Bro of Hoppers
@broofhoppers.bsky.social
Environmental/social activist. Blessed with best partner on Earth. Living on Boonwurrung Land.
“How Woodside captured the country – and convinced us that we need the gas industry.”
The stitch up almost half a century in the playing – definitely worth the listen
www.thenewdaily.com.au/podcast/2026...
The stitch up almost half a century in the playing – definitely worth the listen
www.thenewdaily.com.au/podcast/2026...
Woodside’s power in parliament
Last year, the federal environment minister approved Woodside’s plans to keep its North West Shelf project producing gas out to 2070.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
“How Woodside captured the country – and convinced us that we need the gas industry.”
The stitch up almost half a century in the playing – definitely worth the listen
www.thenewdaily.com.au/podcast/2026...
The stitch up almost half a century in the playing – definitely worth the listen
www.thenewdaily.com.au/podcast/2026...
“Sam Groth’s bombshell move to resign, blaming relentless party infighting, has sparked a backlash from furious MPs who accuse him of being a “liability”.”
Here they go again OR way too p*ss weak to help themselves?
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...
Here they go again OR way too p*ss weak to help themselves?
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...
www.heraldsun.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
“Sam Groth’s bombshell move to resign, blaming relentless party infighting, has sparked a backlash from furious MPs who accuse him of being a “liability”.”
Here they go again OR way too p*ss weak to help themselves?
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...
Here they go again OR way too p*ss weak to help themselves?
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...
Is there anything close to being less together than the Liberal Party of Victoria?
#CantGovernThemselves
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#CantGovernThemselves
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sam Groth to quit Victorian politics after defamation battle with News Corp and internal party divisions
Deputy Liberal leader and former tennis player announces he will not contest this year’s state election
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Is there anything close to being less together than the Liberal Party of Victoria?
#CantGovernThemselves
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#CantGovernThemselves
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Cabinet documents from 2005 reveal Treasury doubted John Howard’s energy white paper could cut emissions, warning the policy was unsustainable and risked deterring business investment.”
#WellThrashMeWithAFeather
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...
#WellThrashMeWithAFeather
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...
www.theaustralian.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 4:17 AM
“Cabinet documents from 2005 reveal Treasury doubted John Howard’s energy white paper could cut emissions, warning the policy was unsustainable and risked deterring business investment.”
#WellThrashMeWithAFeather
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...
#WellThrashMeWithAFeather
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...
“A top Venezuelan official has declared that the country's government will stay unified behind President Nicolas Maduro, whose capture by the US has sparked deep uncertainty about what is next for the oil-rich country.”
Next(s)?
aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire...
Next(s)?
aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire...
Venezuela's interim govt says it remains behind Maduro
Venezuela's toppled leader Nicolas Maduro is in a New York detention centre awaiting drug charges as a minister in Caracas says the government still backs him.
aapnews.aap.com.au
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“A top Venezuelan official has declared that the country's government will stay unified behind President Nicolas Maduro, whose capture by the US has sparked deep uncertainty about what is next for the oil-rich country.”
Next(s)?
aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire...
Next(s)?
aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire...
An article in Pearls and Irritations johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... ‘Withdraw the Invitation to Herzog’ - will shortly appear as an advert in the SMH.
But we need a few hundred more names of those who would agree to have their names listed in the newspaper below the advert. /2
But we need a few hundred more names of those who would agree to have their names listed in the newspaper below the advert. /2
‘Australians for Humanity’ demand the invitation to Israel’s President be withdrawn immediately
The Israel President cannot be welcomed in Australia. The government he represents has been found by the International Court of Justice to have breached international law: the Netanyahu regime has com...
johnmenadue.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:09 AM
An article in Pearls and Irritations johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... ‘Withdraw the Invitation to Herzog’ - will shortly appear as an advert in the SMH.
But we need a few hundred more names of those who would agree to have their names listed in the newspaper below the advert. /2
But we need a few hundred more names of those who would agree to have their names listed in the newspaper below the advert. /2
“One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson is under pressure after failing to declare the use of a mining magnate's private jet to travel to the United States.”
Which buy-a-pollie “mining magnate” could that possibly be?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Umi...
Which buy-a-pollie “mining magnate” could that possibly be?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Umi...
Undeclared private jet travel puts Pauline Hanson under pressure
YouTube video by Sky News Australia
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson is under pressure after failing to declare the use of a mining magnate's private jet to travel to the United States.”
Which buy-a-pollie “mining magnate” could that possibly be?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Umi...
Which buy-a-pollie “mining magnate” could that possibly be?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Umi...
Deafened by believers in the cricketing gods praying for a Bolo double century today 😀
December 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Deafened by believers in the cricketing gods praying for a Bolo double century today 😀
Please consider signing and sharing this petition in solidarity with the loving and committed Jewish Council of Australia against people exploiting the Bondi Chanukah massacre to push a divisive agenda ☹
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
jewishcouncil.good.do
December 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Please consider signing and sharing this petition in solidarity with the loving and committed Jewish Council of Australia against people exploiting the Bondi Chanukah massacre to push a divisive agenda ☹
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
The surl lifesaver who I saw yesterday saying something like: "We didn't rise to any occasion. We reached down into our basic training that led us to implement what we knew we had to do" will stick in my notoriously frail memory for some time. 🩷
December 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The surl lifesaver who I saw yesterday saying something like: "We didn't rise to any occasion. We reached down into our basic training that led us to implement what we knew we had to do" will stick in my notoriously frail memory for some time. 🩷
The ever-insightful Mark David, towards the end of a particularly-challenging year:
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The ever-insightful Mark David, towards the end of a particularly-challenging year:
“Islamic College of Melbourne hit with racist graffiti weeks after mosque attack.”
My hood for last 16 and hopefully final years. Before then I lived in Elsternwick for 24 years – in seemingly gentler times when I sometimes called myself a “token gentile”.
www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/...
My hood for last 16 and hopefully final years. Before then I lived in Elsternwick for 24 years – in seemingly gentler times when I sometimes called myself a “token gentile”.
www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/...
www.heraldsun.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
“Islamic College of Melbourne hit with racist graffiti weeks after mosque attack.”
My hood for last 16 and hopefully final years. Before then I lived in Elsternwick for 24 years – in seemingly gentler times when I sometimes called myself a “token gentile”.
www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/...
My hood for last 16 and hopefully final years. Before then I lived in Elsternwick for 24 years – in seemingly gentler times when I sometimes called myself a “token gentile”.
www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/...
I’ve stopped hoping that anything will prove too low to excite the personal ambition of the Frydosaur.
In the words of the Bloviator “How dare he”? ☹
Could anything be more reassuring than having Netanyahu abusing you as “shameful”?
In the words of the Bloviator “How dare he”? ☹
Could anything be more reassuring than having Netanyahu abusing you as “shameful”?
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I’ve stopped hoping that anything will prove too low to excite the personal ambition of the Frydosaur.
In the words of the Bloviator “How dare he”? ☹
Could anything be more reassuring than having Netanyahu abusing you as “shameful”?
In the words of the Bloviator “How dare he”? ☹
Could anything be more reassuring than having Netanyahu abusing you as “shameful”?
Cam Wilson: “First came the tragedy, then came the opportunists. A lawless online ecosystem is allowing scammers and grifters to cash in on the global attention on the Bondi mass shooting.,,,2/
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/b...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/b...
How grifters and scammers are using crypto and fake fundraisers to profit off the Bondi Beach shooting
Just hours after the attack, someone created a cryptocurrency coin named after the shooting's youngest victim so 'her legacy can live on-chain forever'.
www.crikey.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Cam Wilson: “First came the tragedy, then came the opportunists. A lawless online ecosystem is allowing scammers and grifters to cash in on the global attention on the Bondi mass shooting.,,,2/
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/b...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/17/b...
Job trends in the US:
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Job trends in the US:
“Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has achieved a historic milestone, powering up the world’s largest battery-electric ship ever constructed that was built at its shipyards on the River Derwent north of Hobart…./2
thedriven.io/2025/12/15/r...
thedriven.io/2025/12/15/r...
thedriven.io
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has achieved a historic milestone, powering up the world’s largest battery-electric ship ever constructed that was built at its shipyards on the River Derwent north of Hobart…./2
thedriven.io/2025/12/15/r...
thedriven.io/2025/12/15/r...
GetUp is circulating a petition calling for Ahmad al Ahmad – the hero who tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen and likely saved countless lives – to be awarded Australian of the Year. You can sign and share the petition here:
petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/ah...
petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/ah...
Ahmad al Ahmad for Aussie of the Year
His actions disarming a gunman are the actions of a naturally heroic person.
petitions.getup.org.au
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
GetUp is circulating a petition calling for Ahmad al Ahmad – the hero who tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen and likely saved countless lives – to be awarded Australian of the Year. You can sign and share the petition here:
petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/ah...
petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/ah...
“The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5bn (£3.8bn) of environmental damage per hour, according to a major UN report.”
That’s ca $US1.8 trillion per year ☹
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
That’s ca $US1.8 trillion per year ☹
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5bn (£3.8bn) of environmental damage per hour, according to a major UN report.”
That’s ca $US1.8 trillion per year ☹
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
That’s ca $US1.8 trillion per year ☹
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As a pensioner half-owner of a “modestly”-priced outer-suburban home, I can but strongly agree.
Most young people face even more dire prospects for their older years, without strong (and unlikely) political intervention ☹
aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire...
Most young people face even more dire prospects for their older years, without strong (and unlikely) political intervention ☹
aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire...
Retiring renters facing disaster without intervention
Renters face an impossible challenge in retirement without more assistance and need significantly more superannuation than homeowners, a report shows.
aapnews.aap.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
As a pensioner half-owner of a “modestly”-priced outer-suburban home, I can but strongly agree.
Most young people face even more dire prospects for their older years, without strong (and unlikely) political intervention ☹
aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire...
Most young people face even more dire prospects for their older years, without strong (and unlikely) political intervention ☹
aapnews.aap.com.au/morning-wire...
