Collapsed ceilings, termite infestations & broken toilets. No one would find these living conditions acceptable. Yet in public housing, in remote Indigenous communities, these are just some of the realities tenants have faced for a prolonged period. abc.net.au/news/2024-08-2…

What you’re witnessing is deforestation in Australia from a satellite view. And it’s tough to stomach, watching the homes of our precious wildlife being cleared at extraordinary rates. #auspol

Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn says we should have a wealth tax. We couldn't agree more! "I don't think we're taxing wealth as heavily as we could." #auspol

The monstrous scale of the crime of the century. Still Woodside, Santos et al have license in Oz - a national disgrace.

How could incarcerating kids at this stage of development have +ve consequences in the long term? What are the responsible authorities enviaging here? Can a 10-year-old be responsible for a crime? Here’s what brain science tells us theconversation.com/can-a-10-year-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

No words, just rage 💔 The 17-year-old boy is the second child to take their life at the barbaric Banksia youth prison in WA following the death of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd less than 12 months ago. watoday.com.au/perth-news/tee…

What should be done about the number of ‘missing’ & murdered #Indigenous women? Listen to this important panel discussion on LNL with David Marr & three leaders in this space: Thelma Schwartz, Kerry Staines and Dr Hannah McGlade: abc.net.au/listen/program…

Outstanding commentary from Nyadol (nyadolnyuon on Threads) Nyuon OAM on the issue of #Climate: that transitioning to clean energy is both an economic AND a national security issue as China is taking the lead in this space. Yet the Coalition is silent on this. 👏 #auspol #QandA #renewables #energy

Govt talks about biodiversity & zero extinction targets but delays action & threatens to weaken EPA’s powers. Our environment needs a tough cop to protect it & the full package of reforms legislated with urgency #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

Yoorrook's Descendants Day hearing will help build a shared understanding of Victoria’s colonial history, with non-Indigenous witnesses giving evidence. The hearing is a day for all Victorians to listen and learn the truth about Victoria’s colonial history, and the unbroken line

Nunggubuyu woman Selena Uibo is new leader of the Northern Territory Labor party with an almost entirely Indigenous caucus. Uibo is the first Indigenous woman to lead a major Australian political party #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

“There is a decline in general news coverage, with alarming speed, and there are large portions of Australia that no longer really have reliable operational media," ABC chair Kim Williams tells Martin McKenzie-Murray. satpa.pe/0jUES0M

"After Ronald's murder a group of settlers came together and came upon a large group of Brataualung People camped at the waterhole at Warrigal Creek.  This major bend in the creek is clearly an obvious spot people would have gathered and between 60 up to 150 or more people were

Commissioners will now hear from Peter Sharp, a great grandson of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, who has researched Deakin’s involvement in the passage of the Aborigines Protection Act 1886, more commonly known as the ‘Half Caste’ Act. Watch the livestream:

"To all those viewing who themselves, or whose families have been and still are being impacted by the introduction of laws and policies in which a member of my family played such a significant role, I say that I am personally profoundly sorry." -Peter Sharp

"So we were told from when we were very young about Captain Liddell and that he was the Captain of the ship that took in the family's stories.  It was the first plough.  Not only to Victoria but to Australia.  So there is, you know, quite a few inaccuracies in the family's

“It is distressing to consider, as his descendant, that he may have perpetrated some of the violence.” - Dr Katrina Kell, descendant of Captain James Liddell. Follow us to stay updated on truth-telling for First Peoples in Victoria. theage.com.au/politics/victo… #DescendantsDay

In fact, the onus is on non-Indigenous people to do their research and come forward to make amends. #reckoning

Unbelievable #September temperatures are forecast across #Europe tomorrow, with some regions 12°C above normal for this time of year. Temperature records just keep tumbling. The #climate is warming at unprecedented rates—mitigation is urgent. 🌍🔥 #ClimateCrisis

When children are locked up, there’s near nothing to support positive development, & everything that will harm their opportunities for a better future. Lisa Finocchiaro will make youth crime worse, as did Howard with the Intervention, and Abbott with his cuts to social services.