Michelle L Hall

Let's repeat this again: Babies are #NotATarget. Schools are #NotATarget. Children are #NotATarget. Civilians are #NotATarget. Hospitals are #NotATarget. Humanitarians are #NotATarget. Healthcare workers are #NotATarget.

Our recommended motion for ALP branches. No Australian support for war on Iran!

Around 1/4 of people in Lebanon are currently under Israeli evacuation orders. Jeremy Ristord, our head of mission, describes how 400,000 people, in an area the size of Manhattan, had one hour to flee. The resulting chaos means people are sleeping in cars, and are in need of water and essentials.

Humans and their livestock now account for more than 96 percent of all mammal biomass on the planet. Actual wild animals are only a tiny, tiny sliver by comparison.

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years. @emeijaard @UTSEngage theconversation.com/meet-tous-an-e…

“They made you feel like you committed a crime just for continuing to serve patients.” 🎥 Our staff in Gaza recount how they've seen first-hand how Israeli forces have systematically attacked healthcare, including killing MSF colleagues.    msf.org/two-years-atta…

Gas companies that export 🇦🇺 gas are about to make windfall profits after strikes on Iran & we have no plan to capture that value for Australians. To fix this, we need a 25% tax on gas exports that would raise billions of dollars of revenue and ensure that when prices rise, Aussies benefit. theguardian.com/australia-news…

A new species record for Edgbaston Reserve! 🎉🦆 This pair of #WanderingWhistlingDucks was recently caught on a motion sensor camera. It's the first time we've recorded this species on the Reserve and brings the number of different bird species documented at Edgbaston up to 178! A perfect update to share on #WorldWildlifeDay! 💚 📍 Edgbaston Reserve, Bidjara Country, 140 km NE of Longreach, QLD #RemoteCamera #Conservation #WeLoveNature

The difference is by design.

“There are concerns over ethnic cleansing in both #Gaza and the #WestBank” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @‌volker_turk. UNRWA keeps supporting hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people in Gaza and the West Bank, but the humanitarian situation is dire. Read the report: ohchr.org/en/documents/c…

Did you know that wildflowers are the reason our Eurardy Reserve on Nanda Country (north of Geraldton) in mid-west WA is protected forever? Read more via bit.ly/4bns8IJ 📷 Ben Parkhurst 📍 Eurardy Reserve, Nanda Country, 145 km North of Geraldton, WA

Read Part Two of @KetanJ0's series on the false promise of carbon capture and storage. Live on The Point: theaus.in/4tTg1tC

Wilcox nails it. Who are Labor anymore?

"Every hostage has been returned home, living or dead." Except for the 10,000 or so Palestinian hostages. Of course they don't count.

Independent Senator David Pocock has added his voice to calls for a 25% tax on gas exports. Polling from RedBridge shows reveals that One Nation and Greens voters strongly support the idea. Sign our petition to stop the gas export scam: theaus.in/3MQtiT7

🐇Join the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions and the @EastaBilby on 25 March for a free webinar on new technologies for best-practice rabbit control. 🎟️ Register now via the link loom.ly/4V3hNFc

“We’re in this ridiculous situation where as one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, we have the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax collecting less revenue than beer tax,” Senator David Pocock said. “This needs to change." Read more on The Point: theaus.in/4cdF1pb

Australia's most generous fossil fuel subsidy will pour another $11 billion of taxpayer money into the pockets of polluters this year, including coal and gas companies. That's more money for big polluters than the government spends on the air force, foreign aid, First Nations' health, the arts, or climate and environment programs. Remarkably, the Government has no plans to change a scheme that simultaneously undermines our climate goals and the health of the Budget. We're hearing a lot from Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese about the need to trim spending, and the fuel tax credits scheme is precisely where they should start. theguardian.com/environment/co…

Politicians are outnumbered by lobbyists in Parliament House 15 to one; on sitting days hundreds of lobbyists roam the halls in Canberra, meeting with Ministers to influence government policies. My Clean Up Politics Act would shine a light on lobbyists’ activities. theage.com.au/national/time-…

Eurardy Reserve already experiences dramatic seasonal variability. As we move toward a more turbulent climatic future, funds to support careful, scientific-led and on-ground management in the mid-west of WA are paramount. Learn more about our work at Eurardy via bit.ly/4bns8IJ 📷 Red-tailed Black Cockatoos, Dr Rebecca Spindler 📍 Eurardy Reserve, Nanda Country, 145 km North of Geraldton, WA