@NOEC2022 National Outdoor Ed Conference

*Postponed 24 mths* #NOEC2022 biennial National Outdoor Education Conference hosted by Outdoors NSW&ACT 26-28 September 2022

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Absolute outrage. Heroic Australian activist Zack Schofield completely dismantles his government for blindly supporting Zionist regime.

He demands Canberra immediately cut all ties with Israel, exposing how they supply weapons to a state that systematically rapes Palestinians.

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Great to see Australia signing overnight to a landmark UN ruling establishing our government's legal duty to protect Australians from the escalating global climate crisis.

If we're getting serious about climate change, we should stop sacking the CSIRO scientists who measure it, stop subsidising big mining companies' use of fossil fuels through the diesel fuel rebate, and stop approving the new oil and gas projects which are now clearly against international law.

We need actions, not gestures, to protect the next generation from climate change.
https://t.co/aH3xwtu8TM

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

The documentary that the BBC refused to air - Gaza: Doctors Under Attack - won a Bafta last night.

The documentary shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities. The decimation of Gaza’s healthcare system including the detention of healthcare workers is central to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Amnesty awarded Gaza: Doctors Under Attack at the Amnesty Media Awards last week. The work of everyone involved in making this documentary and fighting for it to be broadcast shows the importance of journalists willing to speak truth to power.

#Bafta #Baftas

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

This is beyond horrifying. The rape, sexual assault and torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. Nicholas Kristof is a senior reporter for the New York Times. It is indeed worth a read.

[Alan Kohler @AlanKohler]

This week's @abcnews column, in which I discuss two recent papers, on the AI fog, and the "AI layoff trap", as well as my interview on Friday with NextDC's Craig Scroggie.
https://t.co/FIuYJoJN7o

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: A joint statement by 10 countries, including Canada, the UK, and Australia call for an urgent end to Israeli attacks and the protection of aid workers in southern Lebanon.

[Alan Kohler @AlanKohler]

This morning's column for @abcnews - how Australia ended up being hostage to fuel imports.
https://t.co/YnWqAad1wo

[Alan Kohler @AlanKohler]

Last night's video piece for @abcnews about the impact on China of the Iran war.
https://t.co/NVeTNCmCD1

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Medical research saves lives, strengthens our health system, drives economic growth, and positions Australia as a global leader in health and medical innovation. When governments fail to fund science, the consequences are real and the setbacks can take decades to undo.

Already more than 5,000 Australians have joined our campaign to release more funding for medical research in the 2026 Federal Budget.

If you can spare 30 seconds of your time to join our campaign, you’ll help fund life-saving cures in Australia. #medicalresearchmatters

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: Muliple women are reporting similar things in Texas

They’re saying that their voter registration is in “suspense” meaning somebody challenged their voter registration.

Thanks to @AshleyDCan we’re reporting this. What’s going on Texas?

[Jacinta Allan @JacintaAllanMP]

In news that surprises absolutely no one, this morning the Liberals have announced plans to cut 300,000 new homes and push up the price of housing.

They've revealed they want to hand housing supply back to council blockers which is how we got a housing crisis in the first place.

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Today, my thoughts are with the dozens of families whose homes have been lost in NSW, Qld and Tasmania, and all affected by the devastating bushfires.

The PM described our summer conditions as “difficult”. Politicians often refuse to acknowledge the elephant in the room - climate change - when our continent faces fires and floods.

Burning fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas - contributes to global warming, which drives the warmer, drier and windier conditions that make fires more dangerous.

New coal and gas projects - like the North West Shelf project recently approved by the Albanese govt- will contribute to further warming of our planet. Difficult. But true.
https://t.co/qtzLqx43Vi

[Alan Kohler @AlanKohler]

My column for @abcnews: The strange macho appeal of fossil fuels.
https://t.co/ad9KjpyFLt

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

I'm enraged. I will never forgive the Albanese Govt for its complicity in Israel's genocide, for defending arms sales to Israel, for refusing to rebuke or sanction Israel, and for employing Zionist Jillian Segal as an Antisemitism Envoy. 😠 #auspol #SanctionIsrael #FreePalestine

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Fun fact: Santos has paid $0 in corporate tax in the last 10y while selling $48bn of Australian gas.

Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market.

Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.

[Jack waterford @WaterfordJack]

I used to think that Kim Beazley was an essentially good guy who just did not have the ticker to do the right thing. But his moral drift over the past decade has all of his old friends shaking their heads. Over the War Memorial, BRS, and pocketing arms industry money, he is not just confused, or gutless, or compromised. HE IS A BAD PERSON much more intrinsically evil than good. He has prospered by going over to the dark side. He’s a shit. If he had any guts he could swing the wm Council and the administration by personal leadership, and borrowing on his (undeserved) reputation. But he doesn’t have the moral judgment or the sense of honour. He’s a rat to Labor. BRS is his 2025 Tampa.

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

Excellent summary of how the rest of the world views Trump in his second term. Dread and despair, but we’re no longer shocked by the depths to which he & his enablers descend. https://t.co/Y2R0lBXZOU

[Paul Bongiorno @PaulBongiorno]

Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy https://t.co/nysKhoSVOq

[Hugh Riminton @hughriminton]

So, Australia has just exploited the economic vulnerabilities of one of the smallest nations on earth - a neighbour and friend - to dump 350 criminals including murderers and paedophiles. https://t.co/cIEK9q53UR

[Craig Foster @Craig_Foster]

Politics rarely leads.

The most important social and political change has, and by design must, always come from the people.

Unfortunately, it takes too long, as politics resists, media condemns.

As history shows, everyone has something to protect, a reason not to be brave.

Sometimes, it happens faster, because something triggers the masses. A threshold is reached. People can’t stand anymore.

They take to the streets, risk themselves, choose what is right over what is safe, the zeitgeist shifts, and politics responds.

There were extensive anti-apartheid protests in Australia over 40 years, for example, spanning from the late 1940’s through the 1980’s.

The 1971 South African Springbok rugby union tour of Australia sparked widespread protests across the country.

Activists disrupted matches, blocked team movements and led marches, resulting in arrests, a state of emergency in Queensland, and the cancellation of a planned cricket tour.

Eventually, Australia applied sanctions and in some ways, led. Today, we are immensely proud of the role we played.

The patterns are not new. They just repeat.

Those Australians carried a fierce love, the kind that doesn’t back down, the kind humanity most needs.

Standing against genocide, apartheid, illegal occupation, the deliberate starvation of children and for all innocent people is never wrong.

Doesn’t matter where it is.

It is confronting, yes, irrespective of the media framing or power dynamics of today, Australia will take immense pride that 300,000+ people chose to confront mass injustice, protect innocent children, support international law, commit to shared humanity and demand a just peace.

Unfortunately, it’s not enough.

It’ll take many more.

The children of Gaza will need you, too.