I spent some time in the Macquarie Marsh with Gabrielle Chan Drought and flooding rains: the Murray-Darling Basin water rights balancing act theguardian.com/australia-news…

Some absolutely beautiful Mikearoo pics on this piece on wetland politics (and why we need to talk about water allocations in the flood years) by Gabrielle Chan theguardian.com/australia-news…

Saddened to learn of the death of Age cartoonist Bruce Petty. He worked for the Age for over 40 years and was a regular Talking Pictures guest in the early years, he was a fierce intellect and a gentle man and I enjoyed working with Bruce who did this for me in 2010-Vale Bruce

What a treat to talk pictures on Insiders ABC with the wonderful Mikearoo! abc.net.au/news/2023-04-3…

Snowing in the #brindabella mountains about 40 minutes outside Canberra. Guardian Australia

Nice one Big D

Larrakia people spoke to ⁦Guardian Australia⁩ about their concerns about the Middle Arm development, which is near Darwin’s only known Indigenous rock art. They claim governments have failed their own protocols for consultation. With ⁦Mikearoo⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…

Congratulations Jane Cattermole

A decade through the lens of Guardian Australia photographer Mike Bowers – in pictures theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

The best part of my job is the incredible people I work with from pic Ed’s ⁦carly earl⁩ ⁦Ellen Smith⁩ ⁦Blake Sharp-Wiggins⁩ to the amazing ⁦Katharine Murphy⁩ ⁦Amy Remeikis⁩ and ⁦Gabrielle Chan⁩ here’s to the next decade theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

And special thanks to ⁦Katharine Viner⁩ and ⁦⁦⁦Lenore Taylor⁩ for giving me the opportunity-A decade through the lens of Guardian Australia photographer Mike Bowers – in pictures theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

It will be a month before this lawyer from the Western NSW Community Legal Centre visits again, as part of outreach programs that cover 200,000 square km stretching from Dubbo past Bourke and north to the Qld border. ⁦Nino Bucci⁩ ⁦Mikearoo⁩ theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/0…

I went for a long drive around western NSW with a community legal service and Mikearoo and recorded some stuff The Australian towns losing free legal assistance – podcast theguardian.com/australia-news…

I spent some time in the NT with Lisa looking into this incredibly important story.

Spent some time, above ground and underground last week at the Cadia gold mine with Fleur Connick

Fun fact, Mikearoo needed to drop me to coles for lemon and soap to get the smell of carp off my fingers, following a stellar weekend at Narrabri. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Heads-up. The talented cartoonist Megan Herbert will be joining Mikearoo on #TalkingPictures on #Insiders tomorrow. So, set your alarms for 9.50am. 😊 #auspol

The comment thread below Eliza Spencer's great story this weekend on the Tumut Broom Factory (with beautiful pics by Mikearoo) is lovely. I don't normally recommend reading the comments, but this is an exception. theguardian.com/australia-news…

These guys are gonna be talking pictures on Talking Pictures this morning.