Hello! I am helming the Guardian Australia Bird of the Year winner liveblog today - probably the best job you could have on a Thursday?? You can join me for all the bird fun here:

A really beautiful story about the Western Treatment Plant, birds and birdwatching (feat: me) https://t.co/lo7M6woOfk

High-profile emergency physician Dr Stephen Parnis has stepped down as chair of the board of a leading medical insurance provider in an apparent response to concerns about statements he has made on social media opposing the war in Gaza. https://t.co/h1hRlysKUH

When RMIT decided to junk a rare, $160k weaving loom, a group of artists, teachers and students united to rescue it. The story of this loom felt like a snapshot of everything that’s wrong with how we treat arts and crafts in tertiary ed, so I wrote this https://t.co/ecehiF6z2c

Yesterday I informed the @slqld @QldLitAwards of my disgust at the news @1KarenWyld’s black&write! fellowship had been rescinded after interference from the Qld Minister for the Arts John-Paul Langbroek in a clear attempt to punish a Blak writer for speaking on Palestine.

I acknowledge the statement made by Sophie Galaise regarding the events surrounding the cancellation of my performance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on 15 August 2024. I appreciate that Ms Galaise has expressed regret for the circumstances that led to the cancellation

The Disability Royal Commission in 2023 recommended the phase-out of subminimum wages. @DownSyndromeAu want all the candidates at the upcoming federal election to commit to abolishing subminimum wages in line with that recommendation: https://t.co/nTiNToL69B

There has been a grassroots campaign running for a few years now that's slowly been building momentum, with a long list of signatories to its petition:

Sometimes in this job there are issues that really get under your skin. Subminimum wages for people w disability is one of them for me. So it was great to do this story on a new campaign from Down Syndrome Australia to urge govt to finally get rid of them https://t.co/i1rlyhOIXS

I have been wanting for a long time to write about the semi-covert network of people (mostly women) who feed, desex, treat and try to rescue stray cats in urban Australia. Finally did. Here it is. https://t.co/5CLDSYmiDl

A tribunal has questioned whether it is lawful for the National Disability Insurance Agency to require that participants provide renewed evidence of their eligibility before revoking their access, describing the approach as “troubling”. New from me today: https://t.co/QKlOr8xp1K

Governments must be held to account for the atrocities perpetrated against journalists. End impunity. #EndImpuntiy #IDEI2024

The entire population of North Gaza is at risk of dying.

For gods sake @abcnews! A plan by Israel to besiege Palestinians in the north of Gaza & starve them of food is not ‘controversial.’ It is ILLEGAL. It is a WAR CRIME. It is COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT. https://t.co/MSSYvpznUe

“In the midst of a genocide, calls for “social cohesion” are obscene. We don’t need cohesion. We need the killing to stop.” @Jeff_Sparrow on Labor and the criminalisation of dissent. https://t.co/SRBxVZkxpp

Rescue crews are battling fires after an Israeli strike on tents housing displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, killed 3 and injured at least 40. 🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/MTsvoRWy9o

Reliable sources in #Gaza confirm this is accurate. The threat of yet another massacre is northern Gaza is very real. Israel must be ordered to stop assaulting the Palestinians trapped there and withdraw immediately from the occupied Palestinian territory, as already decided by

Massive numbers in Sydney’s Hyde Park marking one year of protests for Palestine, Gaza and Lebanon. The protest hasn’t officially started yet.

Huge crowds (about 50k now) walking down Swanston St —reaching Flinders St station— still crowds haven’t left starting point (library) where hundreds are at a stand still #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide

It’s easy for Dutton to speak down to a young female reporter, and take a whack at the ABC in the process. It’s much more difficult for Dutton to engage with the substance of the question when it exposes a glaring double standard.