SA gov, Malinauskas and Spurrier, have been telling some serious porkies
#auspol
#sapolitics
#algalbloom
"The South Australian government took months to update its health advice after the discovery of a potentially harmful toxin in the state’s disastrous algal bloom, insisting it posed minimal risk to humans."
"Scientists have warned of a potential “regime shift” in the oceans, as the rapid growth of huge mats of seaweed appears to be driven by global heating and excessive enrichment of waters from farming runoff and other pollutants."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/19/scientists-seaweed-blooms-expand-worldwide-ocean-pollution
#AlgalBloom
Looks like Mr Crocodile-Tears is on his way out, prepare to crack that nice bottle of bubbly #Adelaide 👍 👍 👍 🥂
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-14/randa-abdel-fattah-threatens-defamation-proceedings/106227634
#Racism #RemoveMalinauskas #ToxicSantos #AlgalBloom #LaborFail #News #HumanRights
Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah says her lawyers have threatened defamation proceedings against South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas following his public commentary about her scheduled appearance at Adelaide Writers' Week.
#LarissaWaters: “I think #Labor wanted to avoid the scrutiny.
Of the fact that they, within 2 weeks of re-winning government, approved the biggest #gas plant in the southern hemisphere that would have more emissions than all of our #coal-fired power stations put together over 10 years, an absolute #carbonbomb.
The fact that they’ve ticked off on more than 30 other coal and gas projects since they took government, the fact that they’re currently trying to rewrite our environmental laws to fast-track coal and gas approval.
And the fact that there’s an #algalbloom that’s driven by a marine heat wave that’s caused by #climatechange on the beaches of #Adelaide.”
#COP31 #auspol
#GoodNews that the Little Penguin population around Granite Island is holding (though still with really low numbers (18) of nesting pairs). This is in spite of the forever ongoing Algal Bloom / Infestation.
The best bit of info is what these guys do to maintain privacy :)
:: Spoilers ! :: >>>
"Once a week I take home a mountain of penguin poo and I know there's a camera inside that,"
...
"They literally back up to it and cover it. We get about three nights of coverage before it's smothered."
Given the infamous smell, THATS commitment.
Oyster farmers blockade trucks carrying oysters from algal bloom waters
Oyster farmers have formed a blockade at Haslam, 45 kilometres from Streaky Bay, to stop more oysters from…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #algalbloom #AU #Australia #oysterfarmblockade #oysterfarmers #SouthAustralianoysters
https://www.newsbeep.com/218483/
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