📷 Gabrielle Ahern
#birdlife #ramsar #egret #mangroveforest #moretonbay #saltywave
Queensland council blocked from evicting homeless people sleeping in tents at city park
Supreme Court finds City of Moreton Bay’s eviction of rough sleepers placed them at ‘serious risk of harm from being exposed to the elements’
Dugong life near a big city
They "found heavy metals, pesticides, microplastics and herbicides in the tissue and circulating blood of Moreton Bay dugongs. Extreme weather can compound these urban risks.
"We know that with every flood event or cyclone there's direct damage to seagrass beds. Even if there is enough seagrass to eat, dugongs are still affected. They show increased levels of heavy metals, pathogens and microplastics after floods, and "there is a drop in body condition compared to that time in other years."
"...This population may be faring better than those further north. They're exposed to agricultural runoff, which could severely affect the dugongs".
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-08-12/dugongs-moreton-bay-species-marine-science-conservation/105449400
#MarineMammals #dugongs #seagrass #ocean #pesticides #herbicide #runoff #floods #MoretonBay #GBR #GoFetchMyData
The City of Moreton Bay claims homeless people “consented” to having their tents and belongings – including a woman’s daughter’s ashes – thrown in the bin. This is what passes for policy now?
We’re criminalising poverty, bulldozing dignity, and calling it governance. Fines over $8,000 for sleeping rough, yet zero accountability for systemic failure.
If this is the norm, we’re in deep moral decline.
#homelessness #australia #housingcrisis #humanrights #moretonbay #poverty #socialjustice #brisbane #auspol
I filmed a sea eagle taking a few dives into the water, trying to catch a fish for dinner. Elegant birds to watch.
#seaeagle #birdlife #moretonbay #saltywave #birds #visualstoryteller
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