Royce Kurmelovs
@roycerk2.bsky.social
Journalist. Author of The Death of Holden (2016), Just Money (2020) and others.
Buy Slick: Australia's Toxic Relationship with Big Oil (2024) now: https://www.slickthebook.com.au/
For more me: https://www.roycekurmelovs.com/
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Buy Slick: Australia's Toxic Relationship with Big Oil (2024) now: https://www.slickthebook.com.au/
For more me: https://www.roycekurmelovs.com/
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Royce Kurmelovs
@roycerk2.bsky.social
· Jun 6
Slick has been given a reprint --now with a fancy sticker on the cover. If you want to understand Why We Are Like This on climate change, or read about things like that one time the oil and gas industry spied on the son of a prime minister, and you haven't picked up a copy, now's your chance!
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Politician at heart of $80 million Cayman Islands Watergate scandal quits Opposition front bench…
…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Politician at heart of $80 million Cayman Islands Watergate scandal quits Opposition front bench…
…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
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For a limited time, my iconic t-shirt (yes, I'm joking) is now available as part of various @drilledmedia.bsky.social Patreon memberships. Support great climate reporting and tell Schmelon to kick rocks at the same time? Win-win www.patreon.com/cw/Drilled
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February 11, 2026 at 1:55 AM
For a limited time, my iconic t-shirt (yes, I'm joking) is now available as part of various @drilledmedia.bsky.social Patreon memberships. Support great climate reporting and tell Schmelon to kick rocks at the same time? Win-win www.patreon.com/cw/Drilled
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I drove through a heat wave in Port Augusta once and stopped there over on the way to the Nullarbor and eventually Perth. It was 49 degrees on the sign. The pool was too hot. The kids were jumping off the nearby pier and hanging around the outside of the shopping centre where the aircon is.
Worth a mention that about one in five people in Port Augusta and Ceduna are Indigenous.
More than 50 heat records were broken across Australia in the last week of January, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I drove through a heat wave in Port Augusta once and stopped there over on the way to the Nullarbor and eventually Perth. It was 49 degrees on the sign. The pool was too hot. The kids were jumping off the nearby pier and hanging around the outside of the shopping centre where the aircon is.
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"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
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Really have to hand it to the @WeRateDogs guy, who's consistently using his massive platform for good. In this case discussing how Ring is trying to manufacture consent for using its products for immigration—AND ABORTION—monitoring.
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Really have to hand it to the @WeRateDogs guy, who's consistently using his massive platform for good. In this case discussing how Ring is trying to manufacture consent for using its products for immigration—AND ABORTION—monitoring.
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Great piece from @roycerk2.bsky.social on the influence that Japanese gas companies are seeking to flex over Australia's policymakers.
drilled.media/news/japan-a...
drilled.media/news/japan-a...
New Documents Reveal Japan LNG Industry’s Influence on Australian Politics
A new report from Influence Map shows employees from Japanese companies involved in major Australian gas projects have been regularly meeting with Australian ministers, directly shaping policy.
drilled.media
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Great piece from @roycerk2.bsky.social on the influence that Japanese gas companies are seeking to flex over Australia's policymakers.
drilled.media/news/japan-a...
drilled.media/news/japan-a...
Worth a mention that about one in five people in Port Augusta and Ceduna are Indigenous.
More than 50 heat records were broken across Australia in the last week of January, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Worth a mention that about one in five people in Port Augusta and Ceduna are Indigenous.
Japanese companies have been lobbying to lock in fossil gas production and its enabling infrastructure, even as they resell Australian cargos while they're still on the water for geopolitical advantage.
I pulled the camera back to look at how they've done it for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
I pulled the camera back to look at how they've done it for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
New Documents Reveal Japan LNG Industry’s Influence on Australian Politics
A new report from Influence Map shows employees from Japanese companies involved in major Australian gas projects have been regularly meeting with Australian ministers, directly shaping policy.
drilled.media
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Japanese companies have been lobbying to lock in fossil gas production and its enabling infrastructure, even as they resell Australian cargos while they're still on the water for geopolitical advantage.
I pulled the camera back to look at how they've done it for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
I pulled the camera back to look at how they've done it for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
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White House officially announcing today that the EPA endangerment finding repeal is coming Thursday.
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
White House officially announcing today that the EPA endangerment finding repeal is coming Thursday.
Irony? Or are you trolling?
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Irony? Or are you trolling?
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Japan has quietly become a major source of climate obstruction over the past decade. Here @roycerk2.bsky.social looks at a new @influencemap.bsky.social report that shows how effective Japanese LNG execs lobbying of Australian politicians has been drilled.media/news/japan-a...
New Documents Reveal Japan LNG Industry’s Influence on Australian Politics
A new report from Influence Map shows employees from Japanese companies involved in major Australian gas projects have been regularly meeting with Australian ministers, directly shaping policy.
drilled.media
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Japan has quietly become a major source of climate obstruction over the past decade. Here @roycerk2.bsky.social looks at a new @influencemap.bsky.social report that shows how effective Japanese LNG execs lobbying of Australian politicians has been drilled.media/news/japan-a...
I could say more but this is basically running hype without any real space given to countervailing voices.
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I could say more but this is basically running hype without any real space given to countervailing voices.
Things to consider: a) a global gas glut is emerging and will render projects unviable and b) a combination of batteries and renewables will increasingly crush demand, further weighing on the future of the industry.
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Things to consider: a) a global gas glut is emerging and will render projects unviable and b) a combination of batteries and renewables will increasingly crush demand, further weighing on the future of the industry.
'Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dale Last said the area had "serious potential to revitalise a domestic oil production industry".'
The Queensland government has approved new oil and gas exploration in a region they believe could become Australia's first new major oil province in 50 years.
New oil and gas exploration site the 'size of Singapore' approved in Queensland
The Queensland government has approved new oil and gas exploration in a region they believe could become Australia's first new major oil province in 50 years.
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
'Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dale Last said the area had "serious potential to revitalise a domestic oil production industry".'
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Hi friends! I’m starting a newsletter to share updates on my writing. I’ll send out occasional emails with some of my recent articles and updates on the book I’m working on which is about climate change, religion and something called rapture anxiety.
You can sign up here lyndal-rowlands.beehiiv.com
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Home | Revelations by Lyndal Rowlands
An occasional newsletter sharing my latest journalism and other writing on climate change and rapture anxiety.
lyndal-rowlands.beehiiv.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Hi friends! I’m starting a newsletter to share updates on my writing. I’ll send out occasional emails with some of my recent articles and updates on the book I’m working on which is about climate change, religion and something called rapture anxiety.
You can sign up here lyndal-rowlands.beehiiv.com
You can sign up here lyndal-rowlands.beehiiv.com
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Look I am not a fan of this arrangement but isn't their head of state King Charles www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
February 10, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Look I am not a fan of this arrangement but isn't their head of state King Charles www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Do it. Get out of the Nazi bar.
February 10, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Do it. Get out of the Nazi bar.
Can I just say, I'm really loving Ghost. It is such a good platform. Anyone still using Substack should consider moving across. It is pay to play, and it's a different way of working, but the functionality is great and it's so much nicer to use.
Some thoughts on "social cohesion" up at the newsletter.
Raising Hell
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www.raisinghell.media
February 10, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Can I just say, I'm really loving Ghost. It is such a good platform. Anyone still using Substack should consider moving across. It is pay to play, and it's a different way of working, but the functionality is great and it's so much nicer to use.
That's really interesting. I think a coalition between the Coalition and One Nation that gives Barnaby Joyce responsibility for policing and Malcolm Roberts total control over climate policy is a potential scenario. I broadly share your diagnosis but I do think Au has some diffs to UK.
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM
That's really interesting. I think a coalition between the Coalition and One Nation that gives Barnaby Joyce responsibility for policing and Malcolm Roberts total control over climate policy is a potential scenario. I broadly share your diagnosis but I do think Au has some diffs to UK.
Not sure there are many lessons, frankly. I also think Australia is headed for an Aoteraroa scenario where a group of right wing parties cobble together a minimum viable coalition to form government with 51%, then let rip knowing it's essentially one and done.
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Not sure there are many lessons, frankly. I also think Australia is headed for an Aoteraroa scenario where a group of right wing parties cobble together a minimum viable coalition to form government with 51%, then let rip knowing it's essentially one and done.
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A reminder that Australia has already run the playbook that Aotearoa is going through right now and we should be taking what lessons we can from them #nzpol
It's more head canon on my part; basically what the US is doing now is what happened here after the election of Tony Abbott. Cuts to the public service, foreign aid and social services, attacks on climate action and the manufacture of uncertainty to freeze renewable investment, refugee policy...
February 10, 2026 at 4:04 AM
A reminder that Australia has already run the playbook that Aotearoa is going through right now and we should be taking what lessons we can from them #nzpol
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Crisis? What crisis?
Govt's own docs prove that there was no "swarm" of FOI requests that required Australians' FOI rights to be restricted.
No wonder govt delayed 150 days before releasing.
@skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog: live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
Govt's own docs prove that there was no "swarm" of FOI requests that required Australians' FOI rights to be restricted.
No wonder govt delayed 150 days before releasing.
@skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog: live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
February 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Crisis? What crisis?
Govt's own docs prove that there was no "swarm" of FOI requests that required Australians' FOI rights to be restricted.
No wonder govt delayed 150 days before releasing.
@skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog: live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
Govt's own docs prove that there was no "swarm" of FOI requests that required Australians' FOI rights to be restricted.
No wonder govt delayed 150 days before releasing.
@skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog: live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
The Australianification of American politics continues at pace.
Immigrants held in Texas now have limited legal options and indefinite timelines for detention. And in Minnesota, immigration authorities will continue to send detainees out of state as quickly as possible.
Written by @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
Written by @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
Federal ruling allows immigrants to be held indefinitely in Texas
A ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday means immigrants held in Texas now have limited legal options and indefinite timelines for detention. And in Minnesota, immigration authorities...
sahanjournal.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The Australianification of American politics continues at pace.
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BYD sold 5,001 vehicles in Australia in January, a staggering 641% increase year-over-year, while Tesla managed just 501, leaving the American automaker in 24th place as Chinese brands continue their takeover of the Australian EV market.
#BYD #Tesla
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#BYD #Tesla
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BYD outsells Tesla 10-to-1 in Australia as Chinese EVs dominate January sales
BYD sold 5,001 vehicles in Australia in January, a staggering 641% increase year-over-year, while Tesla managed just 501, leaving the...
electrek.co
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Just so we’re clear:
Protesting a genocide and the invite of a man credibly accused of war crimes = unacceptable violence
Police beating and detaining said protestors = justified violence
Protesting a genocide and the invite of a man credibly accused of war crimes = unacceptable violence
Police beating and detaining said protestors = justified violence
February 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Just so we’re clear:
Protesting a genocide and the invite of a man credibly accused of war crimes = unacceptable violence
Police beating and detaining said protestors = justified violence
Protesting a genocide and the invite of a man credibly accused of war crimes = unacceptable violence
Police beating and detaining said protestors = justified violence