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Frank van de Loo

@hearingvoicesof.bsky.social

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Plant biologist, winemaker, community organiser, cyclist. #VolunteersForDemocracy. DOB 320ppm. On Ngunnawal & Ngambri country.

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Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · Nov 18

I had this one bookmarked at the other place. If @cathywilcox.bsky.social could dig it out of the archive I think I could repost it and then pin it and that would make me happy.

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Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · 2d

Good pro-Palestine crowd marching across Commonwealth Ave bridge again today, after great speeche, esp. by @davidshoebridge.bsky.social thank you.

Pro-Palestine protesters march to Parliament House Canberra

Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · 3d

@cathywilcox.bsky.social had the answer ages ago

Cartoon where you try to fix longstanding intractable problems by doing anything but the things that could fix them.

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Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · 7d

Serious question: if offsets were thrown out and we had to reduce emissions for real, would our 62-70% 2035 target by adequate, would it align with perhaps a +2C future?

Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · 8d

Protest works! Not too late to rid the Tour Down Under of S***os.

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Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · 14d

Chris Sidoti, former Human Rights Commissioner, at the National Press Club:

“The Genocide Convention not only requires that we not commit genocide - it also requires that we act to prevent genocide.”

#npc

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 12d

Australia should take more concrete action and play a stronger leadership role on human rights in #Palestine. As more than a middle power, if we don’t step up in a world where democracy and human rights are critically endangered and our closest ally cannot be relied on, who will? #auspol

Ben Saul on Palestinian recognition and the Trump plan

At the National Press Club this week, Ben Saul argued that Australia is more than a modest middle power and must step up on Palestine.

johnmenadue.com

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Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · 12d

reminds me of this excerpt from an essay by a ten year old:
'The man cow is called an ox. It is not a mammal. The cow does not eat much, but what it eats it eats twice, so that it gets enough. When it is hungry it moos, and when it says nothing it is because its inside is all full up with grass.'

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 13d

Compulsory viewing. #auspol #NPC #ChrisSidoti #BenSaul #GazaGenocide
www.youtube.com/live/MoUMmkQ...

IN FULL: Ben Saul and Chris Sidoti address Press Club on Palestine recognition | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

www.youtube.com

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Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · 16d

Take a stick and a bowl of soapy water and knock the stink bugs off into the water one by one. Something like glasses and a mask may reduce the unpleasantness.

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Voices of Wentworth @voicesofwentworth.bsky.social · 19d

A challenge to the election results in the seat of Bradfield, mounted earlier in the year, has been abandoned by the Liberal candidate - so the win remains with independent MP Nicolette Boele (pron. Buller), after 145 days of recounts

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

@nicboele.bsky.social
#auspol

It’s over: After 145 days, the MP for Bradfield has been decided

Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian has accepted that she will not join her parliamentary colleagues in Canberra, despite having a shadow cabinet position on hold for her.

www.smh.com.au

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 22d

Sensible?
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Title: “Down in the sensible centre.” Cross section of ground, big hole in the middle. Left, in green (could be Larissa Waters) woman says “CLIMATE ACTION NOW”. Right, in high viz vest, could be Matt Canavan says “CLIMATE ACTION NEVER”. In the middle, at the bottom of the hole, in high viz, shovelling coal, Albo says “CLIMATE ACTION JUST AS SOON AS WE’VE FINISHED DIGGING THIS STUFF UP.”

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · Sep 12

If we win the bid to host #COP we need to take to the streets all over the nation to embarrass the hell out of this reckless #fossil-fuel embracing #Labor govt on a huge international stage.

Then vote in #independents and #Greens at state and federal elections.

#ausvotes
#climatecrisis

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Glen Le Lievre @lelievre.bsky.social · Sep 12

My island home

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Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · Sep 4

In the ACT? Join our watch party! events.humanitix.com/act-cip-conv...

ACT CIP Convention Watch Party

Participate in the Community Independents Project convention together in person. All interested in the community independents movement in the ACT are welcome.

events.humanitix.com

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · Sep 3

finally someone in Parliament said it. I am not the only one who noticed that Abbott-era bipartisan hysteria over Australians fighting with ISIS has until now been matched by complete crickets on Australians joining genocidal Israeli occupation forces.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Live: Husic calls for ban on dual citizens serving in war zones with 'plausible' genocide happening

Ed Husic is calling on the federal government to reform Australia's laws to prevent dual citizens from joining a foreign force where there is "plausible" genocide occurring. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · Sep 3

Dear ACT Federal politicians - excluding David Pocock

Read and weep

If this is the global stat, just imagine the ACT public’s position on climate

Next election is show time. We are coming for you. Watch this space.

Bryan Godbe @bryangodbe.bsky.social · Sep 2

“A representative survey of 125 countries, interviewing 130,000 individuals revealed widespread support for climate action.
* 69% were willing to contribute 1% of their personal income
* 86% endorse pro-climate social norms
* 89% demand intensified gov’t action.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate

www.theguardian.com

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Robyn @jailbirdstreet.bsky.social · Sep 2

We should be fining the fossil fuel billionaires for this shit

Instead we hand them cash at a rate of >$27k per minute

Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Sep 2

“A single unsealed coal borehole in country Queensland is releasing the greenhouse gas equivalent of 10,000 cars each driving 12,000 kilometres a year – and it’s just one of 130,000 across the state.”

www.smh.com.au/national/que...

The small patch of paddock emitting 10,000 cars’ worth of methane

A single hole in country Queensland has a climate impact equivalent to 10,000 cars – and it’s just one of 130,000 unsealed boreholes across the state of concern for researchers.

www.smh.com.au

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Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Meera Ashar । મીરાં @meerashar.bsky.social · Sep 1

As a brown Australian who had to stay indoors fearing the cookers who marched on Sunday and had to explain to her 7yo kid that we couldn’t go out because some people might want to hurt us, this makes me extremely sad and sick in my stomach.

#auspol #racism #normalisinghate

PM says some good people marched on Sunday, blames exploitation by neo-Nazis

Parliament erupted on Monday as parties blamed each other for fuelling hostilities in anti-immigration and pro-Palestine rallies.

www.smh.com.au

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 1

Norway's government has a new tourism ad out, and it's refreshingly honest

By @thejuicemedia.bsky.social!!!!

Honest Government Ad | Visit Norway!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · Aug 31

What’s a dom?

Frank van de Loo @hearingvoicesof.bsky.social · Aug 31

Darwin remember Beirut

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Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · Aug 28

When climate groups call for science-aligned targets, it’s branded “excessively ambitious.” Remarkable framing from someone who is meant to be leading ANU’s Centre for Climate & Energy Policy.
#auspol #climate

Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · Aug 28

From the Labor adviser who pitched “net zero fossil fuels” comes a sequel: “Don’t set climate targets too high, or the government might have to do something".
#auspol #climate
www.afr.com/policy/energ...

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Labor policy adviser says to lower expectations on climate targets
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Ryan CroppEnergy and climate reporter
Aug 27, 2025 – 4.32pm

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A key Labor climate adviser has warned the government against setting its 2035 emissions target too high, arguing that any goal north of 60 per cent will require a major expansion of emissions reductions in the transport, industrial and agricultural sectors.

Frank Jotzo, the author of a forthcoming Labor-commissioned report into a potential carbon border tax, said excessively ambitious policies being proposed by some climate groups would be impractical and easily undermined by opponents of change.

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · Aug 28

The community independents movement is looking forward to its annual convention starting Friday week.

If you've no one you want to vote for in your electorate - then do what I did.

Start here #PeoplePoweredPolitics #CIPConvention2025 #auspol >>>> communityindependentsproject.org/convention-2...

Convention 2025 | Communities in Action — Community Independents Project

Don’t miss your opportunity to be inspired high profile speakers including MPs, community leaders and experts and connect, share and collaborate with others in the movement.

communityindependentsproject.org

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Beck @beckjoinyourunion.bsky.social · Aug 27

I did. Unfortunately we’ve created a society that scares a lot of people, literally, out of their wits. If we want fewer crazies, we need to improve our society and communities.

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