Murray Hogarth
@murrayhogarth.bsky.social
I write a bit. Too many issues and opinions to stay silent. I also paint a bit, naively.
Well before he lost the nation, ousted Opposition leader Peter Dutton was losing his own home seat crowd. Remember the old wisdom that all politics is local! Thanks to @climate200.bsky.social #auspol
Revealed: the secret polling which foretold the fast and furious collapse of Peter Dutton - THE POLITICS
Data obtained exclusively by The Politics shows Dutton’s numbers were crashing in his own seat. It was a far cry from the ‘tight contest’ predicted by the major polls.
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@murrayhogarth.bsky.social Excellent analysis piece, Murray. Jacinta is an interesting character on our political stage. But is she the (RW) Mesiah? thepolitics.com.au/jacinta-come...
Jacinta comes at a hefty Price - THE POLITICS
What she lacks in experience and ... how to put this gently ... humility, she makes up for with chutzpah enough for a future PM in any party that'll have her.
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Ouch! #auspol thepolitics.com.au/a-sour-smell... @thepolitics.bsky.social @murrayhogarth.bsky.social
A sour smell of failure hangs over Donald Dutton - THE POLITICS
Four weeks before the election the opposition leader has belatedly recognised his MAGA-lite policies are on the nose for the electorate. Oof.
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The Politics - don’t miss it! thepolitics.com.au/time-to-take... @murrayhogarth.bsky.social @thepolitics.bsky.social #auspol
Time to take a rasp to ASPI - THE POLITICS
The ghost of Peter Dutton's old, stale ScoMo-era defence ministry looms over the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the think-tank that China loves to hate.
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The LNP's latest non-plan is nothing more than a re-election tactic and a plan to extend the life of coal and gas on behalf of their large fossil fuel donors. Don't fall for it. #auspol
A picture tells a thousand words! Coalition gives the finger to gender gap on nuclear energy, with four blokes fronting today’s big policy announcement. Diversity you ask? One of the four isn’t from Queensland!
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan: Mad, bad, and extremely dangerous
It might seem weirdly appropriate that Peter Dutton should release his nuclear power policy costings on Friday the 13th. But that would be to downplay the sheer lunacy, rank dishonesty, and clear d…
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A view on who to trust in Australia’s #nuclearenergy debate.
That's not cricket: Dutton nukes CSIRO's probity - THE POLITICS
The Australia v India Test is underway, and the opposition leader could learn from players about how to play the game with class: don’t bad-mouth the umpire when you’re called out.
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CSIRO slaps down major #nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms – yet again – that integrated wind and solar are easily the cheapest option
CSIRO patiently and methodically slaps down Peter Dutton’s nuclear nonsense
CSIRO slaps down major nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms – yet again – that integrated wind and solar are eas…
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Takes too long, costs too much, time to put nuclear back in its box.
Dr Sophie Scamps MP@sophiescamps.bsky.social · 2y agoOur economy & households depend on affordable & reliable energy. CSIRO has again confirmed that nuclear energy in Aus would likely cost twice as much as renewable energy even accounting for the much longer life-span of reactors👇 www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Grabbed my first opportunity to use new Macquarie Dictionary word of the year “enshittification” in a story. The #nuclearenergy debate will do that!
Frisson vs fission in nuke fantasy vs facts - THE POLITICS
What’s hot and what’s not in the contest of ideas? The Grattan Institute reckons SMRs are too hot to handle and renewables play it cool.
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The man behind Australia’s net zero plan (or one of the originators at least)
The Fifth Estate on LinkedIn: Dr Larry Marshall on the net zero transition
Former CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall’s innovation worldview was shaped by Stanford University and Silicon Valley in the US more than his Australian…
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Energy efficiency needs a radical rethink. Making fossil fuel technologies & processes incrementally more efficient is no longer enough. It might even perpetuate their use. In my new article I explore how energy efficiency needs to evolve to remain relevant. medium.com/p/41741abea59b
Why energy efficiency needs a radical rethink
Energy efficiency has historically been the most significant contributor to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Over the past few decades…
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Sadly, in Australia, for our extraordinary native wildlife, this looks like an unholy union of feral mass killers.
Don’t know about you, but all of these incredible images of our increasingly known universe make me feel very humble; and more concerned than ever about what we insignificant humans are doing to the remarkable home planet we’ve been blessed with by the best luck since the Big Bang.
Shining Science@shiningscience.com · 2y agoThe Helix Nebula captured by NASA'S Hubble space telescope
What was it Paul Keating said? Oh yes, always back the horse called self interest, because at least you know it will be trying!
Dr Monique Ryan@mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 2y agoThis Parliament has not passed bills addressing the homelessness and rental crises, and other cost of living issues. But the major parties colluded this week on legislation increasing their own public funding, and making it harder for independents to be elected. Priorities.
I was stopped in my morning tracks when Sarah shared this news today. Feels so wrong by Aunty. Such a pro the way she kept going in spite of the emotion in her voice.
Peter Cronau@petercronau.bsky.social · 2y agoThe decline of the ABC Brilliant top rating ABC broadcaster Sarah MacDonald is sacked—by a recent employee with no experience in public broadcasting—but who worked at NOVA, Foxtel, ARN, SmoothFM What a fine example of how the best of the ABC are being discarded. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Would love to see #COP31 locked in for 2026 hosting by Australia with Pacific nations as an outcome from #COP29 in Azerbaijan. Two years to prepare will allow a high quality and impactful event, as long as Australia doubles down on its #climate targets and ambitions.
💧 simon holmes à court@simonahac.bsky.social · 2y agofull house at the australian pavilion (‘aus pav’) at #COP29 #baku for the minister’s reception. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Decadal stats for #renewables are a great way to remind ourselves that real progress is happening. And it’s happening despite the ideological and vested interest naysayers still claiming it can’t and won’t happen!
Renew Economy@reneweconomy.com.au · 2y ago#Renewables growth from 2015-2025 is on track to cut Australia’s electricity sector emissions by nearly 40% in a decade, equivalent to emissions from all the nation’s cars, commercial vehicles and planes
I covered the early heat-driven mass coral bleaching events in the late 1990s, for the Sydney Morning Herald, when engaged scientists warned it would get worse and become common. Sadly, they were right!
Doctors for The Environment Australia@docsenvaus.bsky.social · 2y agoThe Great Barrier Reef has suffered its worst coral loss in 39 years, with much of the damage caused by cyclones and climate change-driven heat stress. Some areas have lost over a third of their coral cover. To protect the health of our reefs, we must urgently phase out all fossil fuels #auspol
Love to see a lot more donors of purple sized dot scale unambiguously backing #climate action and greater #integrity in politics.
💧 simon holmes à court@simonahac.bsky.social · 2y agoapparently my name was used in vain on Q+A last night. for the umpteenth time, i’m not a clive palmer level political donor. here’s a representation of political funding over the last political cycle. i’m the little purple square. significant, yes. major? no.
Truth, misinformation and disinformation, and freedom of speech. It’s political quicksand!
David takes on Goliaths and is fighting MAD - THE POLITICS
An independent senator fears not the wrath of Labor — nor the wealth of the Zucks and Musks of the world — by opposing the government’s mis- and dis-information bill.
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