and tax-payers can afford to fund AUKUS (> $360 billion AUS) but can't afford to fully fund *everything* that's need to make women and families safe?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Dear @albomp.bsky.social, Please explain how government and tax-payers can afford to fund AUKUS (> $360 billion AUS) but can't afford to fully fund *everything* that's need to make women and families safe?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
One in three Australian men say they have committed intimate partner abuse, world-first research finds
Longitudinal study finds affectionate father-son relationships linked to lower risk of men later committing emotional or physical abuse
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
One. In. Three.
Dear @albomp.bsky.social, Please explain how government and tax-payers can afford to fund AUKUS (> $360 billion AUS) but can't afford to fully fund *everything* that's need to make women and families safe?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Dear @albomp.bsky.social, Please explain how government and tax-payers can afford to fund AUKUS (> $360 billion AUS) but can't afford to fully fund *everything* that's need to make women and families safe?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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This decision was also made without consulting the two Indigenous groups whose land hosts the facility. Watt flew in and flew out without meeting with them.
Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision
Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision
Environment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio
The environment minister, Murray Watt, has knocked back two last-minute objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension, clearing the way for a final decision on the controversial development.
Greenpeace and the Conservation Council of Western Australia were among groups opposing the expansion who were denied reconsideration related to the project, communicated to them via Watt’s department of climate change, energy, the environment and water on Thursday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This decision was also made without consulting the two Indigenous groups whose land hosts the facility. Watt flew in and flew out without meeting with them.
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An excellent one minute explainer of the effect planned burns have on the forest.
May 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
An excellent one minute explainer of the effect planned burns have on the forest.
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Gaza aid is mere ‘teaspoon’ of what is needed, says Guterres, amid widening starvation and destruction across enclave.
UN chief says Gaza entering ‘cruellest phase’ of war as Palestinians starve
Gaza aid is mere ‘teaspoon’ of what is needed, says Guterres, amid widening starvation and destruction across enclave.
bit.ly
May 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Gaza aid is mere ‘teaspoon’ of what is needed, says Guterres, amid widening starvation and destruction across enclave.
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A climate bomb and the destruction of 40,000 year old rock art
It isn’t the Greens who need to ‘look at themselves in the mirror’
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It isn’t the Greens who need to ‘look at themselves in the mirror’
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision
Environment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A climate bomb and the destruction of 40,000 year old rock art
It isn’t the Greens who need to ‘look at themselves in the mirror’
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It isn’t the Greens who need to ‘look at themselves in the mirror’
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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How much coal would the French have to find under the Louvre to destroy it? How much gas would the UK need to find under Stonehenge to knock it down?
Australia must be the richest country in the world willing to destroy its ancient heritage for one more gas project #climate
Australia must be the richest country in the world willing to destroy its ancient heritage for one more gas project #climate
The Murujuga rock art is one of Australia's most priceless heritage sites.
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
How much coal would the French have to find under the Louvre to destroy it? How much gas would the UK need to find under Stonehenge to knock it down?
Australia must be the richest country in the world willing to destroy its ancient heritage for one more gas project #climate
Australia must be the richest country in the world willing to destroy its ancient heritage for one more gas project #climate
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USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites. The directive could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture initiatives.
USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites
The directive could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture initiatives.
www.politico.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites. The directive could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture initiatives.
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A "bold plan" which is literal ethnic cleansing
January 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A "bold plan" which is literal ethnic cleansing
One of 3 kookaburras in a tree this morning holding his prize aloft. Does anyone know what kind of beetle it is? Thanking you in advance.
January 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
One of 3 kookaburras in a tree this morning holding his prize aloft. Does anyone know what kind of beetle it is? Thanking you in advance.
Where are we now? Kookaburra sunset.
Digital collage.
Digital collage.
January 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Where are we now? Kookaburra sunset.
Digital collage.
Digital collage.
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Yep. The creeps you wouldn’t want to sit next to are destroying the world and, apart from everything else, its embarrassing. Brilliant column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yep. The creeps you wouldn’t want to sit next to are destroying the world and, apart from everything else, its embarrassing. Brilliant column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
January 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
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The Shot writers reflect: 2024 can go and get fucked theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The Shot writers reflect: 2024 can go and get fucked - The Shot
Rather than publishing five separate articles, which, at this point in the year, I cannot be fucked doing – and...
theshot.net.au
December 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
The Shot writers reflect: 2024 can go and get fucked theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
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unlike the other parrots we study, gang gangs just hang around at their hollows all day - it means that an 8gig card on our cameras which can last 3 months on a swift parrot nest, will fill up in less than a week with GGs - thousands of photos of their silly red heads just loitering around 👑🪶🌿🧪🌏
December 21, 2024 at 11:47 PM
unlike the other parrots we study, gang gangs just hang around at their hollows all day - it means that an 8gig card on our cameras which can last 3 months on a swift parrot nest, will fill up in less than a week with GGs - thousands of photos of their silly red heads just loitering around 👑🪶🌿🧪🌏