‘We now have a situation where the law requires COVID-positive people to stay home for seven days, but refuses to provide them with compensation if they have no leave entitlements. It’s a legally mandated week of zero income.’







New: A Victorian jobseeker faces a nine-hour round trip to get to his Workforce Australia provider due to the lack of local buses theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol

so much handwringing in the media each month over interest rates while rents rise an average of 12% in past year theguardian.com/australia-news…



Seven years ago I joked that we would soon have folks claiming that global warming "stopped" in 2015. And like clockwork, the Times made that claim this week.
So here is a new @CarbonBrief factcheck to use as we revisit the "pause" of yesteryear: carbonbrief.org/factcheck-no-g…

A clear and concise explanation of what is happening with atmospheric rivers and melting ice at the poles by @Laura_R_Chung
Also, terrifying
How thunderstorms in Fiji are melting Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ theage.com.au/environment/cl…



incredible 152 word sentence nymag.com/intelligencer/…