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The Coalition’s tortuous decision to abandon the climate target was built on a big lie, that the recent increases in power prices are the result of the transition to renewables – even though wholesale electricity prices have been falling.
- John Hewson
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- John Hewson
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Coalition puts internal politics above all else
Two thoughts come rushing to mind as I attempt to follow the ridiculous and irresponsible machinations of the two opposition parties over Australia’s climate targets, especially net zero by 2050. The ...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Coalition’s tortuous decision to abandon the climate target was built on a big lie, that the recent increases in power prices are the result of the transition to renewables – even though wholesale electricity prices have been falling.
- John Hewson
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- John Hewson
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Forbes rates how philanthropic billionaires are, & #ElonMusk scored a 1 out of 5. In 2023, for the 3rd consecutive year, the Musk Foundation gave away a smaller % of its assets than was required. Mr. Musk did, however, donate $288 million to #Republican candidates and political organizations.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Forbes rates how philanthropic billionaires are, & #ElonMusk scored a 1 out of 5. In 2023, for the 3rd consecutive year, the Musk Foundation gave away a smaller % of its assets than was required. Mr. Musk did, however, donate $288 million to #Republican candidates and political organizations.
We’re living in the age of what I call reverse philanthropy: instead of giving, you get (See: Trump’s free 747.) And in setting this example, Mr. Trump is making our country’s rich people worse, by emboldening them to embrace his transactional style of governing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Greedy Thanksgiving
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November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We’re living in the age of what I call reverse philanthropy: instead of giving, you get (See: Trump’s free 747.) And in setting this example, Mr. Trump is making our country’s rich people worse, by emboldening them to embrace his transactional style of governing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...
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The EPA is rolling back protections for wetlands, narrowing the reach of the Clean Water Act. Several wildlife agencies also advanced measures to limit the Endangered Species Act. The federal government also moved to permit new oil and gas drilling in coastal waters. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I cannot begin to describe the frustration I have with the way in which proponents of #AI & of AI investment are treated with kid gloves as if [to say” how dare we offer an opinion as to the consequences of interfering in their untrammelled right to do whatever …in pursuit of AI development”
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“I cannot begin to describe the frustration I have with the way in which proponents of #AI & of AI investment are treated with kid gloves as if [to say” how dare we offer an opinion as to the consequences of interfering in their untrammelled right to do whatever …in pursuit of AI development”
Hollie Hughes’ move comes as Ley’s headaches on climate policy continue, with Nationals MPs demanding the opposition leader agree to fund new coal plants and moderate Liberals working to stop party members quitting over the fresh climate war.
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‘Sussan has been undermined from day one’: Former Liberal MP quits party in protest
Hollie Hughes resigned her membership of the party she spent six years with in the Senate on Tuesday with a furious spray at her former colleagues.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hollie Hughes’ move comes as Ley’s headaches on climate policy continue, with Nationals MPs demanding the opposition leader agree to fund new coal plants and moderate Liberals working to stop party members quitting over the fresh climate war.
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Tony Wood, the energy & climate change senior fellow at public policy thinktank Grattan Institute:
“The idea that Australia would no longer have a clear direction in the long term, but we’re just going to ‘follow everybody else’, is not very helpful for investors,”
“The idea that Australia would no longer have a clear direction in the long term, but we’re just going to ‘follow everybody else’, is not very helpful for investors,”
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Tony Wood, the energy & climate change senior fellow at public policy thinktank Grattan Institute:
“The idea that Australia would no longer have a clear direction in the long term, but we’re just going to ‘follow everybody else’, is not very helpful for investors,”
“The idea that Australia would no longer have a clear direction in the long term, but we’re just going to ‘follow everybody else’, is not very helpful for investors,”
The PIA is concerned with “the Grattan Inst's proposal for blanket upzoning - the wrong tool for the job, it risks more congestion, stretched services & less liveable cities.”
url:https://architectureau.com/articles/planners-push-back-on-recommendation-for-blanket-upzoning-across-australias-cities/
url:https://architectureau.com/articles/planners-push-back-on-recommendation-for-blanket-upzoning-across-australias-cities/
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The PIA is concerned with “the Grattan Inst's proposal for blanket upzoning - the wrong tool for the job, it risks more congestion, stretched services & less liveable cities.”
url:https://architectureau.com/articles/planners-push-back-on-recommendation-for-blanket-upzoning-across-australias-cities/
url:https://architectureau.com/articles/planners-push-back-on-recommendation-for-blanket-upzoning-across-australias-cities/
No Paywall- gift article
What a disappointment (non-scientist) Bill Gates turned out to be.
Just another sycophant billionaire. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
What a disappointment (non-scientist) Bill Gates turned out to be.
Just another sycophant billionaire. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
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October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
No Paywall- gift article
What a disappointment (non-scientist) Bill Gates turned out to be.
Just another sycophant billionaire. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
What a disappointment (non-scientist) Bill Gates turned out to be.
Just another sycophant billionaire. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
The reality is that renewables plus storage are rapidly reducing the Au demand for fossil fuels. Demand for gas is expected to decline more slowly than coal, partly because of the – contested – claim it is a cleaner alternative, & gas generation can be ramped up and down more quickly than coal.
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The reality is that renewables plus storage are rapidly reducing the Au demand for fossil fuels. Demand for gas is expected to decline more slowly than coal, partly because of the – contested – claim it is a cleaner alternative, & gas generation can be ramped up and down more quickly than coal.
The [Federal Au] gov’t, of course, argues that environmental protection & expedited development need not be mutually exclusive.
It’s a hard case to make if you are relying on the support of the current Coalition parties to get your legislation through.
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It’s a hard case to make if you are relying on the support of the current Coalition parties to get your legislation through.
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Labor’s environmental reform racket
Labor is hoping to push through its environmental reforms next week, seeking to pass them without revealing the national environmental standards on which they would depend.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The [Federal Au] gov’t, of course, argues that environmental protection & expedited development need not be mutually exclusive.
It’s a hard case to make if you are relying on the support of the current Coalition parties to get your legislation through.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21909/...
It’s a hard case to make if you are relying on the support of the current Coalition parties to get your legislation through.
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Two Sydney Au students have led a globally significant effort to sharpen the focus of the James Webb Space Telescope, resolving issues in an onboard instrument & boosting the capacity of the world’s most powerful observatory to find Earth-like planets in our galaxy.
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This $10 billion telescope was taking blurry pictures. Sydney students fixed it
The extraordinary James Webb Space Telescope had a major problem before two young scientists unlocked its full potential.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Two Sydney Au students have led a globally significant effort to sharpen the focus of the James Webb Space Telescope, resolving issues in an onboard instrument & boosting the capacity of the world’s most powerful observatory to find Earth-like planets in our galaxy.
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No paywall - worth a read
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Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals
The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
No paywall - worth a read
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Before it won the 2022 federal election, the Australian Labor Party promised stronger action to curb climate change.
Since then, it has approved coal & gas projects that will emit a cumulative 6.5 billion tonnes of CO2.
- roughly equal to 15 years of Au’s total current annual emissions.
Since then, it has approved coal & gas projects that will emit a cumulative 6.5 billion tonnes of CO2.
- roughly equal to 15 years of Au’s total current annual emissions.
October 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Before it won the 2022 federal election, the Australian Labor Party promised stronger action to curb climate change.
Since then, it has approved coal & gas projects that will emit a cumulative 6.5 billion tonnes of CO2.
- roughly equal to 15 years of Au’s total current annual emissions.
Since then, it has approved coal & gas projects that will emit a cumulative 6.5 billion tonnes of CO2.
- roughly equal to 15 years of Au’s total current annual emissions.
#TikTok “will be controlled by a consortium of enormously wealthy men who are in Trump’s pocket & ideologically aligned with the #Murdochs.
The key link to Trump is through Larry Ellison & #Oracle”
Forbes estimates Trump has up to $130k of Oracle shares.
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The key link to Trump is through Larry Ellison & #Oracle”
Forbes estimates Trump has up to $130k of Oracle shares.
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Trump’s plan for a Murdoch TikTok
For Donald Trump and the Murdochs, the plan to secure US control of TikTok is a win-win – a social media mouthpiece ahead of the midterms, and for a bargain price.
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October 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#TikTok “will be controlled by a consortium of enormously wealthy men who are in Trump’s pocket & ideologically aligned with the #Murdochs.
The key link to Trump is through Larry Ellison & #Oracle”
Forbes estimates Trump has up to $130k of Oracle shares.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21739/...
The key link to Trump is through Larry Ellison & #Oracle”
Forbes estimates Trump has up to $130k of Oracle shares.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21739/...
An article worth reading (no paywall).
A gem of a quote from #Advance Australia’s Matthew Sheahan pulls the curtain on that shady organisation.
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A gem of a quote from #Advance Australia’s Matthew Sheahan pulls the curtain on that shady organisation.
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News Corp and Advance called to misinformation inquiry
The Senate inquiry into climate misinformation invited both News Corp and Advance to its hearings – senators have received 5000 emails from Advance supporters, telling them to back off.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
An article worth reading (no paywall).
A gem of a quote from #Advance Australia’s Matthew Sheahan pulls the curtain on that shady organisation.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21740/...
A gem of a quote from #Advance Australia’s Matthew Sheahan pulls the curtain on that shady organisation.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21740/...
This article was published in June - it raises the broader question as to why the Au universities did not collect the data themselves & share it?
#Nous appears to have profited significantly on data the unis could have had- unfiltered- for next to nothing
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#Nous appears to have profited significantly on data the unis could have had- unfiltered- for next to nothing
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‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities
Nous Group has slowly taken over the university sector, filling VCs’ offices with ex-staff and buying ‘incredibly sensitive’ data that is sold back for benchmarking.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This article was published in June - it raises the broader question as to why the Au universities did not collect the data themselves & share it?
#Nous appears to have profited significantly on data the unis could have had- unfiltered- for next to nothing
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20936/...
#Nous appears to have profited significantly on data the unis could have had- unfiltered- for next to nothing
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‘So good to see this win:
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How robo-debt turned this prize-winning author into a ‘vengeful god’
Rick Morton has won a Prime Minister’s Literary Award for his non-fiction book Mean Streak. He’d trade it all for justice for the victims.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
‘So good to see this win:
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“I named names and some of the public servants complained to me that I was mean, and it made me realise that was the only thing that these public servants cared about, their reputation, and I wasn’t prepared to let it go after that.”
- It’s not over yet’
- It’s not over yet’
September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“I named names and some of the public servants complained to me that I was mean, and it made me realise that was the only thing that these public servants cared about, their reputation, and I wasn’t prepared to let it go after that.”
- It’s not over yet’
- It’s not over yet’
Until last week the $36.4 billion bid by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) – was on track.
Then 48 hrs before the deal was meant to close, ADNOC walked away.
It was the third collapsed bid for Santos in seven years.
- An undisclosed #methane leak
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Then 48 hrs before the deal was meant to close, ADNOC walked away.
It was the third collapsed bid for Santos in seven years.
- An undisclosed #methane leak
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Secrecy over leaking gas tank sinks Santos deal
A methane leak that remains unchecked helped derail what would have been the biggest all-cash takeover in Australian corporate history.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
September 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Until last week the $36.4 billion bid by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) – was on track.
Then 48 hrs before the deal was meant to close, ADNOC walked away.
It was the third collapsed bid for Santos in seven years.
- An undisclosed #methane leak
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21686/...
Then 48 hrs before the deal was meant to close, ADNOC walked away.
It was the third collapsed bid for Santos in seven years.
- An undisclosed #methane leak
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21686/...
On Sept. 13, Laura Loomer, a Trump confidante, posted on X: “I have to say, I do want President Trump to be the ‘dictator’ the Left thinks he is, and I want the right to be as devoted to locking up and silencing our violent political enemies as they pretend we are.”
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Opinion | ‘We Will Do It in Charlie’s Name’
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September 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On Sept. 13, Laura Loomer, a Trump confidante, posted on X: “I have to say, I do want President Trump to be the ‘dictator’ the Left thinks he is, and I want the right to be as devoted to locking up and silencing our violent political enemies as they pretend we are.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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The National Climate Risk Assessment sets out what Australia expects under 3 levels of global heating:
1.5, 2 & 3 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Human-induced warming has reached 1.5 deg.
Without strong action the world will reach 2.7 deg by 2100.
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1.5, 2 & 3 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Human-induced warming has reached 1.5 deg.
Without strong action the world will reach 2.7 deg by 2100.
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Exclusive: Government refuses to release climate security report
MPs are demanding the government make public a ‘terrifying’ intelligence report on climate change to support this week’s National Climate Risk Assessment and target.
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September 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The National Climate Risk Assessment sets out what Australia expects under 3 levels of global heating:
1.5, 2 & 3 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Human-induced warming has reached 1.5 deg.
Without strong action the world will reach 2.7 deg by 2100.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21633/...
1.5, 2 & 3 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Human-induced warming has reached 1.5 deg.
Without strong action the world will reach 2.7 deg by 2100.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21633/...
Excellent, well researched article from the NYT.
The blurring of the lines between personal benefit & national (& international) interest is without modern precedent.
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
The blurring of the lines between personal benefit & national (& international) interest is without modern precedent.
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Excellent, well researched article from the NYT.
The blurring of the lines between personal benefit & national (& international) interest is without modern precedent.
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
The blurring of the lines between personal benefit & national (& international) interest is without modern precedent.
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
It’s ironic that Lachlan & Sarah #Murdoch choose not to live in their LA BeverleyHillbillies mansion, bit in Bellevue Hill Sydney.
Here they enjoy the safety of our gun control laws, & the tolerance & generosity of the easy going Australian lifestyle.
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Here they enjoy the safety of our gun control laws, & the tolerance & generosity of the easy going Australian lifestyle.
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What will Lachlan Murdoch do with his News Corp victory?
Having succeeded in ousting his more moderate siblings, the eldest Murdoch son must now consider whether a shift further to the right would increase his empire’s political influence.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s ironic that Lachlan & Sarah #Murdoch choose not to live in their LA BeverleyHillbillies mansion, bit in Bellevue Hill Sydney.
Here they enjoy the safety of our gun control laws, & the tolerance & generosity of the easy going Australian lifestyle.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21579/...
Here they enjoy the safety of our gun control laws, & the tolerance & generosity of the easy going Australian lifestyle.
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