Adam Morton
@adammorton.bsky.social
Guardian Australia climate + environment editor.
Tasmanian Inquirer co-founder.
Author of the Clear Air newsletter.
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Tasmanian Inquirer co-founder.
Author of the Clear Air newsletter.
(Sign up here: www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton)
I could be proven wrong, but my hopeful view remains that voters don't like being told crap. And Tasmanian Labor's ongoing claim that the state has a Liberal-Greens government is transparently not true, and I reckon most people know it.
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I could be proven wrong, but my hopeful view remains that voters don't like being told crap. And Tasmanian Labor's ongoing claim that the state has a Liberal-Greens government is transparently not true, and I reckon most people know it.
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Wonder how many votes are won/lost when you employ this sort of wit in a press release.
July 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Wonder how many votes are won/lost when you employ this sort of wit in a press release.
Interesting times for the Greens, and it could get worse. But not convinced losing a couple of three-way-race seats in the lower house that they won with some luck last time while retaining all 6 seats and balance of power in the senate = dead
May 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Interesting times for the Greens, and it could get worse. But not convinced losing a couple of three-way-race seats in the lower house that they won with some luck last time while retaining all 6 seats and balance of power in the senate = dead
May 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Big sky, bit desolate, 42C
January 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Big sky, bit desolate, 42C
Posting this immediately after approving 4 coal mine extensions (that, according to campaigners, could lead to 850m tonnes of CO2 being emitted) is... quite a choice.
December 19, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Posting this immediately after approving 4 coal mine extensions (that, according to campaigners, could lead to 850m tonnes of CO2 being emitted) is... quite a choice.
‘Well primed for bushfires’: Australia facing heightened risk across several areas, authorities say - by @donnadlu.bsky.social
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November 28, 2024 at 2:22 AM
‘Well primed for bushfires’: Australia facing heightened risk across several areas, authorities say - by @donnadlu.bsky.social
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In live news today: PM rules no deal on Nature Positive legislation
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November 27, 2024 at 12:41 AM
In live news today: PM rules no deal on Nature Positive legislation
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In a comment piece in the Oz this morning. Tried to find a creative way to say this is not correct but failed. It's not correct.
August 26, 2024 at 1:01 AM
In a comment piece in the Oz this morning. Tried to find a creative way to say this is not correct but failed. It's not correct.
People expressing outrage on X about ACF being suspended by X.
Fair enough, but perhaps recognise this is what X is and just don't be on X.
Fair enough, but perhaps recognise this is what X is and just don't be on X.
August 5, 2024 at 4:15 AM
People expressing outrage on X about ACF being suspended by X.
Fair enough, but perhaps recognise this is what X is and just don't be on X.
Fair enough, but perhaps recognise this is what X is and just don't be on X.
The Albanese government is putting out its "future gas strategy" today. The Guardian didn't get the strategy in advance, but we did get a summary statement after asking for it last night. Here is what we know. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
May 8, 2024 at 10:00 PM
The Albanese government is putting out its "future gas strategy" today. The Guardian didn't get the strategy in advance, but we did get a summary statement after asking for it last night. Here is what we know. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The 2 Tasmanian stories at the top of Guardian Australia tonight. A prize for the best think piece linking them.
March 10, 2024 at 7:46 AM
The 2 Tasmanian stories at the top of Guardian Australia tonight. A prize for the best think piece linking them.
Meanwhile, in the West Australian: a revamp of national environment laws - a serious issue, given everyone agrees the laws are failing - is headlined as "CRAP". What word play.
November 19, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Meanwhile, in the West Australian: a revamp of national environment laws - a serious issue, given everyone agrees the laws are failing - is headlined as "CRAP". What word play.