So brave. Sorry to hear this news. Wishing you as full recovery, as fast as possible.

Two coal power units in Victoria tripped on Thursday and nobody realised, because a gigawatt of wind and solar was available to step into the breach.

Six of the state's 10 coal units were out neatly replaced by batteries, renewables, and a bit of gas.
#energy #climate

Santos “is arguing that the cost of a failed high-risk strategy undertaken by the company in previous years should now become a national responsibility, that Australian businesses and households should continue to bear the cost” - Ian Verrender
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For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

“It truly isn’t complicated and never has been…ensure people’s basic needs are guaranteed & affordable... Pretending it’s any more complicated than that, only takes us closer to the cliff’s edge; we know what happens when populations enter free fall” Remeikis

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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

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Maybe the ‘early, strategic planning’ will happen if there’s a new career path for resources ministers: "Since 2001, every federal resources minister has gone to work in the fossil fuels sector shortly after leaving parliament"
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‘Across all 3 scenarios modelled by Treasury, the value of fossil fuel exports crashed … “The magnitude of these long-term projected shifts underscores the need for early, strategic planning to safeguard Australia’s economic resilience,” the [CCA] said.’ #auspol

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Coal and gas production falls a fair bit in all scenarios behind the govts emissions reduction targets.

The fact it's almost the same in each policy scenario suggests it is driven mostly not by Aust policy in the model.

When a Cartoonist, well a great cartoonist, understands more about our defence stupidity than the stupid people in charge. Hey @albomp.bsky.social grow a spine & sink AUKUS before the astronomical cost does it for you. Yes we know it is a Nuclear thin wedge - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A more equitable and streamlined approach is a road user charge on all vehicles, based on weight of the vehicle. The government could rescind the fuel excise and impose a pollution tax on fuel if it wanted to make up the revenue gap.

“Basically, everyone should be on the same deal … Just coming up with an EV-only tax just seems to be, well, it seems to be half-witted and half-arse, really. If it's a stepping stone towards a universal road user tax, then that's okay.” Giles Parkinson #auspol

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“The US is no longer of any economic benefit to Australia, in direct contrast to China, which has been the guarantor of Australian prosperity for two decades. Is anyone in the government putting their minds to this?”

“How much more evidence does Australia need that being a US ‘ally’ now brings no benefits in the event of a threat from a hostile power? Ask Ukraine. Ask Poland. Ask Qatar …Trump’s words are irrelevant; it’s his actions that tell the story” - Bernard Keane, Crikey

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“One policy lever that the government could do very quickly to enable vehicle to grid in Australia, is to say, in order for EVs to be eligible for the fringe benefit tax exemption, they need to be compatible and warranted for vehicle to grid technology.”

““You can get a rebate for your battery if it's a physical battery on your wall. But … vehicle to grid chargers are not covered under the rebate and we think that they should be.”

““Australia, in terms of this transition to a two-way grid, is the most advanced market in the world…”

“The fundamental thing that needs to happen, is that we need to get customers at the center of the transition, owning the solar, the batteries, the EVs, electrifying their homes and automating all of that to respond to what the market needs.”
- Dan Adams, Amber
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Not only are combustion engine "hybrid" cars a pretty nasty marketing scam run by car companies to trick well-meaning consumers into burning fossil fuels, the gap between reality and their claims is getting *worse* every year:

www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...

Approving new coal and gas projects means rejecting climate science.

Approving new gas and coal projects means rejecting the pleas of our Pacific neighbours

The fact that we give half of our gas exports away for free just rubs economic salt into the the scientific and diplomatic wounds

"Since 2012, all of the new large-scale generation that's been built in the national electricity market has relied upon significant support from government. It's not being built because of high market prices. It's government support." Brian Spak, Energy Consumers Aus

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Money for nothing. We could pay for so many other things. Better health services, anyone?

“AUKUS ties us to the confused American geopolitical muddle in strategic terms, and technologically to a military hardware that is simply now a fantasy.” - Laura Tingle #auspol

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