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Saul Staniforth
7 days ago
"In the past few hours Israel has conducted multiple attacks across the Gaza strip violating the ceasefire.. at least 366 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire came into effect 8 weeks ago"
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@australia.theguardian.com
cover the huge HWU strike and march in Victoria today. Well past time essential healthcare workers get the pay and recognition they deserve
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Anthony Klan
15 days ago
šØAntisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is steadfastly refusing to condemn the NSW Parliament neo-Nazi rally. Paid over $1,000 a day by taxpayers but MIA since far-right Advance scandal over four months ago...
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Where's Jillian Segal? Over $1,000-a-day but MIA - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal ā whose family bankrolls far-right group āAdvanceā ā is refusing to denounce the neo-Nazi rally held outside NSW Parliament House.
https://theklaxon.com.au/wheres-jillian-segal-over-1000-a-day-but-mia/
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I'm no lawyer, but I do have workplace health and safety experience in the
#AFL
home state. This claim that duty of care doesn't apply because the risk isn't exclusive to/higher in the workplace seems *very* dubious. Hope they get roasted legally. This is not a moral stance at all. Do better AFL
21 days ago
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Ketan Joshi
24 days ago
Pretty remarkable how high Australia sits on the scale for lifestyle carbon emissions globally - and how little this gets mentioned in domestic climate discourse.
hotorcool.org/publications...
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Andy Fleming
29 days ago
'A senior member of the neo-Nazi group which held an anti-Jewish protest outside NSW Parliament is a South African national who works for a major engineering firm that has held contracts with the Australian Defence Department and NSW government.'
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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Engineer. Teacher. Postie: The neo-Nazis who rallied in Sydney
Those who gathered on Saturday include a personal trainer, an English-as-a-second-language teacher and a former bar manager who is facing DV charges.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/engineer-teacher-postie-the-neo-nazis-who-rallied-in-sydney-20251112-p5nev3.html
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Dana Nuccitelli
about 1 month ago
Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For
@climateconnections.bsky.social
I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer š§µ (1/11)
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Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate changeĀ Ā» Yale Climate Connections
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Letās break down his tactics.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five-ways-joe-rogan-misleads-listeners-about-climate-change/
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Damian Carrington
about 1 month ago
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg By
@rtakver.bsky.social
@desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaireās foundation has donated for years to Lomborgās Copenhagen Consensus Center.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/bill-gates-donated-climate-denier-bjorn-lomborg-copenhagen-consensus-center/?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-11-06&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+Baku+to+Bel%C3%A9m+roadmap+UK+to+tax+EVs+per+mile+Melissa+worsened+by+warming
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Peter Murphy
about 1 month ago
Who supports the Albanese Govt's new environment laws? ⢠Chevron ⢠BHP ⢠the Minerals Council of Australia ⢠the Business Council of Australia Who doesn't support the new laws? ⢠Australian Conservation Foundation ⢠Greenpeace ⢠the Climate Council ⢠the Wilderness Society and more. š¤
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Andy Fleming
about 1 month ago
1/ Stephen McInerney -- ex-Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation Guy & current Dean of Studies & Associate Professor of Literature at Catholic tertiary institution Campion College in Sydney -- urges support for Tom Sewell's incipient neo-Nazi political party.
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The Cathy Wilcox
about 1 month ago
Gift horse. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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IWGB Game Workers Union
about 1 month ago
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday,
@rockstargames.com
unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
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Daniel Swain
about 1 month ago
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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The Australia Institute
about 1 month ago
āWe live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea... yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.ā -
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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR)
about 1 month ago
German environmental group Urgewald has exposed how major financial institutions continue to bankroll the metallurgical coal industry, funnelling nearly $52 billion into mine expansions between 2022 and 2024 despite global climate commitments.
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Banks, investors pumpedĀ $52B into met coal between 2022 and 2024: report
Banks lent $22B despite climate pledges, while investors still hold $30B in related securities.
https://www.mining.com/banks-pumped-52b-into-met-coal-between-2022-and-2024-report/#:~:text=Europe-,Banks%2C%20investors%20pumped%20$52B%20into%20met%20coal%20between%202022,coal%20expert%20at%20Urgewald%2C%20says
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"āItās horrific that while everyday Americans suffer, the Trump administrationās solution is to push forward projects that will deepen that suffering for the sake of making big oil and gas executives richer."
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US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports
US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing āexistential threatā to European economies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/us-eu-climate-rules-lng-gas
about 2 months ago
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Another negatively framed clean energy article from the ABC *sigh* Who cares if there's community debate. If one side is wrong, don't give them oxygen.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Battery storage project planned for Victorian bushfire location
A proposed energy storage facility in Macedon could power thousands of homes ā but not everyone is convinced it is being built in the right place.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-23/macedon-battery-site-proposal-south-energy-in-fire-zone/105920150
about 2 months ago
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Andy Fleming
about 2 months ago
Former Neighbours star Nicola Charles got kicked in the head by a mule named COVID-19 & reinvented herself as a binfluencer w strong opinions about (((Soros))) & Co..
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Snarky Gherkin
about 2 months ago
Immigration isnāt the cause of the housing crisis. Dwellings have grown faster than population. The issue isnāt how many people we have... itās that housing is treated as an asset, not shelter. Blame the system, not the people moving in.
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Dave Vetter
about 2 months ago
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles ā those over 3,500kg ā will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
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Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
https://nation.cymru/news/cardiff-set-to-tackle-suv-carspreading-in-uk-first/
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Rosie de Kat š±šš RhIšļø
about 2 months ago
I find it obscene that they have a target šÆ unemployment rate without appropriate welfare benefit rate to support the unemployed.
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CO2 emissions reached record high in 2024, report finds
The World Meteorological Organization says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing at rates that have tripled since the 1960s, and emissions from human activities and more wildfires hav...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/co2-emissions-reached-record-high-in-2024-wmo-report-finds/105897180
about 2 months ago
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Yung En Chee
2 months ago
When Watt cites āSafeguard Mechanism as an effective way of controlling emissionsā, you should know SM only applies to direct (scope 1) GHG emissions of š¦šŗ's largest emitters SM doesn't cover emissions produced from š¦šŗās Coal+Gas exports that make up ~80% of š¦šŗās contribution to global emissions 1/
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Melanie DāArrigo
2 months ago
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Gabe Louis
2 months ago
Excited to share GEMās new report on how nominee companies hide the real owners of Australiaās fossil fuel projects. Nominee branches of JPMorgan, Citibank & HSBC are connected to firms emitting 22m tonnes of COā/yr ā equal to 4.4m Australian households. š
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The Fossil Fuel Middlemen: How Nominee Structures Obscure Australian Investments in Coal, Oil, and Gas
Key points Nearly 18% of Australiaās fossil fuel emissions are tied to companies whose ownership is hidden through nominee structures, according to a new report from Global Energy Monitor. Nominee com...
https://globalenergymonitor.org/report/the-fossil-fuel-middlemen-how-nominee-structures-obscure-australian-investments-in-coal-oil-and-gas/
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Jonathan M. Katz
2 months ago
Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for āgenocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.ā Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victimsā faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
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Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN
A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/us/southport-yacht-basin-north-carolina-shooting-hnk
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Yung En Chee
3 months ago
The way the
@albomp.bsky.social
govt "acts" on climate is TERRIFYING: ā ļø>46,000km2 opened 4 offshore Oil+Gas exploration ā ļøSea Dumping Bill that'll enable high-risk CCS ā ļø
#FutureGasStrategy
to 2050 & beyond ā ļø32𤯠approvals of NEW/EXTENSION Coal+Gas projects ā ļø$15B in fossil fuel subsidies for 2024-2025
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Australia Emissions 101: Itās the exports.
Where I step through the emissions impact of Australiaās fossil fuel exports so you donāt have to.
https://timinclimate.medium.com/australia-emissions-101-its-the-exports-a608459c76c0
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Yung En Chee
3 months ago
The Labor govt's 2035 target of 62% reduction in net national GHG emissions below 2005 emissions levels is aligned with >2.4°C of warming (above pre-industrial levels) Not sure how destructive it'll be cos 2.4°C is BEYOND the range of this Climate Council infographic warning of appalling impacts
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Pat Hudson Cartoons
3 months ago
Itās complicated
#auspol
#climate
t.co/pwQVDLYzH2
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Greg Jericho
3 months ago
Disgraceful. No govt that actually cares about climate change would do this.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia news live: Labor approves extension of Woodsideās North West Shelf gas export project until 2070
Follow live
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/12/anthony-albanese-pacific-islands-forum-woodside-north-west-shelf-decision-sussan-ley-labor-coalition-ntwnfb
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"It makes absolutely zero sense why, now, these facilities are being sited practically in people's backyards, and next to gas stations, all over Staten Island," says the city councillor." Did he not see the irony in ignoring the risk of the hugely flammable petrol? š¤¦
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'We are playing with fire': Fears persist over battery storage
More battery energy storage facilities are needed around the world, but fire risks remain.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjvdpzw71po
3 months ago
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Damian Carrington
3 months ago
Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds - Figure calculated by
@oilchange.bsky.social
has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement
#climatecrisis
Story by
@dharna.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds
Figure calculated by Oil Change International has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/09/fossil-fuels-subisidies-study
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Pat Hudson Cartoons
3 months ago
Business as usual
#auspol
#pacific
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Senator David Shoebridge
3 months ago
When a Govt is so intent on supporting Israelās genocide it starts arresting their own people - doctors, nurses, priests, pensioners - as āterroristsā for wanting peace, it shreds its legitimacy. Itās UK Labour now but look out because we have Minns, Wong, Marles, Albanese and co all watching here.
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Raimo Kangasniemi
3 months ago
"A view of Mushtaha Tower located west of Gaza City being hit by Israeli airstrikes as smoke rises afterwards in Gaza Strip on September 05, 2025. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)"
www.threads.com/@alijadallah...
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David Milner
3 months ago
Here's me. "Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians"
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Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians - The Shot
Summary for flaky, attention-span deficient types: First Nations and Palestinian allies stood strong against Nazi assaults in the Melbourne CBD,...
https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/anti-semitism-envoy-condemner-of-watermelons-declines-to-comment-on-nazi-terror-attacks-on-first-nations-and-palestinians/
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Kon Karapanagiotidis
3 months ago
As always billions to destroy the lives of refugees, to harm them, to send them to danger and squalor. While thereās just breadcrumbs to support refugees. Nauru deportation deal set to cost Australia $2.5 billion over 30 years.
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Australia set to spend $2.5b sending 354 former detainees to Nauru
The deal signed with Nauru is set to cost Australia around $2.5 billion over 30 years, with government officials confirming multi-million-dollar payments will continue for three decades if the agreeme...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-03/nauru-deportation-deal-set-to-cost-billions/105731938
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The standards in Parliament are so, so low. Can't believe he doubled down
#auspol
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Greens call for Bob Katter to resign after he threatened to punch a journalist
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called on Bob Katter to apologise to Nine reporter Josh Bavas, or step down.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/greens-call-for-bob-katter-to-resign-after-he-threatened-to-punch-journalist/365lk4oz3
3 months ago
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benjamin
3 months ago
Hey I think we have found some of Albo's Good Peopleā¢, also awesome having white journos cheerfully fan the flames against colleagues like Nabil
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The Saturday Paper
3 months ago
The fallout from Sundayās anti-immigration rallies continues, with Indigenous leaders detailing neo-Nazis storming an Aboriginal camp.
satpa.pe/Yz1uWGN
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Neo-Nazi marchers terrorise Indigenous camp
http://satpa.pe/Yz1uWGN
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The Saturday Paper
4 months ago
There is concern among experts and industry representatives that Australia will not meet its 2030 emissions reduction commitment, much less a more ambitious 2035 target.
satpa.pe/KkXJqBs
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āMoving sidewaysā: Emissions stuck in Morrison era
Experts warn Australia will not meet its 2030 emissions reduction target ā at the same time as the Albanese government is expected to announce bolder targets for 2035.
http://satpa.pe/KkXJqBs
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Senator David Shoebridge
4 months ago
Labor today launched another cruel attack on refugees and migrants, tabling new legislation to strip people of the right to natural justice.
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Pat Hudson Cartoons
4 months ago
Missed again
#auspol
#SanctionsNow
#Israel
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David Pocock
4 months ago
Attacking health infrastructure, killing journalists, starving children - how many more flagrant breaches of international law will governments tolerate before sanctioning PM Netanyahu and stopping trade with Israel?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Five journalists killed in Israeli strike on last functioning hospital in south Gaza
Israel has launched a series of attacks on the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, with local health authorities reporting at least 20 people have been killed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-25/israel-strikes-nasser-hospital-southern-gaza-kills-journalists/105696068
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4 months ago
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Marie Le Conte
4 months ago
think that if "we must debate the fascists not no-platform them!" is your view then we have probably reached the stage, globally, where you may wish to wonder if your preferred way of doing things is actually working
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continuing their endless platforming of denialists, nimbys and various forms of people who pretend to accept the science -
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At ground zero of Australia's first renewable energy zone, residents feel 'powerless'
A community's battle against a 360-hectare solar farm comes as a report finds there has been inadequate consultation in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/hampton-park-solar-project-mental-health-impact-residents/105420924
4 months ago
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Kate Littlejohn
4 months ago
It's disgusting language, which they're using as a nicer way of saying 'we don't think it's worth our while supporting disabled people, we'd rather they go back to being unseen so we don't have to think about them'
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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR)
4 months ago
Across Australia, five ASX-listed entities operated six of the ten biggest gas-using facilities. To get off gas, they must invest in clean & renewable energy three-to-five times more than their current levels by 2030, as recommended by the OECD.
reneweconomy.com.au/australian-g...
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Australian gas industry is the biggest user of Australian gas, says new report
New report finds the gas industry alone burns more gas just to operate LNG export terminals than the entire Australian manufacturing sector.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/australian-gas-industry-is-the-biggest-user-of-australian-gas-says-new-report/
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