#qld bushfires

[sydneysageivashkov]

special fuck you to ted o'brien, shadow minister for climate change and federal member for fairfax, who is currently arguing against windfarms while the second bushfire in five weeks is still burning in his electorate

#and while there are multiple communities throughout qld under evacuation orders due to bushfires #and it's not even summer. #auspol

[newsbites]

Research into koala numbers before and after cultural burns on the world’s second largest sand island has fuelled a push to merge Aboriginal knowledge with cutting-edge science to mitigate the dangers of bushfires across Australia.

University of the Sunshine Coast researchers and Quandamooka land custodians have hailed the success of the two-year collaboration on Minjerribah/North Stradbroke Island.

#marsupials #koala #burning #bushfires #protection #QLD #Australia #news #via Triple A #world news

[wenbochenphoto]

Lepidozamia peroffskyana is a palm-like cycad endemic to SE QLD and NE NSW. Bushfire does not kill this specises, instead, it stimulates its growth. Only 12 weeks after the bushfire, it has slready fully recovered.

#cycad #australianplants #澳洲植物 #泽米铁科 #鳞木铁属

[dingoat]

3 questions:

are you commissions open?

do you have a patreon?

are there any bat sanctuaries you know of that i may donate to?

Hi there!!! <3

I have a bit of a pause on accepting new commissions at the moment, mostly because a hard deadline for a big off-tumblr work suddenly got bumped forward a month and I'm feeling a BIT of a pinch over it, plus I have a handful of pieces I already said yes to a little while ago that I'd like to make some headway into before committing to any more! All going well, in a couple of months I'll be able to post a little more usefully on my current status but I do appreciate you asking, folk are always welcome to check in and see where I'm at!

No patreon, I find the format a little too stressful for the way I operate! I opted for a ko-fi instead because the vibe feels a whole lot more relaxed, I like the options and control it offers me and it just suits my needs more.

My favourite bat rescue that I've supported in the past is Bat Conservation and Rescue QLD - the huge workload their network of carers took in during the 2020 bushfire was incredible!

[everythingadelaidemusic]

I heard this weeks guest on a Podcast. His music tells stories of what it is like living in this great country. Here is my interview with the great Matt Scullion.

Can you tell us a little about yourself?

My name is Matt Scullion and I’m a well traveled Australiana-Folk singer/songwriter. As an artist I have two albums and a Golden Guitar award to my name.

As a co-writer I’ve written with everybody from Lee Kernaghan to Cold Chisel and have had 25 number one songs to date.

I grew up on the South Coast of NSW in a little town called Ulladulla and have pretty much been infatuated with music since I can remember.

What/who inspired you to get into music?

My Mother’s record collection and our next door neighbours who were a very arty/hippie family. My first instrument was the Bass guitar which I bought off the fella next door. He gave me a couple lessons and I caught a bad case of the music bug which I still have.

How, if at all did the pandemic change your approach to your music?

It’s definitely forced me to think outside the box as far as where I book my shows. It also gave me time to learn the Banjo.

Have you got any new releases due to come out?

I have one more single to release called “From The Ashes” a song about resilience after the 2019/20 bushfires. It’s the 5th single off my current album Aussie As Vol II.

I also have a new album in the pipeline. I’ll be heading into the studio this February to record with Shane Nicolson. Shane has produced my last two albums and I totally trust him with my songs.

When you record, how does the process develop? Drums first followed by guitar etc?

We always start with me putting down a guide instrument/vocal track. Shane then builds the music around my groove. We tend to go for a more percussive approach than a full drum kit, so it’s quite a fun process finding things to bang on in the studio to come up with new sounds.

What is your career highlight so far?

Performing at the SCG. I got to sing my song “1868” to a sea of faces. It’s the story of the first Australian sporting side to tour internationally which was an all Indigenous cricket team.

Any upcoming gigs you want to promote?

I’m looking forward to all the shows I have lined up this year, but I’ll give a shout out to The Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, Oct 14-16. It’s a wonderful festival with a top line up.

What do you think of the Australian/Adelaide music scene?

I can’t speak for the whole Australian music scene, but the circuit I tour in is alive and well. The Aussie Country Music scene has always been really well supported by community radio which is a great way to reach the rural areas, which is where I do most of my shows.

What are\were some of your favourite venues to play?

I haven’t really got a favourite, but I definitely have a soft spot for the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Who are some other upcoming bands we should have a look at?

An Aussie Folk singer/songwriter named Michael Waugh and a wonderful traditional Irish group called Lynched.

What venues or tours are still on your bucket list?

I’d love to perform at the Sydney Opera House, it’s a beautiful intimate setting with amazing acoustics. Also the Big Red Bash out in Birdsville QLD, I’ve heard it’s a fantastic festival to perform at.

What are your long and short term goals?

Just to keep making music that matters and writing songs that connect with everyday Australians.

If you could only keep one album, what would it be?

That’s not fair!! Can I have two please? John Williamson (Warragul) and Paul Kelly (Greatest Hits).

Finally, where can people find you? Socials etc?

www.Instagram.com/mattscullionmusic

www.mattscullionmusic.com

#Spotify #spotify #australia #music #singer #songwriter #country music #Australians #australiana #goldenguitar #banjo #guitar #bass #drums #Queensland #muster #festival #tamworth #1868

[wimpydave]

🔴An Extremely Dangerous Bushfire Rages in QLD!🔴 France is Sinking! /Disa...

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[southerndownssteamrailway]

Residents of Wallangarra on QLD-NSW border told to shelter to survive as bushfire approaches | 7NEWS

#sdsr #wallangarra line

[stevemackyoutube]

Western Downs Region Queensland 2023;https://youtu.be/On0VLZxRX0s?si=tMVxHHD00NXJHQ5c

#westerndownsbushfires #tarabushfiresqld #werangabushfiresqld #Tarabushfires #bushfires #Wildfires #westerndowns #westerndownsregionQueensland2023 #TaraQld #Weranga #Qld #Queensland #QueenslandAustralia #Tara #Kogan #Dalby

#youtube

[andronetalks]

Residents on alert after ‘catastrophic’ fire warning for south QLD

News Com Australia By Nathan Schmidt September 3, 2023 Residents in southern Queensland are being warned to brace for catastrophic bushfire conditions for the first time in almost three years. On Monday, residents of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt regions, which includes Toowoomba and Warwick, will face the highest fire threat rating. The neighbouring Maranoa and Warrego regions will also be…

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#Environment #Fires #News #Politics #World

[indoorrollershutters]

Top Reasons Why Every Aussie Home Needs Roller Shutters on Their Windows

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One of the main reasons to invest in roller shutters is their enhanced security. Roller shutters are a physical barrier against potential break-ins, making it more difficult for intruders to access your home. The sturdy construction and reinforced locking systems provide an added layer of protection, giving you peace of mind regarding the safety of your family and belongings.

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[caredirectdisability]

Disability Services in Brisbane

If you’re living with disability, there are plenty of ways to access support. One way is through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The NDIS gives people with disability and their families a greater level of autonomy. It also allows them to choose the services that suit their needs best Brisbane disability services.

Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia)

ADA Australia provides free and independent information, education and client directed advocacy services to older people and persons with disability across Queensland. They can assist with individual advocacy regarding Qld Community Care Services and Commonwealth funded aged care, including assistance to express their views at QCAT hearings in relation to guardianship, administration and enduring powers of attorney issues.

They also provide Citizen Advocacy and Vantage Point advocacy support to clients with disabilities in Rockhampton, Longreach, Barcaldine, Banana, Central Queensland, Diamantina, Gladstone, Winton, Blackall and Livingstone LGAs.

The ADA Australia advocacy team is concerned that the new National Aged Care Advocacy Framework (NACAP) may limit state based advocacy services’ ability to advocate for adults where there are concerns of elder abuse, specifically as a result of the introduction of a reportable incident definition under the scheme. The ADA Australia advocates would therefore support a broader scope of the'reportable incident' definition to include elder abuse, specifically confirmed cases of fraud and financial abuse and neglect/ill treatment by approved providers.

PWDA

PWDA (People with Disability Australia) is a national peak disability rights and advocacy organisation. It has a cross-disability focus representing the interests of people with disability, their families and carers.

The organisation’s work covers a range of areas including policy development and support for members and the disability community at large, and campaigns. It also delivers education and training across a variety of platforms, from in-person events to virtual learning series.

Queenslanders with Disability Network and People With Disability Australia have endorsed an open letter calling for a new approach and more resources for disaster preparedness, resilience and recovery for Australians with disability before, during and after a disaster or emergency.

The letter calls for disability inclusive disaster planning, programs and services that will better prioritise the needs of people with disability in floods, bushfires, cyclones, droughts and pandemics. It also calls for increased funding for multi-sector targeted responses underpinned by collaborative and inclusive research.

AMPARO Advocacy

If you are a person from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background who has a disability, you can get help from AMPARO Advocacy. They can help you understand your rights, make informed decisions and speak up about what is important to you.

AMPARO provides advocacy services to people with disability from CALO backgrounds across Queensland. They are a non-profit organisation and receive funding from the Department of Communities Child Safety and Disability Services.

They also provide systemic advocacy on behalf of vulnerable individuals from CALO backgrounds with disability. They are governed by a voluntary management committee the majority of which are people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background with disability.

Citizen Advocacy is a concept that is focused on establishing and supporting one-toone relationships between a person who has a disability, who is vulnerable and has unmet needs in important areas of their life, and an everyday citizen who is competent, resourceful and principled.

SUFY

SUFY is an award winning, not for profit organisation that operates in the Brisbane ndis registered providers and Moreton Bay regions. Its flagship program is the NDIS Appeals scheme, but it also has a strong research and development focus with respect to assistive technology, evidence based practice and enhancing independence for people with disability.

Its most prestigious position is Manager of Social Advocacy, the person tasked with championing SUFY’s mission of transforming lives and building a more inclusive and equal society for people with disabilities. To this end, SUFY has an impressive list of laudable achievements including the aforementioned NDIS et al.

The organisation has a proud heritage of social advocacy, particularly in the area of evidence based practice, and an unwavering commitment to providing a good ol’ fashion service that meets the needs of its clients with the highest possible degree of integrity. For a detailed list of the organisation’s achievements, please visit its website. The website is powered by a state-of-the-art database of over 15,000 clients, with some information available in the client’s own language.

#brisbane disability services #disability services Brisbane #disability support services Brisbane #disability support services #ndis registered providers

[sunshinecoastqldnews]

Flooding with an opportunity of cyclones

Australians have been informed to anticipate extra flooding and a excessive likelihood of cyclones in a Bureau of Meteorology long-range climate forecast. Floods in NSW in March. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP In its outlook for 2022 -23, the Bureau warned there was an elevated danger of tropical cyclones, tropical lows and main flooding throughout northern and jap Australia. “This season, now we have a larger than 70 per cent likelihood of no less than 11 tropical cyclones which is the long-term common impacting the Australian area,” Senior Meteorologist Jonathan How mentioned. “Communities are urged to arrange now as there’s an elevated likelihood that the primary tropical cyclone within the Australian area is prone to be earlier within the season.” The Bureau expects regular bushfire potential in jap states, however an elevated danger of grass fireplace in southern Australia in the course of the October to April cyclone season. There may be additionally an elevated danger of extended heatwaves in southern areas with greater humidity. Whereas there’s a traditional danger of extreme thunderstorms, there’s a potential improve in thunderstorm bronchial asthma occasions. These occasions are triggered by storms after excessive grass development in southern Australia, normally between October and December, when pollen ranges are highest. Get InDaily in your inbox. Every day. The perfect native information each workday at lunch time. Thanks for signing as much as the InDaily e-newsletter. Northern Tasmania, northern Victoria and southern NSW have been warned of potential main flood dangers. Regardless of fewer tropical cyclones in recent times, Australia has by no means had a season with out no less than one tropical cyclone crossing the coast, since information started within the early Nineteen Seventies. -AAP Native Information Issues Media range is underneath menace in Australia – nowhere extra so than in South Australia. The state wants multiple voice to information it ahead and you may assist with a donation of any dimension to InDaily. Your contribution goes on to serving to our journalists uncover the information. Please click on under to assist InDaily proceed to uncover the information. Donate immediately Powered by PressPatron Originally published at Sunshine Coast QLD News

#Sunshine Coast QLD News

[featurenews]

Australia news live updates: Liberal backbencher says stage three tax cuts should be scrapped after Albanese ‘stands by’ Labor position

* Labor may accelerate industrial relations reforms to ‘get wages moving’, Anthony Albanese says * Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Pocock pushes for scrapping of stage-three tax cuts Independent senator David Pocock was on RN speaking about the stage-three tax cuts, which he says should be “resisted” – no matter what was promised before the election. What I’ve said is that they should be revisited … [Anthony Albanese] has a really strong case to relook at these these tax cuts and see what what else that could actually be spent on, given the you know the huge amount of money that they represent. Things have changed a lot since these were where they decided. We’ve had bushfires, a global pandemic. We’ve had flooding and stagnant wages, and now people are in a cost-of-living crisis across the country. And so I just don’t think that we can justify handing out $240bn over the next 10 years to the wealthiest Australians. Ultimately, when we hit the budget in October – which is where these issues get reviewed every year – when you look at the budget, there will be things that we want to do that we can’t do. And that’s the reality of a trillion dollars of Liberal debt, particularly as inflation goes up. That debt now costs a lot more than it costs even a year ago. So there will be things that that we would want to do that people would like us to do that aren’t going to be possible as an example. It’s basically saying, ‘Yeah, this is just too too expensive.’ We’re only in the second month of that new system. A lot of it was designed before we came to office and the contracts had all been signed before we came into office. So I’m still very mindful of what we can do. But the the challenges of the people who are in the system right now are exactly as you’ve described. I think to live on $46 a day is incredibly difficult if not impossible. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/aug/29/australia-news-live-updates-anthony-albanese-jobs-summit-economic-equality-women-equal-pay-nsw-qld-vic-health?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[definitely-not-indecisive]

I'm so angry right now. Our prime minister is a fucking joke.

#Scomo #MorrisonFires #BerejiklianBushfires #KoalaKiller #NSW bushfires #QLD Bushfires #VIC bushfires #Global warming #Climate change #the-501st-tano-saurus-rex

[inquisitorhierarch]

So, I know I don’t have a whole lot of followers, and most of them are from outside Australia. If you’ve been wondering what you can do to help when many donation organisations inside the country can’t legally take donations from overseas, please consider helping this message go viral.

It’s ironic that we’re trying to move that perennially hands-off institution of the British Royal Family to action because our own government won’t take it, but this is the situation we’re in. If we even survive this fire season, we will need a government that is prepared to help us survive many more to come.

A mass of people from all over the world asking Her Royal Majesty to exercise her power and remove the shitweevil we have somehow occupying the office of Prime Minister may just be enough good press for her to consider doing it. So please. Consider watching and sharing this video, especially if you can’t donate or help in any other way.

#nsw bushfires #qld bushfires #australian bushfires #dear your majesty #fuck off scomo you dirty old prick

[aziraphalesangel]

yes it's deverstating that half a billion animals have died in the aussie bushfires, but I feel like the donation posts that focus on animal welfare more than anything else are overlooking the fact that thousands of homes have burned to the ground and twenty three (23) people are dead

#australia #nothing against the animal welfare charities #ive just seen more posts for them than for the actual FIRE SERVICE which is mostly run by volunteers #nsw bushfires #vic bushfires #qld bushfires #australian bushfires #my post