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Justine Bucknell

@juzzyb.bsky.social
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Water, Nature, Environment & Mother Earth advocate. Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Assoc. #Ramsar. #Fatducks. Voted yes. 322.31ppm 💧🐟🦆🐸🐄🐨🌳🖤💛❤️🕊️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦

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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is absolute corrupt behaviour Credit @lisacox.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘We don’t hear the frogs, we don’t see the birds’: government repeatedly delayed water to NSW wetlands, documents reveal
Exclusive: A grazier has released emails that reveal the state’s environment and water department prioritised harvesting of winter cereal crops over wetlands
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
How the hell is Angus Taylor still a thing? theshot.net.au/news/opinion...
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How the hell is Angus Taylor still a thing? - The Shot
Angus Taylor a walking Venn Diagram intersection of fossil fuel fervour and cash for the boys.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Groundhog Day We don't doubt the effects of extreme heat & lack of rainfall on the enviro, but it's not rocket science that there needs to be more water in the river & less extraction. Bureaucracy & vested interests rule the day over scientific fact. www.smh.com.au/environment/...
smh.com.au
“Smells pretty bad”: 100,000 dead fish wash up on lakeshore
Hundreds of thousands of native fish have died in Lake Menindee amid a heatwave and blue-green algae bloom.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This is really important, great yet tragic news at the same time, that parts of the MDB have to reach a critically endangered state before they are allowed to be listed for extra protection. #MacquarieMarshes www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
Water wars ahead now Australia’s longest river officially critically endangered
The lower Murray River has been designated critically endangered by the Albanese government as it blasted the environmental management of the former Coalition government.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Putin calls Trump about Venezuela invasion
YouTube video by GZERO Media
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Putin wants Trump to DO IT | PUPPET REGIME
YouTube video by GZERO Media
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
This is the same Judge who ruled in favour of the SANTOS SLAPP suit against the EDO - the TIWI Island case for the "apparent" coaching of a witness. The hypocrisy is gobsmacking. I'd say this is grounds for an appeal @edolawyers.bsky.social www.afr.com/companies/en...
afr.com
Santos hit by further delay on Narrabri gas ruling
A traditional owner appeal over the project’s approval was due to start on Tuesday but is now expected in March 2026 after the judge recused herself.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
A great win for nature and not before time. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging
Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The govt has halted enviro watering due to bureaucratic incompetency All too often we witness the environment as collateral damage in this absurd situation The morally correct decison needed to happen yesterday www.coonambletimes.com.au/concern-for-... www.coonambletimes.com.au #Environment #Water
coonambletimes.com.au
Concern for endangered waterbird with water releases paused
Photo: Australian Painted Snipe [Image: Eric Tan – Birdlife Australia] An endangered water bird found in the Macquarie Marshes could have a harder time repopulating after the federal government paused...
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The report suggests Nature's worth to the Australian economy is $511 Billion - The govt IS failing to invest enough to protect this vital asset, considering it's currently holding back vital environmental flows in NSW #CEWH #DCCEEW #Water #MDB #MacquarieMarshes www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
abc.net.au
Nature's economic worth calculated - ABC listen
$511-billion dollars - that's the suggested value that nature injects into the Australian economy each year - according to a first of its kind report being launched in Canberra today.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This is a great win for First Nations. Well done #MLDRIN ! Fancy the Minister approving a plan she hadn't read. Justice Stewart also ordered that information provided by First Nations remain confidential indefinitely, likening it to commercial-in-confidence. nit.com.au/01-09-2025/1...
nit.com.au
‘Another example of water dispossession since colonisation’: First Nations celebrate court win on NSW plan
'This was a good day, as First Nations have been respected by the court system,' says Grant Rigney, deputy chair of the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN).MLDRIN, a confederation ...
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Peter Fox @peterfox59.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
If you missed the @abcnews Media Watch story on whistleblower Richard Boyle, it is posted below & well worth a watch Whistle in the dark www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
abc.net.au
Ep 30 - Whistle in the dark - Media Watch
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle escapes jail time, but protections still fall short.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
The C'wealth Environmental Water Holder has made a decision which will have catastrophic effects on the RAMSAR listed Macquarie Marshes, based on a legal advice he has NEVER seen or questioned. This is the dystopian world we are now living in. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
abc.net.au
Halt on all environmental water flows in NSW prompts anger
Australia has been accused of failing its international obligation to look after a Ramsar-listed ecosystem after the federal government paused environmental water flows in New South Wales.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
It is now considered illegal to have water in the rivers because bureaucratic incompetence has conflated metering with measurement. It’s devastating the environment has to become collateral damage in this absolutely bizarre situation. westernplainsapp.com.au/NewsStory/co...
westernplainsapp.com.au
Concern for endangered waterbird
The last estimate put the population at less than 500
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Should read: "Rivers being punished for being allowed to flow past big irrigation pumps." www.watoday.com.au/environment/...
watoday.com.au
‘Calamity of compounding errors’ cuts off environmental flows in Murray-Darling Basin
State and federal environmental water holders have suspended environmental flows as they investigate their water management.
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
This horse shit from the pro-Israel lobby is, as usual, horse shit. There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about? A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties. There is only one party arguing here - Israel. And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
apnews.com/article/ital... Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely
apnews.com
Italy's Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely
Italy’s Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Bureaucracy is actually holding the environment to ransom - This is a prime example of how big end of town lobbying can change legal definitions to suit their own agenda. This is a new low - it is sabotage - maladministration and unlawful, and will have catastrophic consequences. t.co/7lylJGWDXu
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https://www.nature.org.au/nsw_rules_strangle_rivers
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Big T @big-tony.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
NRAR, Australia's National Resource Access Regulator, has paused all environmental water for the Murray Darling Basin. No environmental flows means no water for the fish or animals. Cotton Barons have been pushing for this for a long time. Get angry. 😡
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This is outrageous - bureaucracy bowing to big irrigation again -changing definitions to suit the big irrigation agenda. This is unlawful, it's maladministration and will have a catastrophic effect on RAMSAR listed wetlands such as the Macquarie Marshes. www.dcceew.gov.au/cewh/resourc...
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Have your say on proposed changes to gas and pipeline regulations and guidelines for NSW. Consultation closes 7.9.25
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Australia is a very wealthy country for the very wealthy that is too poor to provide the public with nice things like housing, education, health, transport or a beautiful environment in case it has to offend the wealthy by asking them to pay taxes on our resources. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
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Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas
It’s likely much will be said, but little done, at next week’s economic roundtable.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Federal and State Water Acts state that the environment must come first, however bureaucratic mismanagement is not doing it any favours. #CEWH #ICAC #TOORALE
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
From tonight into the early hours of July 30, Sthn Delta Aquariids & the Alpha Capricornids are expected to produce dozens of meteors per hour. They will radiate from the from the constellation Aquarius - sth west horizon but can appear anywhere in the sky.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
"it beggars belief that in 2025, the Environment Minister can sign off on massive fossil fuel expansion such as the Woodside NW Shelf gas project without having to consider the massive climate impacts of the pollution it produces." SHY in @croakeynews.bsky.social www.croakey.org/health-exper...
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Experts sound health alarm on algal bloom crisis, calling for climate action and comprehensive responses
The algal bloom crisis across South Australia should be treated as a disaster for health and a clear warning about
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
AFR 25.07.25
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
No mention of non existent base flows, lack of connectivity or gross upstream over extraction. Nothing to see here. 🤯 #MDBA Basin evaluation.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
So 44% of expected native fish species in the Macquarie-Wambuul River have not been seen in the last five years. Of the other 56%, potentially some have only been seen once in the last five years in the Macquarie Wambuul River. 🤯 #MDBA
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The MDBA has released its Basin Plan Evaluation report. You will need to drill down & read the 30+ supporting evidence documents first before the white-washed over view. Basin ecosystems are in decline and unless action is taken now, they face collapse. mdba.gov.au/publications...
mdba.gov.au
2025 Basin Plan Evaluation – Publications and Information | Murray–Darling Basin Authority
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
AS IF Jillian Segal wasn't aware of who her husband donated money too. Another load of bollocks @tonyburkemp.bsky.social This is a major conflict of interest. The optics are horrendous. #abc730 #antisemitismenvoy
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
“The reality is of course, the Israeli propaganda machine is a highly organised movement that has been well under way since the middle of last century. It's slick, it's coordinated & it’s designed to do two things - silence any dissent & terrify any other person or organisation from doing the same”
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
If you believe your social rights are being threatened by this egregious overreach of public censorship, here is the contact link to let ASECA know what you think Keep it civil. Use your voice Your taxes are funding this - you have a right to be heard 👇🏽 #share www.aseca.gov.au/form/get-in-...
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Not a good look @albomp.bsky.social 👇 “Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal & her husband John Roth are among the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right lobby group “Advance” which aggressively spreads hateful propaganda, racist tropes & bigoted imagery.” Credit @anthonyklan.bsky.social
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“The stupidity of half measures and polite incrementalism is increasingly hard to bear. Decades of wilful ignorance has led to weak climate policy that currently gives the world a 90% chance of warming between 2.3-4.5°C by 2100, with a best estimate of 3.6°C.” @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The fed govt have decided in their infinite wisdom that the gas pipeline facilitating the Narrabri Gas Project will not impact the environment or biodiversity along its 833km path. Nor will Hunter Gas Pipeline Pty Ltd have to mitigate for any possible impacts. This is also a complete joke #DCCEEW
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The federal Environment Minister #SenatorMurrayWatt has quietly approved an 833km gas pipeline to enable the Narrabri Gas Project to proceed. This is disgraceful. What a joke it is that he is Minister for the Environment #shame #Ministeragainsttheenvironment reneweconomy.com.au/santos-gets-...
reneweconomy.com.au
Santos gets federal green tick for 833 km gas pipeline as legal challenges mount
Federal government says plans to run 833km gas pipeline from southern Queensland to Newcastle will not have any significant impact on the environment.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Seriously, what a load of bollocks @abcnewsbot.bsky.social, you find a couple of social media active farmers who are whinging bc their parents are about to be taxed an extra 15% bc collectively they will have more than $6M in super? Way out of touch. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
abc.net.au
Super changes will hit those with millions but they say the impact could be devastating
This farming family has millions in super but proposed reforms have left them in a position where they may have to sell the farm.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
It is absolutely derelict of our govt & its bureaucracy if they knowingly omitted a refund clause from Aust's $4.7B payment to the US, and not consider that a change in Presidency could be a huge risk to this foolish deal. #AUKUS #auspol abc.net.au/news/2024-06... via @abcaustralia.bsky.social
abc.net.au
Submarine boss refuses to answer questions over multi-billion-dollar AUKUS payments
The head of the AUKUS submarine program refuses to say whether an almost $5 billion government payment to the United States will be refunded if no nuclear-powered boats are delivered to Australia.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Murray Watt knew the World Heritage bid would be under threat days before his approval of Woodside’s NW Shelf gas plant. It’s laughable that he is the Enviro minister considering he’ll be lining up the Browse gas field next. Credit Mike Seccombe ⁦@thesaturdaypaper.com.au #auspol
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
We've never known a project so widely opposed from the start, the huge number of subs lodged in objection at every step yet magically it's waved through. I was naive to think the NNTT would be on the right side of history. www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/gomeroi...
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Gomeroi Ready to Fight Santos Gas Project Any Way Possible, Says Elder Maria “Polly” Cutmore
The Gomeroi Nation is mobilising to fight to save traditional lands from multinational corporation Santos’ environmentally devastating gas project.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It's nefarious of the Native Title Tribunal to allow the NSW govt to lease land to Santos for their NGP on the grounds that that there may be "a gap in supply which would cause detrimental impacts..." cont...
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Not holding my breath. theconversation.com/can-murray-w...
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Can Murray Watt fix Australia’s broken nature laws? First stop, Western Australia
Australia’s nature laws are now in even worse shape than when Labor was elected in 2022. But this is why things could be different this term.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This is good news. Divided they fall. Both parties need a complete clean out, including Littleproud and Ley. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
abc.net.au
Nationals will not re-enter Coalition agreement
Nationals leader David Littleproud has announced the minor party will not re-enter a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party, ending a decades long arrangement.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The Qld Govt is defunding the EDO reducing the community's ability to access lawyers to defend their environment. Nature needs a legal voice now more than ever, which is why a generous supporter has offered to match every donation up to $10,000 until we reach our goal of $150,000. climate.edo.org.au
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Climate chaos is destroying nature
Make a donation today to give threatened wildlife the legal voice they deserve.
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
“Financial giant Macquarie Group says there will be no reduction in productive capacity at Australia's biggest cotton farm, despite the sale of irrigation water rights worth $73.5 million to the federal government.”
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Let's not forget Lolinda #MadAsHell #auspol
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
#SenatorMurrayWatt
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
In this week’s Land newspaper- This epitomises the commoditisation of water to the detriment of our river systems, and successive governments are complicit to their demise. QLD will favour exporting water rather than producing food. @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social - or buybacks! Show me the money.😡
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It would be great if SBS could screen this. DVD available from Amazon @sbs-news-bot.bsky.social youtu.be/dws3Rfn_ePo
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The Grab - Official Trailer | Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Opening June 14
YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
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Justine Bucknell @juzzyb.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The LNP ran a dirty and vindictive campaign against Andrew Gee in Calare, and it still continues even after the election. Congratulation to Andrew Gee for a well deserved win. #Auspol www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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