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🎶I come from the land down under 🎶
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Australia’s first Climate Risk Assessment spells out harsher, more frequent climate hazards and cascading emergencies – yet governments are still delaying serious action. A decade after Paris, progress is real but nowhere near fast enough, writes Peter Sainsbury.
#auspol #climate #environment
Environment: It’s official - Australia’s extreme weather events will get more severe
Australia’s first Climate Risk Assessment confirms we’re in for more frequent and more extreme climate hazards. Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, Australia and governments around the world are still kicking the climate action can down the road.
johnmenadue.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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HISTORIC HEAT IN AUSTRALIA
Climatic history is set to be rewritten with an absolutely deadly week:
Today 48.5C in South Australia,47.2 New South Wales,
45.3 Queensland,45.0 Victoria

‼️We might expect 7 CONSECUTIVE DAYS >46C in New South Wales and we can't rule out 50C.
A HELL
January 25, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.

wapo.st/49Zqv1L
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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The NSW Premier has weighed in on Jan 26th. Click here to see what more people had to say: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4483...
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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NSW coast and Sydney Harbour beach goers can expect to see more drones in the sky after a $4.2 million investment into the state's shark management program in the wake of four shark attacks, including one fatal.
Bull shark tagging, extra drones for NSW beaches after attacks
NSW coast and Sydney Harbour beach goers can expect to see more drones in the sky after a $4.2 million investment into the state's shark management program in the wake of four shark attacks, including one fatal.
www.abc.net.au
January 25, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Just remember that right now the Albanese Govt is spending billions to the fund the USA military.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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“In little more than two decades, renewable energy in the South Australia grid has leapt from about 1 per cent to almost 75 per cent in net terms, and the state is within reach of achieving its goal – its legislated target – of 100 per cent green power by 2027.”

www.smh.com.au/environment/...
‘Up there with Denmark’: Australian miracle leads the world in renewables
Hard work and “really good wind” have helped South Australia become a world leader on renewables. But the state is determined to go further.
www.smh.com.au
January 25, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Who will bear the brunt of Labor’s hate speech laws? The government has failed to give a clear answer
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who will bear the brunt of Labor’s hate speech laws? The government has failed to give a clear answer | Luke McNamara
We can tackle antisemitism without imperilling Australia’s long history of respect for non-violent public protest
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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The heatwave in Australia is beyond belief. And it's caused by people making decisions to burn coal, oil and gas when there's so many other options available.
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”

So, same as Canadians.
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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"Single ship load of solar PV – which can ultimately deliver 170 terawatt hours of PV once installed, is now worth 120 coal carries, or 57 LNG tankers"
One ship load of solar PV is worth more to the grid than 100 ships of coal: IEA says fossil fuels losing race
One container ship of solar PV modules can make the same amount of electricity as 100 ships of coal, according to the IEA's latest report.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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+150 GW in a year: record new wind power capacity installed globally in 2025! Not really evenly spread over the world ;)

China +100 GW (that country where Trump couldn't find a single wind turbine :)
Europe +17 GW
US +7 GW
India +6 GW
Rest of the World +20 GW

windinsider.com/2026/01/21/g...
GWEC Reports Record Wind Energy Additions in 2025, with Asia Emerging as the Primary Growth Engine
Global wind energy installations are set to cross 150 GW in 2025, driven by rapid growth across Asia, with record additions in India, China and emerging markets.
windinsider.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Australia is the only colonised nation in the world that celebrates its national day on the anniversary of its own invasion. #auspol

womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-j...
Why January 26 is not a date to celebrate and staying silent is not enough
January 26 is not neutral, and when leaders and brands stay silent, First Nations people continue to be harmed across Australia.
womensagenda.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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A tropical cyclone warning has been issued for residents along the far north WA coast.
Tropical low likely to form into cyclone off northern WA coast
A tropical cyclone warning has been issued for residents along the far north WA coast.
www.abc.net.au
January 23, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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The fossil fuel industry (and its enablers) are responsible for the climate crisis.

Their CEOs receive million pound bonuses from soaring profits, whilst sabotaging climate action and pushing misleading narratives of individual responsibility.

It's time they pay up.
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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The revelation that the Forestry Corporation of NSW is proposing to log a cloud forest in southern NSW, teeming with threatened species, is another reminder of the spiralling decline of the native forest logging industry
- Bob Debus, former NSW enviro minister
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
The revelation that the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is proposing to log a cloud forest in southern NSW teeming with threatened species is another reminder of the spiralling decline of the nati...
thepoint.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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"I'm not letting you go to my 12-year-old birthday party, the one you said you weren't going to because your mean mom said to avoid me. SO THERE!!! Jokes on you, loser!!! Uninvited!!!!"
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Native forestry logging in NSW in breach of environmental regulations "will continue except when it is interrupted by community initiatives and citizen science" writes Bob Debus, former NSW Enviro Minister.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
The revelation that the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is proposing to log a cloud forest in southern NSW teeming with threatened species is another reminder of the spiralling decline of the nati...
thepoint.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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“Past logging has demonstrably increased the vulnerability of forests to climate risks and increased the severity of fires,” writes Bob Debus, NSW's longest serving Environment Minister, and Chair of @wildernessaus.bsky.social.

Read Bob Debus’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3NC2DJS
January 23, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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A tropical cyclone warning has been issued for residents along the far north WA coast.
Tropical low likely to form into cyclone off WA's far northern coast
A tropical cyclone warning has been issued for residents along the far north WA coast.
www.abc.net.au
January 23, 2026 at 1:48 AM