John Holmes
@jhaue.bsky.social
On unceded lands of the Kulin Nations, Melbourne au
Climate, environment, natural sciences, social justice, democracy, health.
b, 313 ppm CO2, now 422
Climate, environment, natural sciences, social justice, democracy, health.
b, 313 ppm CO2, now 422
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Very pleased to see that @greens.org.au have won an inquiry into job cuts at CSIRO
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Very pleased to see that @greens.org.au have won an inquiry into job cuts at CSIRO
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
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Did you know, the QLD Government says coal seam gas fields on agricultural land in QLD can cause groundwater levels to drop by up to 500m?
What an awful industry.
www.ogia.water.qld.gov.au/groundwater-...
What an awful industry.
www.ogia.water.qld.gov.au/groundwater-...
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Did you know, the QLD Government says coal seam gas fields on agricultural land in QLD can cause groundwater levels to drop by up to 500m?
What an awful industry.
www.ogia.water.qld.gov.au/groundwater-...
What an awful industry.
www.ogia.water.qld.gov.au/groundwater-...
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The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Reducing social media use for just a week can improve mental health medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11... via @medical_xpress
Reducing social media use for just a week can improve mental health
In a new study, published in JAMA Network Open, 295 participants report promising mental health benefits after reducing their social media usage for a week. The cohort consisted of young adults from t...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Reducing social media use for just a week can improve mental health medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11... via @medical_xpress
US National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular sites www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
US National Parks to raise fees for foreign visitors to popular sites
Changes set to take effect on January 1 will include annual park passes jumping to $US250 for foreign tourists, while US residents will continue to be charged $US80, according to authorities.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
US National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular sites www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Bad enough that the Liberal party has caved in to powerful vested interests, oligarchs and ideologues.
Worse that most of our mainstream media ignores those toxic connections, and reports this as if it's just a political parlour game within Parliament House. #auspol
Worse that most of our mainstream media ignores those toxic connections, and reports this as if it's just a political parlour game within Parliament House. #auspol
Folks, this now successful campaign to capture the federal parliamentary Liberal Party re dumping net zero 2050, has been bankrolled by an “enshitification” online outfit called Advance -bankrolled by Gina Rinehart, an Australian coal/gas oligarch and Trumpist.
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Bad enough that the Liberal party has caved in to powerful vested interests, oligarchs and ideologues.
Worse that most of our mainstream media ignores those toxic connections, and reports this as if it's just a political parlour game within Parliament House. #auspol
Worse that most of our mainstream media ignores those toxic connections, and reports this as if it's just a political parlour game within Parliament House. #auspol
Western Australia is rich, but it's not the economic powerhouse it claims to be
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Western Australia is rich, but it's not the economic powerhouse it claims to be
Western Australian politicians claim the state is the “powerhouse” of the national economy and deserves an outsized share of GST revenue. The ABS State Accounts for 2024–25 tell a different story, rev...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Western Australia is rich, but it's not the economic powerhouse it claims to be
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johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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A lot of people who live in the country believe in climate action. Unlike the National Party, their livelihood is tied to the land, which everyone can see is changing rapidly
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A lot of people who live in the country believe in climate action. Unlike the National Party, their livelihood is tied to the land, which everyone can see is changing rapidly
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This headline.
Australia is breaking International Law allowing Israel to recruit for the IDF so they decided to aim it at little Jewish babies and cutesy pager bombs.
WHAT THE FUCK?
Australia is breaking International Law allowing Israel to recruit for the IDF so they decided to aim it at little Jewish babies and cutesy pager bombs.
WHAT THE FUCK?
Controversy over Melbourne event appearing to celebrate Israeli pager operation www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
Controversy over Melbourne event appearing to celebrate Israeli pager operation
Lebanese and Jewish groups have condemned a planned event in Melbourne that appears to celebrate last year's Israeli pager operation in Lebanon, which killed dozens and injured thousands more. The eve...
www.sbs.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This headline.
Australia is breaking International Law allowing Israel to recruit for the IDF so they decided to aim it at little Jewish babies and cutesy pager bombs.
WHAT THE FUCK?
Australia is breaking International Law allowing Israel to recruit for the IDF so they decided to aim it at little Jewish babies and cutesy pager bombs.
WHAT THE FUCK?
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Absolutely disgraceful to celebrate A WAR CRIME with no police or state government censure.
Controversy over Melbourne event appearing to celebrate Israeli pager operation www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
Controversy over Melbourne event appearing to celebrate Israeli pager operation
Lebanese and Jewish groups have condemned a planned event in Melbourne that appears to celebrate last year's Israeli pager operation in Lebanon, which killed dozens and injured thousands more. The eve...
www.sbs.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Absolutely disgraceful to celebrate A WAR CRIME with no police or state government censure.
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
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The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
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theconversation.com/the-gift-tha...
Sign the petition: Say no to an inquiry into the ABC! www.abcfriends.net.au/no?recruiter...
Say no to an inquiry into the ABC!
Join our call to all senators to oppose Senator Henderson's motion for senate select inquiry into the ABC
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November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Sign the petition: Say no to an inquiry into the ABC! www.abcfriends.net.au/no?recruiter...
Don’t scrap climate COPs, reform them www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t scrap climate COPs, reform them
The world needs a more agile framework for climate action, but that shouldn’t mean abandoning a system that has worked for 30 years.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Don’t scrap climate COPs, reform them www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Controversy over Melbourne event appearing to celebrate Israeli pager operation www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
Controversy over Melbourne event appearing to celebrate Israeli pager operation
Lebanese and Jewish groups have condemned a planned event in Melbourne that appears to celebrate last year's Israeli pager operation in Lebanon, which killed dozens and injured thousands more. The eve...
www.sbs.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Controversy over Melbourne event appearing to celebrate Israeli pager operation www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know
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First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know
A patient in Washington state has died from H5N5 bird flu, the first known human infection with this virus – but experts say the wider risk remains low.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know
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theconversation.com/first-human-...
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This is such terrible, cruel, shortsighted legislation
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is such terrible, cruel, shortsighted legislation
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"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
Labor accused of turning blind eye to Nauru corruption allegations
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
The Albanese Government is facing mounting criticism over a last-minute legislative amendment that could see thousands lose social security payments before being found guilty of any crime.
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thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Government legislation a 'dangerous departure from the Rule of Law'
The Albanese Government is facing mounting criticism over a last-minute legislative amendment that could see thousands lose social security payments before being found guilty of any crime.
thepoint.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The Albanese Government is facing mounting criticism over a last-minute legislative amendment that could see thousands lose social security payments before being found guilty of any crime.
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Have you seen the new BoM website? Everyone is so mad about it
First Dog on the Moon
We just want things to work! Why is that too much to ask at the end of the world?
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First Dog on the Moon
We just want things to work! Why is that too much to ask at the end of the world?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Have you seen the new BoM website? Everyone is so mad about it | First Dog on the Moon
We just want things to work! Why is that too much to ask at the end of the world?
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Have you seen the new BoM website? Everyone is so mad about it
First Dog on the Moon
We just want things to work! Why is that too much to ask at the end of the world?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
First Dog on the Moon
We just want things to work! Why is that too much to ask at the end of the world?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is this the first direct evidence of dark matter?
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Is this the first direct evidence of dark matter? | News | ConnectSci
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November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Is this the first direct evidence of dark matter?
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UN AIDS body says Trump's foreign aid cuts have killed people and left millions without medicine www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
UNAIDS says Trump's cuts have killed people and left millions without medicine
The United Nations body charged with fighting the spread of HIV says the Trump administration's cuts to the US foreign aid budget have sent the global aid response into "crisis mode".
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November 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
UN AIDS body says Trump's foreign aid cuts have killed people and left millions without medicine www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Dubious donations and fake philanthropy. Exposing the exaggerated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/dubious...
Dubious donations and fake philanthropy. Exposing the exaggerated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies
Australia Institute research into 20 of Australia’s largest corporations has found that over half the value of their reported contributions to the community were dubious, leading to overinflated claim...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Dubious donations and fake philanthropy. Exposing the exaggerated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/dubious...
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“Australia produces a significant food surplus and exports around 70% of total agricultural production.…More than one in eight (13.2% or 1.3 million) Australian households experienced food insecurity in 2023”
Australia’s new National Food Council: lots of industry reps, at the cost of health and environment
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Australia’s new National Food Council: lots of industry reps, at the cost of health and environment
It’s a missed opportunity to think differently about how we can ensure all Australians have access to enough healthy and sustainably produced food.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Australia produces a significant food surplus and exports around 70% of total agricultural production.…More than one in eight (13.2% or 1.3 million) Australian households experienced food insecurity in 2023”
Dubious donations and fake philanthropy. Exposing the exaggerated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/dubious...
Dubious donations and fake philanthropy. Exposing the exaggerated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies
Australia Institute research into 20 of Australia’s largest corporations has found that over half the value of their reported contributions to the community were dubious, leading to overinflated claim...
australiainstitute.org.au
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Dubious donations and fake philanthropy. Exposing the exaggerated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/dubious...