12/ The claim that environmental scientists sold only “hair-shirt misery” is a classic climate-delay straw man As @wflamb.bsky.social et al show cambridge.org/core/journal... For 20+ years, #climate bodies have emphasised co-benefits: health, clean air, energy security, resilience, jobs, wellbeing

WA Renewable Energy Hits 91% Record, Prices Fall 13% 👏👏👏 “South West WA's electricity grid achieved 91% renewable energy generation at midday on December 20, 2025: a record enabled by 1,225 megawatts of new battery storage commissioned since October 2024.” www.boilingcold.com.au/wa-renewable...

Tragic that one of these youths died, but the survival of the older points to the importance of carrying a personal locator beacon with you. Readily borrowable from cops and NPWS. "Teenage boy’s body found in creek after Blue Mountains camping trip" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

3,300 people die from #heatwaves annually in Australia. Death toll may be higher if people dying from heat related complications of other conditions were counted. #auspol

I follow housing politics, so I knew this was how Labor was budgeting to entrench housing inequality at the last federal election. Unfortunately, it wasn't widely understood. Even those questioning the major party duopoly were only looking at teaks, not Greens or VicSoc for realistic housing policy

Housing justice is essential for climate justice. The housing crisis isn't just emotionally and financially brutal by itself, its a main site of inequality which determines who can survive heatwaves. This is a major reason why we need support for parties outside the duopoly in Australia.

Went for a quick bushwalk at Kumbartcho sanctuary over lunch. Some paths closed due to all the falling Bunya cones. Nice little nature reserve for kids Images L: a fallen Bunya Pine cone as large as a soccer ball R: a strangler vine encasing a tree in bushland

I've worked on habitability, energy efficiency, green housing questions for almost a decade now and the answer always comes back to eliminating the split incentive. Without eliminating the structurally opposed interests of rentiers and tenants, energy efficiency will die on the vine.

Tim Read was a great ally in the fight to end destructive native forest logging in Victoria. He's also a really nice guy. I really hope he gets through this OK. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Currently I get admin or government work through agencies. Work I'd still want to do if I had #UBI and workplace conditions, disability access weren't an issue; >Landscape restoration, conservation > Housing advocacy, heat safe homes, solar for renters etc >Elder care >some painting.

First Nations leaders have urged governments to take stronger action in response to the alleged attack at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss says failing to do so "sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter".

Greens losing a few good people over this year and the last. Hope he fully recovers.

Commentators ideologically opposed to #renewables have sat in their dens in the recent #heatwaves waiting for the #grid to fail. It didn’t.

"Australia, like much of the West, is at an inflection point, largely thanks to 30 years of market-led policies that have failed all but the very rich. Pauline Hanson has always tapped into that anger, but she has excelled by putting blame anywhere but the rich, who see her as a useful tool."

Should there be a polluter pays levy, on companies that cause fossil fuel pollution? #auspol

Lol, China should have known this was coming. They probably couldn't believe their luck when the lease was originally made

On Feb 4th, we’ll be marking Extreme Heat Awareness Day, the national moment to turn rising temperatures into collective action. Together, we're making this a day that can't be ignored. Here is your definitive guide to Extreme Heat Awareness Day action. 👇 swelteringcities.cmail19.com/t/t-l-wethjt...

First in series of five excuses I often hear for accepting fossil fuel sponsorship...and why I still think the harm is greater than the good

A pencil sketch of my neighbours in the ceiling (ringtail possums). Noisy today, maybe it's too hot for them to sleep

The Invasion Day rally in Boorloo/Perth was targeted and attacked with an explosive device. The silence from the right has been deafening. The same politicians who have spent the last month politicising violence are now nowhere to be found.

1/2 “Inviting a foreign head of state who is implicated in an ongoing genocide as a representative of the Jewish community is deeply offensive and risks entrenching the dangerous and antisemitic conflation between Jewish identity and the actions of the Israeli state.” @sarahschwartz.bsky.social

Can’t recommend enough the Union Organizing 101 podcast @kimkelly.bsky.social has been hosting with @organizeworkers.bsky.social. overcast.fm/+ABUnbpMcvSA damned good stuff to have in your ears

South Africa showing the courageous leadership Albo won't. #auspol #genocide

Support this 100%. Why arent we billing Santos, Woodside, Gina and Chevron for the clean up of Victoria last bushfires, SA's algal bloom and Qld's floods too.

After last year’s attack on Camp Sovereignty in Narrm, it’s clear far-right violence is escalating, and Indigenous people are paying the price. Complacent governments & a media that fuels hate enable this. Indigenous lives are not disposable and we must take this deadly threat seriously.

Sickened & furious. A man has been charged for allegedly throwing a HOMEMADE BOMB with nails/ball bearings at the Invasion Day rally in Boorloo (Perth). Elders, community & allies were targeted. This is a blatant act of racist, political terror.

“The AUKUS agreement is so absurd that it seems laughable one Australian government would sign up to it, but for two governments to be so reckless, strains credulity beyond breaking point. And yet here we are.” - Greg Jericho Read Greg Jericho’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qOAIFp

Join my campaign calling on the Albanese government to name heatwaves and save lives: www.moniqueryan.com.au/heatwave_pet...

Calls have grown for an alleged homemade bomb – which was was thrown into the crowd at Perth’s Invasion Day rally – to be investigated as an act of terrorism Greens MP Sophie McNeill says authorities must “prioritise the very real and violent threat posed by the far-right” in WA

It's worth a mention to that this is part of a pattern, with Japanese and South Korean public finance critical to massive new fossil fuel developments in Australia, including Santos' Barossa gas development.

Gross negligence from Australia's public sector broadcaster

Albanese must lead a strong response to the Boorloo Day of Mourning bomb attack. After the horror at Bondi we saw that leadership on violence and racism is possible with political will. The same urgency is needed on rising threats against First Peoples. My response: nit.com.au/28-01-2026/2...

This morning on ABC Melbourne, there was a whole segment on how to improve the climate/bushfire resilience of your house. No mention of shutting down all fossil industries NOW! Just personal expenses most cannot afford.

Trying to get an NDIS application going. Not sure how well NDIS would fit my needs but OT friend and GP recommended. Has taken me 2 years to lodge it, due to expense and time getting specialist reports as evidence of my disabilities.

Are the fossil fuels beneficiaries of Labor's industry expansion contributing anything to the increasing incidence of climate induced disasters? Are they helping cover increased insurance costs or funding disaster rescue & recovery costs?

If you want to learn more about the UTS Too Hot to Work Project, go to our website: toohottowork.org

You can hear the ACTU and myself talk about the impact of heatwaves and high temperatures on workers on ABC AM this morning. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

An avoidable cat-astrophe in Western Australia. Every month ~800 pet cats and ~4M birds, mammals & reptiles die because current policy prevents pet cats from being contained. This paper reveals broad support for change: 78% of local govts want containment laws. Let's get this done. #bioinvasions 🌐🌏

#heatwave #HeatwaveSantos Alt text: The Better Renting Heatwave Data Sprint

In public housing, with no insulation, @artistaffame.bsky.social has only a small window air conditioning unit “It’s so old. I bought it from Cash Converters for about $30 eight years ago,” “It basically does nothing. It will only cool one room down. In summer I literally have to stay in my bedroom.

Excellent idea. I am not enjoying Heatwave Santos. 44° here today (111°F).

In heatwaves, access to aircon can make a life or death difference. Renters are less likely to have air con, much less access to solar power so we can afford to use it. Time to make AC mandatory in rental properties #auspol #housing #heatwave

Join us tonight to hear about the impacts of the new hate speech bill on activism and speech and how we can unite and push back against efforts to silence support for Palestine and international solidarity. RSVP: contact-nsw.greens.org.au/civicrm/even...

What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out

New Year new coal and gas approval. So far in 2026 Albanese has opened 2 new coalminers and gave Norway and the USA permission to frack the Kimberleys

Back on this account, due to TikTok changing ownership to a Trump aligned billionaire. Tbh TikTok wasn't as good as old twitter for climate news, but had been good for Palestine and ICE coverage.

50 degrees kills, temperatures "close to" mean heat stroke. Dangerous period for those in Vic without shade, air con, good health. We need legal measures to make fossil fuel companies accountable for coming heat deaths.

So, Canadians have their own social media platform ⬇️

The 2009 heatwave killed 374 people. But that doesn’t tell us all the stats: the people who suffered kidney issues or stroke or heart attack. And those numbers will be much higher

Another totally messed-up act in colonial Australia. First Nations peoples disregarded and sidelined, again. Wongari (dingoes) murdered. Shame on all responsible. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...