Heath
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Over 100,000 bony bream have washed up on the shores of Lake Menindee, following the recent heatwaves, including 50℃ days in the area. The most likely cause of death is hypoxia, where the heat reduces oxygen in the water, leading to suffocation.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Up to 100,000 fish found dead at Lake Menindee
Residents of a far west New South Wales community found tens of thousands of dead fish on the banks of Lake Menindee.
www.abc.net.au
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Over 100,000 bony bream have washed up on the shores of Lake Menindee, following the recent heatwaves, including 50℃ days in the area. The most likely cause of death is hypoxia, where the heat reduces oxygen in the water, leading to suffocation.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
“Do not try to solve a mystery when you go into a mysterious place. Appreciate the mystery and stand in awe of the people who live comfortably with it”
— Barry Lopez
— Barry Lopez
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
“Do not try to solve a mystery when you go into a mysterious place. Appreciate the mystery and stand in awe of the people who live comfortably with it”
— Barry Lopez
— Barry Lopez
Bush becomes cloud,
hot bitter cloud.
Atomised eucalypt,
atomised banksia,
atomised paperbark.
Mourning cloud,
casting cloud,
cloud that settles
on the river
in the lungs
and says I was.
hot bitter cloud.
Atomised eucalypt,
atomised banksia,
atomised paperbark.
Mourning cloud,
casting cloud,
cloud that settles
on the river
in the lungs
and says I was.
February 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Bush becomes cloud,
hot bitter cloud.
Atomised eucalypt,
atomised banksia,
atomised paperbark.
Mourning cloud,
casting cloud,
cloud that settles
on the river
in the lungs
and says I was.
hot bitter cloud.
Atomised eucalypt,
atomised banksia,
atomised paperbark.
Mourning cloud,
casting cloud,
cloud that settles
on the river
in the lungs
and says I was.
“Great storytelling … requires human creativity and ingenuity.”
Could not agree more, but the issue is about more than business, more than brand, it’s about culture. Taking responsibility for the ideas & words that we put into the world. Caring about their impact.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
Could not agree more, but the issue is about more than business, more than brand, it’s about culture. Taking responsibility for the ideas & words that we put into the world. Caring about their impact.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
Businesses hiring storytellers to ‘cut through the AI slop’
From ensuring a single brand voice is heard to translating complex science into simple language, the role means different things to different employers
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:55 PM
“Great storytelling … requires human creativity and ingenuity.”
Could not agree more, but the issue is about more than business, more than brand, it’s about culture. Taking responsibility for the ideas & words that we put into the world. Caring about their impact.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
Could not agree more, but the issue is about more than business, more than brand, it’s about culture. Taking responsibility for the ideas & words that we put into the world. Caring about their impact.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
Here's my take on AI: if you can't be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?
January 29, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Here's my take on AI: if you can't be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?
Our deathly heatwaves are becoming normalised while climate action by government and industry is worse than tokenistic, it is outright deceptive. A blistering report by @adammorton.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright | Clean Air
The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Our deathly heatwaves are becoming normalised while climate action by government and industry is worse than tokenistic, it is outright deceptive. A blistering report by @adammorton.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Heath
Is Bunnings stocking forest destruction on its shelves?
The answer is: yes.
We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.
The answer is: yes.
We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.
Bunnings accused of ‘greenwashing’ timber amid concerns about supplier’s illegal logging
The Wilderness Society lodges complaint with consumer watchdog over hardware and garden chain’s sale of timber sourced from NSW Forestry Corporation
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Is Bunnings stocking forest destruction on its shelves?
The answer is: yes.
We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.
The answer is: yes.
We’ve filed a complaint to ask the ACCC, Australia’s consumer watchdog, to investigate Bunnings for #greenwashing.
"In the shade of the paperbarks,
they’re sitting like resting clouds.
People of the clouds,
living there like the mist;
like the mist sitting,
resting with arms on knees".
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Song Cycle of the Moon-Bone,
Wonguri-Mandjigai.
they’re sitting like resting clouds.
People of the clouds,
living there like the mist;
like the mist sitting,
resting with arms on knees".
•
Song Cycle of the Moon-Bone,
Wonguri-Mandjigai.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
"In the shade of the paperbarks,
they’re sitting like resting clouds.
People of the clouds,
living there like the mist;
like the mist sitting,
resting with arms on knees".
•
Song Cycle of the Moon-Bone,
Wonguri-Mandjigai.
they’re sitting like resting clouds.
People of the clouds,
living there like the mist;
like the mist sitting,
resting with arms on knees".
•
Song Cycle of the Moon-Bone,
Wonguri-Mandjigai.
As bushfires continue in Victoria and NSW, historic huts, built by graziers and prospectors to provide shelter in the high country, are wrapped in Firezat. Made from kevlar and aluminium, this protective wrap prevents embers from floating inside and catching fire.
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
As bushfires continue in Victoria and NSW, historic huts, built by graziers and prospectors to provide shelter in the high country, are wrapped in Firezat. Made from kevlar and aluminium, this protective wrap prevents embers from floating inside and catching fire.
“The world desperately needs powerful storytellers to help us make sense of the unfathomable events taking place”.
Essential reading, today and everyday, by Alexis Wright for @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.
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emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-in...
Essential reading, today and everyday, by Alexis Wright for @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.
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emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-in...
The Inward Migration in Apocalyptic Times – Alexis Wright
As the world falters, threatening native ecosystems and Indigenous lifeways, Australian Aboriginal author Alexis Wright turns inward to the dwelling place of ancestral story.
emergencemagazine.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:37 PM
“The world desperately needs powerful storytellers to help us make sense of the unfathomable events taking place”.
Essential reading, today and everyday, by Alexis Wright for @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.
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emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-in...
Essential reading, today and everyday, by Alexis Wright for @emergencemagazine.bsky.social.
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emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-in...
Give the land a tongue.
January 24, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Give the land a tongue.
Greg Mullins, former Commissioner of Fire & Rescue, a 2nd-generation firefighter with 50yrs experience, says the most critical thing we must do to reduce increasing, catastrophic fires is "Cut climate pollution more swiftly".
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www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Cities aren’t safe from the next firestorm
As we face these fires in Victoria, there is deep apprehension among my colleagues in emergency services. We are not just worried about today. Victoria’s most savage fire weather often arrives later i...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Greg Mullins, former Commissioner of Fire & Rescue, a 2nd-generation firefighter with 50yrs experience, says the most critical thing we must do to reduce increasing, catastrophic fires is "Cut climate pollution more swiftly".
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www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Geordie Williamson + Ivor Indyk on the work of Alexis Wright: her "big sky aesthetic", spiritual landscapes, and use of All Time (present, ancestral past, mythological past).
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podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/2...
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@giramondobooks.bsky.social
@gleebooks.bsky.social
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@gleebooks.bsky.social
21. Geordie Williamson on Alexis Wright
Podcast Episode · Fully Lit · 15/01/2026 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Geordie Williamson + Ivor Indyk on the work of Alexis Wright: her "big sky aesthetic", spiritual landscapes, and use of All Time (present, ancestral past, mythological past).
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podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/2...
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@giramondobooks.bsky.social
@gleebooks.bsky.social
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podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/2...
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@giramondobooks.bsky.social
@gleebooks.bsky.social
Names given to the ten largest gold nuggets found in Australia:
1. Welcome Stranger
2. Welcome Nugget
3. Blanche Barkly
4. Golden Eagle
5. Poseidon
6. Viscount Canterbury
7. Hand of Faith
8. Normandy Nugget
9. Little Hero
10. Pride of Australia
1. Welcome Stranger
2. Welcome Nugget
3. Blanche Barkly
4. Golden Eagle
5. Poseidon
6. Viscount Canterbury
7. Hand of Faith
8. Normandy Nugget
9. Little Hero
10. Pride of Australia
January 18, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Names given to the ten largest gold nuggets found in Australia:
1. Welcome Stranger
2. Welcome Nugget
3. Blanche Barkly
4. Golden Eagle
5. Poseidon
6. Viscount Canterbury
7. Hand of Faith
8. Normandy Nugget
9. Little Hero
10. Pride of Australia
1. Welcome Stranger
2. Welcome Nugget
3. Blanche Barkly
4. Golden Eagle
5. Poseidon
6. Viscount Canterbury
7. Hand of Faith
8. Normandy Nugget
9. Little Hero
10. Pride of Australia
“He had been far, so far, in country never mapped, on the border-lands of death”
Randolph Stow, Tourmaline
(1963)
Randolph Stow, Tourmaline
(1963)
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 AM
“He had been far, so far, in country never mapped, on the border-lands of death”
Randolph Stow, Tourmaline
(1963)
Randolph Stow, Tourmaline
(1963)
Very disappointing reporting by @theguardian.com. Critique of methodology is a good thing, but framing routine scientific debate as a "bombshell" is irresponsible and dangerous, especially given all that we do conclusively know about the dangers of plastic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Very disappointing reporting by @theguardian.com. Critique of methodology is a good thing, but framing routine scientific debate as a "bombshell" is irresponsible and dangerous, especially given all that we do conclusively know about the dangers of plastic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia's arts industry is already so small and habitually threatened. It's hard to feel anything but grief at the successive loss of festivals and platforms, as well the increasing, censorious overreach by politicians and lobby groups. Like cultural wildfire.
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Australia's arts industry is already so small and habitually threatened. It's hard to feel anything but grief at the successive loss of festivals and platforms, as well the increasing, censorious overreach by politicians and lobby groups. Like cultural wildfire.
“The raison d’être of art and literature is to disrupt the status quo: and one doesn’t have to be a student of history to know that art in the service of “social cohesion” is propaganda”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:27 AM
“The raison d’être of art and literature is to disrupt the status quo: and one doesn’t have to be a student of history to know that art in the service of “social cohesion” is propaganda”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The word Melaleuca comes from the Greek mélas (black) and leukós (white). The tree's signature bark, made from pale, paper-like layers of cork, blackens not only from fire, but tannins from decomposition in soil and water. A litmus of life and death.
January 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The word Melaleuca comes from the Greek mélas (black) and leukós (white). The tree's signature bark, made from pale, paper-like layers of cork, blackens not only from fire, but tannins from decomposition in soil and water. A litmus of life and death.
Mullumbimby and the Infinite Sadness.
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Mullumbimby and the Infinite Sadness.