Chris Wallace
@chriswallace.bsky.social
Canberra, South Coast, London.
Prof at Uni of Canberra.
Know the past, do the future better.
https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/persons/chris-wallace
Prof at Uni of Canberra.
Know the past, do the future better.
https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/persons/chris-wallace
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Thank you, Ed Husic.
But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters
Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thank you, Ed Husic.
But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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A pair of Gang-gang Cockatoos have stopped by a few times this week! The male is camera shy, but I managed to get a few shots of the female.
#birds
#birds
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
A pair of Gang-gang Cockatoos have stopped by a few times this week! The male is camera shy, but I managed to get a few shots of the female.
#birds
#birds
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Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
🔥🔥🔥’Allowing the opposition to set the national agenda has provoked an absurd situation that is debasing national politics, stymying important decisions and distracting us from the issues that really need to be addressed…’
@juliannes.bsky.social
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@juliannes.bsky.social
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The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics | Julianne Schultz
The emerging ‘debate’ about immigration is a cruel example. It’s distracting us from addressing the issues that would improve lives
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
🔥🔥🔥’Allowing the opposition to set the national agenda has provoked an absurd situation that is debasing national politics, stymying important decisions and distracting us from the issues that really need to be addressed…’
@juliannes.bsky.social
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@juliannes.bsky.social
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Important lessons here for all western democracies.
And complacent centrist political parties.
And complacent centrist political parties.
‘…the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Important lessons here for all western democracies.
And complacent centrist political parties.
And complacent centrist political parties.
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Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Can’t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds
Researchers say results underline large language models’ poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies
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Delia Derbyshire (1937- 2001) UK musician/composer, pioneer of electronic music, working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1960s, she created the arrangement of the theme music for UK science-fiction TV series #DoctorWho
#WomensArt
#WomensArt
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Delia Derbyshire (1937- 2001) UK musician/composer, pioneer of electronic music, working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1960s, she created the arrangement of the theme music for UK science-fiction TV series #DoctorWho
#WomensArt
#WomensArt
‘…the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
‘…the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
‘…the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
‘…the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
What tree is this?
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What tree is this?
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
'FutureCoal is already influencing the Australian debate in a way that amounts to putting lipstick on a pig.
'If the Coalition is ever to aspire to office again, it has to wake up to the fact that a majority of voters, according to current polling, know a pig when they see one.'
'If the Coalition is ever to aspire to office again, it has to wake up to the fact that a majority of voters, according to current polling, know a pig when they see one.'
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
'FutureCoal is already influencing the Australian debate in a way that amounts to putting lipstick on a pig.
'If the Coalition is ever to aspire to office again, it has to wake up to the fact that a majority of voters, according to current polling, know a pig when they see one.'
'If the Coalition is ever to aspire to office again, it has to wake up to the fact that a majority of voters, according to current polling, know a pig when they see one.'
'Fossil fuel companies also engage directly with public servants & regulators to influence policy advice at mass scale. “There’s a massive financial resources & information asymmetry between those seeking change & those protecting the status quo," (Blume) says...'
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
'Fossil fuel companies also engage directly with public servants & regulators to influence policy advice at mass scale. “There’s a massive financial resources & information asymmetry between those seeking change & those protecting the status quo," (Blume) says...'
The ratio of fossil fuel to renewables lobbyists in & around parliament is at least 10:1, Blume says. The capability to respond to consultations, parliamentary committees & the like sees big teams from the fossil fuels sector up against the tiny capacity on the renewables side.
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The ratio of fossil fuel to renewables lobbyists in & around parliament is at least 10:1, Blume says. The capability to respond to consultations, parliamentary committees & the like sees big teams from the fossil fuels sector up against the tiny capacity on the renewables side.
“Incumbents with huge profits, strong cashflow & perpetual revenues can fund various campaigns, groups & individuals to prosecute their views.
“New players, in this case renewables, are (segmented) by technology rather than outcomes...suboptimal in scale & under-resourced.”
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
“New players, in this case renewables, are (segmented) by technology rather than outcomes...suboptimal in scale & under-resourced.”
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“Incumbents with huge profits, strong cashflow & perpetual revenues can fund various campaigns, groups & individuals to prosecute their views.
“New players, in this case renewables, are (segmented) by technology rather than outcomes...suboptimal in scale & under-resourced.”
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
“New players, in this case renewables, are (segmented) by technology rather than outcomes...suboptimal in scale & under-resourced.”
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
The 'nature of lobbying in Canberra, & the asymmetrical resources devoted to pushing industry’s side of the case, are a huge influence on policy outcomes.
“Lobbying & advocacy is a numbers game & a resources game,” says Smart Energy Council secretary Steve Blume.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
“Lobbying & advocacy is a numbers game & a resources game,” says Smart Energy Council secretary Steve Blume.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The 'nature of lobbying in Canberra, & the asymmetrical resources devoted to pushing industry’s side of the case, are a huge influence on policy outcomes.
“Lobbying & advocacy is a numbers game & a resources game,” says Smart Energy Council secretary Steve Blume.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
“Lobbying & advocacy is a numbers game & a resources game,” says Smart Energy Council secretary Steve Blume.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
'Manook’s masterstroke was rebranding the World Coal Association the following year as “FutureCoal – the Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal”. Indian branding agency chlorophyll created the new brand identity on the basis that “Yes, coal can contribute to green”.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
'Manook’s masterstroke was rebranding the World Coal Association the following year as “FutureCoal – the Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal”. Indian branding agency chlorophyll created the new brand identity on the basis that “Yes, coal can contribute to green”.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
'Manook is billed in the financial press as the “Aussie trying to give coal its mojo back”. ... Within three years, Manook appeared in the Mining Journal’s list of “Mining’s most influential”, at number 37, one spot behind Gina Rinehart. Xi Jinping was number 11.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
'Manook is billed in the financial press as the “Aussie trying to give coal its mojo back”. ... Within three years, Manook appeared in the Mining Journal’s list of “Mining’s most influential”, at number 37, one spot behind Gina Rinehart. Xi Jinping was number 11.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
It's 'no accident that the Paris Agreement emerged in the statements of Oppn leader Ley & shadow energy minister Tehan in the Liberals’ net zero backdown last week. Conservative networks are eager consumers & also producers of these political ploys, & Australians are central to them.'
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It's 'no accident that the Paris Agreement emerged in the statements of Oppn leader Ley & shadow energy minister Tehan in the Liberals’ net zero backdown last week. Conservative networks are eager consumers & also producers of these political ploys, & Australians are central to them.'
'The rhetoric FutureCoal is hanging off the Paris Agreement is a cover for supporting a slow or no energy transition while trying to maintain a veneer of credibility with voters who want climate action.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
'The rhetoric FutureCoal is hanging off the Paris Agreement is a cover for supporting a slow or no energy transition while trying to maintain a veneer of credibility with voters who want climate action.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
'The reassuring centrist wrap around a nakedly pro-coal message would not fool progressives knowledgeable about the energy transition. However, it may work on less-knowledgeable voters vulnerable to its “reasonable person” appeal.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
'The reassuring centrist wrap around a nakedly pro-coal message would not fool progressives knowledgeable about the energy transition. However, it may work on less-knowledgeable voters vulnerable to its “reasonable person” appeal.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
'FutureCoal, formerly the World Coal Association, is the vehicle for this pivot – one that is perhaps more tealwash than greenwash in design.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
'FutureCoal, formerly the World Coal Association, is the vehicle for this pivot – one that is perhaps more tealwash than greenwash in design.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
'Questioned on this at the Press Club, Manook disavowed any knowledge of these facts, rather than denying the reality of them – a subtle but definite shift on the coal lobby’s previous stance.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
'Questioned on this at the Press Club, Manook disavowed any knowledge of these facts, rather than denying the reality of them – a subtle but definite shift on the coal lobby’s previous stance.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
'FutureCoal’s rhetoric also ignores market realities – that consumers are rushing to take up battery-backed renewable energy & the cheaper power bills it delivers &...industry is in the process of retiring old coal-fired power stations & has no interest in starting new ones.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
'FutureCoal’s rhetoric also ignores market realities – that consumers are rushing to take up battery-backed renewable energy & the cheaper power bills it delivers &...industry is in the process of retiring old coal-fired power stations & has no interest in starting new ones.'
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol
bit.ly/4ouzk93 #auspol