'When a 100% foreign-owned company exports $10 billion worth of #gas we gave them for free, having paid no royalties, no PRRT, and no company tax, the ABS still includes that $10 billion in Australia’s GDP...' ran out of room, follow the link to read the rest: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

GDP is not what you think it is, which is no accident

This is an edited extract of More Fool Me (Vantage Point Issue 6) by Richard Denniss, published by The Australia Institute. Available from the 4th of August.

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So, is now the 'right time' to get goingnon that transition away from fossil fuels?!

Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · yesterday

100 years of July sea surface temperature anomalies... you'll see important patterns of regional climate variability as the animation evolves, but ultimately, the story behind the long-term trend toward record warmth is driven by human-caused climate change. Data from @noaa.gov ERSSTv6. 🌊

At what point do journalists decide enough is enough and just no turn up to these pressers - until all media can attend these pressers?

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 2d ago

Pauline Hanson flees her own custom-curated presser. With ABC & Guardian banned, & far-right criminal Avi Yemini running interference, still can’t handle questions, even from Sky “Shouldn't all media have access...?"💥 Not even sidekick Avi could save her from total humiliation.

Big love for the 'dirty dozen' community radio like RRR and 3CR in Melbourne gave me the confidence and contacts to get better at so many things, and be part of something truly important and change making. More community media! thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

‘Cass’s Dirty Dozen’: how community radio was born

Community radio was another dangerously socialist idea that sprang from the Whitlam years. Minister for the Media, Moss Cass, was not confident he could wrangle the legislation through a hostile Senat...

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Again on dodgy offsets. Parents for Climate began raising these concerns in early 2023, after researchers and the Australia Institute exposed problems with ACCU and 'carbon netural' claims. #auspol #dodgyoffsets thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Parents took an energy giant to court over "carbon neutral". The government just scrapped the scheme that made it possible

Three years ago, a plucky grassroots group of mums, dads and grandparents did something no-one had done before. We took one of Australia's largest energy retailers, EnergyAustralia, to the Federal Cou...

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As Ecologist Mark Graham says the issue lies in the lack of transparency from the organisations regarding funding they’ve received from the ACBF.“If there is an unwillingness to fully publicly and openly and transparently declare the receipt of funding, then there cannot be trust.”

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 2d ago

NDAs for NFPs? Environmental groups hide funding from carbon credits advocate Stephanie Tran reports. Read it here: https://michaelwest.com.au/ndas-for-nfps-environmental-groups-hide-funding-from-carbon-credits-advocate/

The IMF says we pay $5T/year to subsidize fossil fuels — that's $13M per MINUTE to destroy our future. Meanwhile solar & wind fight for scraps. We don't have a funding problem. We have a priority problem.

Apart from the fact the topic is so serious, this podcast is entertaining and full of humour … and informing. Well worth a listen. #AUKUS #auspol

AUKUS subs' temporary base is permanent again: Mr Conroy loses his trousers in Washington, startling Elbridge Colby

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May your Sunday have been this glorious

We may hit 3.5C sea surface temperature anomaly in September. The planet you were born in no longer exists

'We interviewed 25 former #Antarctic guides who decided to quit their jobs (all quotes are anonymised). These guides couldn’t align their morals with the effects of #tourism they were witnessing day after day.' Tourism - and it's pollution - is not helping #Antarctica thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs

Our new study reveals how Antarctic tour guides grapple with the dilemma at the heart of their work — bringing more and more people to an ecologically vulnerable area, and helping cause some of the gr...

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Gee, maybe we should stop approving new fossil fuels and start the real work of the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels. It will literally be life saving!

Tim Stephens@proftimstephens.bsky.social · 6d ago

“global temperatures are on a trajectory which may even see 2027 nearing 2C warming above pre-industrial levels for the first time.” Not in 2100, not in 2050, but in freaking 2027. #climatecrisis www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Didn't go to #ALP National Conference? Don't blame you. We did, and you can watch our Gas 3 Point Plan panel held there w @edhusicmp.bsky.social #MUA @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol #taxgas #carboncapture #politics thepoint.com.au/videos/26073...

What is to come for the southern hemisphere summer keeps me awake at night.

Adrian Leyser Sturm@leysersturm.eurosky.social · 5d ago

It's no longer just a passing #heatwave; it's a persistent state, made more than five times more likely by the impact of human-driven #climatechange. @climatecentral.org

We’re excited to announce Alison Reeve as a speaker for our Climate Integrity Summit 2026! Alison is the Energy and Climate Change Program Director at Grattan Institute. Get your tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/sydney-climate-integrity-summit-2026

The thin line between US President policy making satire and reality ... via Arthur Barnes

Our gas taxation system is so broken that when the cost of some of our biggest exports goes up we feel poor. Co-CEO Richard Denniss spoke at the Labor National Conference Fringe, where he laid out how badly our current system of taxing gas treats us. #auspol

After #Inpex #Bonaparte #CCS was given a #renewable Project Major Significance by the feds, WA goes all #holdmybeer on #Woodside #Browse #gas and CCS proposal and declares it a State Significant Project. Carbon captured politics! #auspol

The Point@thepointau.bsky.social · 5d ago

“It is a cynical attempt to pre-empt that process. There is nothing of substance in this announcement for Browse itself. Its only real function is to pile pressure on” writes @louisemorris.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

HISTORIC DAY EUROPEAN CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN Hundreds and Hundreds of records pulverized allover Europe in Spain,France,Switzerland,Austria,Liechtenstein,Germany,Denmark,Poland,Czechia,etc... 30 July 2026 marks the history of European climatic history. Wait for MANY UPDATES

The PM likes to dismiss a 25% gas export tax as a “three word slogan”, but the benefits are clear. Co-CEO Richard Denniss replies to Albanese’s dismissal of the proposed tax changes, and highlights how much extra revenue it could mean for Australia. #auspol

Stranded Assets. Every time you hear about extending the life of gas and coal, or approving new projects like the Browse Scott Reef gas and carbon dumping CCS project think stranded assets. And you know who picks up the bill for stranded assets? The taxpayers.

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 6d ago

The age of fossil fuels is ending – what will the exit look like for Australia? Gas executives are "not looking at the technological changes that are reshaping their own industry," says @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social. "You're going to end up with lots of stranded assets." #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/3RYU52g

Rand Paul Is Stupid,He's Making Dr. Fauci Look Brilliant, Which He Is.......🤣

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“Big Oil’s greed is incompatible with a livable planet and unless governments rein it in, they will make a mockery of international climate targets,” www.commondreams.org/news/bil-oil...

'Making a Killing, Literally and Figuratively': Big Oil Profits Set to Double Amid Deadly Heat | Common Dreams

"Big Oil’s greed is incompatible with a livable planet and unless governments rein it in, they will make a mockery of international climate targets,” said one Oxfam campaigner.

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No surprises. Data centres don't want to have to sort out their voracious appetites for energy with renewables. just more fossil fuels w dodgy #offsets thru #safeguard mechanism www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy

Federal-state stoush comes as rating agency warns that electricity bills could skyrocket

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May you have this lovely love in your life. Dogs are the BEST people

ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · last wk.

Dogs are love 🥰❤️

AKA, #offsets are #dodgy and turning over our native #forest (and koalas) to #carbon traders will never end well. To cut emissions you need to, ACTUALLLY cut emissions. Stop approving new fossil fuels and start phasing out existing fossil fuels. #auspol

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · last wk.

Today’s announcement by the NSW Premier is an important admission that Australia cannot cancel out the pollution from fossil fuel projects by simply promising to not chop down some trees. #auspol

A weather model suggests temperatures of almost 50 degrees are possible in France. Anyone who claims there is no climate change, who disparages science in this field, or who denies that human activity is the cause, is making a statement that has nothing to do with reality #ClimateEmergency #FarRight

But all this highlights that the recent increase in inflation is being driven by international factors that Australia, and the RBA, have no control over. Read the full piece by @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social on The Point: thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...

When the #union that covers offshore gas rig workers also think we should #tax the #gas exports made on offshore rigs - you know there is a mandate for a 25% gas tax.

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · last wk.

We should be taxing gas it’s fair share. That’s not a big ask, and that’s why Australians support it. Assistant Secretary of the MUA Thomas Mayo spoke at the National Labor Conference Fringe where he broke down what that gas tax money could do to help Australia. #auspol