So tackling climate change is an ‘environmental imperative’ but Labor has specifically ruled out putting a climate trigger in their proposed changes to our environmental laws… Checks out

A Deloitte report warns that natural gas could crowd out renewables undermining the WA Government’s claim that LNG exports support Asia’s clean energy transition. “The report was kept secret…it cost taxpayers $400,000 and didn't support the Government’s claims.” @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

No matter matter what individuals believe about climate change, one thing thats for certain is that their insurance company believes in it #climate thepoint.com.au/news/251106-...

Universities have played a central role in democracies…but then we started trying to run them like businesses…Great piece by the VC of University of Western Sydney, Prof George Williams in @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Despite the University of Newcastle's audited accounts showing a surplus of $61.3 million, the vice-chancellor says to focus on the unaudited figures that claim an 'underlying deficit.' #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Since the mid 1990s, Norway has imposed a 56 per cent "special tax" for oil and gas companies, alongside a 22 per cent corporate tax rate. Australia could learn a lesson from this and make companies pay their fair share for our natural resources. @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Renewables are so cheap o we can give them away for free in the middle of the day…fixing our grid will take time and is a big problem, but of all the problems we have, the cost of renewables is not even in the top 10 #climate thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...

Hooray…Its not just fossil fuel expansion where Australia leads the world… thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...

Australia’s MRFF is sitting on billions of taxpayers’ dollars which was meant to be invested in world-leading, lifesaving health innovations.

BREAKING: The Albanese Labor Government just joined with the Coalition to vote against an inquiry into AUKUS proposed by the Greens.

"Shortages of food...combined with unreasonably high university fees, have become the reality of higher education today for many students." Read an extract from Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future by Prof George Williams in the Sydney Morning Herald! #auspol

"The fact the Greens want to stop native forest logging and the Nationals want to speed up land clearing is not proof that any legislation Labor drafts must fit in the “sensible centre.” - @richarddenniss.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers. Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

The Senate is more powerful than prime ministers like to admit, and last week we saw why that matters -- If clash over govt secrecy escalates, Labor may inspire Libs, Nats to question Senate customs that benefit govt. @thepointau.bsky.social live blog: live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...

Even the big iron ore miner, Fortecue, says its time to rein in Australia’s $10 billion per year expenditure on diesel fuel subsidies…imagine all the housing, renewables and cheap education we could have if we took #climate or tax policy seriously. thepoint.com.au/news/251031-...

Governments have been crying poor to justify & conceal their priorities for decades…now some of our publicly owned universities are using the same neoliberal accounting tricks to claim they are in ‘crisis’ when they are hoarding records amounts of cash and shares thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

The main source of illegal guns in Australia isn’t 3D printers or imports, it’s thefts from Australian homes. And the more guns there are in our homes, the more guns get stolen…but decades after Howards gun reforms there is no national register of legal or stolen guns thepoint.com.au/news/251031-...

As Qld Premier Steven Miles lifted coal royalties & spent the proceeds on public housing, 50cent fares & helping people with their energy bills… even though the LNP won the last election they kept the coal royalties Time for Albo to take a leaf out of the same book? thepoint.com.au/news/1545

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world, yet our tax system is delivering underfunded services and growing inequality. Making giant gas companies and millionaires pay their fair share would be a step towards a better Australia. @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

The ACTU is calling for a 25% tax on all gas exports and for the tens of billions it would raise to be invested in public housing…sounds good to me…what do you reckon we should spend all the money we’d get if we stopped giving our gas away for free? #climate thepoint.com.au/news/301025-...

Listen to the bloke unable to stop his right hand from moving

41 yrs ago (Oct 29, 1984) in the House of Lords. Lord Ashby: "the most ominous teaser in the pack, which is the possible effects on climate of something we know for certain is going on, and that is the accumulation of CO2 from the burning of coal and oil." allouryesterdays.info/2025/10/28/o...

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251... Australian gas exports are displacing renewables not coal, great piece by @ketanjoshi.co on @thepointau.bsky.social

thepoint.com.au/off-the-char... Gas production has tripled in the past ten years…and energy prices have soared. Gas exports are the cause of our energy crisis, and more of them wont help #climate change

@richarddenniss.bsky.social so right on our housing fail; “Unfortunately, people believe that because politicians talk about housing crisis, they’re sincere about doing something about it – that’s not going to happen… To be clear, nearly every other country has cheaper houses than us.

thepoint.com.au/off-the-char... The Australian governments pends more on shredders than on FOI training…budgets are all about priorities…great new piece on The Point

Crazy we are still looking at what the Coalition is doing when what matters is Labor’s choice www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Two super-useful made up words - "petroganda" and "oilsplaining" in the latest @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast, about Norway and its self-delusions... allouryesterdays.info/2025/10/25/n...

Feels like it might be time to say this again…

7/ "What matters for the country is not that differences of opinion exist in political parties, but how those differences are managed" From @richarddenniss.bsky.social: crossing the floor is deeply discouraged in Aus, but that is not the case in most of the world. thepoint.com.au/opinions/the...

And doubtless very smart people will now talk about waste heat, primary energy etc etc in defence of the “energy transition” Hopium pipelines… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australians pay 4 times more in HECS repayments than the gas industry pays in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax! Australia Institute analysis shows replacing the PRRT with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise over $17 billion a year. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

What did we learn from yesterday's election data drop and why will we have to wait till February for the full picture? @rashidajourno.bsky.social explains on SBS News. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Many NSW residents don't realise that the "Westpac" Rescue Helicopter's operations aren't funded by Westpac, but by taxpayers. Ripper piece from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the PRRT. ‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’ @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Thank you Mr Speaker. My question is to the Treasurer. What stops Australia from taxing our fossil fuel industry like Norway & charging our university students like Norway? Supplementary: how can Australia earn more from beer excise than HECS? @richarddenniss.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social #auspol

@cathywilcox.bsky.social isn’t wrong. We need to #cleanuppolitics

Strong from Sussan Ley re Albanese Govt's proposed FOI crackdown: "This is not an administrative refinement or merely updating old laws, as the Prime Minister claims. It is a retreat from transparency. A truth tax on accountability." www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...

Intrepid Travel is the latest company to back away from carbon offsets in its climate action plan. It’s been proven time and time again that a significant percentage of carbon offset programs lead to ZERO reduction in real emissions. #auspol

Timor-Leste just scrapped lifetime pensions for former parliamentarians after student-led protests. But sure — protest doesn’t work. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Come join us for the inaugural Bernie Fraser Oration, featuring the former Reserve Bank of Australia Governor himself. MC’d by @richarddenniss.bsky.social, this event honours Bernie’s impact on Australian economic and public policy. 🗓️ Tuesday 28th October 6pm 📍 Shine Dome, Canberra #auspol

God forbid that we'd tax gas companies or tech giants or superannuation funds properly tho

It really does say something when an article about reactions to a coal power plant continuing to operate says nothing about climate change, the existential threat it poses and the need to phase out oil, gas and coal.

The jury is in. @albomp.bsky.social hates transparency. Loathes it! #FOI #auspol

A climatologist, an economist and a social scientist walk into a Royal Society of Victoria lecture theatre. A discussion about the future of our society in a climate changed world. Myself, Dr Richard Dennis @richarddenniss.bsky.social and Prof. Lucas Walsh podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

Doesn't bode well that the article's entirely focused on politics & development & devoid of any mention of why we need strong EPBC laws! No mention of uncontrolled land clearing, biodiversity crisis, climate impacts..oh & the DCCEEW page on National Environmental Standards was removed🤔 Archived👇

New Australia Institute analysis reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University. Audited accounts show the ANU made a $90 million surplus in 2024 and increased the value of its net assets. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...