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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 13h

I know that the emissions cost of battery manufacturing is higher than we’d like but over the life of the car surely they are a lot better than internal combustion engine vehicles? By the way it was lovely to walk around Oslo and not have to smell petrol and diesel!

Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 15h

10 days in Norway just blew me away.
EVs aren’t the future, they are everywhere. 99% of new cars sold last year were electric. The formula? Polluters pay & EV drivers get rewarded. Turns out when you get the incentives right, change happens rapidly. #netzero #auspol
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How is Norway's Stategy Leading the Country's EV Transition?

Norway is leading the EV transition with its 'polluter pays' principle, using tax incentives to make zero-emission cars the more affordable option

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is uneducated, he calls Mamdani a communist but I bet if you asked him to define what a communist or communism is he wouldn’t be able to. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump news at a glance: president endorses and threatens on eve of New York City mayoral election

Trump backs Cuomo on Truth Social post on election eve as Mamdani hits back – key US politics stories from 3 November

www.theguardian.com

Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 3d

Stop saying we are moving faster than the rest of the world when it comes to renewables! 🤦🏻‍♂️ #auspol #insiders

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 3d

Define the “national interest“ Murray Watt? Should projects that increase emissions be prevented in the national interest? They should be! #Auspol #Insiders

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 3d

The higher energy prices can be blamed on energy retailers. The wholesale price is down 27% compared to last year thanks to renewables. #Auspol #Insiders www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian wholesale electricity prices are falling. So when will power bills stop rising?

The cost of generating power is definitely getting cheaper, but the savings may take time to flow through

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 4d

AEMO’s 2025 ESOO shows record solar, wind & storage investment has made Australia’s energy system MORE reliable than last year. Yet Tim Wilson claimed the opposite (multiple times) on Afternoon Briefing & was unchallenged by Patricia Karvelas. 🙄 #Auspol #ABC

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 4d

Why can’t a journalist /reporter ask him who “they” are ? Nobody is testing at the moment.

Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 5d

24 hours after smiling for photos with the new PM of Japan, the only nation that’s felt the horror of atomic warfare Trump orders the resumption of nuclear weapons testing. Diplomacy with one hand, nuclear brinkmanship & a return to Cold War tensions with the other. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump says nuclear weapons testing to resume in US after more than 30 years

The testing is necessary to keep pace with weapons programmes in China and Russia, according to Trump.

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 6d

Rio Tinto could invest in a few wind turbines or solar arrays plus batteries if they were really interested in keeping Tomago open at a lower cost.

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 7d

Electricity is a massive cost of producing aluminium – it makes about 40% of the costs. It’s also part of the reason why aluminium smelting is a very big greenhouse gas emitting process.

For more information:

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Who is to blame? In energy, the answer is most likely always gas

A report out today in the AFR suggests that “Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter, Tomago, has started a consultation process with employees on the plant’s potential closure”

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 11d

What a child! An embarrassment to America www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Trump says all Canada trade talks ‘terminated’ over ad criticising tariffs

US president accuses Canada of ‘egregious behaviour’ after release of ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs

www.theguardian.com

Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 15d

Well that’s a shame. We don’t need nuclear subs and we don’t need to get involved in any American wars if that’s part of the deal.

Politico @politico.com · 15d

Trump has affirmed support for the nuclear sub deal with Australia and the UK.

Trump affirms support for nuclear sub deal

Australia and the U.K. have feared for months that the U.S. would pull out of the AUKUS pact.

www.politico.com

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 18d

Who bloody well cares? 🤷🏻‍♂️ A redneck joining the other rednecks #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Barnaby Joyce actively considering defection to One Nation, say Coalition sources

Former Nationals leader has not commented on reports but any defection would be a blow for his party and the Coalition under Sussan Ley

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 23d

A genuine commitment to peace means listening to both peoples, recognizing both traumas, and standing up for all human lives, not just the ones that fit a political narrative. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Gaza ceasefire live: Trump to meet with Israeli hostages after their release by Hamas on Monday, says Vance

US vice-president JD Vance says release could happen ‘any moment’ and that ‘we are on cusp of a sustainable Middle East peace’

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 23d

Only where they are too frightened of the political fall out to rock the boat imo

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 23d

Personal data certainly was!! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia news live: Qantas says no credit card or financial details compromised as 5.7 million customers’ data leaked

Follow live

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 25d

I’ll be shocked if Donald Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize today.

Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 25d

Frustratingly yes!!

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 26d

No surprise that despite majority community support we still don’t have a ban on gambling advertising when the Albanese government accepts money from companies like Sportsbet for their fundraising.

When will they put Australians ahead of gambling companies?

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry

Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 25d

Sport should build community, not normalise an addiction like gambling. The fact this partnership is now so entrenched that calling it out gets you banned from a parliamentary sports club shows how far we’ve strayed. #Auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 28d

Damp evening in Copenhagen.

Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 28d

Great job SHY. At least with the Greens we know where they stand on the environment. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remark

www.theguardian.com

Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · 28d

Oh another leader being pushed by the White House to vote Trump for the Peace Prize.

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · Oct 3

This we always knew, supply is the key, this will only increase housing costs and the size of people’s mortgages. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Albanese’s feelgood 5% deposit scheme will only add fuel to Australia’s housing fire | Tom Mcllroy

Rather than a policy that experts say risks driving up property prices, Labor should be focused on its ambitious target of building 1.2m houses

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Jack 🇺🇦 @chrisjackis.bsky.social · Sep 30

A brave government could do so much more #auspol #climatechange #2035 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Guardian Essential poll: Australians back emissions target while One Nation support doubles

Poll finds One Nation’s primary vote has doubled to 13% since the May federal election

www.theguardian.com

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