Action of the Week 17 Nov 2025 knittingnannas.org/2025/11/17/a...

THREAD/OPINION A shocker in Tasmania. #auspol

Sarah Henderson on Sky News confirms that if elected, the Coalition plans to slug taxpayers for new coal mines Henderson “Of course!” Thanks Sarah, you do your thing & we’ll do ours by reminding everyone of this in marginal electorates like Tim Wilson’s at election time. #auspol

It is a thing here as well australianrenewablesacademy.com.au/news/agrivol...

#Agrivoltaics growing as a mainstream renewable power supply in Italy. Could happen in Australia too. Shade for sheep (or recumbent LNP pollies). #Energytransition #Auspol

… and drop AUKUS, buy water bombers for bushfires, get rid of $50k arts degrees and student debt #auspol

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Gone down a weird rabbithole with far-right Facebook slopaganda* about celebrities cancelling things as a result of the New York election result. *I just invented this word: AI-generated disinformation content pumped onto social media by right-wing think tanks, and "slopaganda" was right there.

One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector. 100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land. That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.

Georgia finds new nuclear power is too expensive, takes too long. Consumers forced to pay for multi-billion-dollar nuclear boondoggles for years. Half the cost would pay for twice the capacity from renewables, built in quarter of the time. Someone tell Aust's Liberals. #Auspol #Energytransition

#WhatIsThePointOfLabor #Auspol

"Worldwide fossil fuel emissions are set to rise 1.1% in 2025, reaching another record high...In a positive sign, emissions from China..appear to be levelling off, raising hopes that they may be reaching a peak & that global emissions might follow" www.newscientist.com/article/2504...

🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru. During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern. Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture. www.smh.com.au/national/pou...

www.thespencerstreetend.com.au/p/on-the-ban... From Daniel James on the refusal to be silenced…

Global trade in fossil fuels is booming. There's time to change how we power our communities before our beautiful blue planet becomes inhospitable. #Energytransition #Climatereality #Auspol

Staggering ⬇️ Time for #auspol to tax the oligarchs ripping out our minerals for little public gain. Also, why are Howard's gas exports still "give-aways"? Seeing #climatecrisis world disasters on daily news. Still doing nothing! Showing no reserves from previous sales to draw upon!

“If every bloke on our side stayed in their offices, we’d still win the vote,” The 50 Labor women would outnumber by seven the 34 Coalition men and nine Coalition women on the opposition benches. #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

While the focus is on the Lib's future targets (or lack of) -let's not take our eye off Labor's current actions They are the ones approving new coal & gas & trying to push through a sub-standard Environment bill The stakes are too high for distractions We need action NOW #AusPol #BennelongVotes

Why would any women want to live in a country dominated by misogynistic #KnuckleDraggers desperately manning the barricades of the evolutionary cul-de-sac they inhabit.

An interesting observation from @ausconservation.bsky.social’s CEO on whether a regulator OR a politician should be the ultimate environmental approval decision maker - “it’s much harder to make a donation to a regulator than it is to make a donation to a politician”. #environment #auspol

#ColesWorth oversaw the destruction of the 🇦🇺 dairy industry through very aggressive pricing practices. Justifying importation of dairy from offshore because of supply issues is a bit rich. Check Country of Origin before you buy. #auspol #BuyAustralia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

BREAKING: Canada, the Netherlands, Mexico and now the UK, have curbed or stop sharing Intel with Trump's America open.substack.com/pub/deanblun... #cdnpoli

"Matters of national environmental significance should be the responsibility of the federal government." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO. #auspol #EPBC

#Energytransition #Auspol

Couldn't have put it better myself, Mr Turnbull. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol

For there to be justice – in this case, the faint hope of impeaching and removing a president credibly implicated in child-sex trafficking – *elites must betray elites*. Powerful men (and they are men, let’s be real here) must find in themselves an incentive to be traitors to their class.

#COP30 is a chance to shift from talk to action. As leaders gather in Brazil, we’re calling for climate solutions that reach the last mile. Clean, reliable energy is the backbone of resilient communities. No one gets left behind. #energytransition #cleanenergy #climate #sdg7

More of this.. #climateemergency

Sussan Ley your party just lost a whole generation of voters. #LiberalsLivePressConference

Every time the Coalition criticises renewables they insult the 43% of Australian households with solar panels.

LNP makes an audacious move to achieve net zero seats in Parliament. #auspol #NetZero

Would the Australian Government act if the algal bloom was in Sydney Harbour? It's time to act, to reduce emissions, prepare and fund real mitigation efforts. #WhatIsThePointOfLabor #ClimateResilience #Auspol

ABC's James Glenday demonstrating that they (and perhaps journos in general) don't understand the Community Independents movement. Kate Hook explains that Climate 200 doesn't target seats like a party does. They only back candidates who have already attracted support. Educate yourself FFS. #auspol

Spot on from Indie, @sophiescamps.bsky.social? Recent data on younger Australian voters vis à vis the coalition, further underscores the absurdity of the Liberals’ position. As they trudge off into the Valley of Death. Does a schism loom between the centre right & far right? #climatechange #auspol

"In a world with shrinking budgets and escalating climate impacts, we are willfully ignoring the threat posed by climate change on our health and the knock-on economic effects. This disconnect will cost us billions financially and in lives lost" - @who.int www.newsweek.com/what-if-clim...

What does responsible gov't do after a catastrophic disaster? Set up a risk management framework. How? Mandating for counties to assess high risk properties, enforce building standards, collect fees & coordinate with the state, supported by a fund. Utah shows the way. #Climaterisk #Auspol

Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc

Australia, one of the Global South, wants to chair COP31 while tinkering around the edges and making very little real effort. Expect neither climate leadership or action from the fossil fuel funded Australian Government. #Energytransition #Climaterisk #Auspol #WhatIsThePointOfLabor

Much needed: "Solar power is a way for Jamaica and other nations in one of the world’s most hurricane-prone regions to become more resilient to ever-intensifying storms. Rooftop solar has grown significantly in Jamaica; renewable energy made up about 10% of Jamaica’s power generation in 2023."

Find facts to respond to climate deniers. They hold our politicians back from making critical decisions. Australia needs to limit emissions and be better prepared. Urgent areas for action from the Climate Summit 2025: #ClimateReality #EnergyTransition #Auspol www.undg.org/latest/stori...

Ah the irony, “Lord give me a sign, any sign.” #auspol

A big thank you to everyone who attended PowerMakers 2025! PowerMakers built on the capacity and knowledge of future First Nations leaders to support communities in the clean energy transition. We’ve come a long way! www.firstnationscleanenergy.org.au/powermakers #auspol #mobsky #cleanenergy

The media keeps pushing the lie that fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables. They’re not. CSIRO and AEMO show solar and wind are far cheaper. The fossil fuel lobby funds the lie, and half our grid’s already renewable. The transition’s happening, like it or not.

"Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record, reaching 0.27 [0.2–0.4] °C per decade over 2015–2024." #ClimateEmergency

Engineers are checking massive Australian-made transformers at the Waratah Super Battery, once the site of a coal power station. The battery still operates at 350MW capacity, bolstering NSW's grid. Australia powers on in the 21st C, Lib/Nats stuck in mid 1900s. #EnergyTransition #Auspol

I've heard several LNP pollies this morning still using the $9T figure for renewables even though it's been debunked, and brought to Littleproud's attention by the authors of the report he's quoting. That's just straight out deceptive, and what's the point? #auspol

Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.

Breaking today - The LNP 😀 #AusPol

I started this when I had a little baby. While I was sitting by the cot waiting for the baby to sleep I'd research fossil fuel sponsorships. That baby is nearly four and sadly fossil fuel sponsorship is still legal so I'm still updating this list. Here are some patterns I've noticed: