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Tim Stephens
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Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School.

Councillor, Inner West Council, Sydney, 2021-2024.

www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tim-stephens.html

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Tim Stephens is Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Stephens' main areas of research are the international law of the sea and international environmental law. .. more

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Nov 12
Our edited collection on 'Geopolitical Change and the Antarctic Treaty System' will be out in January 2025.

A big thanks to co-editors Shirley Scott and Jeff McGee and to the contributors for making this project possible.

link.springer.com/book/9789819...
Geopolitical Change and the Antarctic Treaty System
This book explores all aspects of geopolitical considerations between key states of the Antarctica Treaty System (ATS) and lessons that can be gained.
link.springer.com

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 4h
🔥Climate change is fueling deadly fire conditions that threaten some of the world’s oldest trees🌳

New analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social has found that climate change made the weather that accompanied recent wildfires in Chile and Argentina about 2.5-3 times more likely 🧵

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 6h
Taylor challenge is on.

www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Angus Taylor resigns from Liberal frontbench to set up leadership challenge
Other senior frontbenchers, including James Paterson and Matt O’Sullivan are expected to follow him as they push for a spill later this week.
www.theage.com.au

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 7h
Well he’s got one vote locked in. That’s a start
#LibSpill

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 9h
Vale Jon Kudelka ❤️

Jon was a brilliant cartoonist who used his voice to speak truth about the climate crisis.

Our hearts are with Jon's family and loved ones.

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 12h
Meanjin will return to Queensland, with QUT becoming the new custodians of the storied journal.

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 12h
“The Australian government has been clear that settlements are illegal under international law and a significant obstacle to peace. Altering the demographic composition of Palestine is unacceptable.”

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 12h
“The Albanese government has condemned Israel’s move to expand settlement construction in the West Bank.”

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Australia condemns Israeli settlements as Herzog arrives in Canberra
The Israeli security cabinet agreed over the weekend make it easier for Jewish settlers to buy land and extend Israeli control in the occupied West Bank.
www.smh.com.au

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 1d
And as for failing on First Nations issues, the Prime Minister instigated the Referendum on the Voice which, sadly, a majority of Australians did not support.

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 1d
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Albanese on Invasion Day rally bomb scare
YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 1d
The Prime Minister did respond with outrage and solidarity: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Attack on Indigenous protesters allegedly driven by 'racism and hatred', PM says
The prime minister and opposition leader have both condemned the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally more than a week ago, after police revealed it was being prosecuted as a terror inci...
www.abc.net.au

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 1d
Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
In a letter Friday to West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, the Federal Judicial Center said it had "omitted" the climate science chapter from its latest Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. The removal marks a significant victory for Republican efforts to thwart a raft of climate lawsuits that the fossil fuel industry has warned could cost it billions of dollars. On Friday, the Republican Attorneys General Association congratulated its members on X, writing that the "Federal Judicial Center has announced they are removing ridiculous WOKE climate science from judicial manuals."

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
Very very sad. Losing Jon feels like losing part of Australia's soul.

Vale.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d
Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53
Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53
Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by The Australian, The Saturday Paper and The Hobart Mercury Jon Kudelka, the Australian political cartoonist, has died at the age of 53. His wife Margaret Kudelka announced the news in a statement on Tuesday: “We are sad to tell you that our beloved, brilliant Jon Kudelka died peacefully in South Hobart on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by his family and friends.” Continue reading...
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 3d
Doesn’t look like the Coalition’s approach of copying One Nation policies has worked out.
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#Newspoll The One Nation primary is 27 and the Coalition primary is 18

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 3d
#Newspoll No official 2PP (for the first time since 2002)
ALP 33
ON 27
L/NP 18 (includes Nat 3)
Greens 12
Ind/others 10

My 2PP estimate 56.0 to ALP
My shadow-2PP estimate 54.4 to ALP vs ON

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 3d
#Newspoll The One Nation primary is 27 and the Coalition primary is 18

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Michael Warhurst @mwarhurst.bsky.social · 3d
It was well known at the time that the fluorocarbon replacements for CFCs were environmentally problematic (eg due to global warming potential), but chemical industry lobbying kept the focus on that route rather than natural refrigerants like hydrocarbons:

apple.news/Aubqa835AQFS...
Saving the ozone layer has ‘polluted Earth with forever chemicals’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
The saving of the ozone layer by banning the aerosol gases that destroy it is one of the great environmental success stories. But the substances brought in to replace them have polluted the Earth with...
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 3d
Climate deniers flock together.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘It looked ugly’: Coalition reunited after 17-day split
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud have said they trust each other to keep the alliance together this time.
www.smh.com.au

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 3d
“China has now overtaken the US to be the world’s largest producer of scientific papers on Antarctica, according to a recent report co-authored by scientists at the University of Tasmania. Britain is third, followed by Australia and Germany.”

www.smh.com.au/environment/...
In the Trump era of America first, scientists fear for the future of Antarctica
There are growing concerns the treaty that has protected the last great wilderness for nearly 70 years may not hold as the old rules-based world order disintegrates along with the sea ice.
www.smh.com.au

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 4d
We are living in the age of the pedopetrotechbroligarch

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Norio Nakatsuji @norionakatsuji.bsky.social · 4d
[What Trump’s plans for the Arctic mean for the global climate crisis]

“With plans to sell off over a million acres of natural habitat for oil and gas development, the Trump administration is ignoring the dire impact on its fragile ecosystem“

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What Trump’s plans for the Arctic mean for the global climate crisis
In this week’s newsletter: With plans to sell off over a million acres of natural habitat for oil and gas development, the Trump administration is ignoring the dire impact on its fragile ecosystem
www.theguardian.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 5d
Many races during the #WinterOlympics will run on machine-made snow as warming winters bring rain and slush.

Artificial snow is faster, icier – and consequently, more dangerous.

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What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhere
US Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science to the rising risk of crashes.
theconversation.com

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 5d
Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date!

Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 6d
“The state’s top judge has taken aim at former prime minister Tony Abbott over a social media post as he issued a stern rebuke about the dangers of misinformed criticism of court decisions.”

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Top judge takes aim at Tony Abbott over ‘misconceived’ social media post
NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell issued a stern rebuke about the dangers of misinformed criticism of court decisions.
www.smh.com.au

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 6d
‘Police have charged a 31-year-old man with terrorism over the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day protest in Perth, accusing the man of accessing “pro-white” material online and claiming the actions were motivated by “hate and racism”.’

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Terrorism charge laid over alleged attempted bombing at Invasion Day rally in Perth
WA premier Roger Cook says police allege the act was motivated by a ‘hateful, racist ideology’
www.theguardian.com

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 6d
"How and how much the media cover climate change matters greatly.

This 2025 downward trend appears in contrast with ongoing global warming where average temperatures in the most recent years have been the highest in nearly 150 years of recorded history."
MeCCO Monthly Summaries :: Media and Climate Change Observatory
mecco.colorado.edu

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 6d
A vote for One Nation is a vote for a Liberal/Nationals/PHON government (imagine for a moment just how bad that would be).

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 6d
Hanson says the supposed anti-duopoly party One Nation would give supply to the ex-Coalition to assist it to govern. www.skynews.com.au/opinion/chri...
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 6d
“Australia’s long, complicated and difficult energy transition is finally working. As our recent research suggests, if these trends continue – and nothing new goes wrong – we should begin to see lower retail electricity bills by mid-2026.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia’s long, complicated energy transition is finally working – and not a moment too soon | Tony Wood for the Conversation
Renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity last quarter as real progress is being made – but it’s not yet job done
www.theguardian.com