@mattharan.bsky.social
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Congratulations, @albomp.bsky.social & Minister allegedly 'for' the environment, Murray Watt!
"More than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat was approved for destruction by the Australian government in 2025 – the most in 15 years..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"More than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat was approved for destruction by the Australian government in 2025 – the most in 15 years..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ten Sydney Harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat approved for destruction in 2025, report finds
ACF analysis finds amount of habitat approved by Albanese government for land-clearing hit a 15-year high last year
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Congratulations, @albomp.bsky.social & Minister allegedly 'for' the environment, Murray Watt!
"More than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat was approved for destruction by the Australian government in 2025 – the most in 15 years..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"More than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat was approved for destruction by the Australian government in 2025 – the most in 15 years..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Santoss made an ad for the 2026 Tour Down Under and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️
Honest Government Ad | Santoss Tour Down Under
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Santoss made an ad for the 2026 Tour Down Under and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️
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If you want to understand why the Ministry of Defence’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Palantir is so profoundly dangerous, please read my latest piece open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
If you want to understand why the Ministry of Defence’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Palantir is so profoundly dangerous, please read my latest piece open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Going against Santos?? Malinauskus will be wanting to charge the riders with hate crimes.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under
Cyclists prepare for Australia’s big race by training in extreme temperatures – and they have noticed a contradiction in the relationship with Santos
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Going against Santos?? Malinauskus will be wanting to charge the riders with hate crimes.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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What happens when fossil fuel companies write the rules? ⛽️
Your life doesn’t count.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Your life doesn’t count.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
What happens when fossil fuel companies write the rules? ⛽️
Your life doesn’t count.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Your life doesn’t count.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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Start today.
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
January 12, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Start today.
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
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Extreme heat training has now become standard for cyclists heading into big races in hot climates, and the advance of climate change is forcing a quiet, uneasy confrontation with its relationship to fossil fuels ahead of this year's Tour Down Under.
New from me on The Guardian:
New from me on The Guardian:
‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under
Cyclists prepare for Australia’s big race by training in extreme temperatures – and they’ve noticed a contradiction in the relationship with Santos
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Extreme heat training has now become standard for cyclists heading into big races in hot climates, and the advance of climate change is forcing a quiet, uneasy confrontation with its relationship to fossil fuels ahead of this year's Tour Down Under.
New from me on The Guardian:
New from me on The Guardian:
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I fundamentally cannot compute the push for a government level ban of X when the vast majority of government figures and the entire infrastructure of the progressive left that would push for a ban also spend their days doing volunteer work for Musk by providing free content to X to keep it alive
If Brazil can do it so can the UK - assuming they have the guts to ban paedophilia
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
The platform agrees to appoint a legal representative in Brazil, pays fines and takes down user accounts that the court had ordered removed
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I fundamentally cannot compute the push for a government level ban of X when the vast majority of government figures and the entire infrastructure of the progressive left that would push for a ban also spend their days doing volunteer work for Musk by providing free content to X to keep it alive
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I have been helping out with The Guardian's coverage of the Victorian bushfires and the Tropical Cyclone in Queensland. As extreme weather grows stronger and more frequent in the climate crisis, this is a reminder to check out my Slick: Australia's Toxic Relationship With Big Oil for a primer:
Slick
A riveting expose of the global oil industry’s multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to addr...
www.uqp.com.au
January 11, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I have been helping out with The Guardian's coverage of the Victorian bushfires and the Tropical Cyclone in Queensland. As extreme weather grows stronger and more frequent in the climate crisis, this is a reminder to check out my Slick: Australia's Toxic Relationship With Big Oil for a primer:
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"On 30 April 2020, Kelly announced his resignation from Parliament due to personal and family health issues. Ten days later, he said he had taken up a job offer with Palantir Technologies."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ke...
#auspol
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ke...
#auspol
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 AM
"On 30 April 2020, Kelly announced his resignation from Parliament due to personal and family health issues. Ten days later, he said he had taken up a job offer with Palantir Technologies."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ke...
#auspol
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ke...
#auspol
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After Bondi, calls for a Royal Commission appeared overnight, delivered by rotating groups using identical language. That is astroturfing, a PR tactic that simulates grassroots demand to manufacture urgency, crowd out scrutiny, and lock in policy before evidence is tested. More on YT
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
After Bondi, calls for a Royal Commission appeared overnight, delivered by rotating groups using identical language. That is astroturfing, a PR tactic that simulates grassroots demand to manufacture urgency, crowd out scrutiny, and lock in policy before evidence is tested. More on YT
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Trump has just withdrawn the US from a stack of organisations including
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Trump has just withdrawn the US from a stack of organisations including
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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We don’t have a functioning housing system in Australia; we have a generational lottery, where young people are staring down the barrel of lifelong renting, precarious leases, and a housing market rigged against them. Housing should not be an intergenerational tug-of-war.
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 AM
We don’t have a functioning housing system in Australia; we have a generational lottery, where young people are staring down the barrel of lifelong renting, precarious leases, and a housing market rigged against them. Housing should not be an intergenerational tug-of-war.
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The Australian Government's own Gas Market Review finds Australians face gas shortages because that very same Australian Government allows multinational gas corporations to export 4X more gas than Australia uses every year.
Oh, and they give them most of it FOR FREE.
Oh, and they give them most of it FOR FREE.
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 AM
The Australian Government's own Gas Market Review finds Australians face gas shortages because that very same Australian Government allows multinational gas corporations to export 4X more gas than Australia uses every year.
Oh, and they give them most of it FOR FREE.
Oh, and they give them most of it FOR FREE.
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I've added 2025 to this ridiculous chart
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I've added 2025 to this ridiculous chart
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“If [our leaders] keep acting in the interests of the foreign owned gas and coal companies . . . they will let [them] keep exporting their profits while leaving Australians to pick up the enormous cost” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO, The Australia Institute
Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/260106-...
Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/260106-...
January 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
“If [our leaders] keep acting in the interests of the foreign owned gas and coal companies . . . they will let [them] keep exporting their profits while leaving Australians to pick up the enormous cost” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO, The Australia Institute
Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/260106-...
Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/260106-...
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The PBS is a national treasure.
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The PBS is a national treasure.
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
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If you’re Australian and you vote for either Labor, the LNP or right wing fringe parties you’re part of the problem.
The only solution is voting for community independents or the Greens to put a brake on the clusterfuck of shitfuckery
The only solution is voting for community independents or the Greens to put a brake on the clusterfuck of shitfuckery
January 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
If you’re Australian and you vote for either Labor, the LNP or right wing fringe parties you’re part of the problem.
The only solution is voting for community independents or the Greens to put a brake on the clusterfuck of shitfuckery
The only solution is voting for community independents or the Greens to put a brake on the clusterfuck of shitfuckery
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Law schmaw, invading is fun
January 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Law schmaw, invading is fun
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I've worked in & around news media for very close to my entire adult life. I've spoken up, protested for & voted in support of our ABC.
It gives me zero joy to say that legacy media in Australia is over.
Time to move on.
Start here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com
It gives me zero joy to say that legacy media in Australia is over.
Time to move on.
Start here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I've worked in & around news media for very close to my entire adult life. I've spoken up, protested for & voted in support of our ABC.
It gives me zero joy to say that legacy media in Australia is over.
Time to move on.
Start here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com
It gives me zero joy to say that legacy media in Australia is over.
Time to move on.
Start here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com
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Happy new year Australia, here's a newly released cabinet paper from the Howard era talking up the promise of CCS
Two decades on the Labor government is doing the same stuff.....
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetri...
Two decades on the Labor government is doing the same stuff.....
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetri...
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Happy new year Australia, here's a newly released cabinet paper from the Howard era talking up the promise of CCS
Two decades on the Labor government is doing the same stuff.....
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetri...
Two decades on the Labor government is doing the same stuff.....
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetri...
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Here's a new year's resolution which will make a difference!
Support Australia's excellent independent news publishers & commentators (shown below) by signing up to & sharing TrueNorth's 4pm weekday newsletter #auspol
Subscribe here > truenorthnews.substack.com
Support Australia's excellent independent news publishers & commentators (shown below) by signing up to & sharing TrueNorth's 4pm weekday newsletter #auspol
Subscribe here > truenorthnews.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Here's a new year's resolution which will make a difference!
Support Australia's excellent independent news publishers & commentators (shown below) by signing up to & sharing TrueNorth's 4pm weekday newsletter #auspol
Subscribe here > truenorthnews.substack.com
Support Australia's excellent independent news publishers & commentators (shown below) by signing up to & sharing TrueNorth's 4pm weekday newsletter #auspol
Subscribe here > truenorthnews.substack.com
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News out today shows big utes designed to cary cargo are better at killing pedestrians than smaller vehicles designed to cary people
did you know the popularity of these behemoths is based on a range of subsidies?
But the govt is inquiring into subsidies for EVs…
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
did you know the popularity of these behemoths is based on a range of subsidies?
But the govt is inquiring into subsidies for EVs…
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Australia’s sales of big cars are out of control
Australia has a big “big car” problem; we have too many SUVs and utes, and we keep getting lots more of them.
thepoint.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
News out today shows big utes designed to cary cargo are better at killing pedestrians than smaller vehicles designed to cary people
did you know the popularity of these behemoths is based on a range of subsidies?
But the govt is inquiring into subsidies for EVs…
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
did you know the popularity of these behemoths is based on a range of subsidies?
But the govt is inquiring into subsidies for EVs…
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Climate change will create jobs, but rebuilding what’s been destroyed is not progress, writes co-CEO Richard Denniss in The Point.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Read the full op-ed➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251203-rebuilding-after-climate-chaos-creates-jobs-but-isnt-economic-progress
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Read the full op-ed➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251203-rebuilding-after-climate-chaos-creates-jobs-but-isnt-economic-progress
December 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Climate change will create jobs, but rebuilding what’s been destroyed is not progress, writes co-CEO Richard Denniss in The Point.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Read the full op-ed➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251203-rebuilding-after-climate-chaos-creates-jobs-but-isnt-economic-progress
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Read the full op-ed➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251203-rebuilding-after-climate-chaos-creates-jobs-but-isnt-economic-progress
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More gas drilling and a leg-up for foreign states, gas cartel, over Australian electricity customers. @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social takes the long handle to Gas Reservation Plan #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/king-plan-fa...
michaelwest.com.au/king-plan-fa...
A gas betrayal. King plan favours foreign buyers, gas cartel over mums and dads - Michael West
The Government’s Gas Reservation Policy is nothing short of a betrayal. They claim it will put downward pressure on gas and electricity prices. It won’t.
michaelwest.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
More gas drilling and a leg-up for foreign states, gas cartel, over Australian electricity customers. @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social takes the long handle to Gas Reservation Plan #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/king-plan-fa...
michaelwest.com.au/king-plan-fa...