Pete
@treepete.bsky.social
Plants, ecology and society, amongst many interests
Living on Bundjalung country Aust
Living on Bundjalung country Aust
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Rising Tide starts tomorrow.
'This November, join with thousands as we stop coal exports from the world’s largest coal port at Muloobinba/Newcastle, on Awabakal & Worimi land and water.'
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
'This November, join with thousands as we stop coal exports from the world’s largest coal port at Muloobinba/Newcastle, on Awabakal & Worimi land and water.'
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Rising Tide starts tomorrow.
'This November, join with thousands as we stop coal exports from the world’s largest coal port at Muloobinba/Newcastle, on Awabakal & Worimi land and water.'
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
'This November, join with thousands as we stop coal exports from the world’s largest coal port at Muloobinba/Newcastle, on Awabakal & Worimi land and water.'
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
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Labor’s Turin shroud.
As the @albomp.bsky.social gov (94 seats!) tries to ram thru industry-serving regressive EPBC laws that'll see further biodiversity, climate & environmental damage, here's the current play on the @kudelka.bsky.social bingo card
A1, A2, B5, C1, C2, C3, C5, D1, D2, D3, E1, E2, E3
A1, A2, B5, C1, C2, C3, C5, D1, D2, D3, E1, E2, E3
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Labor’s Turin shroud.
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I love Northern Australia, and it breaks my heart what's happening and is planned for this region. More people need to know why this place is so special and what's at risk, so I wrote about it. My first article for @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I love Northern Australia, and it breaks my heart what's happening and is planned for this region. More people need to know why this place is so special and what's at risk, so I wrote about it. My first article for @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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You cant protect nature if you wont protect native forests from chain saws & bulldozers
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
You cant protect nature if you wont protect native forests from chain saws & bulldozers
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Oh those pesky blocky Greens
They (Labor) don’t know and don’t truly GAF as long as ‘business’ is happy 😔
#auspol
#auspol
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Oh those pesky blocky Greens
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This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
1/ No surpirise that Business Council of Australia's leading the charge for further regressive changes to Watt's already regressive EPBC package
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
Alliance of Industry Groups: Letter on EPBC - Business Council of Australia
www.bca.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
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Issuing statements and then stepping back: the international powers sponsoring the agreement remain silent. They see the tents collapsing, children freezing, people living in mud, yet they exert no pressure, impose nothing, hold no one accountable. #auspol #gaza
Gaza winter catastrophe repeating in tents that resist neither wind nor rain
The seasons change, but for those fighting for survival through wet winters and baking summers in Gaza's tents, the suffering remains.
johnmenadue.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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There's an 11year old girl sitting in adult cells in Perth lockup because she got caught shoplifting a drink and a pastry from Coles.worth less than $10
'7NEWS can reveal the Adelaide teen accused over a sickening attack on a homeless woman at Hawthorn is the son of prominent business leaders. The Youth Court has been told the former private schoolboy was already on bail at the time of the alleged assault which was filmed and posted online.'
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
There's an 11year old girl sitting in adult cells in Perth lockup because she got caught shoplifting a drink and a pastry from Coles.worth less than $10
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The Australian Government for the past five years has been pushing weapons sales into the UAE at an astonishing scale. This is the result. Australia tying itself to more appalling war crimes, now in Sudan.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Australian Government for the past five years has been pushing weapons sales into the UAE at an astonishing scale. This is the result. Australia tying itself to more appalling war crimes, now in Sudan.
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More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Courts turn on coal mines over climate impacts
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
www.smh.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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"Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change"
#ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251114-...
#ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251114-...
Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change
Fewer than a quarter of young Australians trust the nation's political leaders on climate
thepoint.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change"
#ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251114-...
#ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251114-...
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Honestly, the LNP are largely irrelevant. More importantly, @australianlabor.bsky.social also has no intention of _genuinely_ reaching net zero by 2050 either, if you _look closely_ at their policies and performance.
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Honestly, the LNP are largely irrelevant. More importantly, @australianlabor.bsky.social also has no intention of _genuinely_ reaching net zero by 2050 either, if you _look closely_ at their policies and performance.
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If only Australia's mainstream media cared as much about Australia's relentless increasing production of Coal, Gas & Oil as they do about about the moribund LNP's climate non-policy
👇THIS👇 (by @timinclimate.bsky.social) is the REAL story
👇THIS👇 (by @timinclimate.bsky.social) is the REAL story
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
If only Australia's mainstream media cared as much about Australia's relentless increasing production of Coal, Gas & Oil as they do about about the moribund LNP's climate non-policy
👇THIS👇 (by @timinclimate.bsky.social) is the REAL story
👇THIS👇 (by @timinclimate.bsky.social) is the REAL story
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What do you do when you *hate* renewable energy but you own a heap of it?
I guess you could use it to do more coal exports. Sure. Why not? 🔌 #energysky
I guess you could use it to do more coal exports. Sure. Why not? 🔌 #energysky
reneweconomy.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
What do you do when you *hate* renewable energy but you own a heap of it?
I guess you could use it to do more coal exports. Sure. Why not? 🔌 #energysky
I guess you could use it to do more coal exports. Sure. Why not? 🔌 #energysky
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“You’re basically saying you can trade koalas with a land snail in Tasmania or a small plant in north Queensland.” - Prof Brendan Wintle @biodivcouncil.bsky.social
What's wrong with @australianlabor.bsky.social's environmental law reforms 👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... [email protected]
What's wrong with @australianlabor.bsky.social's environmental law reforms 👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... [email protected]
Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned
Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“You’re basically saying you can trade koalas with a land snail in Tasmania or a small plant in north Queensland.” - Prof Brendan Wintle @biodivcouncil.bsky.social
What's wrong with @australianlabor.bsky.social's environmental law reforms 👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... [email protected]
What's wrong with @australianlabor.bsky.social's environmental law reforms 👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... [email protected]
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The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
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As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Greens have just secured a Senate inquiry into the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, exposing one of the most regressive tax breaks in Australia’s system which is inflating house prices by incentivising speculative investment in property!
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Greens have just secured a Senate inquiry into the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, exposing one of the most regressive tax breaks in Australia’s system which is inflating house prices by incentivising speculative investment in property!
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We don't need a repeat of the treachery that led to the farce we're now inflicted by, the ironically named 'Safeguard Mechanism'. australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
The conservation and environmental movement must own, learn, and not repeat their mistakes.
The conservation and environmental movement must own, learn, and not repeat their mistakes.
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
We don't need a repeat of the treachery that led to the farce we're now inflicted by, the ironically named 'Safeguard Mechanism'. australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
The conservation and environmental movement must own, learn, and not repeat their mistakes.
The conservation and environmental movement must own, learn, and not repeat their mistakes.
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"The fact the Greens want to stop native forest logging and the Nationals want to speed up land clearing is not proof that any legislation Labor drafts must fit in the “sensible centre.” - @richarddenniss.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"The fact the Greens want to stop native forest logging and the Nationals want to speed up land clearing is not proof that any legislation Labor drafts must fit in the “sensible centre.” - @richarddenniss.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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In addition to legal experts @envirojustice.bsky.social , I'd add that environmental & conservation science experts also call for real reform, not more rhetoric, slippery words, and confident endorsements or centrist exhortations that are flatly wrong
(next post & embedded🧵 if u'd like more info)
(next post & embedded🧵 if u'd like more info)
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
In addition to legal experts @envirojustice.bsky.social , I'd add that environmental & conservation science experts also call for real reform, not more rhetoric, slippery words, and confident endorsements or centrist exhortations that are flatly wrong
(next post & embedded🧵 if u'd like more info)
(next post & embedded🧵 if u'd like more info)
The most detailed and informed analysis of the EPBC legislation I've seen yet, thanks to the EDO
www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...
www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...
EPBC Act reforms make it to parliament – EDO’s first impressions - Environmental Defenders Office
On October 30, Bills were introduced into the House of Representatives to reform the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), create a National Environment Protection Agenc...
www.edo.org.au
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The most detailed and informed analysis of the EPBC legislation I've seen yet, thanks to the EDO
www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...
www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...
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They say most suspensions are reversed, so what’s the harm?
But everyone who’s received that text message knows the harm starts there. Anxiety, stress, wasted time & energy. It starts even before that – submitting to mistreatment just to avoid the text.
Ty @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.
But everyone who’s received that text message knows the harm starts there. Anxiety, stress, wasted time & energy. It starts even before that – submitting to mistreatment just to avoid the text.
Ty @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.
Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
“The numbers are so unimaginably high, it is actually easy to lose sight of how crazy this all is,” @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org @antipovertycentre.org
#NobodyDeservsePoverty
“The numbers are so unimaginably high, it is actually easy to lose sight of how crazy this all is,” @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org @antipovertycentre.org
#NobodyDeservsePoverty
Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
They say most suspensions are reversed, so what’s the harm?
But everyone who’s received that text message knows the harm starts there. Anxiety, stress, wasted time & energy. It starts even before that – submitting to mistreatment just to avoid the text.
Ty @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.
But everyone who’s received that text message knows the harm starts there. Anxiety, stress, wasted time & energy. It starts even before that – submitting to mistreatment just to avoid the text.
Ty @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.