Gabrielle Jackson
Deputy editor, Guardian Australia. Author of Pain and Prejudice. Member of Walkley Judging Board.
- “…Pauline Hanson would have us believe One Nation is a mainstream force in Australian politics. The fundamental ugliness she unleashed this week with her performance suggests she’ll stay a bit player.” Scorching from @tommcilroy www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Is this a funnel web spider?
- Reposted by Gabrielle JacksonAUSSIE BIRD COUNT STARTS TODAY! aussiebirdcount.org.au Spend 20 minutes counting the birds you encounter. Log them. Repeat as many times as you like. Proper science! There are also prizes.
- Follow our live blog with best birder @gingerandhoney.bsky.social for the official 2025 Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year winner announcement www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds #birdoftheyear
- Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions, by @milespherbert.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- What an absolute delight to record
- A special episode with @gabriellecj.bsky.social, @patrickkeneally.bsky.social and Sean Dooley from @birdlifeoz.bsky.social. We talk about why Australians love their native birds, and how we can protect them too. @australia.theguardian.com #FullStory www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- The red goshawk is at risk of extinction - and of being eliminated on day one of the Australian #birdoftheyear competition! Can you/will you save it? Here is @readfearn.bsky.social on why you should care: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds @birdlifeoz.bsky.social @australia.theguardian.com
- Reposted by Gabrielle JacksonVoting has begun. I am on team Spotted Pardalote.
- VOTING HAS BEGUN! Who will be the 2025 Australian bird of the year? Vote now, vote every day for the best bird. Will it be the tawny frogmouth's year? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birdoftheyear #birds
- Lovely piece from bird nerd Sean Dooley from @birdlifeoz.bsky.social >> I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- VOTING HAS BEGUN! Who will be the 2025 Australian bird of the year? Vote now, vote every day for the best bird. Will it be the tawny frogmouth's year? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birdoftheyear #birds
- ‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? by @lisacox.bsky.social #birdoftheyear #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Lisa wants to raise her children on the family farm - but a lead mine next door threatens her dream. Great reporting from @natashamay.bsky.social on this issue and gorgeous photos from Blake Sharp-Wiggins www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- I love the #birds feed on here. Please add me! #addbirder - I will have lots of great bird content coming up with the @australia.theguardian.com @birdlifeoz.bsky.social #birdoftheyear poll starting 6 October
- In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace - absolutely gorgeous piece by @marksaunox.bsky.social. Get out your tissues #birds #birdoftheyear www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- It's that time again! #birdoftheyear poll 🥳 Nominations for the top 50 shortlist are open now. Make sure your favourite bird makes it to this year's poll! Voting starts 6 October www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Gabrielle Jacksonworkforus.theguardian.com/jobs/855/ I was delighted to announce this week that @tommcilroy.bsky.social has been appointed as @australia.theguardian.com political editor, That means we are looking for a chief political correspondent to join our Canberra team.
- Excellent reporting from @natashamay.bsky.social - Community fights lead mine near primary school as report highlights Australia’s failure to protect children www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith - story by Paul Daley www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Reposted by Gabrielle JacksonThe rules of political gravity may have set in for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – but the Coalition is still in a dangerous limbo
- The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich - a devastating but important read from Hoda Osman and Emma Graham-Harrison www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
- "I used to try to justify my existence here, to explain why racist attitudes are wrong using logic and reason. Now, I have only anger left. I am furious that this is a conversation that is being allowed to play out on a national stage." Powerful column from Zoya Patel in @australia.theguardian.com
- Reposted by Gabrielle JacksonThis is a great explainer of what thiomersal is and why some people confuse ethylmercury with methylmercury www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- This visual representation of emissions from the North West Shelf project is incredible - www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran - by @owenjones.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- He's been very clear about that www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Dutton’s comments show we are back to punching down on Indigenous Australians for attention – and votes
- Looks like the link dropped off that post www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Exclusive: Chris LaCivita, Trump’s presidential campaign co-manager, tells undercover reporters he advised on ‘structural issues’ related to Peter Dutton; the Coalition denies LaCivita was involved in campaign in any way www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- An uncomfortable truth: police already know about many offenders who murder women - by @ninobucci.bsky.social @jordynbeazley.bsky.social and @bensmee.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
- Uh-oh, where are the rest of them? 😬😳
- ‘Bordering on incredible’: Coalition under fire for planning to scrap Labor climate policies and offering none of its own, by @adammorton.bsky.social and @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism, by @moiradonegan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- A thread ...
- Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- 30 million toppings to choose from!
- Good question! Stay tuned for the rest of this week as this excellent (but very sad) nature series rolls out Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- I'm really enjoying our 'Anywhere but Canberra' series >> The South Australian retired farmer: ‘I only vote because I’ve got to’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Hello #bird lovers, I very sadly found this dead bird on my balcony that I have never seen before. We are in the Blue Mountains, have lots of wonderful bird life but what is this one?
- You could not make it up Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Abbie Chatfield cleared of wrongdoing by AEC after interviewing Anthony Albanese on her podcast “There’s moral panic about influencers in politics.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- What Australians flying to the US need to know about phone and device searches at the border - very useful by @joshtaylor.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- I put the Married at First Sight ‘experiment’ to the test. The results are stark - very entertaining by @gidmk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #mafs
- Five questions Peter Dutton needs to answer about his energy plans www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
