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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 1d

Not evolution, extinction. And it's definitely the current Labor government's problem to turn around.

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 2d

They did. They negotiated a deal with Julia Gillard that worked. Rudd negotiated with the Coalition, then when they walked away, offered that shit package Greens with no room for change.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 3d

I dunn0, but maybe using antisemitism as a political football is both inappropriate & counter-productive when it comes to Combating it.

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

Revealed: NSW Police ‘significantly’ overstated antisemitic attacks

An internal review of Operation Shelter found a “significant number” of cases had been mischaracterised as motivated by anti-Jewish sentiment.

www.smh.com.au

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 3d

I don't disagree, just that the Coalition was in power much longer

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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 4d

The facts remain. Australia played it's part in the genocide.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Australia keeping military exports to Israel flowing during Gaza war

The federal government has upheld dozens of military export permits to Israel, raising fresh questions about Australia's weapons transfers throughout the war in Gaza.

www.abc.net.au

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 3d

Truly, we are living in the dumbest timeline

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 3d

This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 3d

China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 3d

Australia has one of the worst extinction records on Earth — and Labor’s doing a deal with the Coalition to overhaul nature laws.

Labor can’t protect nature while protecting polluters.

My column for tomorrow's @canberratimes.bsky.social #auspol >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908547...

This shocking deal is a gross betrayal of millions of voters

Here's what Labor would do if they gave a rat's about the environment.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 4d

Cool with me.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4d

Our gas expert and Principal Advisor @markogge.bsky.social joins this webinar next week to talk about LNG expansion, tune in if you can!

International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 4d

What does #LNG expansion mean for Canadian households & businesses?

Join experts from @americanprogress.bsky.social,
@australiainstitute.org.au, & @pembina.org as they share insights from the U.S. & Australia + how these cases can inform Canadian policy.

Register: www.iisd.org/events/econo...

Webinar. Economic Risks of Canada's LNG Expansion: Case studies from Australia and the U.S. Tuesday, October 14, 2025. 4:00 p.m. Ottawa. 10:00 p.m. Geneva. Speakers: Ian Sanderson, Pembina Institute; Mark Ogge, Australia Institute; and Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Center for American Progress.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4d

I've always liked Ed, which probably shares a lot of basis points for why the Labor Party Management Brain is scared of him.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4d

Australia must ‘have the guts’ to stand up to Japanese companies reselling gas for profit, Husic says

Labor backbencher is calling for drastic intervention to secure supplies for the east coast * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Labor backbencher Ed Husic is demanding an intervention to combat Japanese gas companies re-selling Australian exports to other markets, breaking ranks from the government and risking diplomatic blowback from Tokyo. The former industry minister said the government must send a “powerful signal” to overseas multinationals, in particular in Japan, to stop “playing us off as mugs” by profiting off the resale of Australian gas while households and industry on the east coast face high prices and potential supply shortages. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 4d

well there's a word I've never heard before. Thank you. You learn something new every day.

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 4d

Just started Dark Winds, Zahn McClarnon is fabulous as always. Perfectly cast as Crow Daddy in Doctor Sleep, great to see him as the leading man.

Is Father Tso supposed to come off as creepy, or is it just me?

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4d

Steel and aluminium manufacturers are feeling the effects of high gas prices driven up by exports.

Australia Institute research shows gas exports have TRIPLED Aus gas prices and DOUBLED electricity prices.

📺 Deputy Director Ebony Bennett on ABC News Breakfast
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty giant fuck you to Greens and Teal voters, not to mention LEAN members in Labor. Apalling, but unsurprising.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 4d

That tells you everything you need to know.

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 4d

📺 TUNE IN @abcnews Breakfast ➡️ 6.40am AEDT, as I go through today’s newspaper headlines #auspol

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 6d

Opinion | From AUKUS to our timid climate target, there are a thousand questions that should be asked at Senate estimates. Too bad they won't be, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes.

Here's a list of questions for Senate estimates that will probably, definitely, not be asked

We’ve compiled a short list of the questions that could be asked at estimates, but probably won’t be.

www.crikey.com.au

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