ElmsGlen
@elmsglen.bsky.social
Tree lover,nature lover,too old to care who played. Kambuwal country
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Love Australia's no kneepads journalists.
It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
The Point Live — Daily Updates
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live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Love Australia's no kneepads journalists.
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"We cannot pretend climate change isn't real. We cannot ignore it. And we can't give up and say it's all too hard." - Chris Bowen
They approve more fossil fuel projects. They wanted a ministerial override to allow them to pass projects that wouldn't pass climate rules
Yeah nah, not buying
#auspol
They approve more fossil fuel projects. They wanted a ministerial override to allow them to pass projects that wouldn't pass climate rules
Yeah nah, not buying
#auspol
"These are diabolical pollution numbers that suggest we are on track for cataclysmic climate change." AU's once in a generation "progressive" government are stuck. Could they move with the Greens to legislate #Science backed #ClimateAction policy? Yep. Will they? Nope. Just sad. #AusPol 🇦🇺 🐨 ♻️ 🌱
Breaking: Government projected to badly miss 2035 climate target, fall shy of 2030
The Environment Department projects Australia is expected to fall well short of its commitment to cut emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035 — though the minister notes that is before accounting for a...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"We cannot pretend climate change isn't real. We cannot ignore it. And we can't give up and say it's all too hard." - Chris Bowen
They approve more fossil fuel projects. They wanted a ministerial override to allow them to pass projects that wouldn't pass climate rules
Yeah nah, not buying
#auspol
They approve more fossil fuel projects. They wanted a ministerial override to allow them to pass projects that wouldn't pass climate rules
Yeah nah, not buying
#auspol
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Congrats to mob sitting on sacred wetlands to keep Bravus/ Adani away from their waterways.
#StopAdani
#StopAdani
Big News
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
Adani Vs Pennings | Ben Pennings
benpennings.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Congrats to mob sitting on sacred wetlands to keep Bravus/ Adani away from their waterways.
#StopAdani
#StopAdani
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If Australia is doing it bet China does too.
1/3 of global industrial #silver goes into solar panels. Over half of silver is used in industry.
Not saying it won't have alt industrial uses but looks to me like supply will increase which would create headwinds on it longer term as a store of value.
1/3 of global industrial #silver goes into solar panels. Over half of silver is used in industry.
Not saying it won't have alt industrial uses but looks to me like supply will increase which would create headwinds on it longer term as a store of value.
Copper-based solar cell commercialisation fast-tracked
->EcoGeneration | #solar cell #renewable energy | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->EcoGeneration | #solar cell #renewable energy | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Copper-based solar cell commercialisation fast-tracked
Photo credit: Andrii/Stock.Adobe.com Australian solar innovator SunDrive has secured up to $25.3 million in new funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Awarded under ARENA’s Advancing Renewables Program, the investment will allow SunDrive to collaborate with global equipment manufacturers...
www.ecogeneration.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If Australia is doing it bet China does too.
1/3 of global industrial #silver goes into solar panels. Over half of silver is used in industry.
Not saying it won't have alt industrial uses but looks to me like supply will increase which would create headwinds on it longer term as a store of value.
1/3 of global industrial #silver goes into solar panels. Over half of silver is used in industry.
Not saying it won't have alt industrial uses but looks to me like supply will increase which would create headwinds on it longer term as a store of value.
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This is the kind of "build it and they will come" I can actually get behind.
Record 40,000 birds flock to 400-year-old revived wetland
->Oceanographic | #water #wetland #bird | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Oceanographic | #water #wetland #bird | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Record 40,000 birds flock to 400-year-old revived wetland
A decade after seawater first returned to Wallasea Island, an RSPB nature haven created from the excavated material of London’s Elizabeth line is now supporting record numbers of migratory birds. Nearly 40,000 birds arrived at Jubilee Marsh last winter –...
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is the kind of "build it and they will come" I can actually get behind.
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Currently, less than 10% of the ocean is in some form of protection - only 3% is highly protected from damaging activities.
"We only have 5 years left to achieve the global goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030”
"We only have 5 years left to achieve the global goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030”
Shark strongholds: Remote Pacific islands host thriving populations as coastal marine reserves falter
phys.org/news/2025-11... via @physorg_com
phys.org/news/2025-11... via @physorg_com
Shark strongholds: Remote Pacific islands host thriving populations as coastal marine reserves falter
One of the most comprehensive surveys to date of shark and other large predator fish in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) ocean finds that remote marine protected areas (MPAs)—including the Galapagos...
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Currently, less than 10% of the ocean is in some form of protection - only 3% is highly protected from damaging activities.
"We only have 5 years left to achieve the global goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030”
"We only have 5 years left to achieve the global goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030”
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This man was featured on an Atlas Network partner’s side project podcast. Why are Atlas Network “policy” people, academics, including Mont Pelerin Society members appearing on a platform with him & more? Why does NSW register them as a hunting organisation? #Auspol
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This man was featured on an Atlas Network partner’s side project podcast. Why are Atlas Network “policy” people, academics, including Mont Pelerin Society members appearing on a platform with him & more? Why does NSW register them as a hunting organisation? #Auspol
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Overheard at the servo just now
Young cop hogging the night service window to whine about being assaulted . Without missing a beat the teenager behind the counter said, ' yes well, you are wearing provocative clothing'
It's going to be a good day. Earliest sunrise I've ever seen.
Young cop hogging the night service window to whine about being assaulted . Without missing a beat the teenager behind the counter said, ' yes well, you are wearing provocative clothing'
It's going to be a good day. Earliest sunrise I've ever seen.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Overheard at the servo just now
Young cop hogging the night service window to whine about being assaulted . Without missing a beat the teenager behind the counter said, ' yes well, you are wearing provocative clothing'
It's going to be a good day. Earliest sunrise I've ever seen.
Young cop hogging the night service window to whine about being assaulted . Without missing a beat the teenager behind the counter said, ' yes well, you are wearing provocative clothing'
It's going to be a good day. Earliest sunrise I've ever seen.
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@albomp.bsky.social's NO fucking respect for democracy
This is outrageous. I suggest you ring your local member after looking at your local seat preferences at the last. Then ask for Green representation
The PM's arrogance does not allow him to ignore almost 1.79 m Australians
This is outrageous. I suggest you ring your local member after looking at your local seat preferences at the last. Then ask for Green representation
The PM's arrogance does not allow him to ignore almost 1.79 m Australians
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@albomp.bsky.social's NO fucking respect for democracy
This is outrageous. I suggest you ring your local member after looking at your local seat preferences at the last. Then ask for Green representation
The PM's arrogance does not allow him to ignore almost 1.79 m Australians
This is outrageous. I suggest you ring your local member after looking at your local seat preferences at the last. Then ask for Green representation
The PM's arrogance does not allow him to ignore almost 1.79 m Australians
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Summer has come. 🙄🥵
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Summer has come. 🙄🥵
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I just learnt we say "fingers crossed" because Europeans, before the Roman Empire, believed that crossing two fingers created a powerful symbol, a tiny “cross”, that could trap good spirits or ward off bad luck.
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I just learnt we say "fingers crossed" because Europeans, before the Roman Empire, believed that crossing two fingers created a powerful symbol, a tiny “cross”, that could trap good spirits or ward off bad luck.
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Yep
What they are not telling you is our water tables are all connected. Pollute one, destroy another.
On the driest inhabited continent on the planet.
On the driest inhabited continent on the planet.
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 5:19 AM
Yep
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What they are not telling you is our water tables are all connected. Pollute one, destroy another.
On the driest inhabited continent on the planet.
On the driest inhabited continent on the planet.
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 4:57 AM
What they are not telling you is our water tables are all connected. Pollute one, destroy another.
On the driest inhabited continent on the planet.
On the driest inhabited continent on the planet.
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Yeah um.
Facebook is a big human trade laundry , specialising in exploiting children
Facebook is a big human trade laundry , specialising in exploiting children
“Facebook accounts for 59 to 65 percent of online trafficking recruitment in federal cases. For children specifically, 65 percent. Meta platforms generated 85 percent of all child sexual abuse material reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2022.”
GET OFF META!
GET OFF META!
Mark Zuckerberg has more in common with Jeffrey Epstein than you might expect
Is Meta complicit in a massive transnational human trafficking trade?
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Yeah um.
Facebook is a big human trade laundry , specialising in exploiting children
Facebook is a big human trade laundry , specialising in exploiting children
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Penny Wong’s cautious diplomacy reveals Australia’s struggle to balance loyalty to the U.S. with the need for genuine independence on the world stage.
Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America
~ Mark Beeson
Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America
~ Mark Beeson
Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America
Penny Wong’s cautious diplomacy reveals Australia’s struggle to balance loyalty to the U.S. with the need for genuine independence on the world stage.
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Penny Wong’s cautious diplomacy reveals Australia’s struggle to balance loyalty to the U.S. with the need for genuine independence on the world stage.
Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America
~ Mark Beeson
Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America
~ Mark Beeson
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Colourful tree-dwellers Channel-billed Toucans are #Amazon #icons in #Brazil 🇧🇷#Venezuela 🇻🇪 #Colombia 🇨🇴 Threats include #PalmOil 🌴🔥#Soy #Meat 🥩🔥and #GoldMining 🥇🔥 Help them survive when you #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️🧐⛔️ #BoycottGold #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/08/02/c...
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Colourful tree-dwellers Channel-billed Toucans are #Amazon #icons in #Brazil 🇧🇷#Venezuela 🇻🇪 #Colombia 🇨🇴 Threats include #PalmOil 🌴🔥#Soy #Meat 🥩🔥and #GoldMining 🥇🔥 Help them survive when you #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️🧐⛔️ #BoycottGold #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/08/02/c...
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#Santos can well and truly get fukked. Polluting the nation's breadbasket and nothing to gain but profits for Santos. Finally, the farmers are on our side.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Tanya probs wants to build a park zoo where she can display those in poverty for her rich guffaw investors and corporate buddies to throw bread at like she did 3 entire koalas actually rescued under her watch as enviro minister.
Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
apcentre.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Tanya probs wants to build a park zoo where she can display those in poverty for her rich guffaw investors and corporate buddies to throw bread at like she did 3 entire koalas actually rescued under her watch as enviro minister.
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youtube.com/watch?v=l8LO... “Big Tech & Far-Right, this is the new face of power- fusing profit, surveillance & repression” #Amazon’sCrimes #MakeAmazonPay #BlackFriday28thNovember
#workersexploitation #destructionofplanet #taxdodging #ComplicityInaGenocideOfPalestinians
#workersexploitation #destructionofplanet #taxdodging #ComplicityInaGenocideOfPalestinians
Think Amazon just delivers your packages? Think again.
YouTube video by Progressive International
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=l8LO... “Big Tech & Far-Right, this is the new face of power- fusing profit, surveillance & repression” #Amazon’sCrimes #MakeAmazonPay #BlackFriday28thNovember
#workersexploitation #destructionofplanet #taxdodging #ComplicityInaGenocideOfPalestinians
#workersexploitation #destructionofplanet #taxdodging #ComplicityInaGenocideOfPalestinians
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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 5:12 AM
Yep
Does anyone know how much privately held rural land was bought up by big corps in the CCS /offsets stage of the rort?
In so called Aus
In so called Aus
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Yep
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Does anyone know how much privately held rural land was bought up by big corps in the CCS /offsets stage of the rort?
In so called Aus
In so called Aus
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Does anyone know how much privately held rural land was bought up by big corps in the CCS /offsets stage of the rort?
In so called Aus
In so called Aus