Like a canary in coal mine…

‘The way that the media deals with the climate is it’s an environmental story and it’s a future story. Whereas this is a housing story, a cost-of-living story, an inequality story, a role of government story…’ - Richard Denniss, Executive Director @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

"The stadium would 'diminish the economic welfare' of Tasmania (and) would have an 'irrevocable and unacceptable' impact on Hobart's landscape. "The govt would need to accumulate $1 bil in debt for construction costs, which would rise to $1.8 bil over 10 years" Govt proceeding anyway. Awesome.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵 www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

If genocide isn't your redline, then you have no redlines. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E

A brilliant piece: ‘The debacle has all the hallmarks of the rapacious gouging that big sports inflict on taxpayers’: the unnecessary sporting infrastructure, the support of the major parties, cost blowout, the abandonment of proper policy process, the big 4 at the trough….

Marinus Link is one of AEMO’s huge blunders in discredited ISPs. It must be reviewed before the Feds, Vic and Tas give go ahead to this mill stone around Tas neck. reneweconomy.com.au/marinus-link... #auspol

Laudato si, published in 2015, was Pope Francis’s second encyclical. He condemned consumerism and environmental destruction of our common home and called on all people to take swift and unified action on global warming. #auspol

If Donald Trump puts tariffs on Australian goods we should close Pine Gap. Actually, just close Pine Gap.

The problem with tax in Australia is not that we pay too much income tax, but that the richest and most profitable get huge tax breaks that distort the housing market, encourage fossil fuel emissions and general make inequality worse. Start there.

A plate of beautiful Tasmanian Salmon. But if you take the time to look underneath you’ll see the rot and damage done to the environment and other wildlife by salmon farming in Tasmania. Nanna Anne saw it firsthand. Here you’ll find more detail from a former employee. spainvida.net/fish-farming

Israel activists Ofir Birenbaum and Sophie Calland infiltrate Labor backed by far-right money to hit Greens. A Wendy Bacon & @yaakov-aharon.bsky.social investigation #auspol michaelwest.com.au/israel-activ...

“We have political leaders who insist that mining & forestry underwrite Australian prosperity. Those who believe this nonsense cannot be trusted with the wellbeing of future generations.” “Mining & native forest logging industries, collectively, employ only ~2% of the labour force." – Ken Henry

Labor just voted with the Coalition to kill THEIR OWN Nature Positive reforms🤯 Enough crossbenchers voted to keep it alive in the Senate for Labor to have passed their long promised reform. Neither of the major parties will stand up for Nature 😥