Paul van Ruth
@drpaulvr.bsky.social
Promoting sustainable land management and the conservation of biodiversity through new insights into the ecological impacts of environmental change.
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“In 2023, Australia had the 8th lowest level of government support for R&D – well below than OED average and lower than every nation in the G7”
Not a very smart nation. We are capable of doing better.
Not a very smart nation. We are capable of doing better.
"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
“In 2023, Australia had the 8th lowest level of government support for R&D – well below than OED average and lower than every nation in the G7”
Not a very smart nation. We are capable of doing better.
Not a very smart nation. We are capable of doing better.
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The environment minister wants to pass a major re-write of federal nature laws this year, encouraging miners to lobby the Coalition to work with Labor to help rush it through parliament 🤯
With climate trigger axed Labor wants to rush new environmental laws through after ‘positive’ talks with Coalition
Proposed timeframe leaves 12 days to scrutinise most significant changes to national environmental protection regime since 1999
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The environment minister wants to pass a major re-write of federal nature laws this year, encouraging miners to lobby the Coalition to work with Labor to help rush it through parliament 🤯
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Labor are burning your future and condemning your children & grandchildren to climate apocalypse #auspol
“The environment minister wants to pass a major re-write of federal nature laws this year, encouraging miners to lobby the Coalition to work with Labor to help rush it through parliament in the final three sitting weeks”
Just contemplate that sentence.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Just contemplate that sentence.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
With climate trigger axed Labor wants to rush new environmental laws through after ‘positive’ talks with Coalition
Proposed timeframe leaves 12 days to scrutinise most significant changes to national environmental protection regime since 1999
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Labor are burning your future and condemning your children & grandchildren to climate apocalypse #auspol
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This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.
China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.
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Long-term evidence for the benefits of feral removal in our arid zone. New paper from Katherine Moseby et al. in Proc Royal Soc B - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #wildoz
Feral-free zones spark small mammal boom in Australian desert
A 26-year study at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic reshaping of desert small mammal communities.
www.unsw.edu.au
July 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Long-term evidence for the benefits of feral removal in our arid zone. New paper from Katherine Moseby et al. in Proc Royal Soc B - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #wildoz
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One of his best.
June 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
One of his best.
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" the NWS shelf extension will be receiving around $5.1 billion a year in royalty-free gas, or $14 million each day, or $215 billion over the project’s 46-year life."
Great gas giveaway: $215 billion in royalty-free gas www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2025...
Great gas giveaway: $215 billion in royalty-free gas www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2025...
Royalty-free gas for Woodside’s North West Shelf project
A 50-year extension to the North West Shelf gas project in Western Australia would see huge amounts of gas given away royalty-free.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
May 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
" the NWS shelf extension will be receiving around $5.1 billion a year in royalty-free gas, or $14 million each day, or $215 billion over the project’s 46-year life."
Great gas giveaway: $215 billion in royalty-free gas www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2025...
Great gas giveaway: $215 billion in royalty-free gas www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2025...
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Further evidence that you’ll find gagged scientists and corrupt politicians behind every approval for more fossil fuels in Australia.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
May 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Further evidence that you’ll find gagged scientists and corrupt politicians behind every approval for more fossil fuels in Australia.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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One of the world's leading rock art specialists has accused the WA government of producing "propaganda" to support its view that Woodside's controversial North West Shelf gas project should be allowed to extend, labelling government-produced documents a "disgrace to Australian science".
May 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
One of the world's leading rock art specialists has accused the WA government of producing "propaganda" to support its view that Woodside's controversial North West Shelf gas project should be allowed to extend, labelling government-produced documents a "disgrace to Australian science".
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Here we go.
I don't have much to say about this one to encourage you to read, and the title will turn many of you away - and maybe it should - but I don't know what I would do with myself if I didn't get this one out:
I don't have much to say about this one to encourage you to read, and the title will turn many of you away - and maybe it should - but I don't know what I would do with myself if I didn't get this one out:
May 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here we go.
I don't have much to say about this one to encourage you to read, and the title will turn many of you away - and maybe it should - but I don't know what I would do with myself if I didn't get this one out:
I don't have much to say about this one to encourage you to read, and the title will turn many of you away - and maybe it should - but I don't know what I would do with myself if I didn't get this one out:
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The environmental law amendments being rushed through parliament this week will tear another hole in Australia's green safety net, the EPBC Act.
Hear what our experts had to say:
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/experts...
Hear what our experts had to say:
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/experts...
March 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The environmental law amendments being rushed through parliament this week will tear another hole in Australia's green safety net, the EPBC Act.
Hear what our experts had to say:
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/experts...
Hear what our experts had to say:
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/experts...
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
March 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis