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Scott Hamilton
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Author, researcher and policy advisor. Adjunct Associate Professor Monash Uni, Senior Advisor Smart Energy Council, ‘A Better Australia’ 📕 ‘Sold Down The River’ 📕 #RenewableEnergy #ClimateCrisis #EnergyTransition

Engineering 24%
Environmental science 24%
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‘If America had Australia’s level of voter participation +59 million US citizens would have their votes counted…
…+100 women would be in Congress…~40,000 fewer Americans would die each year from gun violence’
#democracysausage #auspol #USElection24
www.themandarin.com.au/280390-say-h...
Say hello to your (policy) friend down under
At a critical moment for the US, Australian culture has won a small victory -- and there is scope for an even more important Australia-American exchange via the sphere of public policy.
www.themandarin.com.au

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Sussan Ley has rejected speculation she could be deposed as Liberal leader within weeks as "ridiculous". Follow live.
Live: Ley rejects 'ridiculous' speculation she could be deposed within weeks
Sussan Ley has rejected speculation she could be deposed as Liberal leader within weeks as "ridiculous". Follow live.
www.abc.net.au

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In 1996 Pauline Hanson gave her infamous “Please Explain” interview with 60 minutes … the cringeworthy interview was basically a litany of uninformed complaints. 30 years on Hanson is still prattling on about the same “boogeyman” - what policies or legislation has she drafted?

youtu.be/rU5mt7oAqH0
Pauline Hanson infamous 1996 interview | 60 Minutes Australia
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia
youtu.be

Yes, but still interesting

Yes, but still interesting

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The science is clear:

“Academics from World Weather Attribution have already published an analysis that found the heatwave that blanketed much of Australia in early Jan was 5x more likely to occur now than before human-caused global heating changed the climate.”
Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright | Clean Air
The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now
www.theguardian.com

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Can the Opposition Leader be based in the Cayman Islands? (Asking for a friend)

‘The shift to clean electric options has its own momentum. The question is whether the shift away from coal, oil and gas will be orderly – or chaotic.’ Wesley Morgan @climatecouncil.org.au #auspol #ClimateCrisis theconversation.com/fossil-fuels...
Fossil fuels are doomed – and Trump can’t save them
Yes, climate change is worsening and action is uneven. But the shift away from fossil fuels is beginning.
theconversation.com

"I agree with him," Albanese said, referring to the speech that drew criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. #auspol #TACO #StrongerTogether www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Canada's Carney to visit Australia in March
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Australia in March, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, as he backed a speech by his Canadian counterpart decrying powerful nations using eco...
www.reuters.com

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“Ley’s willingness to be Dutton’s attack dog in the Coalition’s previous term in opposition, and the ease with which she has repeatedly caved in to right-wing colleagues as leader, may raise doubts about her true values,” writes Chris Wallace.
satpa.pe/agl2RqU
A brief history of Liberal Party collapses
satpa.pe

“Nostalgia is not a strategy”
H/t @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social #StrongerTogether

A must WATCH IN FULL ‼️ youtu.be/_RjXKC0Xla8?...
Canada's Mark Carney calls for middle powers to unite amid 'rupture' in world order | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
youtu.be

“If the Cook Government wants to reassure investors, industry and consumers that it’s serious about providing lower cost energy security, it would commit to a 2030 Renewable Energy Target,” CEO John Grimes @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/w-a-backflip...
W.A. backflips on loss-making coal generator, promises more subsidies to keep plant open
State government has already ploughed more than $300 million into embattled coal generator, and has now promised more just six months after saying it wouldn't.
reneweconomy.com.au

"The 10 million people who go to sleep beneath panels each night want to know that they'll be recycled once they reach end-of-life, or are up-graded," said John Grimes CEO @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social #auspol #recycling

‘He said the legislation creating a national gun buy-back scheme and cracking down on importation of dangerous weapons would be introduced on Tuesday morning’
#auspol #LibSplits #GunReform #ABetterAus
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor to separate gun control from proposed laws to address hate speech, PM says
Anthony Albanese says government will not proceed with racial vilification provisions, which in current form ‘do not have the support of the Senate’
www.theguardian.com

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More than 228 homes have been confirmed destroyed by bushfires across Victoria, with authorities warning the total is likely to rise.
Firefighters gain ground across Victoria as damage toll rises
More than 228 homes have been confirmed destroyed by bushfires across Victoria, with authorities warning the total is likely to rise.
www.abc.net.au

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‘The CSIRO has found that extreme fire weather days have increased in Australia by 56 per cent over the past four decades.’

STOP SUBSIDISING & BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ASAP‼️ #Climatecrisis #auspol #BlackSummers
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

MEANWHILE, THE WORLD CONTINUES TO 🔥

STOP SUBSIDISING & BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ASAP ‼️

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For those who watched the John Clarke doco on the ABC tonight... You're welcome farnaklers!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X454...
The Gillies Report 12 - Farnarkeling Monologues plus Song
YouTube video by Heraklitus1
www.youtube.com

Great to see #ABetterAus in great company in @percapitaaustralia.bsky.social Summer Reading List 2025. w/ John Brumby & @stuartkells.bsky.social #books #skybooks #auspol

‘John Howard’s world-leading 1996 gun control laws are arguably the best example of bipartisanship in Australian politics.’ w/ @stuartkells.bsky.social #books #ABetterAus
“Tasmania went into shock. The whole state was reeling with grief. It was a scenario where everybody had to put aside normal political engagement—a bit like in COVID, but more shocking,” said @christinemilne.bsky.social #ABetterAus www.themandarin.com.au/282593-gun-r...
Good policy in action: Gun reform in Australia
John Howard's world-leading 1996 gun control laws are arguably the best example of bipartisanship in Australian politics.
www.themandarin.com.au

"Climate change is the far bigger threat to biodiversity, to our environment, agricultural systems and economy." said @frankjotzo.bsky.social

STOP SUBSIDISING & BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ASAP. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Climate a bigger threat to biodiversity than renewables, experts say
As the green energy boom gathers pace, experts say climate change is a bigger threat to biodiversity than wind farms and other renewables projects.
www.abc.net.au

Classic

Never Forget #BlackSummer
#ClimateCrisis

STOP SUBSIDISING & BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ASAP !!
#BlackSummer
10 Dec 2019: Toxic smoke engulfs Sydney
14-15 Dec 2019:
Fire moves to Southern Highlands, NSW. 2 firefighters killed.
15 Dec 2019:
Backburn in Mount Wilson and Mount Irvine, NSW, grows out of control, engulfs 350,000 ha.
26 Dec 2019:
Lightning sparks fire in the Sterling Ranges, WA

‘The Ad Standards panel agreed the ads breached three sections of its environmental claims code. It said the claim was “misleading and unsubstantiated, was vague, and did not communicate a genuine environmental benefit”.’
#Gas Is A Gamble !! #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
South Australian bus ads misled public by claiming gas is ‘clean and green’, regulator finds
Ads to be removed from Adelaide Metro buses after advertising regulator rules they breach its environmental claims code
www.theguardian.com