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This is Meta’s second big loss in the US courts this week, with a New Mexico jury finding the company guilty on March 24 of concealing information about the risks of child sexual exploitation and the harmful effects of its platforms on children’s mental health.

WA residents speak up. And the rest of us support them. Don't let the Jarrah Forest be lost.

A place-based approach to food systems asks the question: what could work for our own local (or regional) area? [YES!]

This approach normalises access to locally or regionally grown food, and acknowledges that what works in one area might not work in another.

The government does not nominate a specific wage increase figure, but its recommendation for a real wage rise points to a lift above inflation, which is tipped to climb as high as five per cent in the second quarter.

“Workers are doing it tough right now and that’s why we think they should get a sustainable real wage increase,” Dr Chalmers said.

Ms Rishworth pushed back at the suggestion a real wage rise would add to inflation, claiming wages were not a key driver of recent inflation pressures.

Lower-paid workers were more exposed to unexpected financial shocks and experienced greater financial hardship, she said.

I'm glad they are looking into this. Children are so vulnerable in situations where there is more isolation.

[Hastie] said social media was full of “strong and pronounced” anger about corporate profits, from all sides of politics.

Pointing to Norway’s sovereign wealth fund – the largest in the world, with assets worth more than $US2.2tn ($A3.2tn) – Hastie said Australia needed to better plan for its own economic future.

“I’d love to see an Australian sovereign wealth fund that sets us up for generations to come."

Nice to hear something positive from the Opposition.

A palaeontology research team from Flinders University has uncovered a series of ancient footprints along the Eyre Peninsula coastline, indicating thylacines once existed on the South Australian coast.

Tasmanian tigers went extinct on mainland Australia 2,000 years ago.

This will be the second year for this event. Las year they raised over $35,000. You can choose to walk 50km, 100km or 150km throughout April while being sponsored by family, workmates and friends. The funds will help provide critical rescue and care for thousands of native animals impacted by vehicle strikes, habitat loss and natural and man-made disasters so that they get a second chance of life in the wild.

It's a great activity to do with your children or friendship group as it is to do on your own. You can do your walking anywhere, city or rural, bush or coast. For more details: https://fundraiseforwildlife.wires.org.au/event/walk-on-the-wild-side/?_hsmi=410516420

While threatened species like the Freckled Duck and Australasian Shoveler are protected species, they are often illegally shot as part of the duck shooting season.

The impacts extend beyond the birds that are hunted. Disturbance of wetlands can disrupt critical Brolga flocking, destroy breeding sites for spoonbills and herons, and depletes the energy of migratory shorebirds forced to flee instead of preparing for epic journeys.   

The imminent arrival of H5 bird flu means that Australia needs to bolster waterbird populations, not decimate them with recreational hunting.

Recreational native bird hunting in Victoria must end if we are serious about protecting threatened species and restoring native waterbird populations to healthy levels in eastern Australia. 

BirdLife Australia urges the Allan Government to ban recreational bird hunting once and for all, following both the 2023 Parliamentary Inquiry recommendations, the science, and a clear public majority opposed to this unsustainable practice. 

Public schools ask parents to make voluntary contributions because they need the funds...

State governments have consistently not met their funding targets for public schools. On current timelines – and provided future governments deliver the funds – schools will not have their full funding entitlements until 2034.

This puts school principals in a very difficult situation. Their schools are not properly funded by the government and there are limits to their ability to seek additional funds from parents.

2034? Do they really want our public education to fall further behind? I don't understand how they can justify this.

Larissa Waters also points out that our govt is aiding in the war without either parliamentary or Australians' say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L11FZ_gYVuE

Australia has some of the best biodiversity data in the world. This is because the Australian government has invested in ecologists from around the country, allowing them to closely study endangered species.

However, what we’re missing is a commitment to use this information. So far, we’ve largely measured progress using one blunt metric: total area protected. This metric is easy to communicate but is dangerously misleading. It tells us very little about whether protected areas are in the right location or are being managed well.

If we’re serious about halting species extinctions within the next five years, we need to...

• urgently protect areas of highest biodiversity value, especially the habitats of species on the brink of extinction
• prioritise under-protected ecosystems instead of those which are easiest to conserve
• start measuring success in terms of outcomes, not just area.