Andrew Buckwell
@adeepgreenheart.bsky.social
Ecological economist | Landscape lover | Researcher | Endeavouring to be activist | On the banks of the Maiwar at Meanjin | 4101
And also, it hasn’t been a busy 6 months. It was the slowest return to Parliament since 2001 and the HoR has had around half the average number of sitting days.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
And also, it hasn’t been a busy 6 months. It was the slowest return to Parliament since 2001 and the HoR has had around half the average number of sitting days.
Our local (newly elected) Labor MP casually mentions that she gets greater access to Ministers to influence decisions for constituents, compared to non-Labor members.
I’m not naive, but this is why the rigid party system is so dirty.
(Via Guardian interview.)
I’m not naive, but this is why the rigid party system is so dirty.
(Via Guardian interview.)
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Our local (newly elected) Labor MP casually mentions that she gets greater access to Ministers to influence decisions for constituents, compared to non-Labor members.
I’m not naive, but this is why the rigid party system is so dirty.
(Via Guardian interview.)
I’m not naive, but this is why the rigid party system is so dirty.
(Via Guardian interview.)
There's way more needed in the proposed EPBC reforms than simply an "inDepenDeNT EpA". Virginia Young explains what.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
There's way more needed in the proposed EPBC reforms than simply an "inDepenDeNT EpA". Virginia Young explains what.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Imagine being part of a political party network that has only succeeded in worsening the policy outcomes you claim to care about about.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Imagine being part of a political party network that has only succeeded in worsening the policy outcomes you claim to care about about.
Important piece of work by my colleague, Prof Brendan Mackey, pointing out massive flaws in Australia's LULUCF emissions account. This has serious implications for our ability to get anywhere near our Paris Agreement commitments.
Now do fugitive CH4 emissions.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now do fugitive CH4 emissions.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’
Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Important piece of work by my colleague, Prof Brendan Mackey, pointing out massive flaws in Australia's LULUCF emissions account. This has serious implications for our ability to get anywhere near our Paris Agreement commitments.
Now do fugitive CH4 emissions.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now do fugitive CH4 emissions.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why has the Victorian police even got something called a "stinger grenade"?
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Why has the Victorian police even got something called a "stinger grenade"?
Cool story. Australia should host COP31 to cash-in.
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Cool story. Australia should host COP31 to cash-in.
Leah Blyth thinks we should 'do our bit' to help minimise environmental catastrophe.
'Do our bit'. JHFC. The Liberals are a danger to Australia.
'Do our bit'. JHFC. The Liberals are a danger to Australia.
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Leah Blyth thinks we should 'do our bit' to help minimise environmental catastrophe.
'Do our bit'. JHFC. The Liberals are a danger to Australia.
'Do our bit'. JHFC. The Liberals are a danger to Australia.
Help me here. On the one hand The Guardian news blog editor states "No smoking gun link between 5% deposit scheme and spike in home prices, experts say" then on the other a Cotality economist states "the deposit scheme was one of many factors influencing strong growth".
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Help me here. On the one hand The Guardian news blog editor states "No smoking gun link between 5% deposit scheme and spike in home prices, experts say" then on the other a Cotality economist states "the deposit scheme was one of many factors influencing strong growth".
I am a little concerned, as my Labubu seems to have exactly 10 teeth.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Spot the difference: parents warned that fake Labubu dolls could contain lead and pose choking risk
Australian consumer watchdog’s safety warning says counterfeit dolls – called Lafufus – can have wrong number of teeth and ears that are too wide
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I am a little concerned, as my Labubu seems to have exactly 10 teeth.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, delivered the keynote address at the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture youtube.com/watch?v=G93B...
Francesca Albanese: The Pre-Annual Lecture Dialogue hosted by The Nelson Mandela Foundation
YouTube video by INX Prime
youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, delivered the keynote address at the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture youtube.com/watch?v=G93B...
Yay. Between me and the bank, we're millionaires.
Labor's housing policy objective: achieved.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor's housing policy objective: achieved.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian house prices rising at fastest rate in nearly four years, data shows
Brisbane overtakes Canberra as second-most expensive housing market, after Sydney, with median prices rising by nearly $40,000
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yay. Between me and the bank, we're millionaires.
Labor's housing policy objective: achieved.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor's housing policy objective: achieved.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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What is the point of a @leanaustralia.bsky.social Environment Champion who has had absolutely nothing to say about how worryingly @australianlabor.bsky.social's EPBC reforms are shaping up for environment protection & conservation❓
(no claims of 'blindsiding' with bilateral agreements, Mr Burns?)
(no claims of 'blindsiding' with bilateral agreements, Mr Burns?)
October 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What is the point of a @leanaustralia.bsky.social Environment Champion who has had absolutely nothing to say about how worryingly @australianlabor.bsky.social's EPBC reforms are shaping up for environment protection & conservation❓
(no claims of 'blindsiding' with bilateral agreements, Mr Burns?)
(no claims of 'blindsiding' with bilateral agreements, Mr Burns?)
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Productivity tools are the ‘one more lane’ of the business world.
October 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Productivity tools are the ‘one more lane’ of the business world.
I’m sorry, why would they have been *killed* (not ‘died’) in Israeli prisons?
October 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I’m sorry, why would they have been *killed* (not ‘died’) in Israeli prisons?
Wait up. I thought our government was totally behinf AI and that it was going to be a huge driver of productivity growth?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report
Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Wait up. I thought our government was totally behinf AI and that it was going to be a huge driver of productivity growth?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This can't be naiveté. Just cowardice. Albanese must know that thwarting a Palestinian nation-state has been Israel's (and its nascent institutions prior) position since the Peel Commission.
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This can't be naiveté. Just cowardice. Albanese must know that thwarting a Palestinian nation-state has been Israel's (and its nascent institutions prior) position since the Peel Commission.
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A grotesque display of opulence from the world's elite. Billionaires feast on taxpayer funded banquets while they back a genocide and burn the world.
But sure, migrants are the problem.
But sure, migrants are the problem.
September 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A grotesque display of opulence from the world's elite. Billionaires feast on taxpayer funded banquets while they back a genocide and burn the world.
But sure, migrants are the problem.
But sure, migrants are the problem.
Bet you $10 when Trump gets back to the Laughing Stock of America he’s going to invent some medals he gets to win.
September 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Bet you $10 when Trump gets back to the Laughing Stock of America he’s going to invent some medals he gets to win.
Fugitive CH4 emissions from coal test bore holes, open cut coal mines, and from shonky storage facilities are a mess. Yet Australia's latest emissions inventory says there's a 2.5% drop.
Get real.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Get real.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Tip of the methane iceberg’: 130,000 coal boreholes must be audited after toxic leaks in Queensland, experts say
Concerns abandoned coal boreholes in Queensland and NSW could be emitting ‘equivalent of 65m cars’ worth of methane
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Fugitive CH4 emissions from coal test bore holes, open cut coal mines, and from shonky storage facilities are a mess. Yet Australia's latest emissions inventory says there's a 2.5% drop.
Get real.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Get real.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Your regular reminder that every year the Australian people subsidise private schools to the tune of $22 billion while the public school down the road from you will be waiting another decade for its bare minimum funding.
August 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Your regular reminder that every year the Australian people subsidise private schools to the tune of $22 billion while the public school down the road from you will be waiting another decade for its bare minimum funding.
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#TheGuardian publishes a cartoon on the Zionist Nazi Bolshevik militant occupation aka #Israeli killing of journalists in #Gaza. #OccupiedPalestine #UnderstandZionism #ZionismIsTerrorism #ZionismIsNotLegit #FreePalestine
August 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
#TheGuardian publishes a cartoon on the Zionist Nazi Bolshevik militant occupation aka #Israeli killing of journalists in #Gaza. #OccupiedPalestine #UnderstandZionism #ZionismIsTerrorism #ZionismIsNotLegit #FreePalestine
Sorry #TheGuardian, unless Maxwell is under any legal jeopardy this is not news. Of course she "saw nothing". That was literally her job.
August 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Sorry #TheGuardian, unless Maxwell is under any legal jeopardy this is not news. Of course she "saw nothing". That was literally her job.
Sex trafficker to the rich and powerful “saw nothing”. I think that’s selection criteria #1 on the job description.0
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sex trafficker to the rich and powerful “saw nothing”. I think that’s selection criteria #1 on the job description.0