Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 19hI’m so disappointed with the Greens today, and what’s more I’m confused how pandering to tankies wins them votes that weren’t already sitting with them. I’m pretty sure it’s a net negative policy in terms of shifting voters for them, in fact. 050
Reposted by Bethcasey briggs @caseybriggs.com · 30/09/2026David Shoebridge won the Greens leadership vote on first preferences, but the party announced the two-candidate-preferred result anyway. Gotta love the commitment to ranked choice voting 1559
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The power of the Australian Suit Green can never be disputed! 011
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just saying it’s very very funny seeing a NSW Greens leader of the federal party, when the branch still refuses to have a state parliamentary leader 172
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Every time I shake a bogong out of my drying laundry I’m reminded how GOOD it is the population has rebounded (Even if I am dealing with Gian Surprise Moths) 051
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Black Hawks can simply not fly at a low altitude directly overhead cheers 010
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I heard this was in the works but honestly this is SUCH a straightforward winning policy ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/an...ministers.treasury.gov.auTradies to get free access to mandatory standards | Treasury MinistersThe Albanese Government is delivering on ensuring workers such as electricians, plumbers and builders can access mandatory Australian Standards online for free. 150
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just amusing myself as I realised my 100th blood & plasma donation next month will also line up with a donation gift. Welp, that works out 030
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Part of the joys of auntiedom is getting to go buy the very cutest and coolest clothes for your niblings, even if it might be impractical or overly exxy. In other news I spent way too much at Gorman Baby today. 021
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Extremely lukewarm take, but I’ve been rewatching old episodes of the Cook and the Chef as background viewing while finishing some knitting, and the class politics of Simon Bryant as a working class trained chef vs Maggie Beer as a very upper middle class primary producer ‘cook’ is fascinating. 100
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Knitting a baby hat for my best friend for her second kid, and I was seriously questioning myself on the size, after I’d had to do an emergency evening knit after the first kid arrived TINY and was too small for any of the hospital hats. Kid’s measuring large on the latest scan. Standard it is. 120
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 15/09/202650/50 on late night buses whether the driver waits for you to sit down or takes off as soon as you’ve tapped on. Truly a classic experience of firmly grabbing poles as you rush down the bus to a seat just in case. 041
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Good to see. If ever there was a feral animal that’s achievable to completely remove from the wild, it’s brumbies, and it’s a pity the program cannot go for full elimination, but the current cull methods are so far superior and effective at management than anything else proposed. 120
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A cheeky currawong shadowing my bushwalk yesterday and clearly amused at our need for a rest at the top of climbs. 130
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fire weather warning for the FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER Cool. Just great. 110
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Stymied in my Top 100 books by multiple I wanted to include not being available (there was a vote for A Cage of Butterflies I wish I could have made, but I know that it’s never worth adding ones not already entered), so I went with a variety. Mostly popular picks, but I tried to spread genre. 160
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I think the thing I'm most looking forward to seeing at the 2027 NSW state election is ON coming up against OPV and its strongest soldiers, the "vote 1 Green 2 ALP" stalwarts whose commitment to exactly that vote in all circumstances reliably delivers ALP from-behind wins every election. 161
Reposted by BethABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 27/08/2026Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancerabc.net.auAustralia on track to eliminate cervical cancer 20 years on from vaccine launchTwenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping. 064221725
Reposted by BethDavid Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026An unusual case for the Queensland courts in relation to the state surrogacy laws. A woman agreed to an IVF embryo transfer from another couple. About the same time she fell naturally pregnant. Families are all doing well according to reports. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comQueensland woman gave birth to twins with different parents after surrogacy coincides with natural pregnancyBoth children were born on same day in November 2025 in situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws 055
Reposted by BethRob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It’s not every day something i casually observe in my backyard and post online ends up being a potentially world first observation! au.news.yahoo.com/clever-magpi...au.news.yahoo.comClever magpies filmed using 'bold' technique on Aussie property in 'world first'Three leading experts in magpies have never seen the behaviour before. 610234
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Pitch invasions outside of very specific celebration circumstances are antisocial behaviour, and anyone who does it SHOULD be expecting to be eating turf and enjoying the additional cost of the fine, as the crowd gleefully mocks you. Do the crime, face the consequences. 120
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Cherry Blossom Festival starts this weekend! Time to eat ALL the things 010
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Quiz time: how many Australian locations can you name that have the same federal division, state electorate and LGA name? 421
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Love to recruit a candidate who should absolutely be enrolled in the CTE study if he’s not already. Perfect candidate selection, no notes. 040
Reposted by BethBen Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Tried to explain this, one of the greatest moments on the internet, to my kids and it was surprisingly difficult. We are losing the ancient texts. 86114
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It always amuses me when I point out to some American ranting about infringements of freedom of speech that I don’t believe in absolute freedom of speech and DO strongly believe in limits, actually. Blows their minds every time. Completely unaware not everyone defines things the way they do. 040
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Look maybe Labor really are the communists (or at least socialists) they’re being accused of. The AWU spoke at the presser before Tomago’s CEO. Speakers go: - Federal MP for Paterson - State MP for Port Stephens - PM - Premier - AWU Senior Delegate - CEO Tomago 010
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I love a good day when all the members of a caucus are “100% behind the Prime Minister” because as we all know, that’s where you stand to knife him. 0135
Reposted by BethAntony Green @antonygreenelec.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Victoria is today set to abolish group voting tickets (GVTs) for Legislative Council elections. It will increase the power of voter first preference votes and diminish the influence of preferences. Without GVTs the losers will be low polling parties. antonygreen.com.au/how-gvts-hav... 26317
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 03/08/2026As One Nation starts announcing candidates, here's a bingo card over the possibilities 1610955
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I am crushed, CRUSHED (like a badly operated car lift) that Heston Russell turned this down. Cmon mate, didn’t you want to sue everyone again for reporting about strictly accurate stuff you’ve done? 050
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 31/07/2026When you’re definitely not afraid of ICAC and have never done anything wrong in your life: 020
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I hadn’t appreciated until taking a uni English class how thoroughly GenAI has obliterated Cliff Notes’ economic model. Their old customer base are even more lazy now. 130
Reposted by BethLiam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 28/07/2026There are a lot of ways to imagine Hell. The menswear guy criticising your clothes. Isaac Chotiner asking you an open ended but surprisingly specific question about your past. Emily Wilson reviewing your movie script. For me it’s a Kate McClymont story about the evidence I gave yesterday 23814
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Patel isn’t very bright, is he? Given the very first thought I had was ‘that probably breaks firearm laws’ 030
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Well, aside from when people change the law so you still can get done for defo (Cyril Pearl glaring at John Norton’s family)* *imagine being such a colourful identity that your family pressures the State government to protect your reputation even after death 040
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The number of things I see where the take is something where I’m like “well if you had experience with the labour and union history around this issue, your opinion wouldn’t sound so naïve”. The number of people unaware of even the main aspects of the 8 Hour Day campaigns. 120
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The spirit of NSW ICAC and its interrelation with the psyche of NSW politics is best understood by the fact that Nick Greiner, the Premier who created it, was the first sitting Premier to be ICACed. The machinery needs the grease of corruption AND the flush valve. 161
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I had to explain this to a crowd of 18 year olds who didn’t understand the tax changes but thought they were vibes bad. Letting them know ‘it’s taxing property gains the same as your employment income’ created a lot of thoughtful faces. 050
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I’m not saying that people with SMSFs are self-selected into being some of the worst loophole exploiting overconfident tax minimisers, but I will say actual studies of the cohort show they’re overconfident in attempting tax minimisation in the most aggressively blatant ways. Great loophole to close. 030
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I mean he’s still not Brigid Delaney, but in the absence of Brigid’s best antics as a similar columnist, he’ll do. 020
Beth @zahri.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Pick a favourite Australian political relationships situation: 1. Bob Hawke’s affair with Blanche d’Alpuget 2. Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull having their first date at a dinner with Bob and Helena Carr 3. Nathan Rees’ secret elopement with Stacey Haines in New York while Premier 162
