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Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

"Over the past decade, more than 550 Australian species have been either newly recognised as at risk of extinction or moved a step closer to being erased from the planet."

"Analysis shows 1,964,200 hectares of koala habitat was cleared between 2012 and 2021 – 81% of that in Queensland."

"Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since European invasion and colonisation – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity. The challenge is not only to stop the loss of habitat but to restore the environment in places it has been lost in 250 years of European-driven clearing."
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#biodiversity #ecosystems #loss #nature #wildlife #koalas #care #biosphere #laws #deforestation #extractivism #SettlerSociety #destruction #extinction #pollution #sprawl #housing #governance #ExtinctionCrisis #FossilFuels

The Guardian · Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?By Adam Morton

Queensland to add sexual assault, stealing under 'adult crime, adult time' laws
By Alex Brewster

Further sweeping changes will be made to Queensland's youth justice laws as the state government looks to expand its flagship "adult crime, adult time" policy.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adu

ABC News · Queensland government reveals full list of new offences under 'adult crime, adult time' lawsBy Alex Brewster
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@HarriettMB I do expect @antidiskriminierung and @AuswaertigesAmt to affirm #AntiDiscrimination #laws and either force the #US embassy & consulates to comply with #Germany's laws or close and cease operations.

If the #USA refuses to acknowledge that, they there is no basis for #diplomacy and I urge #contractors to press charges for #blackmail and #coercion if they get approached to fulfill for such #racist, #sexist, #ableist and otherwise #discriminatory demands because doing so violates national and #EU #laws!

Why do salmon eaters don’t care about Australian threatened species?

“Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinctions in the world … The only way to protect the hundreds of threatened Australian forest species is to end native forest logging....The Maugean skate is very much at the forefront of the zero extinction target."
theguardian.com/environment/20
#Conservation #extinctions #Biodiversity #laws #Skate #MaugeanSkate #salmon #food #NSWLogging #koalas #OpenNetPens #SeaBased #Fish #farms #pollution

The Guardian · Why does Leonardo DiCaprio care so much about Australian wildlife?By Lisa Cox

OMG

🚨🚨#Trump's *#NationalSecurity* team accidentally included The Atlantic's Jeff Goldberg in a #Signal conversation about strikes on #Houthis, & they used the non-governmental platform to coordinate staffing among departments & the White House.🚨🚨

They absolutely broke several #laws in communicating classified detailed warplans over a nongovernmental app on their private phones.

I mean… talk about an #idiocracy & #kakistocracy.

#GiftArticle

theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansBy Jeffrey Goldberg
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…it was a mistake to think that even the #Nazis would entirely dispense w/normal #laws.…They had a complex, broadly #capitalist economy to maintain. “A nation of 80M people,”…needs stable rules. The trick was to find a way to keep the #law going for #Christian Germans who supported or…tolerated the Nazis, while ruthlessly executing the #führer’s directives against the state’s enemies, real & perceived. #Capitalism could jog nicely alongside the brutal suppression of #democracy, & even #genocide.

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The man…was a Jewish labor lawyer named Ernst Fraenkel.He completed his manuscript…at UC, publishing it as The #DualState, w/the modest subtitle A Contribution to the Theory of #Dictatorship.The book explains how the #Nazi regime managed to keep on track a #capitalist economy governed by stable #laws—& maintain a day-to-day normalcy for many of its citizens—while at the same time establishing a domain of #lawlessness & state #violence in order to realize its terrible vision of #EthnoNationalism.

"Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig—who is also a #conservative—slammed #Trump for declaring “war on the rule of #law in #America.” Luttig continued, saying: “The constitutional role of the president is to faithfully execute the #laws. Needless to say, the president is doing anything but that in the moment."

...That’s why we must push back against this administration"
dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-ne

The Dworkin Report · Great News For Us, Bad News For Musk and TrumpBy Scott Dworkin

Calls for reform as police officers charged with DV granted bail by colleagues
By Lia Harris

Concerns have been raised about the bail process for NSW Police officers charged with domestic violence-related offences, with a former magistrate saying the decision should be made independently of police.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-23/ref

ABC News · NSW Police officers should not make bail decisions about their charged colleagues, former magistrate saysBy Lia Harris