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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · 23d

Rise up to #DrawTheLine against fossil fuels!

Renewable energy is cleaner, cheaper, and more democratic. The fight against fossil fuels and for renewables and sustainable food is a fight for food sovereignty, public health, and a liveable future. Learn more at drawtheline.world

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · 24d

Rise up to #DrawTheLine for a shift to a sustainable, low-carbon economy that is fair and equitable! Let’s reclaim our future.

Learn more at drawtheline.world

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 22

For too long the Australian government has enabled Japan & South Korea’s corporate Gas Empire & must make a choice: ❌ Keep increasing companies’ short-term profits? ✅ Or be a responsible climate actor phasing out fossil fuels? Learn more: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire #AusPol

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 21

Japan & Korea’s Gas Empire expanding in Aus & the Asia-Pacific is locking out SE Asia’s transition to renewable energy, which is cheaper, cleaner & less vulnerable to geopolitical tensions. Discover why they’re driving artificial demand for gas: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire

Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 18

Japan & Korea’s corporate Gas Empire is costing Australians, essentially giving away a large proportion of gas for free. 💸 Energy prices soar 📈 while corporations pay no royalties & almost no tax. ❌ Uncover how Australia is enabling this: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire #AusPol

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 17

When the Albanese government has signaled changes in Australia’s energy policies, Japan & South Korea's fossil fuel interests brazenly intervene to keep the tap running. Our new report examines how the Albanese government is enabling this: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire #AusPol

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 17

🖌️ Art by Fran Johnson-Cash www.franangele.au and 🧠 concept by @suhailah.bsky.social

Fran Angele

www.franangele.au

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 17

OUR NEW REPORT: Japan & South Korea poured taxpayer-funded USD$20.5 billion into Australian LNG in 2008-2024. Yet companies reap the profits: Japanese companies earned at least USD$14 billion in gas-related profits in 2023-2024 alone. Learn more: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨NEW REPORT 🚨 Japan & South Korea's Gas Empire's claim it needs Aus gas for ‘energy security’ is a myth. In fact, Japanese LNG buyers are over-contracted & resell up to a third of Aus gas to other Asian countries eg Taiwan & Thailand. Read at: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · Jul 15

Taxpayer-funded public finance institutions in Japan and S Korea have poured US$20.5bn into Australian gas export projects since 2008, underwriting risky, climate-damaging gas projects, a new report reveals. #auspol @jubileeaus.bsky.social www.acf.org.au/news/austral...

Australian gas industry expansion funded by taxpayers in Japan and…

Public finance institutions in Japan and South Korea, funded by taxpayers in those countries, have poured US$20.5 billion into Australian gas export…

www.acf.org.au

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · Jul 15

The Japanese and S Korean governments have been massively investing in Australian gas to on-sell to other Asian countries, according to a new report. @jubileeaus.bsky.social @roycerk2.bsky.social @reneweconomy.com.au #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/how-japan-an...

How Japan and Korea financed Australian gas and used it to lock Asia into fossil fuels

Japan and South Korea have been building a “gas empire” by massively investing in Australian gas to on-sell to other Asian countries, a new report says.

reneweconomy.com.au

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 NEW REPORT❗Exposing how Australian gas fuels Japan & South Korea’s corporate profits, delays renewables in Southeast Asia & leaves Australians little to show for it. Co-published with @ausconservation.bsky.social and Fossil Free Japan: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 26

📸 Orokolo Bay Beach, Papua New Guinea. Photo by: Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR)

Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 26

Fossil fuels devastate the environment, human rights & livelihoods. Yet corporations want a new fossil gas industry in PNG. Support our holistic research & campaigns for a future with healthy environments, empowered communities & thriving economies instead: donorbox.org/jubilee-aust...

The beaches of PNG’s Gulf Province are beautiful – but rising sea levels and violent storms have already forced families from their homes. We must Stop Papua LNG and all new fossil fuel projects.

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Global North owes a huge climate debt to the South—it's time they #PayUp! We demand public, non-debt-creating, and adequate finance for people and communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
 
#ClimateFinanceNow #ReparationsNow #SystemChangeNow #ffd4people

Climate finance is not optional! Fulfil climate obligations. Deliver reparations.

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 12

^Artwork by Andy Taba'a

Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 12

Pacific forest defenders do more than save trees, forests provide food, shelter, medicine, livelihoods, culture & biodiversity. Support our holistic research & campaigns for healthy forests, empowered communities & thriving economies going hand in hand: donorbox.org/jubilee-aust...

Protecting Pacific forests is about a centuries’ long fight to defend a way of life, connecting culture, nature & livelihoods

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 10

Earth Insight highlights the risks of Papua LNG and offshore oil and gas to PNG's precious coasts - rich in reefs, mangroves and fish population.

Learn more: earth-insight.org/report/ocean...

#StopPapuaLNG

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 6

⚡🌱 As Asia shifts to cleaner energy, communities must not be left behind 🏘️✊ The transition must protect people & the planet 🌍💚—not just serve profit 💰❌

@adb.org, We demand transparency 📢, accountability 📊, & justice ⚖️!

ACEF 2025: Put human rights at the centre of the energy transition! Race to End Fossil Fuels & False Solutions.

Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 5

⚡🌱 The shift to renewable energy must center justice, people & the planet—not profit.

We urge @adb.org to fund 💡community-driven & 🪶Indigenous-led renewables that ✅respect rights, 🌿protect ecosystems & 🔋deliver real climate solutions.

ACEF 2025: Support community & Indigenous-led renewable energy initiatives! Race to End Fossil Fuels & False Solutions.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Jun 4

Is anyone surprised that tinkering around the edges of the PRRT didn't work? That we're getting billions less tax from big gas than we thought a year ago?

Remember, 80% of Australia’s gas is exported and no gas export project has ever paid PRRT. Who can say that this is a good deal? #auspol

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 5

From Karbi Anglong to the Amazon, land defenders protect more than trees — they defend heritage, biodiversity & climate justice.

🛑 No green energy without consent.
✅ Support just, community-led transitions.
📢 Stand with protectors, not polluters.

🔗 tinyurl.com/AssamSolarWin

#WorldEnvironmentDay

We honour the defenders of land, forests & culture - Indigenous communities who are on the frontlines of climate justice

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 4

🌏✊ Across Asia and the Pacific, defenders are under threat for speaking truth to power.
🏦 The @adb.org must ensure its projects do no harm ❌ and actively safeguard those who stand for people and planet 👥🌿🌍.

ACEF 2025: Protect environmental & human rights defenders! Race to End Fossil Fuels & False Solutions.

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 4

Recent changes in Australia make it clear Export Finance Australia’s policy would rule out financing to the controversial Papua LNG project, becoming the 14th financier to do so & bringing it in line with Australia’s major banks. Learn more: www.jubileeaustralia.org/news/latest-... #StopPapuaLNG

14 financiers rule out financing Papua LNG

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jun 3

We call on @adb.org to fully commit to the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement — not a loophole-filled “Paris Alignment” that keeps fossil fuels alive.

🚫 No more excuses.
✅ Real climate action = no new gas, no false solutions, full alignment with science.

ACEF 2025: Stick to 1.5 degrees celcius - Scrap the Greenwash. Race to End Fossil Fuels & False Solutions.

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