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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird

@leitchbird.bsky.social
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Chasing stuff that matters. Critters and all else. Not all who wander are lost. Perhaps. galabirding.smugmug.com

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the-oc.bsky.social @the-oc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey @albomp.bsky.social is this how you run an ethical Government? This is disgraceful.
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Glenn Plummer I👀U @glenntheplummer.bsky.social · 8h
It’s not for politicians or in fact anyone “to cast doubt” if the ruling sets a precedent. Subsequent courts hearing similar cases will decide what precedent is set, not Murray Twat.
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"But the more staid and plodding carriages – those with warnings outside the political cycle, with a focus on the bigger picture, they tend to get left to circle the track ignored" writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/UvEMQKc3
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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... What utter crap,take it out of Morrison's pension
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‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensation
Commonwealth lawyers argue Jarrad Madgwick, whose death by suicide was highlighted at royal commission, ineligible as he only received provisional debt notice
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LouiseMorris @louisemorris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What to do when you don't have a market for your new gas? Run to energy hungryAI data centre markets and #offsets, and run the greenwash spin machine on full cycle My oped in #ThePoint today #auspol thepoint.com.au/opinions/261...
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Woodside can't sell Browse gas, so now it's selling AI data centres
When a gas project can't win on the facts, it goes shopping for a new story. Last week, Woodside's CEO Liz Westcott told a Perth business breakfast that the proposed Browse gas and CCS project could p...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Media Watch had a crack at us last night over #flydubai. We gently remind them of their own epic fail #auspol michaelwest.com.au/flying-high-...
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Flying High Dubai. MWM responds to ABC Media Watch - Michael West
ABC Media Watch has accused this reporter of "perpetuating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories" online. We say the ABC has failed
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Nigel Bell 🍉 @nigel63.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hey! - Hey! Queensland speaking here: We have our own corrupt disfunction! (geez, how rude. 😦)
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Residents of Dalby on Queensland's Western Downs suddenly face a $31bn datacentre. David Crisafulli lobbied Anthropic for it & refuses to implement power/water regulations. Now Jarrod Bleijie has seized control, taking DC planning away from councils. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’
Residents of Dalby may soon live beside a $31bn datacentre. The premier sees ‘opportunity’ for the state – but others fear AI’s global creep
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Adelaide (Crimson) Rosella in Strathalbyn, SA. They do seem to allow a good deal of time for a photographer to get organised for a flight shot :) #BirdsSeenIn2026
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🇦🇺 WyndhamVic @wyndhamvic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm giving it less than 8 weeks before the Israeli shits and Atlas Network concoct a mountain of fake compromat and blackmail bullshit in an effort to silence Shoebridge. He's got them scared and they're going to double down to extremes. 🤬
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adani Mining's total income for 2024-25 from its Queensland Carmichael coalmine was $1,315,844,890. It's taxable income was zero. Since opening in 2021 its tax payable has been zero. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Billions of dollars, none of it taxed: ATO reveals the tech giants paying zero income tax
Database names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasons
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm not an anti-Halloween person at all, BUT, I'd hoped we could resist the urge to buy endless, useless bit of plastic crap to mark the occasion, like they do in the U.S. A trip to K-mart says "No". BOO! 👻
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bogong moths! Are they a sign from god? Probably. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First Dog and his 'dad jokes' ... silly bugger! "If you see an injured moth, call the Moth Watch Hotline they will send a crack team of vets to take them to the mothpital ahahaha" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 But seriously now ... bless the bogongs ... all is not lost! Thank them for forgiving us🙏🏼
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In Friday's Crisafulli government document dump was a Queensland Customer Services, Open Data, and Small and Family Business report. Tasked with Qld's first cyber security strategy, it suffered a cyber attack itself losing more than $800k in July 2025. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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The O.C.B. @uiuoftheocb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They know if they don't they'll get Whitlamed or worse... Harold Holted
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m devastated this morning. We have just had two of our @asrc1 social enterprise catering vans stolen. Roller door smashed. Food stolen. Safe destroyed. Staff distressed. TWO VANS LICENSE PLATES - mini vans with ASRC Catering on them Renault is 1UO2YV Peugeot is 2DW4TB
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Marie Tarrant with a gorgeous photograph of a White-gaped Honeyeater at Lawn Hill, Queensland #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Michael John McMaster photographed Siberian Sand Plover and Greater Sandplover near Cairns, Queensland. #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stilt Sandpiper as seen by Mike Potter in Tolderol Game Reserve, South Australia. #BirdsSeenIn2024
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Jeremy Saunders @jeremysaunders.com · 26/09/2026
One sentence horror story: "You have a new message in your MyGov inbox."
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Tony Rinaud | Stand Up For Science | @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
But Australia, who's 2nd place in the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge is also charging! Great birds and pictures thanks to @leitchbird.bsky.social and other fellow birders from Down Under!
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More Outback Queensland ‘near Birdsville’ birds from Marie Tarrant. Gibberbird, Letterwing Kite, Banded Whiteface and Grey-headed Honeyeater (Lake Moondarra) #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Some great Outback Queensland birds from Marie Tarrant. Boulia- Mt Isa #BirdsSeenIn2026 Varied Lorikeet, Cinnamon Quail-thrush, Spinifexbird, Kalkadoon Grasswren
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Catherine Young on an Eaglehawk Pelagic, Tasmania - a Snares Penguin!! #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Keith Lightbody with a fantastic flight photograph of an Endangered Abbott’s Booby. A fav. Christmas Island. #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lake Moondarra, Mt Isa, is an excellent birding spot. Marie Tarrant having success there with Rufous-throated Honeyeater and Long-tailed Finch #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Star Finches are always a stunning find. Louise Lee was very pleased to see these in the Northern Territory #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Louise Lee photographed this Red-headed Honeyeater in Darwin #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Louise Lee with a nice find of a Yellow White-eye. Darwin #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Marie Tarrant with some gorgeous Little Lorikeets. Brisbane. #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Andy @shawkim4 (insta) saw this Mangrove Gerygone at my local wetlands on the Gold Coast #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Michael John McMaster saw this Flock Bronzewing on the Tablelands Highway, near the Barkley Homestead, Northern Territory. It was where I saw my first 5000 😊 #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Marion Matthew in Oakey, Queensland, with the lovely White-winged Fairywren #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As his government approves its 37th new fossil fuel project
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No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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Harry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Went to Cranbourne Botanic Gardens today because they were doing tours of their amazing orchid breeding work. Hung around to find southern brown bandicoots, of course
A star-shaped flower. It is purple with dark spots, and the edges of the petals are outlined in bright yellow.A brown mammal in dappled light in the undergrowth. It has short ears and a long, pointed snout.
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
in case you missed it!! new release of @kudelka.bsky.social’s rusted-on bingo tea towels, with $5 from every tea towel sold going to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research get yours now!! www.kudelkashop.com/product/rust...
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The Kudelka Shop is at The Kudelka Shop.
RUSTED ON BINGO IS BACK.
Jon Kudelka's classic tea towel is getting a special re-release.
This time, $5 from every tea towel sold goes to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
#JonKudelka #RustedOnBingo
#glioblastomaresearch #menziesinstituteformedicalresearch
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A seat on the UN Security Council? Maybe Australia could adhere to international law to start #auspol michaelwest.com.au/palestine-on...
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Palestine. One year on from recognition, what have Albo and Penny done? - Michael West
Today is “International Day of Peace” and the anniversary of Australia formally recognising Palestine. What has happened since? Shamikh Barda asks. PM Anthony Albanese is at the UN today, promoting Au...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you have any further information about Nauru Airlines' contracts or concerns, feel free to contact me on nickfeik@proton.me - confidentiality guaranteed
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nice of them to make Australia a forward base for US war on China with nary so much as a parliamentary debate or official inquiry #whatsthescam #AUKUS #nuclear @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/marles-schtu...
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Marles schtum, but US congressman suggests Perth is going nuclear - Michael West
There is a real possibility nuclear weapons will be carried onboard US submarines to be based at HMAS Stirling.
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wedding special. In which I play the recorder through my nose on my sister’s big day. Subscribe to my newsletter, sometimes I write about other stuff. rick-morton.ghost.io/wed-deb-rede...
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Wed, Deb Redemption
Almost 30 years ago now, when the hit movie Titanic launched in cinemas, my friend Matthew taught me and a few others to play Celine Dion's anthem My Heart Will Go On on the recorder, that musical ins...
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Tony Rinaud | Stand Up For Science | @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Welcome back everyone for the weekly recap of the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge! One again we see some changes in the top 10: Ecuador get top 5 to the profit of England and Canada claim back top 10 to Wales once again!
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
But you beat them! Nice work Elke!!
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Elke Link @elkie64.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Regent Parrots at Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria’s Northwest. They're fast flyers and almost got away... 😅 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia
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Elke Link @elkie64.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Inland Thornbill and White-backed Swallow at Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria’s Northwest. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia
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Elke Link @elkie64.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater at Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria’s Northwest. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Australia
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Instead of talking to US billionaires in Silicon Valley the Prime Minister needs to be talking to Australians opposing massive US data centres on the Western Downs, in Fitzroy, Western Sydney and Moss Vale. If he was listening he would hear a chorus of “Stop!”
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Dave Donovan @davrosz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On the road to Mar-a-Lago with Tomahawk Tom and his Porkie Pies ~ John Todd independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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Dr Nick 🦉🇦🇺 @doktrnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Powerful Owlet from a few dusks ago. It's interesting how quickly they switch from being slightly alarmed and surprised by everything when they first come out of the hollow. #brisbane #birds #wildoz
Floofy Powerful Owlet on a branch looking mildly curious and slightly skeptical.
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Judy Leitch aka leitchbird @leitchbird.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Highly Commended. Capture Mono Awards 2026 - from my Arson Series re the deliberate firing of our local Pine Ridge Conservation Area fires in January. I spent many Smokey hours there in the days following (entailing everything needing to be thoroughly washed - or left outside to air!)
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