Bruce Williams
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“Democracy may die in darkness. It may die in despotism. Under Trump, it’s just as liable to die in dumbness.” Bret Stephens
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If area on a map is the criterion to measure forest cover for estimating bush as a carbon sink, volume is being ignored and could make estimates very different to reality...
..and therefore has the potential for misleading decision makers.
It's not rocket science, it's climate science..
..and therefore has the potential for misleading decision makers.
It's not rocket science, it's climate science..
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
If area on a map is the criterion to measure forest cover for estimating bush as a carbon sink, volume is being ignored and could make estimates very different to reality...
..and therefore has the potential for misleading decision makers.
It's not rocket science, it's climate science..
..and therefore has the potential for misleading decision makers.
It's not rocket science, it's climate science..
While pollution can affect people long distances from power stations, the majority of the deaths would be around the plants themselves — that is, in regional communities represented by the Nationals, the party that's most aggressively championed the abandonment of net zero.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/20/c...
Hundreds of Australians will die premature deaths and thousands more will suffer ill health if the Coalition uses taxpayer funding to prop up coal-fired power stations beyond their closure dates.
Hundreds of Australians will die premature deaths and thousands more will suffer ill health if the Coalition uses taxpayer funding to prop up coal-fired power stations beyond their closure dates.
Coalition's no-zero, pro-coal policy will kill hundreds (and it has nothing to do with the climate)
Decades of well-established science shows that keeping coal-fired power stations going longer will kill hundreds of people every year — with taxpayers funding it.
www.crikey.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
While pollution can affect people long distances from power stations, the majority of the deaths would be around the plants themselves — that is, in regional communities represented by the Nationals, the party that's most aggressively championed the abandonment of net zero.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/20/c...
Hundreds of Australians will die premature deaths and thousands more will suffer ill health if the Coalition uses taxpayer funding to prop up coal-fired power stations beyond their closure dates.
Hundreds of Australians will die premature deaths and thousands more will suffer ill health if the Coalition uses taxpayer funding to prop up coal-fired power stations beyond their closure dates.
Coalition's no-zero, pro-coal policy will kill hundreds (and it has nothing to do with the climate)
Decades of well-established science shows that keeping coal-fired power stations going longer will kill hundreds of people every year — with taxpayers funding it.
www.crikey.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/20/c...
Hundreds of Australians will die premature deaths and thousands more will suffer ill health if the Coalition uses taxpayer funding to prop up coal-fired power stations beyond their closure dates.
Hundreds of Australians will die premature deaths and thousands more will suffer ill health if the Coalition uses taxpayer funding to prop up coal-fired power stations beyond their closure dates.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia calculates forest cover as a net figure, in which forest losses are “netted off” against forest gains. That is problematic because new forests do not store as much carbon or have the same wildlife benefits as established forests that are being destroyed.
Australia calculates forest cover as a net figure, in which forest losses are “netted off” against forest gains. That is problematic because new forests do not store as much carbon or have the same wildlife benefits as established forests that are being destroyed.
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 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia calculates forest cover as a net figure, in which forest losses are “netted off” against forest gains. That is problematic because new forests do not store as much carbon or have the same wildlife benefits as established forests that are being destroyed.
Australia calculates forest cover as a net figure, in which forest losses are “netted off” against forest gains. That is problematic because new forests do not store as much carbon or have the same wildlife benefits as established forests that are being destroyed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With little restraint on his powers, Trump has expanded that corrupt and transactional method of governing in his second term. And autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family
With little restraint on his powers, Trump has expanded that corrupt and transactional method of governing in his second term. And autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family
Saudi prince Mohammed is being lavished by Trump. It’s clear why | Mohamad Bazzi
Autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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With little restraint on his powers, Trump has expanded that corrupt and transactional method of governing in his second term. And autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family
With little restraint on his powers, Trump has expanded that corrupt and transactional method of governing in his second term. And autocrats like Prince Mohammed are eager to benefit from Trump’s brazen effort to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family
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Seems like that the world over? We the taxpayers bailed out the banks during the 2008 banking crash, but the customers and taxpayers keep being tapped for more!
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Seems like that the world over? We the taxpayers bailed out the banks during the 2008 banking crash, but the customers and taxpayers keep being tapped for more!
Yes, it's staggering. The recommendations of the Banking Royal Commission have just been ignored.
Banks robbing customer accounts to pay shareholders, strike me you have to be dishonest to be in high banking management.
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Yes, it's staggering. The recommendations of the Banking Royal Commission have just been ignored.
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It’s more of a case that Liberals have abandoned their base and sold out to the fossil fuel lobby.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
It’s more of a case that Liberals have abandoned their base and sold out to the fossil fuel lobby.
If a senior cardiologist working on a $20m public grant can be removed from his work site for 10 weeks for commenting on Israel’s intelligence agency, what would it be like for a younger doctor who felt compelled to raise concerns about Israel’s genocide and destruction of Gaza’s health system.
Persecuted cardiologist back at work. Victor Chang & St Vincent's defamatory press releases vanish.
@wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters investigate Israel lobby money trail (reason for attack on Macdonald) & tainted Sohn Med Research Conf
#auspol
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@wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters investigate Israel lobby money trail (reason for attack on Macdonald) & tainted Sohn Med Research Conf
#auspol
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Lost hearts, closed minds. Medical research show ignores plight of Gaza, amplifies Israel - Michael West
The medical research industry was captured by the pro-Israel lobby at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference last week.
michaelwest.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
If a senior cardiologist working on a $20m public grant can be removed from his work site for 10 weeks for commenting on Israel’s intelligence agency, what would it be like for a younger doctor who felt compelled to raise concerns about Israel’s genocide and destruction of Gaza’s health system.
The scam is the sheer timing, just days after the Libs’ declaring they would abandon net zero and subsidise coal. Perhaps more silly than scammy, the Liberals’ decision to subsidise coal if in government looks even sillier today, as South Korea declares it’ll phase out coal by 2040.
This is so Libs #solibs - a couple of days after they abandon net zero and declare they are subsidising coal, our 3rd largest mega-customer declares they are phasing the stuff out
#auspol #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social
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#auspol #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social
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Libs to subsidise coal, now South Korea wants out. What's the scam? - Michael West
While the LNP decides that subsidising coal mining is a good idea, our third-largest coal customer decides to stop burning coal altogether.
michaelwest.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The scam is the sheer timing, just days after the Libs’ declaring they would abandon net zero and subsidise coal. Perhaps more silly than scammy, the Liberals’ decision to subsidise coal if in government looks even sillier today, as South Korea declares it’ll phase out coal by 2040.
Hesta and Vision Super have weathered an hysterical spate of attacks by Murdoch’s The Australian in recent weeks, accused of dishonesty, “cosmic stupidity”, being “nut-jobs”, “possibly in breach of the law” and failing to understand the “despicable” Hamas.
All this for simply doing the right thing!
All this for simply doing the right thing!
"Industry fund giants Hesta and Vision Super have cut ties with Israel, standing out among Australia’s large investors for compliance though earning vicious attacks in the Zionist media. @sstephanietrann.bsky.social reports as meetings loom
#auspol
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#auspol
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Australian super funds in showdown for Israel war crimes investments as member meetings loom - Michael West
Industry fund giants Hesta and Vision Super have cut ties with Israel, standing out for compliance against vicious attacks by Zionist media
michaelwest.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Hesta and Vision Super have weathered an hysterical spate of attacks by Murdoch’s The Australian in recent weeks, accused of dishonesty, “cosmic stupidity”, being “nut-jobs”, “possibly in breach of the law” and failing to understand the “despicable” Hamas.
All this for simply doing the right thing!
All this for simply doing the right thing!
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"Industry fund giants Hesta and Vision Super have cut ties with Israel, standing out among Australia’s large investors for compliance though earning vicious attacks in the Zionist media. @sstephanietrann.bsky.social reports as meetings loom
#auspol
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#auspol
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Australian super funds in showdown for Israel war crimes investments as member meetings loom - Michael West
Industry fund giants Hesta and Vision Super have cut ties with Israel, standing out for compliance against vicious attacks by Zionist media
michaelwest.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Industry fund giants Hesta and Vision Super have cut ties with Israel, standing out among Australia’s large investors for compliance though earning vicious attacks in the Zionist media. @sstephanietrann.bsky.social reports as meetings loom
#auspol
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#auspol
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The incident is the latest in a string of law enforcement matters where the Trump White House has inserted itself to help friends. Andrew Tate's the most prominent member of the so-called manosphere - influencers, podcasters and content creators who helped deliver young male voters to Trump.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/19/w...
News of the White House intervention on behalf of the Tates, accused sex traffickers, comes as Trump is under fire over his ties to notorious child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his efforts to stop the public release of the so-called Epstein files.
News of the White House intervention on behalf of the Tates, accused sex traffickers, comes as Trump is under fire over his ties to notorious child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his efforts to stop the public release of the so-called Epstein files.
The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts say the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.crikey.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The incident is the latest in a string of law enforcement matters where the Trump White House has inserted itself to help friends. Andrew Tate's the most prominent member of the so-called manosphere - influencers, podcasters and content creators who helped deliver young male voters to Trump.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/19/w...
News of the White House intervention on behalf of the Tates, accused sex traffickers, comes as Trump is under fire over his ties to notorious child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his efforts to stop the public release of the so-called Epstein files.
News of the White House intervention on behalf of the Tates, accused sex traffickers, comes as Trump is under fire over his ties to notorious child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his efforts to stop the public release of the so-called Epstein files.
The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts say the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.crikey.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/19/w...
News of the White House intervention on behalf of the Tates, accused sex traffickers, comes as Trump is under fire over his ties to notorious child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his efforts to stop the public release of the so-called Epstein files.
News of the White House intervention on behalf of the Tates, accused sex traffickers, comes as Trump is under fire over his ties to notorious child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his efforts to stop the public release of the so-called Epstein files.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/19/l...
What do climate denialism and hostility to immigration have in common? They’re both about the Coalition pandering to old, male, uneducated and regional voters. Both also mean higher costs for consumers and higher taxes — with younger voters paying most of the price.
What do climate denialism and hostility to immigration have in common? They’re both about the Coalition pandering to old, male, uneducated and regional voters. Both also mean higher costs for consumers and higher taxes — with younger voters paying most of the price.
By pandering to the elderly and the resentful, the Liberals embrace higher taxes and higher inflation
Slashing migration — like ditching net zero — panders to a small, unrepresentative segment of the population. And both come with substantial costs.
www.crikey.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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What do climate denialism and hostility to immigration have in common? They’re both about the Coalition pandering to old, male, uneducated and regional voters. Both also mean higher costs for consumers and higher taxes — with younger voters paying most of the price.
What do climate denialism and hostility to immigration have in common? They’re both about the Coalition pandering to old, male, uneducated and regional voters. Both also mean higher costs for consumers and higher taxes — with younger voters paying most of the price.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
"Before this money was in the pockets of Commbank shareholders, it was in the bank accounts of Australians on low incomes and it should never have been taken out,"
Commbank shareholders should never have had it in the first place!!
"Before this money was in the pockets of Commbank shareholders, it was in the bank accounts of Australians on low incomes and it should never have been taken out,"
Commbank shareholders should never have had it in the first place!!
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
Commonwealth Bank Australia– which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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"Before this money was in the pockets of Commbank shareholders, it was in the bank accounts of Australians on low incomes and it should never have been taken out,"
Commbank shareholders should never have had it in the first place!!
"Before this money was in the pockets of Commbank shareholders, it was in the bank accounts of Australians on low incomes and it should never have been taken out,"
Commbank shareholders should never have had it in the first place!!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Liberals traditional voter base is ageing, or abandoning them for teal independents and even Labor, in part due to policy divides, dysfunction and dinosaur thinking on issues such as climate change...the bleedin' obvious, really.
The Liberals traditional voter base is ageing, or abandoning them for teal independents and even Labor, in part due to policy divides, dysfunction and dinosaur thinking on issues such as climate change...the bleedin' obvious, really.
Staring down the barrel of three leadership changes in two weeks, are the Liberals near rock bottom? | Tom McIlroy
The party’s traditional voter base is ageing, or abandoning it for teals and even Labor due to policy divides, dysfunction and dinosaur thinking
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Liberals traditional voter base is ageing, or abandoning them for teal independents and even Labor, in part due to policy divides, dysfunction and dinosaur thinking on issues such as climate change...the bleedin' obvious, really.
The Liberals traditional voter base is ageing, or abandoning them for teal independents and even Labor, in part due to policy divides, dysfunction and dinosaur thinking on issues such as climate change...the bleedin' obvious, really.
“Once again, as with coal, as with gas, we’re being dictated to by so called ‘experts’ who, in this case, have a suspicious bias toward children not inhaling carcinogens,” he said.
“What’s next? Banning kids from playing with lead-painted toys? Stopping them from drinking directly from the diesel tank on the family Hilux? It’s political correctness gone mad”
Matt Canavan Says Plan to Remove Asbestos-Contaminated Sand From Schools is Woke — The Shovel
"The next generation will grow up soft, weak and with fully functioning respiratory systems - none of which are values this country was built on”.
theshovel.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“Once again, as with coal, as with gas, we’re being dictated to by so called ‘experts’ who, in this case, have a suspicious bias toward children not inhaling carcinogens,” he said.
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more floods
more cyclones
more people killing high temperature
more Artic and Antarctic ice melt
increasing ocean levels
increasing ocean temperature
more farm destroying droughts
🤣 😜 Mars had a climate change denier/Liberal Govt and look how that ended up 😁
more cyclones
more people killing high temperature
more Artic and Antarctic ice melt
increasing ocean levels
increasing ocean temperature
more farm destroying droughts
🤣 😜 Mars had a climate change denier/Liberal Govt and look how that ended up 😁
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
more floods
more cyclones
more people killing high temperature
more Artic and Antarctic ice melt
increasing ocean levels
increasing ocean temperature
more farm destroying droughts
🤣 😜 Mars had a climate change denier/Liberal Govt and look how that ended up 😁
more cyclones
more people killing high temperature
more Artic and Antarctic ice melt
increasing ocean levels
increasing ocean temperature
more farm destroying droughts
🤣 😜 Mars had a climate change denier/Liberal Govt and look how that ended up 😁
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It’s a concept of a policy.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It’s a concept of a policy.
Left without a climate policy following its decision to dump net zero, the Liberal Party has decided instead to focus on the benefits of global warming.
“Longer summers and a magnificent new red wine district in southern Tasmania. These are just some of the benefits,” Ley said.
“Longer summers and a magnificent new red wine district in southern Tasmania. These are just some of the benefits,” Ley said.
Sussan Ley said the new awareness campaign will highlight the often-overlooked upsides of climate change, under the tagline “Hotter, Drier, Better”
Liberals Launch New Campaign Promoting Benefits of Climate Change — The Shovel
Sussan Ley said the new awareness campaign will highlight the often-overlooked upsides of climate change, under the tagline “Hotter, Drier, Better”.
theshovel.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Left without a climate policy following its decision to dump net zero, the Liberal Party has decided instead to focus on the benefits of global warming.
“Longer summers and a magnificent new red wine district in southern Tasmania. These are just some of the benefits,” Ley said.
“Longer summers and a magnificent new red wine district in southern Tasmania. These are just some of the benefits,” Ley said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump's purging the higher ranks based on his demands for loyalty; the military is being turned into a partisan instrument and a political prop.
The question of what those in uniform will do in pivotal moments for democracy is becoming more relevant by the day.
Trump's purging the higher ranks based on his demands for loyalty; the military is being turned into a partisan instrument and a political prop.
The question of what those in uniform will do in pivotal moments for democracy is becoming more relevant by the day.
Trump is turning the US military into a political prop | Jan-Werner Müller
The military has been recast in a partisan, performative mold – all according to the president’s logic of impunity
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Trump's purging the higher ranks based on his demands for loyalty; the military is being turned into a partisan instrument and a political prop.
The question of what those in uniform will do in pivotal moments for democracy is becoming more relevant by the day.
Trump's purging the higher ranks based on his demands for loyalty; the military is being turned into a partisan instrument and a political prop.
The question of what those in uniform will do in pivotal moments for democracy is becoming more relevant by the day.
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#Fascists believe they've gained enough #Impunity to show their faces in public. This means they think they'll get away with their #Fascism. It means they do not fear social sanctions.
These people want some of out fellow citizens dead or gone, #auspol.
#Shame, #Exclude, and #Isolate as needed
These people want some of out fellow citizens dead or gone, #auspol.
#Shame, #Exclude, and #Isolate as needed
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/n...
While the exact reason members chose to appear unmasked is unclear, it may reflect an internal sentiment that far-right radicalism is becoming normalised, especially online, as Australia’s legal and political climate remains unable to respond to it.
While the exact reason members chose to appear unmasked is unclear, it may reflect an internal sentiment that far-right radicalism is becoming normalised, especially online, as Australia’s legal and political climate remains unable to respond to it.
Why are members of the National Socialist Network unmasking themselves?
The decision by neo-Nazis to identify themselves publically may reflect an internal sentiment that far-right radicalism is becoming normalised.
www.crikey.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Net Zero is not the best option. That means that polluters can balance their emissions by buying land and not cutting down the trees or some other supposed accounting trick. We should be aiming at Zero not nett Zero.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Stabilising global heating at 1.5C or 2C would still result in impacts “that we haven’t yet experienced, including worse heatwaves. If we delay net zero those impacts are only going to get worse. The longer we leave net zero, the worse it’s going to be.”
Stabilising global heating at 1.5C or 2C would still result in impacts “that we haven’t yet experienced, including worse heatwaves. If we delay net zero those impacts are only going to get worse. The longer we leave net zero, the worse it’s going to be.”
‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed
A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Net Zero is not the best option. That means that polluters can balance their emissions by buying land and not cutting down the trees or some other supposed accounting trick. We should be aiming at Zero not nett Zero.
Hardly a policy, more a mechanism to postpone a leadership spill.
“policy”
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Hardly a policy, more a mechanism to postpone a leadership spill.