Dana Bergstrom
@danambergstrom.bsky.social
Scientist, ecologist, Antarctica, impacts of climate change & writer of musicals - Antarctica, Beneath the Storm (out soonish)
#BluePlanetNeeds💙OurLove Lutruwita/ Tasmania.
Graphic art on Redbubble: SundogProducts
#BluePlanetNeeds💙OurLove Lutruwita/ Tasmania.
Graphic art on Redbubble: SundogProducts
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Our rapid assessment of the #EPBC Act reform package that's set to pass the senate theconversation.com/long-sought-... - Led by Justine Bell-James, with @drphilmccormack.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social and me. #ESA2025 @aunz.theconversation.com @biodivcouncil.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Our rapid assessment of the #EPBC Act reform package that's set to pass the senate theconversation.com/long-sought-... - Led by Justine Bell-James, with @drphilmccormack.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social and me. #ESA2025 @aunz.theconversation.com @biodivcouncil.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
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The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws come as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
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House prices are forecast to increase by 9 percent next year on top of more than 6% this year, which will only worsen unless more pre-emptive action by APRA is taken.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
House prices are forecast to increase by 9 percent next year on top of more than 6% this year, which will only worsen unless more pre-emptive action by APRA is taken.
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This market is rigged in favour of wealthy property investors. You only need to look to latest ABS data, which shows investor lending skyrocketing by 12.3% over the yr compared to only a 0.9% increase for first-home buyer loan commitments for the same period. It’s out of control!
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This market is rigged in favour of wealthy property investors. You only need to look to latest ABS data, which shows investor lending skyrocketing by 12.3% over the yr compared to only a 0.9% increase for first-home buyer loan commitments for the same period. It’s out of control!
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![[black text on lilac background with white border on 2 sides] Zero
cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Australian women aged under 25 in
2021 - the first time since records began in 1982](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4w5w2dprfoupeib3bmqktfiz/bafkreihtms5huzsjggqv2wn2k4zw5puie677bielmpircz43khfibkpjae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposting with alt-text because it feels good to share wonderful news!
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It’s clear the only thing Labor responds to is political pressure.
Help us take on the big corporations & the major parties.
Join the Greens >> greens.org.au/join
Help us take on the big corporations & the major parties.
Join the Greens >> greens.org.au/join
Join the Greens | The Australian Greens
The Australian Greens is Australia's fastest growing political party. By joining the Greens, you become a part of our vision of an Australia with the courage to take action on important issues.
greens.org.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It’s clear the only thing Labor responds to is political pressure.
Help us take on the big corporations & the major parties.
Join the Greens >> greens.org.au/join
Help us take on the big corporations & the major parties.
Join the Greens >> greens.org.au/join
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This is what happens when you have Greens in parliament fighting for you, what’s possible when we negotiate and refuse to back down from our values.
With your support, we’ve stopped the worst of Labor’s plans.
Together we can take on the major parties & their corporate donors.
With your support, we’ve stopped the worst of Labor’s plans.
Together we can take on the major parties & their corporate donors.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is what happens when you have Greens in parliament fighting for you, what’s possible when we negotiate and refuse to back down from our values.
With your support, we’ve stopped the worst of Labor’s plans.
Together we can take on the major parties & their corporate donors.
With your support, we’ve stopped the worst of Labor’s plans.
Together we can take on the major parties & their corporate donors.
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This bill is better than the laws we have now, and it is far better than what would have been delivered if the government had done a deal with the climate-deniers in the Coalition.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This bill is better than the laws we have now, and it is far better than what would have been delivered if the government had done a deal with the climate-deniers in the Coalition.
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Labor’s proposed bill would have given polluting corporations special treatment and caused more damage.
We’ve stopped Labor’s plan to fast-track coal and gas approvals in as little as 30 days.
We’ve stopped Labor’s plan to fast-track coal and gas approvals in as little as 30 days.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Labor’s proposed bill would have given polluting corporations special treatment and caused more damage.
We’ve stopped Labor’s plan to fast-track coal and gas approvals in as little as 30 days.
We’ve stopped Labor’s plan to fast-track coal and gas approvals in as little as 30 days.
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Labor’s draft laws were written to fast-track corporate profit.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Labor’s draft laws were written to fast-track corporate profit.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
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But Labor still refuses to take meaningful climate action.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
But Labor still refuses to take meaningful climate action.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
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The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
👇🏽The detail on new environment laws in Australia. Not perfect but an improvement with native forests with new protections Well done The Greens 👏👏👏
The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
👇🏽The detail on new environment laws in Australia. Not perfect but an improvement with native forests with new protections Well done The Greens 👏👏👏
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Having only the duopoly oversighting #AUKUS is the equivalent of having only children looking after stock control at Darrell Lea. #auspol
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will be appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Give him a red herring and he’ll be occupied for weeks
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Give him a red herring and he’ll be occupied for weeks
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
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If dystopia is the new norm, @amyremeikis.bsky.social asks, does it have to be so dumb?
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
It's all just so stupid, isn't it? - Amy Remeikis
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis
www.deepcutnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If dystopia is the new norm, @amyremeikis.bsky.social asks, does it have to be so dumb?
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
😳 wtf?
Australia's top universities seek changes to key environmental reform
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
😳 wtf?
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Disaster unfolding in Thailand with background global heating at ~1.5°C.
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
‘Desert island’: trapped Thais plead for rescue as floodwaters rise
The navy will deploy an aircraft carrier and deliver meals to help those in the flood-hit south, amid public outcry over chaotic relief efforts.
www.scmp.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Disaster unfolding in Thailand with background global heating at ~1.5°C.
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
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This is one of the best essays about Climate Change that I've read, written by Dr. Glen Barry in 2013; its message has stayed with me always...
theecologist.org/2013/oct/27/...
theecologist.org/2013/oct/27/...
Ecology is the meaning of life
Dr. Glen Barry tells the Ecologist why he believes that ecology is far more than just the study of life and its environment......
theecologist.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is one of the best essays about Climate Change that I've read, written by Dr. Glen Barry in 2013; its message has stayed with me always...
theecologist.org/2013/oct/27/...
theecologist.org/2013/oct/27/...
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Did you know gas exports not only drive your gas bills, but your electricity bills also?
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Did you know gas exports not only drive your gas bills, but your electricity bills also?
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
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The Greens have secured an inquiry to find out why job & program cuts are being rolled out across the CSIRO! It will consider the impacts of the funding cuts, the importance of public funding for science & CSIRO’s future funding & resourcing needs.
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Greens have secured an inquiry to find out why job & program cuts are being rolled out across the CSIRO! It will consider the impacts of the funding cuts, the importance of public funding for science & CSIRO’s future funding & resourcing needs.
This is insightful and dismal at the same time - essential poll - currently 47% of Australians surveyed think current climate is not happening or they don’t know
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November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is insightful and dismal at the same time - essential poll - currently 47% of Australians surveyed think current climate is not happening or they don’t know
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