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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 1h

OMG

Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10h

Unlawfully built, now leaking through the safety liner. Enough fuel to blow Darwin Harbour to kingdom come

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 12h

Groundwater is leaking through the safety liner under some of the fuel facility's 11 tanks, which were constructed unlawfully on Darwin Harbour without a building permit. It comes after the NT government approved the tanks for operation in September.

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Refugee Action Campaign CBR @raccanberra.bsky.social · 2d

Join @amyremeikis.bsky.social, Prof Alan Gamlen from ANU Migration, and Prof John Minns as they tackle myths, misinformation, and scare campaigns against migrants, refugees, and multiculturalism.

Wednesday, 15 October, 6:30pm, Copland Theatre, ANU. refugeeaction.org/20250910/deb...

Banner with text says: Debunking racist myths about immigration.

Date: 15 October
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Copland Lecture Theatre, ANU

With bios of Amy Remeikis, Alan Gamlen, and John Minns, full text available at included link.

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 1h

7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/how...

How Albanese killed the climate wars

Anthony Albanese was first elected on a pledge to fix the climate wars. The most recent test of that promise was the emissions targets he announced on the world stage. But if the targets themselves ...

7ampodcast.com.au

Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 1h

Post more. This will help us co- struggling with this same issue.

And eventually good for you too

Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 2h

Respect to NZ Lawyers for Climate Action

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 4h

Lawyers for Climate Action has accused the Government of breaching international law by knowingly setting a target inconsistent with the global warming goal.

And NZ’s Climate minister admits the new methane target may breach global 1.5C goal
#nzpol #climatechange

Climate minister admits new target may breach global 1.5C goal

Climate Minister Simon Watts admitted the Government's new methane target may not be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

newsroom.co.nz

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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 3h

Renewable delays and stepping on the gas needlessly cost Australians $115 billion reneweconomy.com.au/renewable-de...

reneweconomy.com.au

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 2h

Agree - push back will be extreme i reckon

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 2h

Thx

Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 13h

Too often, people go from ignoring climate change to despairing that anything can be done. Hopkins suggests that this is “like waking up in the night, smelling smoke and calling the insurance company rather than the fire brigade.”

earthbound.report/2025/10/14/b...

Book review: How to fall in love with the future, by Rob Hopkins

Years ago when I was more involved in the Transition Towns movement, I took part in one of their community training sessions. One of the highlights was an imaginative exercise where we interviewed …

earthbound.report

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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 1d

I offered a dissenting voice in this article about "beauty" in #architecture, though little of it got in. Essentially, I can't see why style wars should wang on self-promotingly through a climate emergency.
www.ft.com/content/fd8a...
I put the case here too:
www.dezeen.com/2023/01/12/a...

Who should decide what makes a building beautiful?

Everyone agrees that we need more homes, and fast — and that we want them to look good. But who should be the judge: architects, governments or the general public?

www.ft.com

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James Collis @jamescollis.bsky.social · 14h

The Big Beautiful Green Bill video from Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands:
youtu.be/DAGE2wtxxuM

Make Earth Cool Again
What does it say? 👇
✅ Companies adhere to international agreements, just like everyone else.
✅ Polluters pay, and going green pays off.
✅ Citizens receive a helping hand.

Vader Aarde: de Big Beautiful Green Bill

YouTube video by milieudefensie

youtu.be

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 14h

in any EU city - with the redevelopment of SLU... westlake would have been designated a car-free street - and the businesses here would be packed and pedestrian-oriented.

they also would have mandated waaay more housing and especially affordable housing - with such massive rezones.

poor leadership

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 13h

This would strike horror across our car centered nation. Every aspect of the designs of our cities have been designed with car travel as the main consideration.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 6d

“Tony Blair should be heading to The Hague, not to Gaza.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why Tony Blair should be on trial for war crimes in Iraq, instead of planning to destroy Gaza further with Trump on ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored.’

Read Mehdi’s article on Tony Blair: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 13h

Says it all

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws

Tom Rabe
WA political correspondent
Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm

The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 2d

They are so pathetic. There isn't a business lobby in existence they can't cave to.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.

www.abc.net.au

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Albanese strikes again. So much revenue foregone now. This wasn't Chalmers call. The Greens wanted the threshold indexed as well which didn't make sense to me. #auspol

Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.

www.abc.net.au

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.

No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2d

While the media and political class fixate on tinkering with superannuation, a new report finds that 1 in 7 Australians are living in #poverty.

And it's 1 in 6 children.

In such a wealthy nation, this is an obscene policy choice. #inequality #RaiseTheRate #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

One in seven Australians living in poverty: report

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 1d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Ian Verrender: The solution? Siphon gas from domestic market.

The end result domestic gas prices on Australia’s east coast have trebled, resulting surging electricity prices that have put Australian households and energy intensive businesses under extreme pressure.

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...

www.abc.net.au

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 13h

I am fast coming to the view that justice/pro poor/environment/ pro Gaza groups should all consider uniting to campaign for an end to Albanese’s leadership.

Thanks to Rudd, the next federal election is our best focus for this.

What do you think?

raven-mumur @raven-murmur.bsky.social · 1d

Commendably tidy summation of where we are right now.

Jen G Lambie @jenglambie.bsky.social · 1d

What a massive bloody flop Albanese turned out to be. Cautious to the point of paranoia. A myopic lens with which to view an obviously collapsing USA. Environmental betrayer of the climate & natural world. And a genocide enabler selling weapon parts empowering the ongoing #GazaHolocaust

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 1d

Ouch, again.

The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Parliament House Canberra by night - with bright neon signs saying “AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY SPORTS CLUB” “PLAY TO WIN - ACCESS” “TRY YOUR LUCK” “PAY TO PLAY” “‘RESPONSIBLE’ LOBBYING AUSTRALIA”

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

Since the Labor Party promised stronger action to curb climate change ahead of the 2022 election 31 new projects or extensions of existing projects have been waved through: 27 by Tanya Plibersek and four by the man who replaced her, Murray Watt. satpa.pe/JCmAeUE

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

satpa.pe

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks Michelle. Do you know whether the talk will be recorded?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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