Hi Mike Rann. We haven't forgotten your visionary leadership - together with solid advice from Tim Flannery and inspiration from your mate Dr David Suzuki - in driving South Australia towards a renewable energy future. Thank you for your bravery. thefifthestate.com.au/articles/mik...

Was supposed to catch up email today. Instead I was glued to the irrepressible Carole King’s 2016 Tapestry album concert in Hyde Park. She released the vid on Friday. So much the soundtrack of our lives in the 70s; still great now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOs9...

In these tumultuous times here’s a ray of hope to hang on to. Momentous indeed. “The number of vehicles registered in NSW that contain an internal combustion engine (ICE) reached its peak on 27 February at 6,309,403. It is now in decline.” Yay! thedriven.io/2026/07/03/a...

If you’re needing a rental car in Perth try one of the fleet from Experience A Tesla, founded by EV enthusiast Pete Petrovsky. And if you haven’t experienced the game-changing magic of Full Self Driving, book a test-drive at your nearest Tesla centre. www.experienceatesla.com.au/cars/

Be warned fossil fuel executives and politicians who continue subsidising them: when ecocide becomes the fifth crime in the Rome Statute it will be jail, not “cost of doing business” fines that you’ll be facing. big-media.ca/oil-industry...

#security 25 security vulnerabilities patched in yesterday’s Apple updates. Get to it pronto folks! support.apple.com/en-us/100100

Only reason the so-called Christian Brothers are claiming bankruptcy is because they cynically moved most of their fixed assets to a new body: Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA). Conscience? What conscience? Beware anyone claiming godly authority. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Spare a thought for people in poorer continents. Even wealthy Europe is vulnerable because its railways, power plants, factories and homes are built for a cooler climate that no longer exists. Act on climate for our own health & welfare. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/c...

Lessons for @albo Govt too: “The flaws in our economic, social, and political systems are what brought us to this moment in the first place. “Going back to some old status quo isn't possible. We can do much better than that.” www.notus.org/2028-electio...

Excellently balanced piece from Tim Dunlop on the new “party of Independents” BTW does anyone else think “Community Strong Australia” is a shocker of a name? Zali Steggall OAM MP Allegra Spender open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

Hey ⁦‪@AlboMP‬⁩ ⁦‪@JEChalmers‬⁩ This is how you do it. Use your massive majority while you have it; lift climate ambition. And then tell peeps how good it is for cost of living to improve kids health by getting dirty diesel of our roads. Please! www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pr...

Hey ⁦‪@AlboMP‬⁩ & ⁦‪@JEChalmers‬⁩ - this is the bravery that addresses far-right grievances. Use your massive majority while you have it. “California billionaire tax headed for ballot despite top Democrats’ opposition” - The Washington Post apple.news/A25qiqcQeT5m...

Events by @SmartEnergyCncl are so excellent. Can’t wait! Always learn something important, meet key players, see product solutions & leave personally energised to lift ambition. Highly recommended. Electrify everything! Adelaide, June 30. eventfrog.eventsair.com/smart-energy...

Hey #journalist This Jon Stewart interview with the excellent Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan will give you a lunchtime laugh. Might also make you cry when you realise there's much to learn from them on how to handle misinformation from populists. youtu.be/xdmdGTrJ2nI

First best time to do this was 5 years ago. Next best time is now. Congratulations NSW Govt. thedriven.io/2026/06/23/s...

No longer have to be angry! My Sep04 letter to Sussan Ley: I was outraged by your complaint: "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese failed to rule out further changes to negative gearing and capital gains taxes"...You are obviously way more concerned to maintain the inequality... etc

Did @Honda sack all their expert industrial stylists before mocking up this design? Or are they trying NOT to sell this #EV so they can instead move more of their high-profit fossil fuel cars to Honda fans? Compare the design of Tesla Cybercab... thedriven.io/2026/06/22/h...

“Only the government can lead a movement away from racism by using all of its tools, including moral, financial and legislative powers, to show we are a multicultural society that supports all of our citizens wherever they come from.” - Frank Lowy www.afr.com/politics/how...

Ted O’Brien has learnt nothing; still mouthing “Israel has a right to defend itself” against terrorists. Ignores that ICC issued official arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza. Terrorism. #Insiders

Hey tradies & Local Govt peeps: this looks like a great way to get off of dirty diesel and save. thedriven.io/2026/06/19/c...

‘By contrast, when Americans were exposed to plain-spoken messages about the fact that pollution is leading to rising costs and damaging extreme weather, they were more likely to support climate action.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...

Yes, Toyota. You were so great when you introduced the super-efficient Prius hybrid. We all wanted one. We've moved on now, to much simpler full battery electrics. I'm sorry you're still wallowing in past glories instead of targetting the future. thedriven.io/2026/06/17/j...

So even in mid-winter South Australia has spare clean green energy to export to eastern states. And that’s after we stored a lot in home batteries & grid batteries for use in the evening peak. Lovin’ the electric transition; push the foot to the floor, peeps.

“But here’s what the research on political persuasion tells us, and what you probably already know from your own experience: nobody changes their mind in a conversation where they feel condemned.” open.substack.com/pub/mycousin...

- tax gas exports - scrap AUKUS - use half the $ to speed up electrify everything - use other half to compensate Aussies in regions suffering from climate-wrecking effects of our massive gas & coal exports (floods, fires, droughts, crop failures, livelihoods destroyed). www.wri.org/insights/sup...

Well worth the 44 minute read, especially for space sceptics. www.a16z.news/p/spacex-and...

Remembering the marvellous musician and composer Abdullah Ibrahim. Thank you WOMADelaide for his performances here. Vale. youtu.be/v9--IPJMzqs?...

Thank you Adelaide Hills Council for seeking removal of Santos as Tour Down Under sponsor. It makes no sense to give Santos that promotional platform for burning fossil fuels. Most of the Councils through which TDU runs have declared a Climate Emergency. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

“At a wet bulb temperature of 26, heat strain becomes a risk for players, and this year a quarter of the 104 World Cup matches are expected to take place at that temperature or higher.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/c...

Huge congratulations to Daniel Bleakley on rapid progress with electric long-haul trucking. Australia urgently needs this transition out of foreign diesel importing; it’s our greatest sovereign risk for food supply and climate upheaval. thedriven.io/2026/06/15/a...

When enough farmers learn that they can power their equipment from PV they've installed on their barns and as shade for their crops and livestock instead of purchasing diesel to fuel them, there will be a rapid transition to electric tractors and combines.

“Aristotle insisted that the most successful societies were the ones with the biggest middle class, that is, the ones with the least economic inequality.” That’s not where we’re headed. And opponents of tax reform want even more inequality. open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

Please do a paid subscription to Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman on Substack. Now that he was forced to resign from NASA JPL, his writing and climate activism will be his income source. He’s a very decent human indeed. climatehuman.substack.com

Progress at last: first human trial on gene-therapy to turn back the years on adult cells, to rejuvenate old human organs. Given that aging is the underlying factor in most human diseases, might this be the path to healthy longevity? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Great update on @RewiringAus on ABC TV “Australian Story” tonight. The combo of technical excellence with outstanding community organising is unbeatable. We can bring greater ambition to climate action, one postcode at a time. Congrats Electrify 2515. iview.abc.net.au/show/austral...

Brilliant work from Housing Minister Clare O’Neil, calling out the racial dog-whistling from the mean & nasty Opposition. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

On 1 July 2026, the new Medicare Assignment of Benefit (AoB) process becomes law. Many remote community members don’t have a mobile with an active SMS plan, making the digital pathway for consent impractical. @Mark_Butler_MP must fix this pronto. www.medicalrepublic.com.au/theres-a-hol...

Hey @ABCnews Why do you keep calling Israel’s action in Lebanon an “incursion” when it’s clearly yet another invasion? Language matters. If we can’t rely on the ABC for accurate, fearless reporting, we’re done. Please follow AP policy. thehill.com/homenews/ap/...

Brilliant defence of Labor’s Budget from @ClareONeilMP on #Insiders this morning. In each segment of the community, relevant advocacy groups support the significant reforms. No mention of stronger protections for renters, unfortunately, which should be part of housing reforms.

How Hungarians rescued their democracy from the jaws of authoritarianism. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...

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#TIL How to quickly replace a broken X App on MacOS: 1) Safari: go to x.com 2) Login 3) Safari > File > Add to Dock This creates a standalone, sandboxed application in your /Applications folder and your Dock.

“If they go down that route, the independents stop being an experiment in doing politics differently and become, at best, new players in the same old game: exactly the game that voters are indicating they are fed up with.” - @timdunlop.bsky.social @davidpocock open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

Few will grasp the enormity of @SpaceX successful Starship v3 launch today. - Crew Dragon can take up to 7 astronauts to the ISS. Pressurised cabin about 9m3. - Starship cabin about 600m3 volume. Planned capability of 20+ people plus heavy equipment on 180 day journey to Mars.

Dinosaur logic: Markets will protect our life-support systems and humanity’s long-term survival… right?

Terrible service from @nbnaustralia.bsky.social One of their field techs accidentally cut off our whole Strata building with a bad telecommunications patch next to the NBN Node. I told the tech (27hours ago) but they went home without fixing it. A Level 2 escalation has yielded nothing. Gr

You might enjoy the podcast put together by Essential’s Peter Lewis and Damian Damjanovski (was Senior Adviser) to Morrison).  Good thing is they don’t stick to Labor & Liberal talking points, so it’s actually informative discussion. pca.st/episode/6b4a... #auspol

“The global housing crisis will not be solved by building more units alone. It will be solved by making more informed decisions about where, how and for whom we build.” Useful examples here: www.wri.org/insights/sol... #housing

If you weren’t convinced that -ve gearing, CGT & trusts needed fixing, this graph says it all. The already-excessively-rich top 1% received the lion’s share of tax-payer largesse. The wealth gap is no good for anyone, rich or poor. It’s what leads to the breakdown of society.

Last night, Climate Council senior advocacy advisor Ben McLeod was in Canberra to get an insider look into the 2026-27 Federal Budget. These are his takeaways. TLDR: it's a $19 billion free kick for the fossil fuel industry.