Bowen delights solar industry with proposal to extend PV subsidies to 1 megawatt installations, and asks regulators to give networks a boot up the backside over approvals https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-rebates-extended-to-megawatt-systems-as-bowen-seeks-to-supercharge-missing-middle/

Solar rebates supersized as Bowen turns again to consumers to change energy game

Bowen delights solar industry with proposal to extend PV subsidies to 1 megawatt installations, and asks regulators to give networks a boot up the backside over approvals.

reneweconomy.com.au

AI needs its own Paris Agreement https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-08-02/473173/ #Auspol

AI needs its own Paris Agreement

AI is advancing faster than societies, laws and institutions can adapt, making international governance, verification and shared oversight essential.

pearlsandirritations.com

More accurate headline: 'Labor prioritizes lobby groups over gambling harm.' And I wish journos would stop using "crackdown" to describe Labor's pissweak package. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Gambling ad reforms at risk as Labor draws line on major changes

Labor is unlikely to entertain major changes to its gambling ad crackdown despite the bill being 'friendless' in parliament.

abc.net.au

Sorry RBA, but mortgages going up DOES affect the cost of living. My column www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

The RBA says rate rises don’t really increase living costs. But the data is clear – they very much do | Greg Jericho

The latest cost of living figures show interest rate rises are having an impact on household costs, despite what the central bank says

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How sad for us that journalists would allow an imbecile like Hanson to wield so much power

As consistent as her beliefs on race and immigration, Hanson has been championing men’s rights causes for 30 years – at the expense of women.

Pauline Hanson was once dubbed ‘queen of the men’s rights movement’. Her 30-year career shows why

theconversation.com

Electric Buses Point of no return - have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just 6yrs Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028 Bravo Europe 🇪🇺!

Ideal getaways. My @smh cartoon.

"Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has said he will use federal power to force the Queensland and NT governments to fall into line with his plan to require data centres to fully offset their electricity use with investments in renewable energy." Good. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

‘We will use all the powers available’: Bowen lays down law to states on data centres

Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists the data centre boom and his plans to drive down Australian emissions can co-exist.

smh.com.au

She's correct

Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com · 2h ago

Former Irish president and UN human rights chief Mary Robinson says Israel’s annexation of Palestinian land is unfolding in plain sight – and that the aim is to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically. #Palestine #Israel #WestBank

‘It's sad that Indonesia, Malaysia, PNG are our closest neighbours, but Australians seem to know so little about them. I'm trying to show those threads of connection and flows between different parts of this region, because we are part of this region.’ Look forward to reading, it sounds fantastic.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 16h ago

Omar Musa wins 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Heart of Darkness 'critique', Fierceland

The blood-soaked WAR-PROFITEERING is actually even MORE obscene Aramco, BP, Chevron, ENI, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Shell & TotalEnergies made nearly $93 billion🤯 in the Apr-June quarter Off the back of war & heatwaves, drought, fires, & floods caused by entrenched fossil fuel use

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

theguardian.com

Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 5d ago

Guess who LOVES PROFIT-BOOSTING WAR & couldn't care less about deadly heatwaves, drought, fires, floods & landslides❓ "BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell & TotalEnergies will collectively earn $45 billion in net income during April-June 2026, up from $23 billion in the previous quarter"

Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat

Last thing we need are water guzzling data centres #auspol #ClimateActionNow

chances are

First Dog On The Moon ... nails it. Sickenly accurate. $700k profit per minute ... 'just a minute', it took less than that to annihilate 165 innocent little Iranian school girls & about the same time or less for the double-tap to destroy those who ran to help them www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#ffagenda #climatecrimes

mr dog@firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 15h ago

Climate disaster and record fossil fuel profits because of a war? How did that happen! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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This one frame says so much. Good dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social Good dog.

So, I requested the forgotten script be provided without an appointment and the fee for that had doubled from $20 to $40. Which totally cancels out the benefit for the lower cost for the medication. I can totally afford this. But what a bloody mess.

These are not medications that need any consultation about — they are regular, life long medications. It’s a total nonsense that I need to a) pay out of pocket to visit the doctor to get them and b) pay a fee if the doctor forgets.

Oil and gas companies are making such obscene superprofits that even Donald Trump thinks they should share them.

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

theguardian.com

Multinational oil giants like Shell, BP, and Saudi Aramco raking in massive wartime windfalls - and Woodside has announced an extra $6 billion in revenue in just three months off the back of war in the Middle East.

Our oil and gas belong to Australians, and we're losing as much as $50 million a day in tax revenue. It's time the government secured a fair return on our finite national resources. We have a real problem when even Donald Trump can see it, but our PM can't.

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ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 24h ago

High Court rules in favour of native title holders fighting Northern Territory water licence

The data centre industry’s greenwashing is buried in grey areas and jargon, and the government isn’t doing enough to fix it. In his latest article, Senior Research Associate Ketan Joshi explains what their proposed new regulations will mean for Australia. #auspol

It's also vital that AI providers build safety into their products from the outset, and that the government ensures that our kids' safety can be protected online. We need a legislated digital duty of care as a matter of urgency.

The AI genie is out of the box & we have to protect our kids from its potential harms. A new report, Talking to machines: Children’s experiences with AI assistants & companions, found that almost almost 4 in 5 🇦🇺 children aged 10-17 have used an AI assistant & 1 in 5 were using them at least daily.

NT EPA prosecutes gas company Inpex, for under-reporting toxic emissions

Gas giant prosecuted after under-reporting toxic emissions

Japanese gas giant Inpex has been charged by the Northern Territory's environmental regulator for under-reporting the amount of toxic emissions it released from the Ichthys facility near Darwin.

abc.net.au

In the room. My @smh @theage cartoon.