“80% of the Great Barrier Reef has been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress in 2024, the highest extent on record and above the previous high of 60% seen in 2017.”

More importantly, more of the Reef has been exposed to LETHAL levels of heat stress than before.

New data from the AIHW paints a troubling picture - the proportion of people seeking help for alcohol as their principal drug of concern has climbed to its highest point in a decade.

#BREAKING : Sydney Assyrian Christian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has been stabbed at least six times to the face and upper body. His assailant approached him as he conducted a service in Sydney’s Wakeley. Parishioners leapt to his aid. More details to come. 10 News First Sydney

Just saw horrific footage of the stabbing of a Priest during tonight during mass in western Sydney. Assyrian leader Mar Mari Emmanuel has a huge social following and his viral sermon videos are often about US politics, UN, Russia, same sex relationships, trans issues.

What on earth?!

'Mr Lehrmann behaved disgracefully. He defended the criminal charge on a false basis, lied to
police, and then allowed that lie to go uncorrected before the jury. ' He also allowed Higgins, an assault victim, to be cross-examined on a knowingly false premise.' Justice Lee.

We can’t forget that in order to get here we watched our legal system tear apart a real person. Family, friends, love life, spelling errors, diaries, texts, photos, mistakes. It was all laid bare for us to judge and pick apart.
Is this what justice looks like to you?

Lehrmann verdict: Lee J has found that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.

1. He had sex with her
2. She did not consent
3. He was reckless as to whether or not she consented

Justice Lee has done more than confirming that #Lehrmann raped BH. His trauma-informed judgment will provide a framework on which subsequent prosecutors can draw: explicitly describing the passivity of non-consent; debunking 'normal' victim behavior, memory & coping behaviours

#BREAKING : The Federal Court has found, on the balance of probabilities, Bruce Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.

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Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, judge finds on balance of probabilities.

“Mr Lehrmann raped Ms Higgins” Justice Lee said.

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All those in the media who boosted #Lehrmann 's account -- and they know who they are -- must be dying of shame. Justice Lee has absolutely shredded his character and his evidence, caling it 'risible', 'an elaborate fancy' and 'a litany of lies'.

Justice Lee is saying that Brittany Higgins's accounts at the time, March 2019, are consistent with her having been a victim of a sexual assault. #Lehrmann

For my UK friends, what happened in Sydney was not terror-related. Julia Hartley-Brewer should be ashamed of herself for spewing this BS.

As Iran launches drones toward Israel, the WH announces that President Biden will gather in the Situation Room this afternoon with his national security team. Earlier he was briefed by NSA Sullivan & Deputy NSA Finer.

#UPDATE Iran launched drones at Israel directly from its territory Saturday, the Israeli army said, marking a major escalation of the long-running covert war between the regional foes.

This is awful and upsetting. I knew and worked with Margot’s deceased husband, Paul. A man I liked and respected. He would have been devastated by this. He was a firm feminist. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

Utterly heart-breaking and many cross-overs with Jess Hill’s work on the Family Court here.

New from @Fernpub! This books argues that solidarity between unions and community movements is absolutely necessary to make the transition away from fossil fuels a just one. buff.ly/49vpts0

This child’s death from sexual extortion was entirely preventable. As Julie Inman Grant says, the tech sector has “failed to take organised and systemic action”.

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