“#Australia was always part of this war, numerous sources approached by the Guardian to discuss the worsening conflict across the Middle East have said. Despite the government’s claims of “defensive operations” and “support of collective self-defence”, Australia is at war, Dr #RichardTanter, senior research associate at the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability, told the Guardian.”

Any Politician that says Australia is a bystander in the Middle East is telling porkies. 🐖

#Straya / #AusPol / #labor <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/14/is-australia-at-war-with-iran-ntwnfb>

(note to self) (because i can never tell them apart)

Australian #noisyMiner vs Indian #mynah
#birdsofMastodon #introducedPest #straya

“Staff were told on Thursday that 102 full-time equivalent positions would be cut from the unit, with a large number to come from climate modelling teams.”

“Leading #ClimateScientist Professor #SarahPerkinsKirkpatrick, president of the #Australian #Meteorological and #Oceanographic Society, described the cuts as “one of the worst things I’ve seen during my career”.

“If we don’t have the Australian climate model, then we simply cannot replicate Australia’s climate and #weather within an accurate envelope; it’s just not possible,” she told this masthead.

“None of the other climate models that exist across the world can do that.”

Cuts to strategic CSIRO climate modelling suggests the Learned leader listens to the Economic sooth-sayers in suits than science based facts.

#Science / #straya / #labor #AusPol <https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/worst-thing-i-ve-ever-seen-csiro-slashes-climate-modelling-jobs-20260310-p5o97a.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/3Btji>

@Hemera @musicmatze every fjord is the wrong fjord #TeamHolden #Straya

“Software giant #Atlassian has announced it is #LayingOff about 10% of its #workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, and replacing its chief technology officer as it restructures to invest further in #ArtificialIntelligence.

More than 900 affected positions were involved in #SoftwareResearch and development, a spokesperson said. Most of Atlassian’s #employees work in #SoftwareEngineering and #design, accounting for over 50% of its 13,813 full-time workforce in June 2025.

About 640 affected employees are in #NorthAmerica, 480 in #Australia and 250 in #india with the remainder spread across #Japan, the #Philippines, #Europe, the #MiddleEast and #Africa, according to the spokesperson.”

A reminder this company was created in #java by a bunch of “Blub programmers” 🤪😣🤣

#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Entrepreneurs / #Straya / #AI / #SaaS / #software <https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx>

More Australian Morning TV cringe ... with Enhypen this time.

KPOP band ENHYPEN is live on The Morning Show | Sunrise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mr-PmW40YE

#KPop #Enhypen #Straya

@Sheep_Overboard lol TIL #sandgroper :awesome: #straya

TripleJ just played a song from my youth^w^w before I was born! My deity.

The Angels
Am I ever going to see your face again?
Released 01/03/1976

Sadly, not the live anthemic version which includes the audience singing "no way, get fucked, fuck off" as our traditional response.

#STRAYA

@speakingsatan Mate, #Straya 🌊

“King was asked why #Australia didn’t meet the recommended 90 days of fuel supply in reserve. She said it would be “enormously” #expensive and cost about $20bn to store that amount.

What we have in the billions of litres of fuel that the government has under its *minimum stockholding obligation* is more than sufficient for this nation. And I would point out that shipments of fuel are arriving as scheduled …
There will be disruption the longer this conflict goes, but *our government* believes we are well insulated to withstand it.”

Member for Brand, Ministef for Energy making clear the Government priorities.

#Energy / #straya / #Labor <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/12/federal-politics-parliament-reactions-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-matt-canavan-liberals-nationals-coalition-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69b1d3098f08a46af03461dc#block-69b1d3098f08a46af03461dc>

“#Australian federal and state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use and help drive the #ClimateCrisis will reach $16.3bn this year after leaping by nearly 10%, according to a new analysis.

It found #federal and #state #governments will pay or forgo the equivalent of $31,020 each minute in 2025-26 to subsidise companies producing and using #coal, #gas and especially #oil, mostly in the form of #diesel.”

Pay or forgo 31K a minute.

#AustralianInstitute / #Straya <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/australian-governments-subsidising-fossil-fuel-use-by-more-than-30000-a-minute-analysis-finds>

“The bigger economies, including #Indonesia and #Thailand, produce #oil and #gas but not nearly enough to meet their demand. Indonesia has said a quarter of its crude oil imports pass through the #StraitofHormuz, where shipping has almost halted since the start of the war in Iran. Thailand sources half its oil and #LNG imports from the #MiddleEast.

Panic buying has already begun in parts of the #Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Oil stocks in the region vary: Thailand has enough for 95 days while Indonesia — the most populous country in the region — has only around 25 days.”

Australia has 34-36 days.

#straya / #energy / #petrol / #diesel <https://archive.md/bzrGT> / (paywall) <https://ft.com/content/a46b54e4-7d52-4aa6-b5c3-8217d3ee536d>

@adriantomlinson.bsky.social MLA = 1 of the most powerful lobbying groups in the world because of Australian cattle ownership. Rinehart. Murdoch. Forrest & friends. A band in Newcastle's coal port = truth telling via their art better than anyone else. @4zzzradio.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy a request: #straya 4/

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:r2w7iqhngwiaopgkhmt7u63x/post/3m4ehghgjak23

Quitting, not quitting; Same vibe #AusPol / #Straya

Just heading off to work, Monday morning. Message from the boss giving us the heads up that the lights are not working and there is a #snake loose somewhere. The utility team are investigating...
#work #straya

Can you spot the lorikeet?

#birds #straya
#gardening #flowers

@proedie ok let me squeeze #straya in 😆

RE: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116177849848111498

greetings from just there on the bottom left corner :ablobwavereverse: :leftsharkdance: #straya

The other Au breakfast tv show appearance .. slightly better questions, but the cringe is still real.

Good job, boys!

K-pop superstars ATEEZ talk new music and Australia tour | Today Show Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2axXITnJvRA

#Ateez #Straya

“#Australia is the only International #Energy Agency member consistently failing to meet requirements for 90 days of stocks to cover periods of emergency. The 90-day obligation allows the #IEA to trigger a collective stock release in case of an emergency. In that scenario, the country would make a proportional share of its #oil reserve available to the market.”

🛢️the new 🧻

#Straya / #AusPol / #labor #McMahon <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/03/chris-bowen-urges-motorists-not-to-panic-buy-petrol-as-oil-prices-jump-amid-iran-conflict>