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Calla Wahlquist

@callawahlquist.bsky.social
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Rural and regional editor, Guardian Australia. Frequent horse nonsense. Live and work on Dja Dja Wurrung country.

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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Doesn’t he look so handsome?
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Birders - what have I got here? We’re near Kyneton in the Macedon ranges. No beak visible. Initially thought it was a wattlebird but much rounder than that?
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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 06/08/2025
“Tech companies have devalued the work of creative industries for years. The latest iteration of this is their insistence the AI models they plan to make lots of money from need the labour of all of human creation for free in perpetuity.” - @joshtaylor.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia’s potential surrender of creative content to tech giants for free is shocking. Labor must decide where it stands | Josh Taylor
The Productivity Commission appears to have bought into tech companies’ brazen arguments – and caught the Australian government off-guard
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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Some really brilliant work here … strong recommend
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The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities
Exclusive: Stories of murders passed down by Yamatji elders are confirmed by a cipher hidden in the 1850s journals of prominent pastoralist Major Logue. Now descendants on both sides want to break the...
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I once tracked down the story of a famous photo that gets shared on Invasion Day for a job and spoke to someone who ran a historical society in the area where the violence took place. I explained how colonist diaries I found described what they were doing as war; she said I was "being political".
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Dr. John Wagner @drjohnwagner.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
This is an insanely good and important read. Top shelf journalism.
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
So proud to work with Lorena, Sarah and Ella on this series. Here is part one: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities
Exclusive: Stories of murders passed down by Yamatji elders are confirmed by a cipher hidden in the 1850s journals of prominent pastoralist Major Logue. Now descendants on both sides want to break the...
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Nick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Do read our extraordinary investigation into the coded diaries of a Western Australian settler. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities
Exclusive: Stories of murders passed down by Yamatji elders are confirmed by a cipher hidden in the 1850s journals of prominent pastoralist Major Logue. Now descendants on both sides want to break the...
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
March for humanity
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Our reversing camera is out of action so I’m quite pleased with this attempt, which would have been one and done had I had the traditional assistance of a bored teenager or random old bloke making stop/go hands.
Photographic that I am actually a bit rural aka a tow ball
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat
Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
In devastating news I might have to go to a Very Rural Event tomorrow not only in the town car (because we don’t drive the ute unless we have to, for reasons of both cost and planet) but in town boots, because these guys have given up.
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I love that they got every PM that Antony Green would have called for (except Keating). #auspol
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
For those wondering who this Keith Wolahan character is, here's the background:
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OPINION: Keith Wolahan's disappointing position on Indigenous rights
OPINION: A video recording of a talk given to the Samuel Griffith Society in 2017 shows Wolahan lay out his opposition for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Do we think Sussan Ley will be the new Liberal leader in the time-honoured tradition of giving women a shit job? #auspol
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Really don’t love that Albanese threw out the acknowledgment as a victory moment then but didn’t actually say whose land he was on. Are you saying it as a gotcha to the Coalition or a genuine show of respect? #auspol
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This is the most human speech I’ve ever seen Dutton give and it is a pity for him that he left it until last. #auspol
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
PS, this is for the next day or two, when all the conservatives start melting down on Sky News
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I do appreciate that James McGrath acknowledged that “wait for the prepoll figures” could be a drinking game at this point. #auspol
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Don’t mind me, just crying over Boyd Martin being named world number 1 in eventing. www.instagram.com/reel/DJJu6Ku...
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A column A look at where we are at the end of the campaign. Whatever happens, some big stuff lies ahead. bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
0.6C in Malmsbury this morning, that’s *almost* a frost.
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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Guardian Australia's election editorial www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Guardian view on Australia’s federal election: progressives must vote strategically
Anthony Albanese has delivered steady, gradual reform – but a minority government might force Labor to push through bolder solutions
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Paul Karp @paulkarp.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
To me one of the most telling signs is a very late Coalition campaign pivot away from courting independent/swinging voters back to consolidating right wing base (welcome to country). Feels they've shifted into save the furniture, win PHON preferences, save Dutton territory, not win govt mode.
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Paul Karp @paulkarp.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My takeaways from 100+ voter conversations in Sydney and Central Coast in past months: * Cost of living no1 issue but nobody really blames Albo * Hardly anybody has heard of any of the solutions on offer * People think Dutton = Trump Coalition seem cooked. www.afr.com//politics/fe...
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If Dutton’s path to victory cuts through Sydney, he has problems
In conversations with voters from Gordon to Liverpool, cost of living and housing featured again and again – but few blamed Labor and Albanese for the price rises.
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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Good from sean kelly … www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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What fuelled Dutton’s rise is now derailing his bid to be PM
The Coalition’s campaign has been plagued by mistakes and missteps. But the leader’s looseness has compounded any strategic flaws.
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Jason Clare on RN just now finally saying the key point in this Welcome to Country “debate”. “Let’s remember where this began: it began with neo-Nazis booing Welcome to Country ceremonies at a Dawn Service.” Says we shouldn’t let neo-Nazis lead public debate.
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We’re watching Drop Dead Gorgeous (currently streaming on SBS, which incidentally has a much better film selection than any paid streaming service) and the Trump presidency is really leaning into the bit more than I think we strictly required
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Cartoonists and their editors are losing their jobs for “overstepping the mark” over Gaza and Trump. Is the art of satire in danger? Lionel and I talk with Fraser Nelson and Steve Bell. mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastAh
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Media Confidential
Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong? Lionel, former editor of the Financi...
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Ella Archibald-Binge travelled to the Tiwi Islands with the AEC yesterday for the first of 1.5 days of voting in the remote community. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘We want people who can help us’: polls open in Pirlangimpi as AEC makes remote communities push
With the Indigenous vote potentially crucial in rural seats such as Lingiari, the electoral commission is stepping up efforts to increase access in remote areas – but many locals feel disillusioned
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Old twitter would have been going off tonight and as nice as it is to be on a platform with fewer Naz*s it’s just not the same :(
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I’ve been following my elderly cat around for 24 hours to see if she’ll poo (she just did, everyone stand down) so how’s your long weekend going?
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Parched waterways, dead fish and trees ready to give up: historic big dry grips South Australia - by @petrastock.bsky.social and @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Parched waterways, dead fish and trees ready to give up: historic big dry grips South Australia
Parts of the state record their lowest rainfall on record, with devastating impacts on freshwater fish, butterflies, bees and even some hardy trees
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Morning walks with the ambassador for retired racehorses. This is one half of his daily exercise routine; the other half is a 10 minute graze on the lawn which is currently the only green grass on the property.
A big fluffy bay thoroughbred.
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Emily Wind is wrapping up a mammoth session blogging both leaders’ speeches at the Liberal and Labor campaign launches today. Catch up here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia election 2025 live updates: Albanese announces $1000 instant tax deduction and says there is ‘still Liberal mess to clean up’ at Labor campaign launch
Follow the day’s headlines live
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Lisa Cox @lisacox.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoos, and the teenager building nests for them
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Endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoos, and the teenager building nests for them – video
Eva Czislowski, who began building artificial nests in high school, wants her generation to take matters into their own hands
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Good morning from Mopple, who headbutted me in the knee this morning to demand snacks.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 04/04/2025
The great Australian election campaign quiz – week one
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The great Australian election campaign quiz – week one
Who will win the federal election? We have no idea, but luckily that’s not one of the questions * Polls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverage * Anywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guide * Listen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina * Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast Continue reading...
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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
So Kate Lyons and @nickevershed.bsky.social seem to have cracked the mystery of the exporting penguins and the non-existent Norfolk Island exports www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade
Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islands
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Sally Sara asking devilishly tricky questions of David Coleman just now. “How?”
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Hay’s here.
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Nour Haydar @nourhaydar.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
NEW: Artist Khaled Sabsabi has blamed Creative Australia for the “dismantling” of his career and said the board’s decision to revoke his appointment as Australia’s Venice Biennale representative has given the green light for others to smear his reputation. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Khaled Sabsabi says Creative Australia decision was ‘kneejerk’ reaction that is ‘dismantling’ his career
Exclusive: Lebanese-Australian artist says ‘nobody should have to go through this torture’ in first interview since being dumped from Venice Biennale exhibition
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Graham Readfearn @readfearn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
From me - Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows
Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 31/03/2025
Cadia goldmine operators fined $350,000 for breaches of NSW clean-air laws
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Cadia goldmine operators fined $350,000 for breaches of NSW clean-air laws
Testing had previously revealed the mine was emitting more than 11 times the legal limit of dust containing heavy metals * Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The operators of Cadia goldmine have been ordered to pay $350,000 in fines and convicted of three offences after a prosecution by the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority. Cadia Holdings Limited, trading as Cadia Valley Operations, pleaded guilty to three offences under the environmental protection act relating to breaches of clean air regulations at the mine in central west NSW. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
My partner is out and I have a very long list of things that need to get done so you know what that means
Possibly the snooziest dog ever to have snoozed, on a lap on the couch.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 29/03/2025
Independent MP Andrew Gee has been caught doing an “Angus Taylor” by replying to a Facebook post from his own account, thanking himself for being “the good guy”.
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MP Andrew Gee praises himself as ‘the good guy’ in Facebook fail
Independent MP for Calare caught doing an ‘Angus Taylor’ by replying to a Facebook post from his own account
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Just ordered another 90 bales of pasture hay. The rain last week is really just enough to cause problems - the clover is poking through but that’s about it. I remember in my initial budgeting assuming I wouldn’t feed at all other than occasional lucerne flakes. Hahahahahaaaa
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Calla Wahlquist @callawahlquist.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This horse was born the same year as me www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/hooves-too-b...
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'Hooves Too Big to Fill'--America's Oldest Thoroughbred Turns 39
Those of us fortunate to have been in the Thoroughbred industry for any length of time–whether with hands on horses daily or from behind a desk or from somewhere in between–have seen hundreds, and mor...
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