Sarah Charlton
@scharlton.bsky.social
palliative care physician. grieving for the bush and our future. views my own.
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One of the most interesting aspects of contemporary media discourse is the way that massive popular displays of support for pro-Palestinian and pacifist positions are just ignored by mainstream media. The Gathering for Gaza gig in Melbourne was huge
Fantastic crowd at A Gathering For Gaza Naarm / Melbourne Australia 👏👏👏 💪 #AgatheringForGaza #FreePalestine ✊ 🕊️
January 18, 2026 at 1:34 AM
One of the most interesting aspects of contemporary media discourse is the way that massive popular displays of support for pro-Palestinian and pacifist positions are just ignored by mainstream media. The Gathering for Gaza gig in Melbourne was huge
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greenland..
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM
greenland..
“We know exactly which companies have enormous amounts of money, and exactly which ones are responsible for the climate crisis. Now we need to make them pay for the damage they have done.” #auspol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Harcourt fires show need for disaster levy
Those responsible for the climate crisis must be made to pay for the mess they have made.
thepoint.com.au
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
“We know exactly which companies have enormous amounts of money, and exactly which ones are responsible for the climate crisis. Now we need to make them pay for the damage they have done.” #auspol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Acting to prevent dangerous climate change is too costly for the economy, some say…
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Cars washed to sea, rain record smashed in Great Ocean Road deluge
People in the popular holiday region have been issued with an emergency warning afer a storm cell dumped more than 100 millimetres of rain, flooding campsites and washing three cars to sea.
www.abc.net.au
January 15, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Acting to prevent dangerous climate change is too costly for the economy, some say…
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
South Australian taxpayers fund most of this event youtube.com/watch?v=ygdX...
Honest Government Ad | Santoss Tour Down Under
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
South Australian taxpayers fund most of this event youtube.com/watch?v=ygdX...
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In 2024 you all combined to write and complain about the NACC's Robodebt non-investigation
Over 1000 people complained
It's time to make yourself heard again
Take 30 secs or 30 mins to write to the Adelaide Festival board about their actions
Voice your complaint
Be heard
Share this far & wide
Over 1000 people complained
It's time to make yourself heard again
Take 30 secs or 30 mins to write to the Adelaide Festival board about their actions
Voice your complaint
Be heard
Share this far & wide
January 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
In 2024 you all combined to write and complain about the NACC's Robodebt non-investigation
Over 1000 people complained
It's time to make yourself heard again
Take 30 secs or 30 mins to write to the Adelaide Festival board about their actions
Voice your complaint
Be heard
Share this far & wide
Over 1000 people complained
It's time to make yourself heard again
Take 30 secs or 30 mins to write to the Adelaide Festival board about their actions
Voice your complaint
Be heard
Share this far & wide
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Great work from The Age newspaper - a great connection between the image (effects of a devastating fire) & an article about how the Howard gov ignored expert advice about the likely impacts of climate change if they didn't act to reduce emissions.
January 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Great work from The Age newspaper - a great connection between the image (effects of a devastating fire) & an article about how the Howard gov ignored expert advice about the likely impacts of climate change if they didn't act to reduce emissions.
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The fires of climate change. I wrote this analysis after the deadly 2009 Victorian bushfires. Our ALP/LNP duopoly still will not take leadership in doing what the global community must do - end carbon energy. www.abc.net.au/news/2009-02...
The fires of climate change
The Climate Institute and firefighters say Victoria's blazes were the result of climate change.
www.abc.net.au
January 11, 2026 at 4:24 AM
The fires of climate change. I wrote this analysis after the deadly 2009 Victorian bushfires. Our ALP/LNP duopoly still will not take leadership in doing what the global community must do - end carbon energy. www.abc.net.au/news/2009-02...
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Australia’s grid just passed a brutal heatwave stress test. Jan 7, 2026 hit record demand, yet solar surged at peak, batteries carried the evening, and reliability beat 2019. Not more fossil fuels — clean energy scaled. This is modern resilience, and a sign of what’s coming. 🔋⚡ #Solar #BESS #Energy
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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nickfeik.substack.com/p/weaponisin...
This analysis from Nick Feik is profound especially as there is talk of the PM caving to a shameless campaign
This analysis from Nick Feik is profound especially as there is talk of the PM caving to a shameless campaign
Weaponising Grief
The media’s response to the Bondi tragedy
nickfeik.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
nickfeik.substack.com/p/weaponisin...
This analysis from Nick Feik is profound especially as there is talk of the PM caving to a shameless campaign
This analysis from Nick Feik is profound especially as there is talk of the PM caving to a shameless campaign
“Many Australian cities share dangerous characteristics that made the LA fires so destructive, and many of our worst bushfires have also exhibited unstoppable fire behaviour.” New report from Climate Council:
www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/wh...
www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/wh...
When Cities Burn: Could the Los Angeles fires happen here? | Climate Council
The uncomfortable truth is that many of the factors that led to the LA disaster are already present in Australia — and getting worse.
www.climatecouncil.org.au
January 6, 2026 at 4:17 AM
“Many Australian cities share dangerous characteristics that made the LA fires so destructive, and many of our worst bushfires have also exhibited unstoppable fire behaviour.” New report from Climate Council:
www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/wh...
www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/wh...
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Fellow parents! Carers! Anyone looking after children over half-term! Here is a thread of videos showing TOYS you can MAKE at home from scrap stuff you probably have lying around. First, the utterly delightful "balancing bird" alomshaha.com/balancing-bi...
October 19, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Fellow parents! Carers! Anyone looking after children over half-term! Here is a thread of videos showing TOYS you can MAKE at home from scrap stuff you probably have lying around. First, the utterly delightful "balancing bird" alomshaha.com/balancing-bi...
“It is this knowledge that is at stake when you lose librarians to incompetence, to disregard, to suicide.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
The trashing of State Library Victoria
My 17-year career at State Library Victoria ended two years ago, after months of white-anting by management and the most miserable time of my working life. When news of the library’s most recent restr...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“It is this knowledge that is at stake when you lose librarians to incompetence, to disregard, to suicide.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia #Climate
‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia
Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia #Climate
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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94 seats! "Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s."
"the number of stakeholders using the word “arrogant” about their dealings with the government and senior staff has risen. The hubris has begun to creep in"
"the number of stakeholders using the word “arrogant” about their dealings with the government and senior staff has risen. The hubris has begun to creep in"
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
94 seats! "Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s."
"the number of stakeholders using the word “arrogant” about their dealings with the government and senior staff has risen. The hubris has begun to creep in"
"the number of stakeholders using the word “arrogant” about their dealings with the government and senior staff has risen. The hubris has begun to creep in"
Australian governments are not acting to curb [the cause of the toxic algae bloom]. Instead, they continue to support the fossil fuel industry both officially and unofficially. #auspol themonthly.com.au/december-202...
The fatal shore
The search for a scientific explanation for South Australia’s unprecedented algal bloom – which decimated marine life, perhaps irreparably – is being frustrated by a political desire for easy answers
themonthly.com.au
December 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Australian governments are not acting to curb [the cause of the toxic algae bloom]. Instead, they continue to support the fossil fuel industry both officially and unofficially. #auspol themonthly.com.au/december-202...
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Woodside are expanding fossil fuels during the climate crisis. They have chosen to be the bad guys. We shouldn't let them launder their reputations through our community institutions.
Student & staff members of @stopwoodsidemonash campaigned fearlessly against Woodside's partnership at Monash Uni.
Student & staff members of @stopwoodsidemonash campaigned fearlessly against Woodside's partnership at Monash Uni.
December 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Woodside are expanding fossil fuels during the climate crisis. They have chosen to be the bad guys. We shouldn't let them launder their reputations through our community institutions.
Student & staff members of @stopwoodsidemonash campaigned fearlessly against Woodside's partnership at Monash Uni.
Student & staff members of @stopwoodsidemonash campaigned fearlessly against Woodside's partnership at Monash Uni.
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More than seven years ago, a Victorian doctor embarked on what has become a quest to correct a small administrative quirk that has made the state’s death certificates unreliable. Read more: satpa.pe/HoE8ewt
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
More than seven years ago, a Victorian doctor embarked on what has become a quest to correct a small administrative quirk that has made the state’s death certificates unreliable. Read more: satpa.pe/HoE8ewt
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Increadingly a government of gestures. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests?
Achieving good outcomes might be the difference between being a government of gestures and one of real substance
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Increadingly a government of gestures. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"Nature is not a ‘nice to have’; it is critical national infrastructure”🌿
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"Nature is not a ‘nice to have’; it is critical national infrastructure”🌿
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
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Data centres sit alongside coal plant extensions as one of the worst threats to Australia’s climate progress in a long time.
How data centres are killing Australia’s climate progress
www.crikey.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Data centres sit alongside coal plant extensions as one of the worst threats to Australia’s climate progress in a long time.
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AI is an absolute net negative for humanity. So of course govts are clamouring for more of it.
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
AI is an absolute net negative for humanity. So of course govts are clamouring for more of it.
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"Power bills are high, but the roll out of renewables is not the cause."
#auspol #climatecrisis #renewables
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
#auspol #climatecrisis #renewables
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Fact-checking Sussan Ley's claim about high power prices
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"Power bills are high, but the roll out of renewables is not the cause."
#auspol #climatecrisis #renewables
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
#auspol #climatecrisis #renewables
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...