Matt Ryan
@mattdjryan.bsky.social
Chancellor's Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney | political economy, environmental history, energy | PhD, University of Sydney
If David Littleproud thinks OECD averages are good policy benchmarks, someone should tell him about the average tax rate.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If David Littleproud thinks OECD averages are good policy benchmarks, someone should tell him about the average tax rate.
"why would the peak mining body set net zero targets if it meant destroying their own industry? ... net zero is not about shutting up shop. It’s about ... reaching net zero through offsets"
Repacholi saying the ALP's quiet part out loud. Absolutely critical coverage by @ketanjoshi.co
Repacholi saying the ALP's quiet part out loud. Absolutely critical coverage by @ketanjoshi.co
“I cannot emphasise enough that what Repacholi says in a few short sentences is both fundamentally absurd, and deeply terrifying in how it flew into the climate space without a single raised eyebrow.” @ketanjoshi.co writes.
Forget the Coalition, Labor has already abandoned net zero in all but name (and its excuses are absurd)
www.crikey.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"why would the peak mining body set net zero targets if it meant destroying their own industry? ... net zero is not about shutting up shop. It’s about ... reaching net zero through offsets"
Repacholi saying the ALP's quiet part out loud. Absolutely critical coverage by @ketanjoshi.co
Repacholi saying the ALP's quiet part out loud. Absolutely critical coverage by @ketanjoshi.co
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"Exports of Australian gas carry “substantial risks” of slowing the move to cleaner energy in Asian countries, according to a confidential report for the Western Australian government that undermines the government’s own narrative that the industry helps cut global emissions."
Confidential Western Australian government report warns gas exports risk slowing Asia’s move to clean energy
Report by consultants Deloitte undermines Labor’s public claims that WA’s gas exports help reduce emissions overseas
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"Exports of Australian gas carry “substantial risks” of slowing the move to cleaner energy in Asian countries, according to a confidential report for the Western Australian government that undermines the government’s own narrative that the industry helps cut global emissions."
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Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
This is incredible news, and shows the incredible power of collective action. The fight against the neoliberal university (my own included) goes on, but its nice to hear some good news for a change.
#Breaking | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences will not face structural changes at this time. No renaming, merging, or disestablishment of areas. Change management appears to have been halted, even walked back completely. It’s unclear the impacts of this announcement on the school of music.
October 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This is incredible news, and shows the incredible power of collective action. The fight against the neoliberal university (my own included) goes on, but its nice to hear some good news for a change.
The Production Gap report is one of the most important publications I know of.
With each iteration we see fossil capital continuing to bet against our future.
Either we curb fossil fuel production on the supply side, or we all burn - market prices will not wind this industry down.
With each iteration we see fossil capital continuing to bet against our future.
Either we curb fossil fuel production on the supply side, or we all burn - market prices will not wind this industry down.
"If all of the planned new extraction takes place, the world will produce more than double the quantity of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with holding global temperature rises to 1.5C"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’
New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The Production Gap report is one of the most important publications I know of.
With each iteration we see fossil capital continuing to bet against our future.
Either we curb fossil fuel production on the supply side, or we all burn - market prices will not wind this industry down.
With each iteration we see fossil capital continuing to bet against our future.
Either we curb fossil fuel production on the supply side, or we all burn - market prices will not wind this industry down.
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The Labour government, in its relentless quest to prove Marxists were right about the state, is about to hand more of our every day life to private equity
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Rachel Reeves tells private equity bosses she plans to shut down more regulators
Chancellor stopped short of saying which regulators were in government’s crosshairs
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September 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The Labour government, in its relentless quest to prove Marxists were right about the state, is about to hand more of our every day life to private equity
share.google/kbaGuwRP7XsS...
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Based on current policies, oil & gas demand could grow for 25 years rather than peaking this decade as expected, according to a IEA draft report
Coal consumption will peak in the 2030s, but demand in 2050 would be over 50% higher than expected, according to calculations by @javierblas.bsky.social
Coal consumption will peak in the 2030s, but demand in 2050 would be over 50% higher than expected, according to calculations by @javierblas.bsky.social
The next International Energy Agency annual report will have bad news for the planet
The Myth of Peak Fossil-Fuel Demand Is Crumbling
The use of oil and gas will continue to climb for decades, according to a draft of the International Energy Agency’s annual report.
bloom.bg
September 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Based on current policies, oil & gas demand could grow for 25 years rather than peaking this decade as expected, according to a IEA draft report
Coal consumption will peak in the 2030s, but demand in 2050 would be over 50% higher than expected, according to calculations by @javierblas.bsky.social
Coal consumption will peak in the 2030s, but demand in 2050 would be over 50% higher than expected, according to calculations by @javierblas.bsky.social
This is huge!
The NSW Court of Appeal blocked the Mount Pleasant coal expansion - the largest proposed in the state - and ruled that Scope 3 emissions can’t be ignored.🙌
We made a video to explain why this is so important.
Congrats to DAMS HEG and the EDO on this incredible victory!
youtube.com/shorts/R6wEb...
We made a video to explain why this is so important.
Congrats to DAMS HEG and the EDO on this incredible victory!
youtube.com/shorts/R6wEb...
BIG WIN for Climate Justice!
YouTube video by Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action
youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is huge!
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As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
A gut-wrenching read from a brilliant scholar, on the crisis at ANU. It speaks to the broader sickness in our universities (including my own).
FYI @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @hannahforsyth.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social
overland.org.au/2025/08/anu-...
FYI @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @hannahforsyth.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social
overland.org.au/2025/08/anu-...
ANU at a crossroads: between the social body and the iron cage - Overland literary journal
The organic solidarity on display across ANU gives the institution its moral clarity and counterweight to a bureaucracy that risks becoming a case as hard as steel. In the last six months, ANU staff, ...
overland.org.au
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A gut-wrenching read from a brilliant scholar, on the crisis at ANU. It speaks to the broader sickness in our universities (including my own).
FYI @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @hannahforsyth.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social
overland.org.au/2025/08/anu-...
FYI @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @hannahforsyth.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social
overland.org.au/2025/08/anu-...
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For decades the world's biggest above-ground tank - located 7km from Darwin- has been leaking huge quantities of LNG- possibly the equivalent of millions of tonnes of C02.
'Huge' leak from gas plant kept secret from public in 'national scandal'
Documents reveal the scale of carbon pollution leaking from a Darwin LNG tank was like adding 8,300 new cars to the road every year. It is about to be filled again.
www.abc.net.au
August 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
For decades the world's biggest above-ground tank - located 7km from Darwin- has been leaking huge quantities of LNG- possibly the equivalent of millions of tonnes of C02.
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"any goal north of 60 per cent will require a major expansion of emissions reductions in the transport, industrial and agricultural sectors"
yep that is the entire point?????????????????????????????????????????????
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
yep that is the entire point?????????????????????????????????????????????
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
August 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"any goal north of 60 per cent will require a major expansion of emissions reductions in the transport, industrial and agricultural sectors"
yep that is the entire point?????????????????????????????????????????????
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
yep that is the entire point?????????????????????????????????????????????
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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Australia might finally be on track to have enough renewables to dodge blackouts as our coal fleet retires over the next decade, according to a new AEMO forecast.
Last year we added a record 4.4 GW of solar, wind & batteries, with more on the way.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Last year we added a record 4.4 GW of solar, wind & batteries, with more on the way.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Record Clean Energy Additions Ease Blackout Fears in Australia
Australia is at reduced risk of blackouts over the next decade thanks to a rapid buildout of renewables and batteries that will help offset the retirement of the nation’s coal fleet, according to the ...
www.bloomberg.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Australia might finally be on track to have enough renewables to dodge blackouts as our coal fleet retires over the next decade, according to a new AEMO forecast.
Last year we added a record 4.4 GW of solar, wind & batteries, with more on the way.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Last year we added a record 4.4 GW of solar, wind & batteries, with more on the way.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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tfw your joint intellectual project makes it out of the group chat. Thanks @kurtiveson.bsky.social for your astonishing write up of our work! We're merely picking up on the threads of spatial and environmental political economy laid down by yourself and many others!
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The most special part of this story is that
@kurtiveson.bsky.social
has read our work as a collective project - which is precisely what it is. I guess this is what it looks like when a joint intellectual project makes it out of the group chat, and into the world.
The most special part of this story is that
@kurtiveson.bsky.social
has read our work as a collective project - which is precisely what it is. I guess this is what it looks like when a joint intellectual project makes it out of the group chat, and into the world.
August 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
tfw your joint intellectual project makes it out of the group chat. Thanks @kurtiveson.bsky.social for your astonishing write up of our work! We're merely picking up on the threads of spatial and environmental political economy laid down by yourself and many others!
50 Years of Political Economy. Some fantastic articles, but only one has brought me to tears.
@kurtiveson.bsky.social's generous contribution takes time to dwell on the PhD theses of @natashaheenan.bsky.social, Anna Sturman, and myself.
@ppesydney.bsky.social
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www.ppesydney.net/jape-issues/...
@kurtiveson.bsky.social's generous contribution takes time to dwell on the PhD theses of @natashaheenan.bsky.social, Anna Sturman, and myself.
@ppesydney.bsky.social
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www.ppesydney.net/jape-issues/...
Issue 95 (Winter 2025) - 50 Years of Political Economy in Australia - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
SPECIAL ISSUE – 50 YEARS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN AUSTRALIA Complete issue JAPE95 complete Contents The Editors: Editorial Voices of Former Students of Political Economy: Anthony Albanese; Thalia Antho...
www.ppesydney.net
August 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
50 Years of Political Economy. Some fantastic articles, but only one has brought me to tears.
@kurtiveson.bsky.social's generous contribution takes time to dwell on the PhD theses of @natashaheenan.bsky.social, Anna Sturman, and myself.
@ppesydney.bsky.social
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www.ppesydney.net/jape-issues/...
@kurtiveson.bsky.social's generous contribution takes time to dwell on the PhD theses of @natashaheenan.bsky.social, Anna Sturman, and myself.
@ppesydney.bsky.social
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www.ppesydney.net/jape-issues/...
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Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...
PhD Scholarship: Pacific Powers - Flinders University
www.flinders.edu.au
August 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...
There is a lot written on the crisis in our universities. You wont find anything more concise, from anyone more qualified, than this excellent, short piece from @hannahforsyth.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There is a lot written on the crisis in our universities. You wont find anything more concise, from anyone more qualified, than this excellent, short piece from @hannahforsyth.bsky.social
🚨 PhD Scholarship 🚨
Thinking about a PhD on the political economy of climate change? Want to work with some of the kindest and best scholars in the field? Do this.
Tbh, I'm jealous of whoever gets this!!!
Thinking about a PhD on the political economy of climate change? Want to work with some of the kindest and best scholars in the field? Do this.
Tbh, I'm jealous of whoever gets this!!!
The Macquarie PhD scholarship on our new Climate Economy project is now open - working with me, @garethbryant.bsky.social Sophie Weber, @clairerhiannon.bsky.social & Svenja Keele. We'll explore how climate change remakes our political economy. Topic negotiable.
www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...
www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...
The climate economy: Emerging strategies for Australia
Join a PhD project on Australia's climate economy, exploring how transport, policy, and finance adapt to climate change.
www.mq.edu.au
August 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🚨 PhD Scholarship 🚨
Thinking about a PhD on the political economy of climate change? Want to work with some of the kindest and best scholars in the field? Do this.
Tbh, I'm jealous of whoever gets this!!!
Thinking about a PhD on the political economy of climate change? Want to work with some of the kindest and best scholars in the field? Do this.
Tbh, I'm jealous of whoever gets this!!!
A thousand times, yes!
"while it’s true that special interests cannot stop the world’s shift toward renewable energy, they can significantly slow it"
"if it takes us anything like 40 years to get there, forget it. The world that we run on sun and wind is going to be broken."
Fight fossil capital.
"while it’s true that special interests cannot stop the world’s shift toward renewable energy, they can significantly slow it"
"if it takes us anything like 40 years to get there, forget it. The world that we run on sun and wind is going to be broken."
Fight fossil capital.
August 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A thousand times, yes!
"while it’s true that special interests cannot stop the world’s shift toward renewable energy, they can significantly slow it"
"if it takes us anything like 40 years to get there, forget it. The world that we run on sun and wind is going to be broken."
Fight fossil capital.
"while it’s true that special interests cannot stop the world’s shift toward renewable energy, they can significantly slow it"
"if it takes us anything like 40 years to get there, forget it. The world that we run on sun and wind is going to be broken."
Fight fossil capital.
Australia's emissions are flat, not falling.
I've often tried to explain *clearly* how Aus "cooks the books" with their land-sector emissions accounting - but I never pull it off. It's a good thing we've got @pollyjhemming.bsky.social to help us.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
I've often tried to explain *clearly* how Aus "cooks the books" with their land-sector emissions accounting - but I never pull it off. It's a good thing we've got @pollyjhemming.bsky.social to help us.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
Climate target malpractice
As the Albanese government prepares to announce Australia’s 2035 climate target, pressure is mounting to show greater ambition. A cut in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 75 per cent below 2005 lev...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
August 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Australia's emissions are flat, not falling.
I've often tried to explain *clearly* how Aus "cooks the books" with their land-sector emissions accounting - but I never pull it off. It's a good thing we've got @pollyjhemming.bsky.social to help us.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
I've often tried to explain *clearly* how Aus "cooks the books" with their land-sector emissions accounting - but I never pull it off. It's a good thing we've got @pollyjhemming.bsky.social to help us.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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Proud to stand with my Sociology colleagues, joined by @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social @damiencahill.bsky.social and the mighty @nteunion.bsky.social against the devastating cuts proposed at Macquarie University
August 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Proud to stand with my Sociology colleagues, joined by @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social @damiencahill.bsky.social and the mighty @nteunion.bsky.social against the devastating cuts proposed at Macquarie University
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What happens when climate change collides with labor law & workplace safety? Eugene Schofield-Georgeson and I discuss our recent articles from @jirjournal.bsky.social on how frameworks are adapting—or failing to adapt—to the realities of climate disruption
youtu.be/-Vh17Whrygs?...
youtu.be/-Vh17Whrygs?...
Climate, Law & Labor: A Conversation on Work Health and Safety in a Warming World #videoabstract
YouTube video by Journal of Industrial Relations
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
What happens when climate change collides with labor law & workplace safety? Eugene Schofield-Georgeson and I discuss our recent articles from @jirjournal.bsky.social on how frameworks are adapting—or failing to adapt—to the realities of climate disruption
youtu.be/-Vh17Whrygs?...
youtu.be/-Vh17Whrygs?...