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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 15h

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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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 21h

Murray Watt's initial response was to approve Woodside's extension. Despite environmental destruction, Murray Watt and Woodside came to a backroom agreement.

The ECBC act is a green stamp for developers. It's unlikely that will change with new legislation.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Woodside case proves what we’ve long suspected: Australia’s ‘environment protection’ law does no such thing

Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve

www.theguardian.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

Allowing unrestricted gas exports from the east coast of Australia has resulted in domestic wholesale gas prices more than tripling and electricity prices doubling, our research found.

Read:

Gas exports have tripled Australian gas prices and doubled electricity prices

New Australia Institute research reveals that gas exports have led to the tripling of wholesale east coast gas prices and doubling of electricity prices, since exports began in 2015.

australiainstitute.org.au

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Andrew Miskelly @anero.id · 1d

Typhoon Halong south east of Tokyo on Thursday.

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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 1d

Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 1d

Epic gaslighting by Labor - the Coalition is irrelevant, so choosing to negotiate with it is just political cover for failing to do the right thing

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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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d

Labor of course do not need one single vote of the LNP to pass any laws, so they are choosing to make the laws weaker.

Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 2d

Renewables have overtaken coal in Australia #auspol

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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 1d

This is how AU media - protects Labor w misinformation & campaigns against the Greens

There's no 'emergence' Labor prefers the Coalition. When Tanya Plibersek 'dared' to come to agreement over the same legislation, the PM scuttled it

History repeats.. this'll be bad policy. Labor's the problem

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co2ppm.bsky.social @co2ppm.bsky.social · 1d

australiainstitute.org.au/report/fossi...

Text grab: In 2024-25, Australian governments provided $14.9 billion worth of spending and tax breaks to assist fossil fuel producers and major users, a 3% increase on 2023-24.

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Christopher Wright @chriswrightau.bsky.social · 1d

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 1d

Why is he dealing with the Libs? He doesn’t have to #auspol

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

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 "broken" and outdated environment laws.

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 "broken" and outdated environment laws.

www.abc.net.au

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 2d

NEW – Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org

Read here: buff.ly/HWteg9K

Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ - Carbon Brief

The first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

“Deafening silence” from UN aviation body on its failing net zero scheme is condemned by experts and climate activists

#climatecrisis
aeromorning.com/en/deafening...

“Deafening silence” from UN aviation body - AeroMorning

Climate campaigners have slammed ICAO, the UN body overseeing the aviation industry, for its “deafening silence” on the urgent need

aeromorning.com

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 2d

NEW – Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org

Read here: buff.ly/yPWMH59

Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit - Carbon Brief

On the sidelines of a conference, Carbon Brief asked a range of experts what they consider to be the key “unknowns” around overshoot.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

‘Gobsmacked at the scale’: blueberry industry’s rapid expansion divides NSW’s mid-north coast

Dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tensions are simmering across the New South Wales mid-north coast. On one side are dairy and beef farmers, and residents who moved to the region for the landscape and the lifestyle. On the other are blueberry farmers, whose holdings have expanded dramatically in the past few years. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

The ABC reports that extreme weather costs Australians more each decade and, as a country, we have some of the highest per capita economic and insurance losses in the world.

This is why we need a climate compensation levy on fossil fuel exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

Betting on the weather emerges as a solution as insurance costs skyrocket

Amid more extreme weather events, parametric insurance — described as a bet on the weather —is on the rise. It is now being touted as a possible solution for Australians, who have some of the highest ...

www.abc.net.au

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 2d

Canaries.
My @smh cartoon.

Two scenes. 1: advisor to Albo at his desk: “Sir, I must inform you that our canaries-in-the-coal-mines of climate change, transparency, accountability and social equity are all looking sickly…” PM: “Hmm…”
Scene 2: Albo at a lectern with press around: “…and that’s why my government is proud to announce the development of a new SUPER BREED of canaries…”

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 2d

So - let me get this straight…

They’ll ban social media for under 16s even though most experts say it WON’T work

But they won’t ban gambling advertising & other key recommendations even though most experts say it WILL work

What? #4corners #auspol

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 3d

This guy is in charge of US health care.

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Sam Carana @samcarana.bsky.social · 3d

Polar amplification causes the temperature difference between Poles and Equator to narrow, so at times the Jet Stream can reach high latitudes and accelerate warming due to albedo loss and loss of sea ice and oceans in their capacity to act as heat buffers. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2025/10/reco...

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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 3d

"We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale" Stephen Lezak, Oxford "We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed"
@albomp.bsky.social + @australianlabor.bsky.social = #Fail
#auspol

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 3d

"What this report says is that flooding will be so common in large parts of Australia, you will not be able to insure.

"You can only insure against unlikely events."

-co-CEO Richard Denniss appearing at the Senate Environment Committee
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

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

New government data confirms what everyone already knew...multinational gas exporters are reaping billions from Australian resources while paying little or no tax.

"People are getting increasingly sick of it."

🔊Richard Denniss, co-CEO, the Australia Institute
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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