John Holmes
@jhaue.bsky.social
On unceded lands of the Kulin Nations, Melbourne au
Climate, environment, natural sciences, social justice, democracy, health.
b, 313 ppm CO2, now 422
Climate, environment, natural sciences, social justice, democracy, health.
b, 313 ppm CO2, now 422
Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
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Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
theconversation.com/long-sought-...
theconversation.com/long-sought-...
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These are diabolical pollution numbers that suggest we are on track for cataclysmic climate change.
48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.
48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
These are diabolical pollution numbers that suggest we are on track for cataclysmic climate change.
48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.
48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.
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Israeli terrorist settler groups are uprooting trees belonging to the Palestinian Abu Awad family in Turmusayya, north of Ramallah.
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Israeli terrorist settler groups are uprooting trees belonging to the Palestinian Abu Awad family in Turmusayya, north of Ramallah.
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“They shøt my mom in her stomach, she was pregnant”
5-year-old Child describing how Israeli forces raided his home, shooting his 7-month-pregnant mother in the stomach and executing his father in front of him...
5-year-old Child describing how Israeli forces raided his home, shooting his 7-month-pregnant mother in the stomach and executing his father in front of him...
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
“They shøt my mom in her stomach, she was pregnant”
5-year-old Child describing how Israeli forces raided his home, shooting his 7-month-pregnant mother in the stomach and executing his father in front of him...
5-year-old Child describing how Israeli forces raided his home, shooting his 7-month-pregnant mother in the stomach and executing his father in front of him...
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Baby steps are not what is needed to save our beautiful planet 🌻 we need gigantic leaps 😁
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Baby steps are not what is needed to save our beautiful planet 🌻 we need gigantic leaps 😁
Explore Rapa Nui (Easter Island) up close with new 3D model
Researchers have created the first high-resolution, 3D model of Rano Raraku, the major quarry used to source the massive stone blocks and where hundreds of moai still remain at various stages of completion.
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Researchers have created the first high-resolution, 3D model of Rano Raraku, the major quarry used to source the massive stone blocks and where hundreds of moai still remain at various stages of completion.
connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Explore Rapa Nui (Easter Island) up close with new 3D model | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Explore Rapa Nui (Easter Island) up close with new 3D model
Researchers have created the first high-resolution, 3D model of Rano Raraku, the major quarry used to source the massive stone blocks and where hundreds of moai still remain at various stages of completion.
connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Researchers have created the first high-resolution, 3D model of Rano Raraku, the major quarry used to source the massive stone blocks and where hundreds of moai still remain at various stages of completion.
connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details | Adam Morton
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time phys.org/news/2025-11...
Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time
On Mars, winds constantly stir up whirlwinds of fine dust. It was at the center of two of these dust devils that the SuperCam instrument's microphone, the first ever to operate on Mars, accidentally r...
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time phys.org/news/2025-11...
Dead fish, foam seen on metro beaches despite overall low Karenia algal levels www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Dead fish, foam seen on metro beaches despite overall low algal levels
Authorities say metropolitan testing shows Karenia algal levels remain low compared with last month, despite thick foam and fish deaths seen on some beaches in recent days.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Dead fish, foam seen on metro beaches despite overall low Karenia algal levels www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Motherly love produces sweet jujube crop for grower near regional Victorian city of Mildura www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Victorian grower finds success in relatively unknown sweet crop
Jujubes are a relatively unknown fruit for most Australians, but the sweet fruit has strong domestic demand for those looking for a taste of home.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Motherly love produces sweet jujube crop for grower near regional Victorian city of Mildura www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Temperatures to stay up to 8C above average for Queensland and northern NSW into next week after storms wreak havoc.
BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES calls.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES calls.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Temperatures to stay up to 8C above average for Queensland and northern NSW into next week after storms wreak havoc
BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES calls
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Temperatures to stay up to 8C above average for Queensland and northern NSW into next week after storms wreak havoc.
BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES calls.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES calls.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Goodness! TWO collaborations. Are we possibly seeing an alternative, constructive opposition?
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Goodness! TWO collaborations. Are we possibly seeing an alternative, constructive opposition?
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Working better, more cleverly, with better systems, tools is the only real driver of labour productivity. There is nothing else.
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Working better, more cleverly, with better systems, tools is the only real driver of labour productivity. There is nothing else.
Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws. The Greens agreed to support Labor’s long-awaited re-write of the EPBC Act after securing further concessions from the government amid tense and prolonged negotiations
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws
The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken system
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws. The Greens agreed to support Labor’s long-awaited re-write of the EPBC Act after securing further concessions from the government amid tense and prolonged negotiations
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Something constructive:
Labor and Greens agree on extra ABC funding for kids' programs www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Labor and Greens agree on extra ABC funding for kids' programs www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Labor and Greens agree on extra ABC funding for kids' programs
A deal between the federal government and the minor party will see an extra $50 million go to the public broadcaster to facilitate passage of a bill to impose local content requirements on streaming p...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Something constructive:
Labor and Greens agree on extra ABC funding for kids' programs www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Labor and Greens agree on extra ABC funding for kids' programs www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Is there any serious research about why our #federal #government is so cowered by the gambling industry. @australianinstitute.bsky.social
#auspol
#auspol
The only thing standing in the way of gambling reform is the Government's cowardice
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
The only thing standing in the way of gambling reform is the Government's cowardice
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Is there any serious research about why our #federal #government is so cowered by the gambling industry. @australianinstitute.bsky.social
#auspol
#auspol
Victoria faces risky summer with bushfire potential fuelled by spring grass growth www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Summer fire outlook puts Victoria at high bushfire risk
Dry conditions dogging Victoria put the state at a high risk of bushfires this summer, according to the latest summer fire outlook.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Victoria faces risky summer with bushfire potential fuelled by spring grass growth www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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It’s been five brutal years for Ben Pennings and his family but now Adani has slunk off the next step involves us. We have to pressure @australianlabor.bsky.social to outlaw SLAPP suits, a prevailing threat to our #Climate movement & democracy. benpennings.com/victory/
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It’s been five brutal years for Ben Pennings and his family but now Adani has slunk off the next step involves us. We have to pressure @australianlabor.bsky.social to outlaw SLAPP suits, a prevailing threat to our #Climate movement & democracy. benpennings.com/victory/
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About bloody time. Thread.
Adani have formally dropped their 5 1/2 year SLAPP court action against Ben Pennings.
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
About bloody time. Thread.
Hotter than average summer forecast as fire authorities warn of 'highly flammable' conditions www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Warning on highly flammable fire conditions ahead of hot summer
An increased risk of bushfire is expected for parts of the country this summer, with most areas expecting hotter than normal temperatures.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hotter than average summer forecast as fire authorities warn of 'highly flammable' conditions www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The only thing standing in the way of gambling reform is the Government's cowardice
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
The only thing standing in the way of gambling reform is the Government's cowardice
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The only thing standing in the way of gambling reform is the Government's cowardice
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...