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Went along to Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie's media conference this morning to ask some of the outstanding questions from our reporting about his interactions with billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart over the last week. Here's a thread of the main takeaways:
The top news story on the ABC TV News is the PHON launch. Have some dignity and don't report on the party that has banned you, for goodness sake.
I had a very bad case of measles when I was 9, despite having had mild cases previously and assumed immune. It was no joke. I was extraordinarily ill.
Jay Lionel@jaylionel.bsky.social · 2w agoWhen anti-science and complete morons are put in charge of your country. Mediocre white man syndrome is killing people…
The speed at which we've gone from, "of course data centres will need to build equivalent new renewable energy" to "fuck it, lessgo gas!" has my head spinning.
ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2w agoA proposed massive new data centre would require more than six times the total demand of the Darwin and Katherine electricity grids to operate and be powered by gas piped direct from the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.
Some of the world's biggest pension funds have voted in favour of our shareholder resolution demanding Macquarie Group and investment bank come clean on how their massive oil and gas financing deals are aligned with the global goals of the Paris Agreement. #climate www.afr.com/companies/fi...
Pension fund giants line up to rebuke Macquarie over carbon financing
Major North American and European retirement savings investors are demanding better explanations over funding decisions as a fraught annual meeting looms.
afr.com
This morning, I have a new report out with Climate Integrity on the way that the Fuel Tax Credit regime undermines any possible utility that the Safeguard Mechanism might have. Because of this, major miners pay an effective carbon price as low as -$100 per tonne or more. You can read it here:
Conflicting Signals: How diesel rebates to big polluters are undermining the Safeguard Mechanism — Climate Integrity
Diesel rebates under the Fuel Tax Credit Scheme are costing the Australian government billions a year – and undermining its own flagship policy for cutting industrial emissions.
climateintegrity.org.au
Few people are familar with Evangeline Paterson's poetry these days, though she was an excellent exponent of the genre. In this terrific example, her tone might seem conversational at first, but then the poem starts to show us its layers...
“Policymakers should be under no illusion: decarbonisation in the mining sector is likely being delayed because of the fuel tax rebate,” Hogan said. “The financial signals for decarbonisation would be much stronger with the removal of this policy.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s fuel tax break slowing BHP’s decarbonisation, mining giant’s investors warned
Removal of tax credit would incentivise electrification of truck and rail fleets, Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility says
theguardian.com
On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE
Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.
nj.com
One thing I'm noticing from a lot of people here, and the media reports surrounding the arrest of the Tates, is how many are using the term "child pornography" Children cannot consent and therefore it is not pornography It is Child Sexual Abuse Material or CSAM and it's vital to call it that
Or indeed coal, oil and gas pollution wildfires consuming Canada. Then the solution is obvious. Stop burning coal, oil and gas.
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 3w agoProbably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
So, I found out on Friday that my gig at the Guardian is coming to an end in late August. Needless to say I'm rather bummed by this development AND in need of a new job so if anyone's looking for a cartoonist HMU.
I love how career coaches are adapting to the failing economy by re-branding "working part time" as a "fractional role".
Excellent reporting of a POS www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/09/k...
Insiders reveal the real story behind Karl Stefanovic, a monster of Nine's own making
From ‘24-carat fuckwit’ to ‘boy-wonder’, there’s no shortage of opinions from junior producers and senior Nine executives alike about the breakfast TV stalwart, and how his career went from strength t...
crikey.com.au
Cheap gas won't make gas cheaper?! Absolutely bewildering stuff from the gas lobby. www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Forcing cheap gas won’t keep prices low
Manufacturers should be careful what they wish for. Artificially flooding the market with cheap gas would ultimately leave them paying higher prices.
afr.com
Imagine if progressive, non-business advocacy groups got this kind of coverage simply for existing! www.afr.com/politics/fed... Now
Luxury Escapes boss fronts new pro-aspiration, anti-budget campaign
Two former Liberal staffers have launched Ahead Australia, recruiting Adam Schwab to slam the government’s capital gains tax changes.
afr.com
Michael is just an ordinary, hard working dad who has sold the one property he had in his SMSF, to buy two properties. Just a little guy securing his retirement, right? Five paragraphs later... 🤦♀️
The new survey we're doing at the Trans Justice Project is live! If you're trans, 18+ and have lived in Aus in the past 5 years, we'd love to hear from you!
Trans Health Survey
Take the survey to help build a real plan for trans health in Australia.
transjustice.org.au
Surely a producer should just mute the person who the question wasn't directed to 🤷🏼♀️
stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · last mo.For those who couldn’t hear Clare O’Neil after she sat quietly letting Cash speak only for Cash to scream over her entire answer while Barr let it happen - what O’Neil said is the 3 RW parties are all defending the status quo that govt is trying to fix The show is a stitch up🙄 #auspol
Top quotes: Protect Our Winters Australia lays the blame for shrinking snow coverage directly at the feet of the fossil fuel industry. “El Nino is a natural cycle, but it is now performing on a climate stage made dangerously hot by coal, oil and gas projects,” said Dr Lily O’Neill.
‘Frustrating start’ to ski season as climate change and El Nino weather pattern converge
Resort operators in NSW and Victoria insist the muddy start to the season is not unusual and does not suggest coverage will remain low.
smh.com.au
BREAKING! 🚨 First report into fossil fuel influence in childhood settings in Australia. We found 260+ programs across schools, sports and more when coal, oil and gas companies are reaching under 18s. commsdeclare.org/cradle-to-ca...
Cradle to Career - Comms Declare
commsdeclare.org
As some who spends at least 40 hours a week trying to figure out how to shape narratives that will inspire climate action, this is, how you say, NOT IT.
Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · last mo.Thread. I'm listening with horror to this BBC interview, which is ostensibly about climate change. Liam Young is an Australian architect who saw Blade Runner and decided "that's the vision of the future we need." Wait, what?🧵
hey twitter margaret kudelka and a bunch of @kudelka.bsky.social’s family and friends are doing dry july, raising money for canteen who do incredible work supporting young people affected by cancer. if you have a few spare bucks you should chuck them here: www.dryjuly.com/users/margar...
Support Margaret Kudelka this Dry July and make a donation.
I have signed up for Dry July to raise money for people affected by cancer. Please show your support and make a donation.
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El Niño + climate change = a hotter, drier summer ahead. Now is the time to speak out. You don't need to have lost your home like Jan to get involved. There are plenty of ways to support. 🔥 Learn more and join us at: bushfiresurvivors.org/joinus
I resent the video-fication of podcasting. That's just a TV show. Podcasts aren't supposed to be for hot people. They have everything else
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
