I assume the Productivity Commission will shitbag the alternative government's hellishly expensive and inefficient nuclear energy plans with the same gusto it shitbagged the Make It in Australia solar panels policy of the current government

An Australian former reporter, now UN Children's Fund aid worker, has been shot at by Israeli soldiers while delivering medical and food aid in Gaza. smh.com.au/national/austr…

The most senior IDF commander responsible for the Israeli drone strike, which killed seven aid workers in Gaza, had previously urged Israeli military leaders to stop all “humanitarian supplies” to Gaza

Colonel (Res) Nochi Mandel, the chief of staff of the Nahal Infantry Brigade,…

It's really quite staggering that the agency legislated to advise the Australian Government on climate does not include science or human rights in its 'pillars' of emissions targets advice.
#auspol #climate

Who hurts most from interest rates rises?

Australians, according to the IMF.

On this week's #DollarsAndSense , Greg Jericho explains why house prices, household debt and variable home loans make rate increases more painful in Australia.

#auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/whos-hurt…

Look what’s coming to your ABC…
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SPIES IN THE DESERT
ABC Expanse podcast

“Sold on a lie, built on stolen land and shrouded in secrecy; Pine Gap has been called a space base, a spy base, an obscenity hidden on the fringe of an outback Australian town.

“Born from rising cold…

Important advice from one of Twitter's finest. Please read.

Not seeing the koalas for the carbon credits - have a listen australiainstitute.org.au/post/not-seein…

In response to concerns raised with me that the government may not deliver on the full range of ambitious reforms to the EPBC Act, I wrote to Minister Plibersek urging total commitment before the next election. For full letter, visit the link below.

zoedaniel.com.au/2024/04/11/let…

'You cannot pretend that this is genuine.'

Stephen Long says the NSW govt is dragging its feet over its koala national park promise while it waits for a questionable carbon credit scheme.

Hear more on the latest #FollowTheMoney . Ebony Bennett #auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/just-do-i…

Inflation hurts. But the ABS's official 🇦🇺CPI doesn't include higher interest on mortgages. If you do, the *true* cost of living is much higher--especially for workers. And the RBA is actually making that worse. Jim Stanford explains in The New Daily: thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2024/0…

Hunter S Thompson: 'The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy - then go back to the office & sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel'

Would we allow 12 new coal power stations in Darwin?

No, that would be completely unacceptable.

But Tamboran's Middle Arm gas export project would have emissions equivalent to 12 coal power stations.

Utter climate vandalism #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/proposed-…

“We need to recognise that the benefits the forests provide are priceless. We don’t need to monetise the carbon in the forests, we just need to stop the logging,' - Susie Russell, veteran forest campaigner #auspol

Watch the full video report here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/video-rep…

The govt is also being asked to invent new ways of generating carbon offsets so the fossil fuel industry can keep fossiling & the offset industry can keep profiting. Again, it would be far more efficient and effective to just pay people to reduce emissions directly.

If govt is funding a market, it's not a market...
Why not just give govt $ to restoration projects directly? More efficient, minimises risk of fraud that comes with trying to maximise profit and cuts out the ticket clippers. #auspol #biodiversity #climate afr.com/policy/energy-…

AUKUS plus..Financial Review

'The NSW Government is actually asking to get paid money in the form of carbon credits, for just enacting their long term policy.'

'Which is just a sham.'

Senior Fellow Stephen Long speaking to Phillip Adams on ABC RN Late Night Live
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The real reason why the NSW Govt hasn’t fulfilled its promise to protect the koala habitat on the mid-north coast: they are waiting until they can exploit the forest for carbon credits, allowing it to be logged in the meantime.
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Memo to Peter Costello: if you want to stay chair of Nine (Independent, Always) you can’t do fundraisers with Liberal candidates like Tim Wilson. Best you pull out of this one before 5pm today before any more tickets are sold.