Giles Brunning
@gilesb.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, guitarist, and content guy.
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Australia Institute research shows the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported from Australia.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Australia Institute research shows the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported from Australia.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
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The obsessive focus by political media on coalition policy deliberations … maybe talk about something that has a real world impact? This constant propping of a two-party formula just because it suits your notion of horse race politics is beyond dull.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The obsessive focus by political media on coalition policy deliberations … maybe talk about something that has a real world impact? This constant propping of a two-party formula just because it suits your notion of horse race politics is beyond dull.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
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"The miners will scream. The captured press will print their talking points. The Minerals Council will commission studies proving that apocalypse awaits if we tax them fairly...
What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."
urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."
urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
The Worst Deal in History: Why Mining Has Ransacked Australia While the Press Looked Away
How Australia became the world’s cautionary tale in resource management. The mining industry didn’t steal our wealth. We handed it over. The press, owned by the same mining interests si…
urbanwronski.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"The miners will scream. The captured press will print their talking points. The Minerals Council will commission studies proving that apocalypse awaits if we tax them fairly...
What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."
urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."
urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”
theaimn.net/the-governme...
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The Government That Isn’t: Labor’s Masterclass in Looking Busy
Let’s be kind. Just sitting in the driver’s seat is enough for some. Then there’s the Competence Trap: the myth that good administration is an end in itself. Of course, we can’t rule out stage [...]
theaimn.net
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”
theaimn.net/the-governme...
theaimn.net/the-governme...
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BREAKING: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials say.
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 people, including children, local officials say
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children. That's according to local hospital officials on Wednesday.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
BREAKING: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials say.
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Amazon announces they are laying off the largest amount of workers ever in the company’s history.
30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Amazon announces they are laying off the largest amount of workers ever in the company’s history.
30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Aust’s $20m purchase of missiles from an Israeli arms company for its “iron fist” weapons system on infantry vehicles has been condemned as “morally questionable” & reflective of a “troubling acceptance” of Israel’s conduct in Gaza.”
No shit. Unforgivable
No shit. Unforgivable
Australia’s $20m ‘iron fist’ deal with Israel’s largest arms company signed two weeks before UN genocide finding
Experts criticise federal government’s contract with Elbit Systems as ‘troubling acceptance’ of Israel’s conduct in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Aust’s $20m purchase of missiles from an Israeli arms company for its “iron fist” weapons system on infantry vehicles has been condemned as “morally questionable” & reflective of a “troubling acceptance” of Israel’s conduct in Gaza.”
No shit. Unforgivable
No shit. Unforgivable
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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“We’ve found multiple submissions across different renewable energy projects, all authored by the same person from RRA … all showing the same pattern of fake citations,”
Can Walker campaigns coordinator at Friends of the Earth Australia
RRA LIED & fake citations?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Can Walker campaigns coordinator at Friends of the Earth Australia
RRA LIED & fake citations?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“We’ve found multiple submissions across different renewable energy projects, all authored by the same person from RRA … all showing the same pattern of fake citations,”
Can Walker campaigns coordinator at Friends of the Earth Australia
RRA LIED & fake citations?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Can Walker campaigns coordinator at Friends of the Earth Australia
RRA LIED & fake citations?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
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“The environment minister wants to pass a major re-write of federal nature laws this year, encouraging miners to lobby the Coalition to work with Labor to help rush it through parliament in the final three sitting weeks”
Just contemplate that sentence.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Just contemplate that sentence.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
With climate trigger axed Labor wants to rush new environmental laws through after ‘positive’ talks with Coalition
Proposed timeframe leaves 12 days to scrutinise most significant changes to national environmental protection regime since 1999
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“The environment minister wants to pass a major re-write of federal nature laws this year, encouraging miners to lobby the Coalition to work with Labor to help rush it through parliament in the final three sitting weeks”
Just contemplate that sentence.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Just contemplate that sentence.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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New:
The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.
The pressure is rising.
The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.
The pressure is rising.
Does the NACC have any hope of regaining public trust?
The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.
www.crikey.com.au
October 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
New:
The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.
The pressure is rising.
The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.
The pressure is rising.
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A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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Rep. Madeleine Dean: "It looks like the president is trying to take us off the world stage in terms of our credibility as the indispensable nation. I want the speaker to go to the president and say it's recognizable what you are doing and your deterioration."
October 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Rep. Madeleine Dean: "It looks like the president is trying to take us off the world stage in terms of our credibility as the indispensable nation. I want the speaker to go to the president and say it's recognizable what you are doing and your deterioration."
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Here's the ACCC today saying that gas exporters are ripping us off. Again.
"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."
@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...
"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."
@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Here's the ACCC today saying that gas exporters are ripping us off. Again.
"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."
@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...
"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."
@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...
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World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s
World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s
Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say
The world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent action to protect millions of people from high temperatures, more and more will suffer in the dangerous conditions, analysts said.
From Washington DC and Madrid to Tokyo and Beijing, the analysis shows a marked rise in hot days as the climate crisis intensifies. Overall, the assessment by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), found the number of days above 35C in 43 of the world’s most populous capital cities rose from an average of 1,062 a year from 1994-2003 to 1,335 from 2015-2024. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s
@pepchasdrdave.bsky.social I take issue with your comments about @karenattiah.bsky.social, saying she mischaracterised what Kirk said. He picked four incredibly accomplished Black women and said they lack the brain processing power to be taken seriously. And that they stole a white person’s spot.
September 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
@pepchasdrdave.bsky.social I take issue with your comments about @karenattiah.bsky.social, saying she mischaracterised what Kirk said. He picked four incredibly accomplished Black women and said they lack the brain processing power to be taken seriously. And that they stole a white person’s spot.
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Donald Trump and his administration used Charlie Kirk’s murder as an excuse to ramp up their ongoing campaign for total power, in their most authoritarian week yet. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Donald Trump's Most Authoritarian Week Yet
After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump used threats to force Jimmy Kimmel off the air, pledged to go after liberal nonprofits and “antifa,” and more.
www.rollingstone.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Donald Trump and his administration used Charlie Kirk’s murder as an excuse to ramp up their ongoing campaign for total power, in their most authoritarian week yet. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Anything I don’t like is illegal
Trump: "When you have networks where I won an election in counties -- I guess it's 2,600 to 525, that's called a landslide times two -- when you have that kind of popularity or voter support, and yet 97% of the newscasts are against me ... I think that's really illegal."
September 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anything I don’t like is illegal
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"This type of language spurs on depraved people, deranged people who who take that as a cue."
Right, Speaker Johnson?
Right, Speaker Johnson?
September 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"This type of language spurs on depraved people, deranged people who who take that as a cue."
Right, Speaker Johnson?
Right, Speaker Johnson?
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Dr Richard Denniss says the “obvious” ones to pay for damage from increased floods as per the latest climate report should be the Fossil Fuel co’s, as houses will become uninsurable
“The insurance industry will not help ppl in 20yrs time with their flooded houses”💯 #Estimates
“The insurance industry will not help ppl in 20yrs time with their flooded houses”💯 #Estimates
September 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Dr Richard Denniss says the “obvious” ones to pay for damage from increased floods as per the latest climate report should be the Fossil Fuel co’s, as houses will become uninsurable
“The insurance industry will not help ppl in 20yrs time with their flooded houses”💯 #Estimates
“The insurance industry will not help ppl in 20yrs time with their flooded houses”💯 #Estimates
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Sarah Hanson-Young asks why govt keeps saying we “need” gas?
Dr Richard Denniss “I would argue we don’t.”
“We need no new gas & coal developments anywhere in the world”
“To be clear, the Aus govt denies this science. The UN says it, the IEA says it, the Aus govt rejects it!”💥 #Estimates
Dr Richard Denniss “I would argue we don’t.”
“We need no new gas & coal developments anywhere in the world”
“To be clear, the Aus govt denies this science. The UN says it, the IEA says it, the Aus govt rejects it!”💥 #Estimates
September 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Sarah Hanson-Young asks why govt keeps saying we “need” gas?
Dr Richard Denniss “I would argue we don’t.”
“We need no new gas & coal developments anywhere in the world”
“To be clear, the Aus govt denies this science. The UN says it, the IEA says it, the Aus govt rejects it!”💥 #Estimates
Dr Richard Denniss “I would argue we don’t.”
“We need no new gas & coal developments anywhere in the world”
“To be clear, the Aus govt denies this science. The UN says it, the IEA says it, the Aus govt rejects it!”💥 #Estimates