I really do encourage everyone to read this if they can. It’s worse than I thought it would be. The decision, not my piece. Although come to think of it everything I write is worse than I thought it would be.
The NACC report is astonishing for just how many non-sequiturs, excuses and naive assumptions can be packed into 455 pages. The deputy commissioner who authored it is not a judge, unlike Catherine Holmes. And it shows. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/n...
Ukraine, which continues to be under attack from a four-year long Russian invasion, is sending resources to help defend US interests in the Middle East, after the US started a new conflict there.
The US has responded by giving money to Russia.
"Having provoked this situation, the United States has so far declined to help, with the US military reported to have turned down a series of requests from around the region to escort oil tankers or other civilian ships through the strait."
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
From my trip in January - a pink cockatoo at Kinchega National Park, New South Wales.
You'd pay good money for that hairdo at a city salon 😆
In the present context, however, of an investigation into allegations of corrupt conduct, we are not so much concerned with Diceyan theory of ministerial accountability and Cabinet solidarity as with personal obligations of honesty and good faith. Thus, although Mr Morrison may have been responsible to Cabinet for the failings of DSS – in particular for DSS’ failings in not preventing the shortcomings of the NPP and checklist – it by no means necessarily follows that Mr Morrison was personally at fault for not detecting the failings of DSS or that he set out to act dishonestly or in bad faith. The question of any personal shortcoming requires consideration of the system and circumstances of ERC’s operation at the time of its adoption of the NPP.
The passages clearing Morrison of fault are extraordinary
NACC says Morrison is technically "responsible" as cabinet Minister, but not "personally at fault"
If responsibility exists without consequence...then what does "ministerial accountability" even mean anymore?
I've been struggling with how to express my dismay at the war coverage by our top newsrooms, and how it dances around the central fact that Trump is deranged and unfit to command. I finally wrote something. Please read it. presswatchers.org/2026/03/the-...
Health and medical research is the only hope for so many health conditions, yet is chronically underfunded. Amazingly, a big part of the solution already exists. The money is literally in the bank, earmarked for health & medical research. It just has to be released.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
‘There are crocs absolutely everywhere’: NT residents warned to stay out of floodwaters as hundreds evacuated
The US-Israeli force has now bombed THIRTEEN hospitals and health centres. This is exactly what Israel did in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
On sabotage of our young scientists, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
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Scarlet Joe Handsome has spent much of the latter half of winter observing the feeder from a pear tree or munching on fallen seeds in the snow. But here he is in all his vivid and pensive glory.
The next jar of Australian honey you buy may be doing more good than you realise.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/honey-f...
Top of the Pops (2nd March 1978). Kate Bush performs Wuthering Heights. Currently sitting at number five in the hit parade, the following week it would knock ABBA off the top spot and remain there for a month.
The Epstein files should be released fully with only victims names redacted. Expose the perps!! Congress cannot be trusted to hold investigation that won't involve coverup of their supporters!
Diabolical: The Epstein Files
flip.it/f9Meps
Woman's mental health episode ends in death. “It would appear the beanbag round, or the Super-Sock round .. has entered the body of the deceased and ended up striking her heart, causing her death,” the NSW police acting commissioner, David Hudson.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
There can be no social cohesion while divisive groups like Advance aim to smear hate against some Australians | Lucy Hamilton
🚨👀 "The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds."
Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”
Finland's epidemic 22 Feb 2026: the amount of virus detected in wastewater is now 60% higher than during the first Omicron wave in 2022. The post-Omicron baseline appears permanently higher compared with the pre-Omicron period; repeated waves show no sign of diminishing.
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NEWS: The woman who told the FBI that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a child "refused to cooperate" with the FBI against him, according to an email in the Epstein database; in a previously unreported file, her name was initially unredacted.
substack.com/@sollenberge...
“In the one FBI interview that was released — of at least four interviews with her that exist the case files — the woman’s attorney cites ‘fear of retaliation’ when Trump’s name comes up.”
This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen
"In politics, accountability seems to vary depending whether you are on the east or the west side of the Atlantic."
A very relevant line that @mattbevan.bsky.social wrote *before* Andrew's arrest. #EpsteinFiles
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FFS: UK tourist - Karen Newton, 65, with a valid visa - was in America when she was shackled, transported and held for six weeks.
With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Good morning, here’s a little photo collage of details taken from a variety of my embroideries for you today. Hope it’s the pop of colour you may need… 😉🪡🌿🌺 #stitchedart #embroideryartist #thesewingsongbird
I’ve never seen Rachel break down. But it’s heinous. They will not thrive, so they will not survive.
