There was an old Patrick Cook cartoon back in the day in which BHP appeared as a big cockatoo, holding a gun to its own head and saying to Bob Hawke “hand over the money or stupid gets it”….don’t know why it comes to mind this morning.. twitter.com/PhillipCoorey/…





Just when you thought life could not get more exciting, @GuardianAus goes and offers this FREE BIRD POSTER! My life is complete (once I have this beauty on my wall) Australian bird of the year 2021: free downloadable poster #BirdoftheYear theguardian.com/environment/20…


Highly doubt black communities (some with rates of less than 40% fully vaxxed) are prepped and, more importantly, *supported* to deal with what's to come. Did they have a say on this refreshed roadmap? twitter.com/murpharoo/stat…


Shocking evidence of the repercussions from Labor's new youth bail laws - the number of youth detainees in the Northern Territory has doubled over the past year & the vast majority of those young people are Indigenous and on remand or yet to be sentenced abc.net.au/news/2021-10-0…


“The Australian government can say they are ending offshore processing, but there is no ending for us. This is just another game they play with our lives. We will still suffer.” Ali, held in offshore processing for eight years theguardian.com/australia-news…


Man in his 20s dies at his home in western Sydney after contracting COVID-19. But journalists couldn’t ask someone from NSW Health about it at today’s presser with the new premier, as they were not there smh.com.au/politics/nsw/n…

An update on this: AG Michaelia Cash's office tell me they're "carefully considering" the judgment. Haven't confirmed whether they'll appeal to the High Court yet. CDPP declined to comment on whether they'll proceed with prosecution. More in our live blog: theguardian.com/australia-news… twitter.com/knausc/status/…


Analysis. Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog's biggest week looms large for Labor next week. @abcmelbourne #springst