Frankston, in Victoria, Australia, is a popular holiday town on Port Phillip Bay. It has this lovely old pier, with an approaching shower. Probably why the only people on the beach are in the water - they're already wet!
#Photography #LandscapePhotography #HolidayPhotography #Seascape #Pier #Beach #Seagulls #Shower #Weather #Frankston #Australian #Victoria
Shaun Rein w China Market Research Group: “#China is not buying #American oil but is now buying #Canadian #oil. China is not buying American #soybeans but buying #Brazilian soybeans. China is not buying American #Boeings but buying France's #Airbuses. China is not buying American #beef but buying #Australian. China has decided basically not to buy anything from America and aside from #semiconductors, can easily replace American made products.” #trump #chaos #economy #trade #tariffs #agriculture
The #data team I lead for the #Australian Plant Phenomics Network (https://plantphenomics.org/) is seeking two additional #Python #developers as part of our efforts to build end-to-end pipelines for #FAIR #research data.
One will focus on interfaces between our nodes and #S3 #repository storage at #Pawsey and #NCI.
The other will build tools to help nodes package complex data using RO-Crate.
The preferred location is Adelaide.
https://careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/516522/appn-software-engineer-repository-services
https://careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/516408/appn-software-engineer-data-packaging
Please boost.
Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of #koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species | #Australian election 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/12/koala-habitat-destroyed-since-2011-analysis
Day 18 cont 
“When it came to #TheGreens, however, #Advance’s research showed that 52 per cent of respondents said the Greens stood for looking after the local environment, water and wildlife, while 26 per cent nominated action on climate change.
Only 20 per cent of respondents said the party stood for nothing. Eight per cent said the Greens were about looking after the #disadvantaged, and 6 per cent saw the party as either #LeftLeaning, #progressive or #socialist.
“There’s 78 per cent of the #Australian people – not just #GreensVoters but all voters – think they either stand for action on climate or protecting the environment,” #MatthewSheahan said. “So, they clearly have the strongest brand in this country, politically.”
#AusPol / #propaganda / #extremism / #DirectAction / #SandraBourke / #AFP <https://archive.md/tvTUg> / <https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2024/08/17/advances-plan-destroy-the-greens> (paywall)
A wonderful image of #Australian soldiers, deployed as trainers in the #UK, farewelling their fellow soldiers from #Ukraine who have just completed the Section Commander Battle Course. 
(Image by Australian Army).
#Australian academics refuse to attend #US conferences for fear of being detained https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/14/australian-academics-refuse-to-attend-us-conferences-for-fear-of-being-detained
“#Dutton has now realised #Trump isn’t a suitable model for #Australian #politics, no matter what his #billionaire acquaintances such as #GinaRinehart say.
Australian voters broadly think American politics is nuts at the best of times and menacingly #toxic under Trump. Why vote for a wannabe Trump here?” #auspol
@MorpheusB direct link to the tool if anyone wants to start searching around and see which of the top 1000 #Australian companies aren't paying their fair share of #tax:
#Plastic waste along #Australian coastlines has dropped by more than a third 
a #Brazilian court fines illegal #cattle trading in a trend towards climate law enforcement 
the majority of #US #electricity was generated from clean energy sources for the first time in March
and more – in our new issue 
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Have you ever, ever felt like this? #OnThisDay (1990-04-06) the #Australian #televsion series Round the Twist premiered.
The first series was loosely based on the books of Paul Jennings telling the story of a widowed sculptor and his three children, with the first episode being Skeleton on the Dunny.
ADA in #Satisfactory has been given #Australian subtitles during the landing sequence during the start of a game. Does this only happen for Australian players?
Wow, quite a conclusion from this #Australian in the Guardian:
'.. engage fully with our region. Crucial steps are: seek membership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) + find a balance between the US and China.
Breaking with the US will be painful but is coming whether we like it or not. Rather than pretending the return of US democracy is just around the corner, we should welcome becoming a full participant in the most dynamic region in the global economy.'
#Australian #financial #journalist #AlanKohler of @ABC has been the only commentator I've heard today who hasn't tried to #sanewash the #BatShitCrazy effluent coming out of the mouth of the world's most dangerous man.
Kohler doesn't hold back. He describes #Trump as a man with "zero expertise" who "doesn't know what he's doing". He describes the way that the #tarriffs were calculated as "bonkers".
When they come to throw you into the #gulag Alan I'll proudly share a cell with you.
#USPol #USPolitics #auspol #ABC #POTUS #DonaldJTrump #LovePenguinsHateTarriffs
#FactFriday
A variation on a theme this week - #HowTo #safely #report #facts - i.e. #leak / #whistleblow - to #journalists
First up, an #article which crossed my path today, which prompted the idea https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-to-leak-to-a-journalist/
And to add to that some #links for some other available methods (with thanks to @phocks for assistance with finding the links)
#Hushline blog post - https://hushline.app/library/blog/newsrooms-and-journalists/
Contact ( #Australian ) #ABC #ABCTV #Investigations - https://www.abc.net.au/news/confidential-tips/
This is a great tool set up by APAN to automate the sending of emails to all your federal candidates in the upcoming #Australian Federal election
If you feel not enough has been done by #Australia , and you want candidates to be on notice that genocide, oppression and human rights are important issues, please do take the 30 secs it takes to send the bare minimum email to all of them. And kindly retoot for reach!
As an #Australian and understanding the effect the #eu had on our trade after #ww2 which forced us to find new trading partners all I can say is: Karma is a bitch.
We diversify, we don’t import or export much with the #USA and since they tried to destroy our trade relations with #china I am happy to see them burn and the defence grifters with them.
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