Grand Imperial Vizier, Clover Moore, gets an AO OK!

"..The work to which we have set ourselves is the liberating of the imagination, the harnessing of imagination to humankind's deepest sense of creativity." Bene Gesserit Credo

"Moore became involved in a local resident action group and decided to run for Council in 1980 when she and other members of the group met, after three years of attempts, with the Mayor, Bill Hartup, regarding a local park which Hartup had demanded to have its grass replaced with asphalt (to aid street-sweepers in seeing broken glass), surrounded by barbed wire (to keep out the drunks at night), and to have its lone tree removed (a nuisance)" Wikipedia. dafuck, tis true.

a pretty good line up for awards, i reckon.

#oz #straaya

'Life's great, I love it': The passionate Australians being honoured this King's Birthday

Prominent Australians including author Tim Winton and late comedian Barry Humphries are appointed to the Order of Australia, in the first year women outnumber men on the honours list.

"It's time for the story of Aboriginal removal to be told. It's a sad story but it's the real story."
The world's largest sand island off the coast of Queensland, formerly known as Fraser Island, has officially been renamed K'gari.
ABC

"We talk about [K'gari] as a natural landscape, but it's actually a cultural landscape. All the trees and all the landscape that you see is actually a result of 60,000 to 70,000 years of Indigenous occupation and Butchulla land management. Without that, the island would actually look completely different." Ms Royan hoped the historic name change would inspire other traditional owners looking to follow suit. "Like Uluru, this has been a great battle," Ms Royan said. "I would say to everyone that wants to fight for their name and the country, keep fighting. It's been a long time coming for us. Go with your heart."

#good-news #oz #Qld #Australia

'Long time coming': Queensland's iconic Fraser Island officially named K'gari

Like Ayers Rock became Uluru, from today Queensland's Fraser Island will officially be known by its Indigenous name, which means paradise.

Bluegum Cathedral

#photos #myphoto #mywork #trees #plantation #monoculture #Victoria #oz

Honest Government Ad: The crime of peaceful protest
https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ad-anti-protest-laws-sa/

#oz #straaya #Australia #shitfuckery

Honest Government Ad | Anti Protest Laws (SA) - The Juice Media

The South Australien Government has made an ad about its new anti-protest legislation and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. ✊ Protect Protests in SA Help us keep Governments honest: Become a Patron CREDITS Produced by Patrons of The Juice...

Nation’s Primary School Kids Pay Touching Tribute To Tina Turner

"But Turner’s biggest legacy with Australia is undoubtedly the ‘Nutbush Dance’ based on her song Nutbush City Limits, which Turner originally performed with former husband and music collaborator, Ike Turner, and has since been learned by any Australian who attended a public primary school (fun fact, Australia is the only country that does this)"

You arent Australian if you don't Nutbush https://youtu.be/hO6qYIczBQ8
#dance #oz #straya #Tina

"Four. That was the number of places available to rent in all of Australia, affordable for a single person on JobSeeker, according to Anglicare Australia’s 2023 survey of 45,895 listings. All four were for rooms in share houses."
and after the Federal Budget increase which raised the rate of JobSeeker by $40 a fortnight, or $2.86 a day, and increased rental support?
five. five out of 46,000
The Saturday Paper

#auspov #auspol #ozpol #oz

The real forces driving Australia’s rental crisis

Despite increases to JobSeeker and rent assistance, the national housing crisis has reached a flashpoint – and most Australians are affected in one way or another.

Things the Australians Stole
"The Federal Member for Gellibrand will make history when he lands in Kathmandu on May 16 following the Indian Ocean Commission meeting in Bangladesh.

The visit to Nepal will mark the first by an Australian federal minister since former foreign affairs minister Bill Hayden in 1985.

While there, Mr Watts will witness the handing back of an ancient wooden tundal taken from a Kathmandu Valley temple decades ago.

Speaking to SBS Nepali, Mr Watts said the item - which is believed to be around 800 years old - will be returned after more than 20 years in possession of the Art Gallery of NSW.
..an honour for me to witness the return of the tundal, or strut, taken from the Ratneswor Temple to right a past wrong,” he said."

and he looks stoked :D

#Nepal #oz

'To right a past wrong': Australia to return ancient temple tundal to Nepal

Australia’s Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts will oversee the return of a centuries-old temple tundal to the Kathmandu Valley next week.

Wine and Candy....could be worse...

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1175179638/australia-wine-missing-woman-mitta

#survival #OZ

How wine and candy helped an Australian woman survive 5 days in the bushland

She doesn't normally drink, but when Lillian's car got stuck in the mud after making a wrong turn on a remote road, she downed the bottle. Police say it may have helped her survive.

Meanwhile in Australia: is it a cat? is it a shark? it's a demon catshark!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-10/new-demon-catshark-species-discovered-off-coast-of-wa/102321766

#animals #fish #cats #sharks #demons #oz #straaya

Glowing white eyes of new demon catshark species could unlock 'different evolutionary pathway'

The newly discovered species was found off the coast of WA's Kimberley region.

robber crabs steal and destroy guns
"..Robber crabs don’t just settle for stealing rifles. They’ll steal cameras, shoes, rucksacks, camping gear and break open eskies. They’re also known for climbing up flyscreen doors outside kitchens where food is cooking.

“The biggest one I’ve seen is about 4.5kg in weight, and about one-metre across,” Orchard says. “No one really knows for sure how old they are. The 2-3kg crabs are about 50 years old.

“I have seen over 300 robber crabs around a fruiting Arenga palm in the national park at different times. It’s a magnificent sight.”
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#nature #crustaceans #crabs #oz #straya

"Mr Donaldson (Independent National Security Legislation Monitor) was scathing in his final report saying this should never happen again, that a person be charged, sentenced and jailed in complete secrecy."

The National Security Legislation Monitor is now conducting a review of the entire National Security Information Act at the direction of the Albanese government.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said that he welcomed the court's decision to make the sentencing remarks public and that he had previously requested they be made public.

"While it is always a matter for the court to determine what is published, court proceedings, including judgements and reasons, should be as open as possible whilst ensuring national security information is protected," he said in a statement.

"The former government agreed to an unprecedented level of secrecy in the prosecution of 'Alan Johns' resulting in wholly closed criminal proceedings.

"This is not consistent with the rule of law and open justice."
ABC
#oz #Australia #Law #WitnessJ #Section22 #war-crimes #Afghanistan #espionage #East-Timor

'Grossly reckless, driven by anger': ACT Supreme Court releases Witness J sentencing remarks 

The judge who jailed the man dubbed Witness J described him as reckless and driven by anger when he sent classified information over an insecure system.

oh. Father Bob, friend of the unloved and unlovely, has died.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/father-bob-maguire-catholic-priest-dies/101814184

#oz #Victoria

'People's priest' Father Bob Maguire dies aged 88

Father Bob Maguire was the parish priest at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church in South Melbourne for nearly 40 years. He was known for his tireless charity work and for reaching younger audiences through his media appearances.

Map of Tassie from ST&G's Marvellous Map Of Actual Australian Place Names
and the other one

#maps #Tasmania #slang #Australia #oz #straaya

Deadly ~ Andy Saunders with his daughter, Luca
or https://yewtu.be/xfmv1EyWC_s

#music #oz

After terrorising native wildlife in a north-west New South Wales conservation area for almost five years, conservationists are confident the hunt for the fox known as Rambo is over. ABC

Rambo is dead..or is he..First Dog on the Moon
#fox #vermin #noxious-pest #dead #wildlife-conservation #not-fox-conservation #oz

After five years, Rambo has been declared no more. His death could save innumerable lives

Shooters put in hundreds of hours and thousands of baits were laid, but none of it was enough to stop Rambo the fox running amok in a NSW conservation area, where he feasted on native wildlife with reckless abandon. Now, however, it looks like...

ozLOLs
The Chaser's been flung from Twitter for this little titter XD
Their site http://chaser.org has regular updates from them, Batshit Moments in Australian Politics and a bunch of other Aussie creators, so flip that a follow if you like :D

down in a blaze of glory!
#LOLs #yoks #laughs #funny #humour #humor #oz #straya #TheChaser

i have the whole set! In just seven days...ooh baby

#oz #straya #meme #yoks #lols #fun #humour #humor

the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion's Peace Park
a bit more about the Stupa's history and "but why"

"December 2021: Bendigo’s Great Stupa of Universal Compassion has made further progress with the installation of a powerhouse battery power convertor. The converter was specifically made for the Great Stupa’s lights in partnership with Arvio Australia, which specialises in sustainable energy solutions."
Victoria Connections (State government site)

#peace #compassion #buddhism #inter-faith #education #harmony #beauty #garden #sustainability #Bendigo #Victoria #oz

"dont touch me, i'm not an altar boy"
Those wascally chaser lads "Decided to drop by St Mary's Cathedral to pay our lack of respects"
Protestors sang "Highway to Hell" , the religious Right turned up (The Mad Monk, Captain Velour Tracksuit, Alan MoralHighground Jones and Spud Voldemort Dutton (former Qld drug cop and international heart throb) amongst others) and waffled on about Pell's innocence (the High Court verdict dealt with a technicality of Court Procedure, not guilt or innocence) and made a lot of people feel very ill.

#priests #pedos #politicians #oz

"Taking reddit to the streets" r/sydney
#LOLs #yoks #funny #humour #humor #Sydney #oz #straya