@NOEC2022 National Outdoor Ed Conference

Last night's video piece for @abcnews about the impact on China of the Iran war. youtube.com/watch?v=i7F6Wk…

Medical research saves lives, strengthens our health system, drives economic growth, and positions Australia as a global leader in health and medical innovation. When governments fail to fund science, the consequences are real and the setbacks can take decades to undo. Already more than 5,000 Australians have joined our campaign to release more funding for medical research in the 2026 Federal Budget. If you can spare 30 seconds of your time to join our campaign, you’ll help fund life-saving cures in Australia. #medicalresearchmatters

BREAKING: Muliple women are reporting similar things in Texas They’re saying that their voter registration is in “suspense” meaning somebody challenged their voter registration. Thanks to @AshleyDCan we’re reporting this. What’s going on Texas?

In news that surprises absolutely no one, this morning the Liberals have announced plans to cut 300,000 new homes and push up the price of housing. They've revealed they want to hand housing supply back to council blockers which is how we got a housing crisis in the first place.

Today, my thoughts are with the dozens of families whose homes have been lost in NSW, Qld and Tasmania, and all affected by the devastating bushfires. The PM described our summer conditions as “difficult”. Politicians often refuse to acknowledge the elephant in the room - climate change - when our continent faces fires and floods. Burning fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas - contributes to global warming, which drives the warmer, drier and windier conditions that make fires more dangerous. New coal and gas projects - like the North West Shelf project recently approved by the Albanese govt- will contribute to further warming of our planet. Difficult. But true. theguardian.com/australia-news…

My column for @abcnews: The strange macho appeal of fossil fuels. abc.net.au/news/2025-11-1…

I'm enraged. I will never forgive the Albanese Govt for its complicity in Israel's genocide, for defending arms sales to Israel, for refusing to rebuke or sanction Israel, and for employing Zionist Jillian Segal as an Antisemitism Envoy. 😠 #auspol #SanctionIsrael #FreePalestine

Fun fact: Santos has paid $0 in corporate tax in the last 10y while selling $48bn of Australian gas. Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market. Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.

I used to think that Kim Beazley was an essentially good guy who just did not have the ticker to do the right thing. But his moral drift over the past decade has all of his old friends shaking their heads. Over the War Memorial, BRS, and pocketing arms industry money, he is not just confused, or gutless, or compromised. HE IS A BAD PERSON much more intrinsically evil than good. He has prospered by going over to the dark side. He’s a shit. If he had any guts he could swing the wm Council and the administration by personal leadership, and borrowing on his (undeserved) reputation. But he doesn’t have the moral judgment or the sense of honour. He’s a rat to Labor. BRS is his 2025 Tampa.

Excellent summary of how the rest of the world views Trump in his second term. Dread and despair, but we’re no longer shocked by the depths to which he & his enablers descend. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmels-…

So, Australia has just exploited the economic vulnerabilities of one of the smallest nations on earth - a neighbour and friend - to dump 350 criminals including murderers and paedophiles. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Politics rarely leads. The most important social and political change has, and by design must, always come from the people. Unfortunately, it takes too long, as politics resists, media condemns. As history shows, everyone has something to protect, a reason not to be brave. Sometimes, it happens faster, because something triggers the masses. A threshold is reached. People can’t stand anymore. They take to the streets, risk themselves, choose what is right over what is safe, the zeitgeist shifts, and politics responds. There were extensive anti-apartheid protests in Australia over 40 years, for example, spanning from the late 1940’s through the 1980’s. The 1971 South African Springbok rugby union tour of Australia sparked widespread protests across the country. Activists disrupted matches, blocked team movements and led marches, resulting in arrests, a state of emergency in Queensland, and the cancellation of a planned cricket tour. Eventually, Australia applied sanctions and in some ways, led. Today, we are immensely proud of the role we played. The patterns are not new. They just repeat. Those Australians carried a fierce love, the kind that doesn’t back down, the kind humanity most needs. Standing against genocide, apartheid, illegal occupation, the deliberate starvation of children and for all innocent people is never wrong. Doesn’t matter where it is. It is confronting, yes, irrespective of the media framing or power dynamics of today, Australia will take immense pride that 300,000+ people chose to confront mass injustice, protect innocent children, support international law, commit to shared humanity and demand a just peace. Unfortunately, it’s not enough. It’ll take many more. The children of Gaza will need you, too.

I have spoken to the Leader of the Opposition Dean Winter and informed him that the Greens will support Labor’s motion of No Confidence in Jeremy Rockliff’s leadership. I have informed the Premier. #politas

This week's @abcnews column, in which I pinpoint the day the Liberal party began to die - July 17 2014, when they repealed the Clean Energy Act of 2011 - and suggest they can't now have an electable climate policy and stay in coalition with the Nationals. abc.net.au/news/2025-05-1…

By damaging crops and increasing the cost of insurance, feedstock, and fuel, climate events increase the price of groceries at the checkout. This new report from Farmers for Climate Action highlights that fact that climate action is cost-of-living action.

This morning's @abcnews column, in which I wonder whether Jim Chalmers is up for the reform agenda that Paul Keating had, and whether Albanese would support him as Hawke did Keating, because the country needs it again. abc.net.au/news/2025-05-1…

This photo of a starving Palestinian child looking at her previous self should be seared into the public consciousness of the world. This is what they're doing in Palestine. And the West is complicit.

I'm not even a Greens member but I tell u what, I'd rather be a Green MP who just lost their seat than a Labor supporter gloating about it. Better to take a setback having fought for what's right than to to be smug that the status quo won for now.

HARVARD WON THIS ROUND! Secretary of Education Linda McMahon wrote a letter to Harvard. The university responded by marking up the letter for spelling and punctuation mistakes- and then shared it on social media. Your thoughts?