Tom Swann
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Don't worry, everything can always get worse.
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“The Japanese Ambassador in Australia said, ‘Japan needs Australian gas for keeping the neon lights of Tokyo’, but it’s not true” – Yuki Tanabe at the Climate Integrity Summit 2025.
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“The Japanese Ambassador in Australia said, ‘Japan needs Australian gas for keeping the neon lights of Tokyo’, but it’s not true” – Yuki Tanabe at the Climate Integrity Summit 2025.
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
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Obligatory 'yes emissions fell, but they didn't fall by enough', as nicely illustrated by the Climate Change Authority:
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Obligatory 'yes emissions fell, but they didn't fall by enough', as nicely illustrated by the Climate Change Authority:
The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
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Have we reached peak dysfunction?! The NACC handed $1.1M to MA Services - the firm running a Nauru security operation linked with the Finks bikie gang. They're also guarding the ACIC who are literally tasked with taking down bikie gangs🤯
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Have we reached peak dysfunction?! The NACC handed $1.1M to MA Services - the firm running a Nauru security operation linked with the Finks bikie gang. They're also guarding the ACIC who are literally tasked with taking down bikie gangs🤯
It really didn't look like they got much out of it
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It really didn't look like they got much out of it
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As EPBC reforms get framed as political tussles & deal-making, don't forget ongoing colonialism, what's at stake on Indigenous lands, and their warnings that bad amendments & inadequate environmental laws "risk irreversible damage to country, culture and communities"
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
As EPBC reforms get framed as political tussles & deal-making, don't forget ongoing colonialism, what's at stake on Indigenous lands, and their warnings that bad amendments & inadequate environmental laws "risk irreversible damage to country, culture and communities"
Nice things are possible.
Rush hour traffic in Utrecht.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Nice things are possible.
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"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
Labor accused of turning blind eye to Nauru corruption allegations
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
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Did you know gas exports not only drive your gas bills, but your electricity bills also?
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Did you know gas exports not only drive your gas bills, but your electricity bills also?
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Even though gas is only 5% of electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), it sets the electricity price because gas is so expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
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China continues to move away from the dollar. It’s just cut its holdings of US government bonds to the lowest level in 17 years.
China's US Treasury holdings fell to $689.3 billion in October 2025, down from $700.5 billion in September.
China's US Treasury holdings fell to $689.3 billion in October 2025, down from $700.5 billion in September.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
China continues to move away from the dollar. It’s just cut its holdings of US government bonds to the lowest level in 17 years.
China's US Treasury holdings fell to $689.3 billion in October 2025, down from $700.5 billion in September.
China's US Treasury holdings fell to $689.3 billion in October 2025, down from $700.5 billion in September.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
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Australia’s longest and deadliest conflict is no longer deniable. The Australian Wars gathers generations of research and testimony into one defining volume — and makes clear that the truth is here. Time to reckon with it. #FrontierWars #TruthTelling #TheAustralianWars #PearlsandIrritations
Massacres, memory and the Memorial: facing our most deadly war
The evidence is overwhelming – Australia’s Frontier Wars were real, deadly, and long, and a landmark new book lays it out in full. So when will the Australian War Memorial fully face the truth?
johnmenadue.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Australia’s longest and deadliest conflict is no longer deniable. The Australian Wars gathers generations of research and testimony into one defining volume — and makes clear that the truth is here. Time to reckon with it. #FrontierWars #TruthTelling #TheAustralianWars #PearlsandIrritations
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Australia has joined a Colombian government initiative to plan a phase out of oil, gas and coal marking the strongest statement the government has made regarding the future of fossil fuels.
Story here:
Story here:
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Australia has joined a Colombian government initiative to plan a phase out of oil, gas and coal marking the strongest statement the government has made regarding the future of fossil fuels.
Story here:
Story here:
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The Non Aligned Movement is back baby, wolf howl
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The Non Aligned Movement is back baby, wolf howl
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Narrabri is really irrelevant to the domgas problem - without export controls it wont make a difference, and with export controls it's not needed
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Narrabri is really irrelevant to the domgas problem - without export controls it wont make a difference, and with export controls it's not needed
Labor assuming the industry pressure on LNP to agree to a deal right now is greater than the LNP incentive not to waive through their legislation as they are demanding.
Labor pledges to pass long-awaited nature laws this week as Greens demand more concessions
Labor pledges to pass long-awaited nature laws this week as Greens demand more concessions
The government has offered to make changes to the bill to both the Greens and the Liberals hoping to reach a deal on legislation that can pass the Senate
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Years of debate about environmental law reform have come down to a tense standoff in the final sitting week of federal parliament for the year, with Labor claiming it can do a deal that will pass the Senate by Thursday.
The government is still pushing to pass its major changes, despite not yet having reached an agreement with either the Greens or the Coalition. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Labor assuming the industry pressure on LNP to agree to a deal right now is greater than the LNP incentive not to waive through their legislation as they are demanding.
Bowen may have a promise of having complete control over #cop31 negotiations, but what's to stop Turkiye from getting up to shenanigans in the background, given they are the actual host?
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Bowen may have a promise of having complete control over #cop31 negotiations, but what's to stop Turkiye from getting up to shenanigans in the background, given they are the actual host?
niche unpopular climate take - the "Australia clause" in the Kyoto Protocol makes good sense, the problem was that Australia should have been expected to set a much deeper target as a result. our first Kyoto target was an 8% increase!
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
niche unpopular climate take - the "Australia clause" in the Kyoto Protocol makes good sense, the problem was that Australia should have been expected to set a much deeper target as a result. our first Kyoto target was an 8% increase!
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🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
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"Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines" by @rodcampbell.bsky.social #PointLive
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November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines" by @rodcampbell.bsky.social #PointLive
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Wtf happened in the Trump Mamdani meeting I am losing my mind and can't make it make sense
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Wtf happened in the Trump Mamdani meeting I am losing my mind and can't make it make sense
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👇 Hard to reconcile 🤷♂️. #ClimateAction #auspol
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
👇 Hard to reconcile 🤷♂️. #ClimateAction #auspol