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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve just started watching Down Cemetery Road on Apple TV. Same writer as Slow Horses. Emma Thompson as an acerbic PI, so far it’s brilliant.

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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Environment: Six strategies will simultaneously reduce emissions and help communities prepare https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/environment-six-strategies-will-simultaneously-reduce-emissions-and-help-communities-prepare #auspol

Environment: Six strategies will simultaneously reduce emissions and help communities prepare

Six broad strategies will tackle the root causes of climate change and help groups prepare for the consequences of global warming. Environmentally sustainable aircraft are slow to take off. Local governments can take a lead in promoting biodiversity.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 3d

Giving this one another run, since it's rainbow bee-eater season again. We only see them here during the warmer months.
This one performed an unorthodox landing 😄

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 2d

Such an extraordinary orator. The contrast to the current administration could not be more stark.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 2d

The federal government spends $4 billion a year maintaining the Job Service Provider system, which is designed to surveil and punish welfare recipients who do not complete its arduous “mutual obligations”.

www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1441/an...

We can end poverty today

More and more people are falling into poverty, but ending it is easier than we think, argues Isaac Nellist.

www.greenleft.org.au

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 5d

To all those who still think #EV batteries CANT BE RECYCLED! because some dude on faceboo said so!! BMW will be recycling EV batteries in Australia. #China now has laws requiring manufacturers to #recycle EV batteries.

thedriven.io/2025/10/30/b...

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BMW to launch new EV battery recycling program in Australia

BMW says it is partnering with Victoria's EcoBatt to ensure end of life batteries from electric BMW and Minis are recycled in its "world-first" shredding plant.

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 5d

Today we learned of a shocking amendment to the income apportionment bill that involves police in social security decisions.

We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.

Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?

Australia Institute Live — Daily Updates

Stay updated with the latest from The Australia Institute.

live.thepoint.com.au

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 6d

A billionaire who thought we shouldn't give the poor free COVID vaccines, and hung out with Epstein, wrote some weird, vague stuff about how climate change "isn't that bad" and now the media is covering that rather than a record climate fueled hurricane.

The age of oligarchy sure is exhausting.

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Anthony Morgan @admorgan.bsky.social · 6d

Video of Gates fawning over Trump within that group of billionaire tech merchants looking to carve off from America as much white meat as possible does not … add weight to his *argument*.

James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 6d

This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism.
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...

Bill Gates Delivers ‘Tough Truths’ on Climate Just Before Big U.N. Talks

Bill Gates argues against focusing on emissions goals in favor of measures of human development.

www.newsweek.com

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 6d

Mind blowing levels of ignorance/arrogance here 👇

Brushes over entire populations of lower and middle income countries being displaced as their homes become unliveable. As if that has no geopolitical fall out ? Where does he suggest they go ?

#climatechange

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from global heating to ‘improving lives’

Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target

www.theguardian.com

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kristy yummy coochie 🇯🇲 @adrierising.bsky.social · 8d

jamaica has never been hit by a category 5 hurricane in recorded history and someone is still going to argue that climate change is a hoax

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 6d

Nailed it

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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 6d

David Pope in Canberra Times

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Reverend Genes @reverendgenes.com.au · 6d

28 years since Kyoto. 10 years since Paris. Humanity's response to climate change? The dog ate my homework. 🌏 ⚖️

'Serious need for speed' in global climate commitments amid 2035 target shortfalls

A report from the UN's climate change body shows global carbon emissions appear to be on track to fall by 10 per cent by 2035, far short of its 60 per cent target.

www.abc.net.au

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 6d

Every time I don’t think Auspol can get any stupider, I get proven wrong. A national conversation over whether the PM should apologise for wearing a t-shirt featuring a very popular band that’s been around for decades because of its name, is stupid, stupid, even for us

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 7d

Really good article. Trying to force a 20 year high performing employee back into the office and citing her “lifestyle choices” (ie. having children) smacks of ideology rather than a sensible business decision. 🦕

#auspol

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Westpac’s work-from-home complaint was a cultural miff that doesn’t resonate in today’s Australia | Van Badham

Women who manage to perform their jobs well while caring for children should get a bloody medal, not a trip to Fair Work

www.theguardian.com

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 10d

What a great story.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

When it comes to fire hazard reduction, could this method actually be the GOAT?

Goats are low-maintenance weed clearers, meadow mowers and bush bashers – and they might just be the secret weapon to future bushfire season preparedness

www.theguardian.com

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 11d

Nothing like a little coercion..

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"Watt says Australia risks not being able to mine for critical minerals or build more homes if the bill does not pass parliament."

Australia's > 2000 threatened species and ecological communities have some questions, Minister Watt.

Live: Minister says critical minerals, housing will suffer if environment laws aren't passed

Environment Minister Murray Watt links the passage of Labor's Environmental Protection Reform Bill to critical minerals, housing and renewable energy projects.

www.abc.net.au

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Mishell Baker @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 11d

If generative AI was that wonderful, they wouldn't need to force it on us, make it the default, constantly harass us to use it.

No truly useful tech innovation has been forced on people this hard in my lifetime. Something new and cool is invented and people fall all over themselves to try it.

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Dr Sophie Scamps MP @sophiescamps.bsky.social · 13d

All Australians should benefit from the sale of our resources - not just a few mining magnates. We must not see a repeat of what has happened with our gas exports where we’ve being essentially giving it away for free. Time to build a sovereign wealth fund.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Critical minerals industry cheers US investment deal

Australian critical minerals companies could expect more international and domestic investment in producing and processing following the deal, experts say, however, more investment is needed in refine...

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 13d

It's 35C just now Northern Beaches of NSW, Australia. Fires, severe winds in the State. Temp. records broken since recordings began.
Who needs Halloween when the spectre of #climatechaos is already upon us? And the hell of more awaits us and future generations?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the norm

Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states

www.theguardian.com

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Reverend Genes @reverendgenes.com.au · 13d

It's hot & it's not direct sun as such. The air's hot, wind's hot, ground's hot. Epic bushfire risk. What will AU's Labor government do? Well, more new #FossilFuel it seems. No climate trigger & a soft profit threat lol. Really? #ShutFossilFuelDown @albomp.bsky.social #MakeFossilFuelPay 🇦🇺 ☀️ 🔥 🌏 🌱

'Climate trigger' formally ruled out of environment laws

A "climate trigger" that could be used to block coal and gas projects has been formally excluded from the government's overhaul of Australia's environment laws, minister Murray Watt confirms.

www.abc.net.au

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 13d

The new leader of the UK’s Green Party, Zack Polanski, is a phenomenal communicator. So refreshing to see a politician communicating hope and championing social justice and equality. Gives me hope.

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thegreenparty on Instagram: "Let's make hope normal again.View all 1,277 comments"

Let's make hope normal again.View all 1,277 comments

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 18d

A much needed voice of hope and tolerance in an increasingly toxic UK. 🙏

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18d

British.

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 19d

This is actually for real. We have just reached a new level of insanity.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19d

EXCLUSIVE: Governor Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed to MeidasTouch he is working with local partners to minimize what would be “a massive disruption, and reckless disregard for California’s infrastructure and communities.”

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19d

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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