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A potential Elon Musk "monopoly" over Australian telecommunication networks over a de facto requirement to use Starlink has senators worried, report @cameronwilson.bsky.social and Anton Nilsson.
A Musk 'monopoly' has major party senators worried, as Greens sound alarm over billionaire's influence
The fallout of the Albanese government's plan to make telcos use satellite services has raised concerns from politicians of all stripes over whether this will entrench Elon Musk's Starlink in Australia's telecommunications network.
www.crikey.com.au
February 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A potential Elon Musk "monopoly" over Australian telecommunication networks over a de facto requirement to use Starlink has senators worried, report @cameronwilson.bsky.social and Anton Nilsson.
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When I began to report on the relationship between insurance and climate change, Australian insurance companies were scared to talk about CC directly due to hostility from the then Coalition government. They preferred to send a message obliquely as premiums rose.
Maybe that was a mistake.
Maybe that was a mistake.
📢 The chief executive of insurance giant QBE has criticised Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s threats to break up insurers, saying forced divestiture won’t deliver relief on premiums for Australians.
Insurance boss fires back at Dutton’s break-up threat
www.smh.com.au
February 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
When I began to report on the relationship between insurance and climate change, Australian insurance companies were scared to talk about CC directly due to hostility from the then Coalition government. They preferred to send a message obliquely as premiums rose.
Maybe that was a mistake.
Maybe that was a mistake.
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if you were accidentally fired while transporting a nuclear warhead and currently need a place to stay with said warhead please know that i have a sizable backyard and an abiding desire to be a nuclear power
February 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
if you were accidentally fired while transporting a nuclear warhead and currently need a place to stay with said warhead please know that i have a sizable backyard and an abiding desire to be a nuclear power
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Elon: We cut so much government waste. There was one ridiculous $300 billion program called “Mole People Annual Tribute”
(the ground beneath Washington DC starts rumbling)
(the ground beneath Washington DC starts rumbling)
November 16, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Elon: We cut so much government waste. There was one ridiculous $300 billion program called “Mole People Annual Tribute”
(the ground beneath Washington DC starts rumbling)
(the ground beneath Washington DC starts rumbling)
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"South Australia is proposing laws that will force developers to build bigger garages in new homes, in an effort to stop cars too big for standard off-street parking from crowding suburban streets"
No country does 'curing the symptom' quite like Australia
No country does 'curing the symptom' quite like Australia
South Australia proposes law for bigger garages to stop street parking being ‘overrun’ with SUVs
Plan sparks debate about use of urban space, housing costs, and investment in public transport amid climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"South Australia is proposing laws that will force developers to build bigger garages in new homes, in an effort to stop cars too big for standard off-street parking from crowding suburban streets"
No country does 'curing the symptom' quite like Australia
No country does 'curing the symptom' quite like Australia
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For those keeping score, the United States has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement the same number of times that Donald Trump has been impeached.
January 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
For those keeping score, the United States has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement the same number of times that Donald Trump has been impeached.
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Musk suspended a comedy twitter account for replying "no" to a tweet calling for a fascist to be freed from his contempt of court conviction.
The UK has no reason to continue to tolerate this billionaires openly far right platform. Shut it down.
The UK has no reason to continue to tolerate this billionaires openly far right platform. Shut it down.
January 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Musk suspended a comedy twitter account for replying "no" to a tweet calling for a fascist to be freed from his contempt of court conviction.
The UK has no reason to continue to tolerate this billionaires openly far right platform. Shut it down.
The UK has no reason to continue to tolerate this billionaires openly far right platform. Shut it down.
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elon's doppelganger is getting mugged by zoomers on a fortnite stream www.twitch.tv/connoreatspa...
January 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
elon's doppelganger is getting mugged by zoomers on a fortnite stream www.twitch.tv/connoreatspa...
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ConnorEatsPants is a legend
January 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
ConnorEatsPants is a legend
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going so power mad that you appoint your horse to the senate is conservatively x10000 better when compared to letting zoomers humiliate you live on twitch as background noise to someone playing fortnite
January 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
going so power mad that you appoint your horse to the senate is conservatively x10000 better when compared to letting zoomers humiliate you live on twitch as background noise to someone playing fortnite
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Shout out to the United States, where gas, the transition fuel, is now emitting as much as coal did in the early 2010s
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2024/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2024/
November 13, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Shout out to the United States, where gas, the transition fuel, is now emitting as much as coal did in the early 2010s
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2024/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2024/
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elon petulantly overruled his engineers on flame deflectors obliterating his own launch facility and a wildlife refuge, but please notice how it's government and the "regulatory process" that's framed as the real enemy in press reports
SpaceX battles regulatory process that could hold up Starship test flight for months – Spaceflight...
spaceflightnow.com
October 19, 2023 at 1:19 PM
elon petulantly overruled his engineers on flame deflectors obliterating his own launch facility and a wildlife refuge, but please notice how it's government and the "regulatory process" that's framed as the real enemy in press reports
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More than two-thirds of the $6.4 billion in additional corporate tax recovered by the ATO's Tax Avoidance Taskforce was recovered from fossil fuel companies.
Chevron alone at attempted to claim $40 billion in tax deductions it wasn't entitled to.
Chevron alone at attempted to claim $40 billion in tax deductions it wasn't entitled to.
October 22, 2023 at 8:21 PM
More than two-thirds of the $6.4 billion in additional corporate tax recovered by the ATO's Tax Avoidance Taskforce was recovered from fossil fuel companies.
Chevron alone at attempted to claim $40 billion in tax deductions it wasn't entitled to.
Chevron alone at attempted to claim $40 billion in tax deductions it wasn't entitled to.
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“States that are trying to tackle the climate and environmental crisis and safeguard the human rights of their people are being forced to pay billions of dollars in compensation to the very corporations that have caused this crisis. Instead of making polluters pay, states are paying polluters"
A Shadowy Corner of International Law Is Threatening Climate Action, U.N. Expert Warns - Inside Clim...
Soon after Italy approved a ban on offshore oil drilling, in 2015, the country received some alarming news: A British oil company that had been planning to drill was suing the government, seeking hund...
insideclimatenews.org
October 22, 2023 at 7:58 PM
“States that are trying to tackle the climate and environmental crisis and safeguard the human rights of their people are being forced to pay billions of dollars in compensation to the very corporations that have caused this crisis. Instead of making polluters pay, states are paying polluters"
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🚨 New investigation & 🧵
Oxy built the world's largest carbon-capture plant by capacity in 2010. It never operated at more than a third of its capacity. In 2022, Oxy quietly sold it for a fraction of the price.
Story with Natasha White & Kevin Crowley. Free to read:
Oxy built the world's largest carbon-capture plant by capacity in 2010. It never operated at more than a third of its capacity. In 2022, Oxy quietly sold it for a fraction of the price.
Story with Natasha White & Kevin Crowley. Free to read:
An Oil Giant Quietly Ditched the World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Plant
Occidental Petroleum is leading the global charge to vastly expand the use of technologies that suck up carbon dioxide. The failure of company’s biggest-ever bet shows the challenges ahead.
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2023 at 12:23 PM
🚨 New investigation & 🧵
Oxy built the world's largest carbon-capture plant by capacity in 2010. It never operated at more than a third of its capacity. In 2022, Oxy quietly sold it for a fraction of the price.
Story with Natasha White & Kevin Crowley. Free to read:
Oxy built the world's largest carbon-capture plant by capacity in 2010. It never operated at more than a third of its capacity. In 2022, Oxy quietly sold it for a fraction of the price.
Story with Natasha White & Kevin Crowley. Free to read: