Dad, nature lover. Media & Comms @Market_Forces, ex IFRC, Red Cross, ABC, SBS. Love photos, film, waves, forests, mountains. Live on Wurundjeri Kulin Country.
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🎧 LISTEN NOW 🎧 In case you missed it, the first episode of our new podcast is out now – find it on @ApplePodcasts, @Spotify, @YouTube and more. marketforces.org.au/news/pod… #Climate #auspol #Podcasts
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Today @AustralianSuper has woken up to a strong warning in the @smh — as leading climate, nature and public policy organisations urge the fund to put its members first and stop backing Whitehaven’s new coal mines.
Sign the open letter: australiansuperpolluter.com/
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What @AustralianSuper doesn’t want you to know: it’s the #1 shareholder in @WhitehavenCoal, a company with the biggest coal expansion plans in Australia. 🙃
But this means AustralianSuper has influence. Let’s make the fund use it. 👉 australiansuperpolluter.com/
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Neoliberalism has never worked where it’s been tried, but the rich love it so it’s not going anywhere.
Listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts! ⤵️
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Buy Richard’s latest Vantage Point essay here! ⤵️
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It’s a con. It’s always been a con.
“Australians must understand that the purpose of our mind-boggling expenditure to acquire nuclear submarines is not to defend the continent of Australia but the American homeland.”
The great AUKUS deception: Australia pays to defend America pearlsandirritations.com/pos…
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This is huge. In a landmark ruling, the High Court has found planning authorities are required to consider the emissions caused by burning fossil fuels overseas – not just emissions from mining coal, oil and gas – when approving projects. #auspol abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/m…
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You can see why the major parties voted against a Duty of Care to young people and future generations.
Climate scientists and the International Energy Agency are clear - we have enough coal and gas for the transition and cannot keep expanding them without damaging the people and places we love.
This is tragically short sighted and we’ll pay the price in the future. We can do better here in 🇦🇺 and push for more global action.
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An update to Google Maps reveals the extent of devastation deliberately caused by Israel during the three-year Gaza war. They also show how the territory’s 2 million inhabitants are now forced to live. trib.al/Bae13ap
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DOCUMENTS: AUSTRALIA’S KNOWING SILENCE TO PLANS FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA
@DeclassifiedAus’s FOI sleuth, Kellie Tranter, reveals internal Foreign Affairs documents showing the extent of Australian government knowledge of our closest ally’s complicity with Israel’s intentions of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
declassifiedaus.org/2025/09/…
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Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Aunty Patsy Cameron passed on this morning, aged 79. At a time when people wear identity politics like a suit of armour, Patsy wore no armour at all. Calm, wise & kind, she was a national treasure who embodied reconciliation.
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“The economics are flawed, but the climate cost of this pipeline is even worse: it would unlock decades of fracking from one of the world’s biggest gas developments mainly for export, when the science says new fossil fuel production must be slashed.”
reneweconomy.com.au/cost-of-… @renew_economy
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Alan Kohler today on failure to curb global warming...
"One of the key reasons for that failure has been the cynical opposition & denial by Rupert Murdoch & his media companies in order to make money, which has meant that the issue became a totem of right-wing politics" #auspol
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61% of the world’s bird species have declining populations.
Birds are indicators of planetary health. Their decline is a warning about the living systems we all depend on.
We need to listen - and act.
Read the latest @BirdLife_News here.👇🏽 lyrebirddreaming.com/post/se…
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Indonesia has made big promises to cut its use of coal — but is turning a blind eye to the massive amounts of coal being used to power new nickel and aluminium smelters, thanks to a “transition minerals” loophole. apnews.com/article/iran-asia…
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The solar component of what is likely to be the first PV-battery hybrid in Victoria, and the first fully government owned renewable project, connects to the grid
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“Health professionals understand that identifying a risk without taking meaningful action to reduce it is not enough. In healthcare, we don’t simply acknowledge that something is harmful – we intervene. Prevention sits at the heart of what we do because we know acting early protects lives,” writes Veronique for @CroakeyNews.
ALT HESTA members rally outside their fund’s Melbourne office
ALT HESTA members rally outside their fund’s Melbourne office
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“We chose healthcare because we believe in protecting life, preventing harm and improving wellbeing. We expect our super fund to reflect those same principles.”
Veronique Hamilton is a mental health nurse and a member of #HESTA – the leading super fund for health workers. croakey.org/super-fund-hesta…
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I join UN experts in urging the United States to withdraw unlawful sanctions against the International Criminal Court and commit to justice for victims of international crimes. All states should take steps to protect the Court ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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One Nation and Coalition plans to review or roll back Victoria’s energy policies would likely push up electricity prices by billions of dollars and require years to reset, experts say
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OPINION: "Macquarie does not need another carefully worded statement of climate ambition. If the millionaire’s factory genuinely supports the goals of the Paris Agreement, it needs to stop providing further financial support to major new fossil fuel projects, including the Beetaloo Basin." - Morgan Pickett @renew_economy
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