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Hey James Massola why is it everyone else can find this stuff out on the Opposition but you can't? @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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On @albomp.bsky.social’s #FOI Amendment Bill … citizens slammed it, NGOs slammed it, the Coalition slammed it, the Greens slammed it, the cross-bench slammed it … but Labor senators love it. #sycophants #secrecy #auspol
‘Addiction to secrecy’: opposition and crossbench slam Labor’s ‘undemocratic’ changes to FoI – including charging fees
The proposed changes, which the government claims are needed to combat AI-generated requests, would also reduce what documents can be released
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Labor promised to end “jobs for mates”, but has chosen a non-binding appointments framework that leaves ministers free to ignore independent advice, writes Paddy Gourley. #Auspol #PublicService #Governance
How the Albanese government kept “jobs for mates” alive
The Albanese government promised to end political patronage in statutory appointments, but has instead chosen a non-binding framework that preserves ministerial discretion and limits accountability.
johnmenadue.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
reneweconomy.com.au/we-wont-need...

I learnt a lot reading this
reneweconomy.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment has made a surprise intervention in the legal challenges against the decision by Environment Minister Murray Watt to extend the life of Woodside’s NW Shelf LNG project.
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/un-ra...
www.theaustralian.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.

Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Courts turn on coal mines over climate impacts
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
www.smh.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Municipalities that try to ban gas-powered leaf blowers often face intense pushback. Here’s how advocates in one New Jersey town prevailed.
What It Takes to Defeat the Leaf Blowers
To end the use of gas-powered blowers, advocates in one New Jersey town focused on public health and made their case directly to local elected leaders.
bloom.bg
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise to an all-time high this year, according to a report.

At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the threshold experts agree would constitute catastrophic warming, the authors said.
Despite surging renewables, fossil fuel emissions will hit record this year
Emission-rate increases will accelerate in the U.S. and E.U. but will slow in China and India, according to a report published Wednesday.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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There was once a time when the Liberal party had values. 

These days they cater to the extremists in their party and coalition.

Today's decision just shows how out of touch they are with modern Australia.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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The US is pursuing "energy dominance" and forcing allies to buy US oil and gas. And, yet, China is beating the US on energy exports.

Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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#BREAKING: Despite their bravado and PR bluff, #FOI has revealed the Govt is engaged in discussions on an alternate to #AUKUS subs. They’re not willing to share anything with the public, but hey, problem recognition is a first step towards remedy. #auspol
A crack in the AUKUS public relations pressure hull! - Michael West
AUKUS is a hugely expensive Defence project facing considerable and, many argue unsurmountable, hurdles. But does Defence have a Plan B?
michaelwest.com.au
October 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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We need to speed up the transition to renewable power and the electrification of many uses of energy in the home, in transport and in industry and commerce. #auspol #climateaction
A fresh perspective on climate
The climate wars rage on interminably. A new perspective might help us see the way forward more clearly.
johnmenadue.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Vale Jane Goodall.
What a wonderful life.
I was excited to take the kids to hear her speak on tour just last year.
She fought for our planet right to the end.
Thank you

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall dies aged 91
The conservationist was renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy.
www.abc.net.au
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.

👉 theconversation.com/pr-firm...
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Column: For all the mythology, mountain lions pose almost no threat to humans.

They actually offer enormous benefits to humans, and restoring these big cats to their historical range could help the environment and us.
Column | I got nose-to-nose with a mountain lion. It was scary — and magical.
Mountain lions in your neighborhood could be just what you need. How restoring these big cats to their historical range could help the environment and us.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Some women are made of steel, stones, tears, dust, bones and scars. Others are made of books, music, rainfall, stardust, moonlight, flowers, daydreams and wild adventures. The rare ones are made of both.

~Omoehi Ehixojie

Helena Moore, Nostalgia
September 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Bottom trawling is incredibly and depressingly destructive, and the new footage in the Ocean documentary makes that very clear. It’s not only unnecessary, but counter-productive. And yet the UK government has just decided against a blanket ban.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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This piece is so good that I feel weird and kind of gross for both discovering it four days after the fact and sharing it after midnight.

But anyway this is an exceptionally affecting piece of writing and @roycerk2.bsky.social is a very good journalist.

But you all already knew that. Didn't you?
“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.
Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.
drilled.media
August 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight.

Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM