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  1. Australian woman dies after falling from popular beach cliff on Nusa Penida island near Bali

    An Australian woman has died after falling from a cliff at a popular tourist beach on Nusa Penida…
    #Australia #AU #Australian #Austrlia #Bali #briannacronin #dies #indonesia #kelingkingbeach #nusapenida #tourist #woman
    europesays.com/australia/94735/

  2. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  3. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  4. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  5. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  6. After a 2 year legal battle to punish a prominent #Australian #journalist for her public #criticism of #IsraelsGenocide in #Gaza, the #ZionistFederationOfAustralia withdrew its case on Thursday.

    “This is a win for every Australian who values our democratic right to freedom of political expression,” #Kostakidis said.

    She said: “The purpose of #journalism is to get to the truth – fearlessly – and to hold power to account. This is a win for press freedom, which has prevailed.” #auspol #Gaza

  7. @BartVerheggen

    The #Australian government has kept secret the Office of National Intelligence climate risks report for three years.
    Select senators, who had signed an NDA and seen it, said it's "Frankly terrifying"

    thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/p

    #climatecollapse

  8. Chords are good to go. Drowning to Doing Fine by The Cat Empire. Good campfire song. A very radio-friendly pop song. Check the groove. Page:

    chordyes.com/chord/the-cat-emp

    #guitarlove #guitarworld #australian #band #pop #upbeat #positive

  9. Philippines 2026 Foreign Tourist Arrivals Reach 4.11 Million as of August, U.S. and South Korea Remain Top Markets

    With the Peso performing terribly in the global currency market, weakening economic growth, high inflation and fears of an economic recession growing, 2026 has not been good for the Philippines. There is a bright spot in tourism, however, as the Philippines saw its 2026 foreign tourist arrivals reach 4.11 million in the January-August period and the United States and South Korea combined for more than 1.5 million tourist arrivals, according to a news article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

    To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news report of BusinessWorld. Some parts in boldface…

    The Philippines has recorded 4.11 million foreign arrivals from January to August, higher by 3.7 percent compared to the same period last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Tuesday.

    The United States posted the highest number of share at 818,318, followed by South Korea at 727,379, Japan at 350,191, China at 310,088, and Australia at 234,156.

    Also making it in the top 10 source markets are Canada with 231,972, Taiwan with 154,957, the United Kingdom with 132,370, Singapore with 126,812, and India with 77,883.

    Tourism Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay said the Philippines targets to surpass its 2025 arrival figures to reach between 6.4 million and 6.8 million, or at least 7 million, by the end of 2026.

    To achieve this, she said the DOT is intensifying its branding and promotions to reach more tourists in its key source markets.

    The DOT is also in active talks with airlines to open up and establish more chartered flights between the Philippines and secondary cities of Korea and China.

    DOT Assistant Secretary Ren Sapitan said the agency is also set to sign a contract with a creative agency in November to broaden the country’s marketing efforts and make the Philippines more visible worldwide.

    Let me end this post by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? Do you think the Philippines will be able to exceed the 2025 foreign tourist arrivals number by the end of this year? Do you think the DOT is doing a good job to strengthen the Philippines’ attraction of foreign tourists? Considering the Top 10 markets of foreign tourists the Philippines attracted so far, are you convinced that the nation’s hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit did not create any positive tourism results?

    You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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    #AirTravel #America #ASEAN #ASEANSummit #Asia #AssociationOfSoutheastAsianNationsASEAN #Australia #Australian #Bing #British #business #businessNews #Canada #Canadians #CarloCarrasco #ChatGPT #China #Chinese #CommunistChina #DepartmentOfTourismDOT #economicConfidence #economicDynamism #economicGrowth #economics #economy #England #English #Facebook #Fediverse #feminism #finance #foreignTourists #foreignTravel #GDPGrowth #geek #Google #GoogleSearch #governance #grossDomesticProductGDP #growth #holiday #India #Indians #Instagram #internationalTourism #internationalTravel #Investagrams #Irish #Japanese #jobs #Korea #Koreans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #manufacturing #Mastodon #money #multiculturalism #news #overseasTravel #PhilippineNewsAgencyPNA #Philippines #PhilippinesBlog #Pinoy #PNAGovPh #publicService #recession #Scottish #Singapore #Singaporeans #socialMedia #SouthKorea #SoutheastAsia #Taiwan #Taiwanese #technology #tourism #tourismBlog #tourismIndustry #tourist #touristArrivals #touristBlog #touristDestinations #touristSpots #touristVisa #travel #travelBlog #Twitter #UnitedKingdomUK #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesOfAmericaUSA #USA #vacation #woke #WordPress #WordPressCom #worldTravel
  10. How smarter garden planning can help #Australian homes adapt to #ClimateChange

    7 August 2026

    "Why Australian gardens are under pressure

    Walk outside on a January afternoon in most Australian cities and the difference is unmistakable. It's hotter than it used to be. The soil cracks earlier. The grass gives up faster. These aren't just impressions — rainfall patterns have shifted, heatwaves hit harder and linger longer and water restrictions keep tightening across the country. The backyard is where all of that lands first.

    Rethinking the traditional Australian garden

    The classic Australian backyard – big lawn, English hedge, maybe a rose bed – made sense when rainfall was more predictable and council water restrictions were rare. That’s not most people’s reality anymore. But scrapping the garden entirely isn’t the answer either. What actually works is rethinking how the space is put together from the ground up.

    Why #NativePlants outperform exotics in Australian conditions

    #KangarooPaw, #grevillea, #NativeGrasses, #DwarfWattles — these plants didn’t arrive here from somewhere with mild summers and reliable rain. They evolved in Australian conditions over millions of years. Poor soil, fire, long dry spells: that’s their home turf. Imported species are working against the climate; natives are working with it.

    Structural planting and layering

    Look at any bush community and you’ll notice the same pattern: big trees up top, shrubs in the middle, groundcover keeping the soil shaded and cool. The best contemporary Australian garden designers borrow this logic directly. Layers trap moisture, buffer heat and give the garden a structure that holds up through even a brutal February.

    Designing for heat: Shade, airflow and cool zones

    A #ShadedGarden can sit several degrees cooler than an exposed one. That’s not a small thing when the mercury is nudging 42°C. Trees on the north and west sides of a house do double duty: they block the worst of the afternoon sun in summer, then drop their leaves in winter and let the warmth through. One tree, planted in the right spot, changes the feel of an entire outdoor space.

    Airflow matters too. A courtyard ringed by solid timber fencing and dense hedges can turn into an oven by mid-afternoon. Gaps in plantings, open pergola structures, permeable screens — small decisions that let a breeze through make a real difference to how usable the space actually is.

    Water-smart garden planning for a drier future

    - Group plants with similar water needs together to reduce waste.
    - Choose deep-rooted native groundcovers over lawn in low-traffic zones.
    - Use #mulch generously — 8 to 10 cm of organic mulch can halve soil moisture loss.
    Design for rainwater capture: swales, rain gardens and permeable paving keep water on-site rather than funnelling it into drains.
    - Consider #GreyWater reuse systems planned into the garden layout from the beginning.

    Planning before planting: Why design matters more than ever

    Most garden mistakes happen at the nursery, not in the ground. Someone sees a plant they like, buys it, takes it home and finds out three years later it’s blocking a window or dying in soil it can’t handle. Starting with a layout – even a rough one – means working out sun angles, shade requirements and water zones before any money gets spent.

    Tools have caught up with that need. Homeowners can now use landscape design software – like GardenBox 3D, a downloadable desktop app with a free trial – to build a 3D version of their plot and move things around before touching a shovel. That kind of visual pass almost always turns up something: a western wall screaming out for deciduous screening, a shadowed corner that’s actually perfect for a seat, a slope that could hold a rain garden if anyone had thought to look at it.

    Creating a private sanctuary that also works hard

    There's a persistent myth that climate-conscious gardens are all mulch and drought-tolerant grasses. Some of the most visually striking contemporary gardens in the country – Victorian country retreats, terraces in inner Sydney, suburban blocks in Brisbane – are also among the most environmentally sensible. #Photinia hedges, native #LillyPilly, a simple bench sitting in the right patch of shade: it doesn't take much to make a space feel genuinely worth spending time in.

    Small gardens, big impact

    You don't need a half-acre to make a difference. Pull up a strip of concrete and put in a native bed. Add one tree to a bare courtyard. Replace that thirsty privet hedge with something that actually belongs here. None of these are dramatic renovations. But when enough households in the same suburb do it, the cumulative effect on heat and water use is measurable.

    Thinking ahead: Planning for the next 20 years, not the next season

    The tree you plant this year might not hit its stride for 15 years. That’s the reality of garden time. And the climate those trees grow into will be different from the one we have now — hotter summers, less predictable winters, probably longer dry stretches between rains. Choosing species with that in mind, building soil that can absorb a downpour and then hold moisture for weeks afterward, leaving room for the garden to adapt — that’s the thinking that separates a good garden from one that needs replacing in a decade.

    Getting the planning right – whether that’s with a landscape designer, a neighbour who knows their plants, or just an afternoon with a decent garden planning tool – pays off many times over. It’s cheaper than ripping things out and starting again. And in the climate Australians are now gardening in, there’s less and less room for expensive mistakes."

    Source:
    independentaustralia.net/about

    #SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChangeGardening #Gardening #GardenPlanning #Australia

  11. I am finding myself driving long distances on #Australian roads, often, into the sun.

    Here is the optimal specification for #Eyeglasses #Optics for Aussie roads.

    XXL wraparound
    8-base or moderate wrap
    Trivex-compatible

    Lens
    Trivex
    Digital freeform
    Atoric
    Polarized
    Copper spectral tint

    Category 3
    Rear premium AR
    Hydrophobic
    Oleophobic
    Scratch-resistant

    Prescription
    Optimized for 50 m to infinity
    Measured in the actual frame
    Individualized for wrap angle and pantoscopic tilt

  12. #BringHerBack was a recommendation given by @lunchb0x_b some months ago.

    Please watch it a great #Australian #BodyHorror #movie that doesn’t waste your time!
    1 hour and 45 minutes of not useless/meaningless scenes.

    I know that the #FosterFamily can be seen as an old and overused topic, but movie adds #cults to it.

    #HBO #HBOMAX #streaming #cinema #movies #horror #AustralianCinema #AustralianMovies

  13. VIQ Solutions Announces Voluntary Administration of Australian Subsidiaries to Focus on its North American and United Kingdom Operations

    Richmond Hill, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – March 15, 2026) – VIQ Solutions Inc. (TSXV: VQS) (“VIQ Solutions” or the “Company”)…
    #NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #administration #american #Australian #focus #GB #GreatBritain #Kingdom #North #operations #solutions #subsidiaries #UK #United #viq #voluntary
    newsbeep.com/uk/477983/

  14. Syrian Australian Muslim Halts #Indian #Australian #ISIL Attack on #Jewish Australians

    world-outlook.com/2025/12/18/s

    from #WorldOutlook
    Dec. 18, 2025

    [originally published by Informed Comment on December 16, 2025 - juancole.com/2025/12/syrian-au]

    The disdain for mindless violence exhibited by most of the world’s 2 billion Muslims is exemplified by Ahmed al-Ahmed. He interrupted the negative stereotypes of #Muslims so powerfully that white nationalists spread false allegations that he was actually a British IT specialist with a Christian name. Others attempted to maintain that he was a Christian Lebanese, which his name makes impossible. The #NewYorkTimes declined to mention his #religion. That there should have been a Muslim Schindler, a hero who followed the toleration promoted by the #ProphetMuhammad, was so insupportable to Islamophobes that they felt constrained to make up fantasies and obscure reality.

    #FreePalestine
    #NoToAntisemitism
    #Palestine
    #news #politics #BondiBeach

  15. #Australian #WitchettyGrub Recipe

    April 28, 2023

    "A witchetty grub is the larva of the witchetty bush cricket, considered a delicacy by some Indigenous Australians. It is high in protein and is usually eaten either raw or cooked. The raw grubs have a nutty flavor, while the cooked grubs taste like scrambled eggs [I think they taste a bit like scallops].

    "The traditional way of cooking witchetty grubs is to roast them on hot coals, although they can also be boiled or fried. Witchetty grubs are still consumed by Indigenous communities in Australia today, and are sometimes served as a novelty dish in restaurants or available for purchase in specialty food stores.

    Origin & Cultural Significance

    "Witchetty grubs have been a staple food source for #IndigenousAustralians for thousands of years. The witchetty bush cricket is found in arid regions of Australia, and its larvae are an important food source for many Indigenous communities. The grubs are high in protein and provide a valuable source of nutrition in an environment where food can be scarce.

    "In Indigenous culture, the witchetty grub holds great cultural significance and is considered a sacred food source. The grubs are often gathered by women and children and are a crucial part of many traditional hunting and gathering practices. The grubs are also an important part of Indigenous storytelling and cultural practices, and have been passed down from generation to generation as a symbol of cultural heritage and tradition.

    "Today, witchetty grubs continue to be an important part of Indigenous culture, and are sometimes served as a novelty dish in restaurants or available for purchase in specialty food stores. However, the use of witchetty grubs as a food source has declined in recent years as Indigenous communities have been exposed to a wider range of foods and Western diets. Nevertheless, the witchetty grub remains an important symbol of Indigenous culture and heritage, and its cultural significance continues to be recognized and celebrated."

    Read more (includes recipe):
    travelfoodatlas.com/australian

    #WitchettyGrubs #WichettyGrubs #IndigenousFood #IndigenousAustralians #BushTucker #EdibleInsects #SolarPunkSunday

  16. #Meta to set up $50M #privacy payment scheme to settle #Australian proceeding

    Meta has agreed to a $50 million payment program to settle a long-running proceeding in #Australia related to misuse of information for #politicalad targeting, the country’s information watchdog #OAIC announced Tuesday.

    techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/meta

  17. It is increasingly apparent that #Australian #brickandmortar brands do not have the design fortitude to ensure their #ecommerce experiences offer seamless, premium flows. Instead, they grasp and heave at every pattern and widget which they ken, frantic to ensure no opportunity should go to waste. The result is a decidedly embarrassing experience.

  18. What am I missing here? I can't find anything close to this #moth from #GluepotReserve last week.

    The gestalt indicates #Gelechioidea and the labial palpi are recurved but not savagely so (unlike most #Australian #Oecophoridae or #Depressariidae which were my first guesses). The black legs suggest #Xyloryctidae and it's reminiscent of some NZ Gymnobathra apart from the palpi.

    There are also hints of #Erebidae, but surely not ...

    inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa

    #Lepidoptera #entomology

  19. Check out the Australian Wildlife Conservancy team in the field and learn about the wonderful ways they protect Australia's iconic and adorable numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus)!

    Unfortunately, numbats are one of Australia's most threatened mammals, but our latest fundraiser, in collaboration with AWC, seeks to save this special species. youtu.be/tCQyM1-CLEk

    Discover how you can get involved… ausgeo.co/savenumbats

    🎥 Brad Leue
    📷 Alexandra Ross

    #conservation #wildlifeconservation #conservationphotography #animalconservation #wildlifeplanet #wildlifephotographer #naturephotography #naturelover #naturegram #australia #seeaustralia #australiagram #australian #naturelovers #nature #wildlifeonearth #wildlifephotography #wildlife
    #environment #globalwarming #biodiversity #ecology #rewilding #biology #nature #wildlife