JEANNE LOUISE CALMENT had the longest confirmed human lifespan on record: 122 years and 164 days. It seems that fate strongly approved of the way Madame Calment lived her life. She was born in Arles, France, on February 21, 1875. When the Eiffel Tower was built, she was 14 years old. It was at this
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‘We have to change Queensland’: the environmental issues at stake in the election
Can Queensland break away from fossil-fuel extraction and develop jobs and growth in a way that protects the state’s landscapes and ocean wonders? WHEN DAVID SPRINGETT executed a perfect underwater marriage proposal to his girlfriend three years ago, her response in the affirmative gave him another reason to love the Great Barrier
Thanks Annabel for explaining what NSW government thinks “normal”
FOR MUCH OF [last] week, New South Wales has been struggling to incorporate a shocking rush of too-much-information about its Premier, Gladys Berejiklian. It might, at the beginning of the week, have been difficult to imagine that ICAC would be capable of genuine further surprise. The institution is known for its trophy
Australia Remastered with Aaron Pedersen, ABC IVIEW
WANT TO LEARN more about Australia's unique and amazing wildlife living naturally in our ecosystems? Australia Remastered, now on ABC and iview, offers priceless documentary footage of Australia’s extraordinary native animals, their life and times with new understandings as they come under increasing threat. From 50 years of footage in the ABC natural
How the regenerative farming movement transformed Charles Massy’s sheep station
Koalas over Barilaro any day
NSW PREMIER GLADYS Berejiklian will stand her ground and refuse the Nationals’ demands for an urgent cabinet meeting to debate planning policy relating to koalas. Her stance is likely to infuriate the junior Coalition partner, which has threatened to boycott a joint party room meeting next week ahead of a parliamentary
US politics also leaves us speechless.
Fortunately, late night satirists don’t have that problem, as shown in this Guardian report. By Adrian Horton, The Guardian. Trevor Noah AS THE POLITICAL fallout from the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg continued to roil Washington, Democrats “still held a shred of hope that they could persuade four moderate GOP senators to show some integrity
The Bulletin is also lost for words about Australia’s federal-grade hypocrisy involving state border closures and immigration detention
The Betoota Advocate explains: Government Who Locks Little Girls In Cages So Dark Their Teeth Fall Out Says Don’t Be Cruel!! By Clancy Overall, editor. IMAGE: Betoota Advocate. A GOVERNMENT THAT spends tens of thousands of dollars a day to not show any form of compassion to a refugee family who have been
Climate change connection noted
7 People Die in West Coast [US] Wildfires. Strong winds were likely to continue to propel the extraordinary number of fires burning in California, Oregon and Washington. The death toll rises as wildfires spread at an astonishing rate. At least seven people were pronounced dead in wildfires in Washington, Oregon and California on
How much plastic would you like with your tea?
The hidden plastics in Twinings, Tetley and Yorkshire teabags BRITISH PEOPLE are known around the world for their love of tea, with 100 million cups consumed across the UK every day. But Britons may want to think twice about which brand they buy after tests revealed that Twinings, Tetley and Yorkshire Tea bags