'Subject No.12 - Australia' bicentennial commemorative milk carton

The twelth in a series of bicentennial milk cartons. The carton is white waxed card with printed text in a flat construction ready to be folded into …

Waxed paper

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/125806

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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random #Australia

'Subject No.12 - Australia' bicentennial commemorative milk carton

The twelth in a series of bicentennial milk cartons. The carton is white waxed card with printed text in a flat construction ready to be folded into …

Waxed paper

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/125806

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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random #Australia

Male Splendid Fairywren, Nannup, Western Australia

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/01/22/readers-wildlife-photo-11/ #globalmuseum #Australia #birds #photography

Australians are observing a national day of mourning on Thursday for the 15 people killed by gunmen who opened fire at a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach in December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/asia-pacific/australia-mourning-bondi-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #australia #terrorism #massshootings

Another amazing aurora lit of the southern hemisphere last night, caused by the strongest solar storm in 20 years.
Hobart, Tasmania was treated to a beautiful display.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vk7ben/55051713629

#aurora #hobart #tasmania #australia #photography

Another amazing aurora lit of the southern hemisphere last night, caused by the strongest solar storm in 20 years.
Hobart, Tasmania was treated to a beautiful display.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vk7ben/55051713629

#aurora #hobart #tasmania #australia #photography

Australia's lower house of parliament passed new laws for a gun buyback, tighter background checks and a crackdown on hate crimes, in response to its worst mass shooting in decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/asia-pacific/politics/australia-gun-laws-hate-crimes-bondi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #guns #hatecrimes #massshootings

Skywatchers across Australia, get ready! The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a rare alert for a severe geomagnetic storm, triggered by the strongest solar flare in over 20 years.
This means the Aurora Australis could be visible across southern and even central parts of the country tonight, potentially as far north as Alice Springs!

Here’s how to try and see it:

Where: Head as far south as possible. Tasmania, Victoria, and southern parts of SA and WA have the best chance. Get away from city lights.

When: During local nighttime hours. Look towards the southern horizon.

Pro Tip: Your phone camera might pick up the colours more vividly than your naked eye! Using a tripod or steady surface can help.
No guarantees with auroras, but this is a very exciting and rare opportunity. Look up!

#AuroraAustralis #SouthernLights #SpaceWeather #Australia

https://au.news.yahoo.com/major-aurora-australis-alert-for-millions-of-aussies-as-sun-produces-strongest-radiation-flare-in-20-years-very-exciting-005521322.html

Skywatchers across Australia, get ready! The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a rare alert for a severe geomagnetic storm, triggered by the strongest solar flare in over 20 years.
This means the Aurora Australis could be visible across southern and even central parts of the country tonight, potentially as far north as Alice Springs!

Here’s how to try and see it:

Where: Head as far south as possible. Tasmania, Victoria, and southern parts of SA and WA have the best chance. Get away from city lights.

When: During local nighttime hours. Look towards the southern horizon.

Pro Tip: Your phone camera might pick up the colours more vividly than your naked eye! Using a tripod or steady surface can help.
No guarantees with auroras, but this is a very exciting and rare opportunity. Look up!

#AuroraAustralis #SouthernLights #SpaceWeather #Australia

https://au.news.yahoo.com/major-aurora-australis-alert-for-millions-of-aussies-as-sun-produces-strongest-radiation-flare-in-20-years-very-exciting-005521322.html

The number of firearms in Australia reached an all-time high of more than 4 million in 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/18/asia-pacific/crime-legal/australian-firearms-hit-a-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #bondibeach #australia #guns #firearms

The ocean is the planet's largest ecosystem

"...The high seas were like the "wild west" because no single country had ownership or responsibility over them...You could do do whatever you want out there."

"The high seas face mounting threats from destructive fishing practices, shipping, plastic pollution, overfishing and potential deep sea mining, all compounded by climate change."

"The world's first legally binding treaty to protect oceans and marine life takes effect. The High Seas Treaty or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) Agreement, will govern about two-thirds of the planet's oceans including vast areas beyond any country's borders...Currently, only about 1 per cent of these international waters are protected."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/high-seas-treaty-marine-protection-in-effect/106241974
#ocean #biodiversity #conservation #OceanGovernance #BBNJ #Australia #OverFishing

The ocean is the planet's largest ecosystem

"...The high seas were like the "wild west" because no single country had ownership or responsibility over them...You could do do whatever you want out there."

"The high seas face mounting threats from destructive fishing practices, shipping, plastic pollution, overfishing and potential deep sea mining, all compounded by climate change."

"The world's first legally binding treaty to protect oceans and marine life takes effect. The High Seas Treaty or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) Agreement, will govern about two-thirds of the planet's oceans including vast areas beyond any country's borders...Currently, only about 1 per cent of these international waters are protected."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/high-seas-treaty-marine-protection-in-effect/106241974
#ocean #biodiversity #conservation #OceanGovernance #BBNJ #Australia #OverFishing

Victorians, funding for Writers Victoria has been completely cut. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Victoria will now be the only mainland state without funding to a writer’s organisation. Melbourne is a UNESCO city of literature. Petition to Parliament 👇
#australia #art #writing
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/restore-funding-for-writers-victoria/

@randahl A trade war is better than a hot war. However the level of madness never stops increasing. #Europe (and #Canada and #Australia and #NZ and ...) must decouple from the #US without delay. #Carney was so right but he didn't communicate (or recognise) the urgency.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eliocamp/113242864156534555

Remember this post? Aldi's peanut butter is the latest victim of the ensaltification of peanut butter. 😢

#Australia

@ai6yr An article about fire risks in Australia (including a shout-out to climate change) you might like. Nothing really new but interesting to see it from an Australian firefighter's perspective.

Gift link: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2026/01/17/cities-arent-safe-the-next-firestorm?utm_campaign=SharedArticle&utm_source=share&utm_medium=link&utm_term=VULsCQaa&token=V5aJrDSJ

#wildfire #Australia #ClimateChange

@ai6yr An article about fire risks in Australia (including a shout-out to climate change) you might like. Nothing really new but interesting to see it from an Australian firefighter's perspective.

Gift link: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2026/01/17/cities-arent-safe-the-next-firestorm?utm_campaign=SharedArticle&utm_source=share&utm_medium=link&utm_term=VULsCQaa&token=V5aJrDSJ

#wildfire #Australia #ClimateChange

Heard some wild updates about the state of #permaculture communities & collectives in south-east #Queensland from a friend yesterday.

I mean I already knew that countercultural spaces along #Australia's central east coast were going full fascist through the #antivaxx > #FarRight recruitment pipeline, but hearing about male leadership standing onstage at music festivals talking about how women should be blindly obedient to men and cede their intellectual efforts to "powerful male warriors" is impressively patriarchal.

Here is some #poetry I wrote for friends being drawn into this downward spiral- https://pospi.spadgos.com/poetry/2025/12/14/antiantivaxx/

A while ago I whinged here about Optus, who had leaked my personal info in 2022. They had cancelled my passport for “online verification”, and I only learnt why that was important when wanting to update my security level in the Aussie government ID app.

I called them; they said I was too late to claim, and that they’d only give me account credit anyway (I’m no longer a customer), and then said they’d call me back and they didn’t.

So, I wrote a complaint letter…

#optus #complaint #australia