‘Every year matters’: Queensland’s critically endangered ‘bum-breathing’ turtle battles the odds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/11/every-year-matters-queenslands-critically-endangered-bum-breathing-turtle-battles-the-odds
Day 14 
“Nearly 2m hectares of #forests suitable for endangered koalas have been destroyed since the iconic species was declared a #ThreatenedSpecies in 2011, according to analysis for Guardian Australia.
The scale of #habitat #destruction in #Queensland and #NewSouthWales – states in which the koala is formally recognised as being at risk of #extinction – has continued despite political promises it would be protected.
Analysis by the #AustralianConservationFoundation using state and federal government #data found 1,964,200 hectares of #koala habitat were cleared between 2012 and 2021, the latest year for which there was complete data.
The total amount of destroyed forest and bush covered an area larger than greater Sydney, taking in the #BlueMountains, the #Illawarra, the southern highlands and the #Goulburn and #Shoalhaven regions.
It is more than 10 times larger than the area the #NSW government is assessing for a possible “great koala national park”. But most of the cleared area – 81% – was in Queensland.
About three-quarters of the lost forest is estimated to have been cleared for agriculture, to create #cattle pasture and #crop fields. The analysis found 13% was removed by the #forestry industry and 5% for development of infrastructure, including #mining. Just 4% was likely due to natural causes, such as bushfire and drought.”
There’s a reason the Minister for the Environment has been kept quiet.
#Auspol / #Labor / #Straya / #ClimateExtinction <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/12/koala-habitat-destroyed-since-2011-analysis>
From 2023: Explainer: What are your rights to #protest in #Australia?
by Amal Naser
"Which states have criminalised protest and what forms of protest are criminalised?
"#HumanRights organisations have been increasingly critical towards some Australian states over new legislation which seemingly targets #EnvironmentalProtests in the midst of a global #Climatecrisis.
"There are dozens of protest regulations across many states, with five (#NSW, #Queensland, #SouthAustralia, #Tasmania and #Victoria) introducing forms of #AntiProtest regulation most recently. South Australia's new laws, passed just last month, increase maximum fines from $750 to $50,000 along with potential jail time, and were prompted by disruption of an #OilAndGas conference by protestors in early May.
"In the aftermath of protests which sought to block port operations and shut down economic action to draw attention to demands for climate action, the NSW Parliament passed legislation which could see protestors face up to a $22,000 fine and/or prison for a maximum of two years. The legislation targets individuals who block major roads and new tunnels and/or disrupt #port operations in major ports such as #Newcastle and #PortBotany.
"In 2022, Tasmania passed anti-protest laws by way of the Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill 2022 under the guise of protecting Tasmanian workers. Under these laws, any protestor who obstructs a workplace during protests could face up to 12 months in prison, the Human Rights Law Centre reported:
" '…community member protesting the destruction of #OldGrowthForests on a forestry site could face a penalty of over $13,000 or 2 years in prison; and An organisation supporting members of the community to protest could be fined over $45,000.'
"Similar laws were also passed in Victoria. #AntiLogging protestors who 'hinder, obstruct or interfere with timber-harvesting operations' can face up to 12 months in prison and/or a $21,000 fine. PVC and metal pipes which are often used in protest activities are now prohibited in working sites, with additional powers provided to police to search suspect individuals who are 'reasonably suspicious'.
"In 2019, on public safety grounds, Queensland passed legislation which bans locking devices as modes of civil disobedience. These are tactics used to make it difficult for police to remove protestors and are often used by protestors to lock themselves to property and #pipelines to prevent construction of environmentally-harmful projects. Protestors face up to two years in prison and/or a $6,000 fine. It was rationalised on the basis of activists lacing devices with 'butane canisters' and other devices which were harmful for law enforcement. However, there is no evidence of the use of these devices."
Read more:
https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/commentary/explainer-what-are-your-rights-to-protest-australia
#PipelineProtestors #BigOilAndGas #BigLogging #ACAB #RightToProtest #SilencingDissent #ProtectTheForests #AustraliaAntiProtestLaws #RisingTide
https://www.europesays.com/1983157/ Federal election 2025: Peter Dutton’s seat of Dickson targeted by Labor as PM spruiks $130k donation drive #australia #FederalElection2025 #Politics #queensland
This is so great. Today I heard of another farm stay re-opening already in southern #queensland after the recent #floods
Those folks are resilient but they need our support if and when when we can 
#tourism #Cunnamulla
https://www.charlotteplains.com.au/
You'd think that after all the money that developers have funnelled into #MoretonBay over the years, council might greenlight more humane—and durable—solutions to the #housing crisis.
But no. Apparently, property values in (checks notes) #DBay are more important.
#BootInPunchDown #Queensland #qldpol #homelessness #poverty https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114310093325963625
Day eleven cont: 
The #LNP have a candidate problem cont…
“A #Liberal #National candidate (#JeremyNeal) in a must-win #Queensland seat has apologised after #SocialMedia posts airing controversial views about #China, #Covid19 restrictions and “#feminists” who helped “kick out” Donald Trump 
in 2020 resurfaced.”
So you chastise Political candidates who have an opinion and tell their truth OR chastise them because they are not tactful? (ie: don’t disclose what they think, lie etc.)
#AusPol / #Politics / #tact / #Machiavellian <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/09/lnp-candidate-jeremy-neal-leichardt-queensland-china-covid-lockdown-social-media-posts-ntwnfb>
Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods | #Queensland | The Guardian
Emissions: Queensland Energy Minister David Janetzki scraps renewables goal, backs coal
The Crisafulli government will scrap Queensland’s renewable energy target and tap the private sector to cover cost blowouts to pumped hydro and transmission projects in a sweeping policy rewrite that puts the affordability and security of supply above climate concerns
LNP orders review of Queensland’s emissions reduction target of 75% by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/08/lnp-orders-review-of-queensland-emissions-reduction-target-of-75-by-2035 #LiberalNationalparty #Queenslandpolitics #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Environment #Queensland #Energy
Research shows rising sea levels pose major threat to Queensland aquaculture
More than 43 percent of Queensland’s productive aquaculture sites could be underwater by 2100, according to new research led by Griffith University – a sobering forecast for Australia’s largest land-based aquaculture state.
Day ten cont 
“We have hit a tipping point where the civil rights of an #individual need to be put aside for the #CivilRights of a #community. When a community doesn’t feel #safe, you have to act and you have to make sure there’s a #deterrent and a #consequence.
In my home state again [#Queensland], I would encourage every state to do this, we’re going back to #outback camps where we are rebuilding these young people with a life #skill. Not putting them behind barbed wire but sending them to remote places, giving them a skill and #purpose in life.” — David Littleproud
The National leadership is roaring to the press.
A reminder, my daddy was a State National MP and Minister. I’m from Queensland and our ideas need to be heard across the nation.
#LNP / #Liberal / #Littleproud / #rights / #Youth / #Justice <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f4ab468f08e0f1eb0325d5#block-67f4ab468f08e0f1eb0325d5>
Floods devastate normally arid parts of Australia’s Queensland https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/floods-devastate-normally-arid-parts-of-australias-queensland/
Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/05/bigger-than-texas-the-true-size-of-australias-devastating-floods
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From Cardwell in Far North Queensland to Springbrook at the NSW border, March 2025 was extraordinarily wet.
40MW solar PV plant in Western Australia deemed country’s best-performing solar asset in March https://www.byteseu.com/891937/ #Australia #nem #NewSouthWales #Queensland #RystadEnergy #SouthAustralia #Victoria #WEM
A #Queensland orthopaedic #surgeon treating injuries from a homemade pipe #bomb was fined $10,000 for sharing a photo of his patient’s #swastika-tattooed #penis to #WhatsApp: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/queensland-surgeon-fined-for-sharing-photo-of-patients-swastika-tattooed-penis/XVUASG4LK5GV5PNMNXZOVE5IDM/ #bizarre #odd #offbeat #strange #weird
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