Simon
@coastbeth.bsky.social
Work in regional-remote NSW healthcare on Ngiyampaa land. Care about nature and live on Darkinjung land. I believe in looking after things, not exploiting them
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“Nannas have a simple message for Prime Minister Albanese and Environment Minister Murray Watt this summer: Slip, Slap, Slop: Slip on your man-pants, Slap down the fossil fuel industry, and Slop the red ink all over their applications”. knittingnannas.org/2025/11/26/m...
Media Release 27 Nov 2025
SLIP SLOP SLAP with the Knitting Nannas at Rising Tide 2025. Flocks of yellow-breasted Knitting Nanna environmentalists from Nanna ‘loops’ across NSW and Victoria will land in Newcastle for the 202…
knittingnannas.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Nannas have a simple message for Prime Minister Albanese and Environment Minister Murray Watt this summer: Slip, Slap, Slop: Slip on your man-pants, Slap down the fossil fuel industry, and Slop the red ink all over their applications”. knittingnannas.org/2025/11/26/m...
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Facebook is a scam factory. Meta's own internal audit reveals 10% of their revenue comes from spam advertising - $16bn annually. Between 2020-2023 scam losses in Australia increased 249%. In 76% of cases, contact occurred on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp).
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Facebook is a scam factory. Meta's own internal audit reveals 10% of their revenue comes from spam advertising - $16bn annually. Between 2020-2023 scam losses in Australia increased 249%. In 76% of cases, contact occurred on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp).
Ouch. Too accurate
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ouch. Too accurate
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Bonesaw meets Bonespur at the Conference of Thin-Skinned Cowards
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Bonesaw meets Bonespur at the Conference of Thin-Skinned Cowards
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The 1st thing I want to hear from the new Liberal leader in Victoria is a core promise to boost country & suburban funding for maternity services & guarantee ongoing access to contraception & terminations for girls & women, despite the infiltration of Christian extremist-activists in her ranks.
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The 1st thing I want to hear from the new Liberal leader in Victoria is a core promise to boost country & suburban funding for maternity services & guarantee ongoing access to contraception & terminations for girls & women, despite the infiltration of Christian extremist-activists in her ranks.
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
Are Australians really paying more for electricity than other countries?
Australia’s electricity prices have gone up a long way over the past decade or so, but global energy trends have also pushed up bills in other countries
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
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A number of religious (and non-religious) organisations continue to prioritise self-interest over the safety of children, some even becoming "more adversarial since the royal commission". #auspol
When the ACT’s Legislative Assembly passed laws to ensure religious institutions will be vicariously liable for the actions of clergymen – & other organisations similarly for their volunteers & people in positions akin to employment – Shane Rattenbury took aim at those who opposed the move.
#auspol
#auspol
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A number of religious (and non-religious) organisations continue to prioritise self-interest over the safety of children, some even becoming "more adversarial since the royal commission". #auspol
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November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Australia needs to be less afraid of people seeking asylum, and more afraid of the foreigners wanting to dig up our resources for free.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Australia needs to be less afraid of people seeking asylum, and more afraid of the foreigners wanting to dig up our resources for free.
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CCS magick! Subsidised coal! Private mini nukes!
It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
CCS magick! Subsidised coal! Private mini nukes!
It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
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A Clear Air column today. It's a pretty long one. Could have been longer.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A Clear Air column today. It's a pretty long one. Could have been longer.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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No climate trigger, more coal and gas, more extinctions and watered down environment laws being negotiated with the Coalition. Labor is helping fuel the extinction, climate and biodiversity crises.
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
No climate trigger, more coal and gas, more extinctions and watered down environment laws being negotiated with the Coalition. Labor is helping fuel the extinction, climate and biodiversity crises.
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I really think I should get my tomorrow's cartoon out there today, while it's fresh.
Ballroomocracy. My @smh/@theage cartoon.
Ballroomocracy. My @smh/@theage cartoon.
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I really think I should get my tomorrow's cartoon out there today, while it's fresh.
Ballroomocracy. My @smh/@theage cartoon.
Ballroomocracy. My @smh/@theage cartoon.
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You go Barnaby.. this will hopefully prompt your electorate to finally wake up to just how much of a waste of oxygen you are
October 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You go Barnaby.. this will hopefully prompt your electorate to finally wake up to just how much of a waste of oxygen you are
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“A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal and state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal and state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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When the power went out in Spain this spring, many people immediately pointed the finger at the country's solar and wind power as the cause.
That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation?
It had an impact.
Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️
That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation?
It had an impact.
Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️
After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
www.npr.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
When the power went out in Spain this spring, many people immediately pointed the finger at the country's solar and wind power as the cause.
That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation?
It had an impact.
Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️
That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation?
It had an impact.
Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️
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After asking Dept of Climate Change & Energy on cost of the 2035 target, Sarah Henderson doesn’t want to hear the answer & desperately tries to stop Kath Rowley from embarrassing her on the cost of ‘not’ having a target
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
After asking Dept of Climate Change & Energy on cost of the 2035 target, Sarah Henderson doesn’t want to hear the answer & desperately tries to stop Kath Rowley from embarrassing her on the cost of ‘not’ having a target
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
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Under the current rules, an MP can avoid declaring any property or shares held in their family trust as long as they’re not listed as a trustee. Not exactly transparent, is it?
Coalition politicians hide assets in three times as many private trusts as Labor
www.crikey.com.au
September 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Under the current rules, an MP can avoid declaring any property or shares held in their family trust as long as they’re not listed as a trustee. Not exactly transparent, is it?
Australia CAN deliver infrastructure on time and in budget? Now let's do transmission lines
Construction of Australia’s “greenfield” Western Sydney International (WSI) airport was completed almost seven months early and within budget
We spoke to Bechtel president – infrastructure global business unit Darren Mort about delivering WSI and other schemes
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We spoke to Bechtel president – infrastructure global business unit Darren Mort about delivering WSI and other schemes
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Bechtel's president of infrastructure on how smart delivery models underpin megaprojects’ success
A conversation with Darren Mort, president – infrastructure global business unit at Bechtel, on smart delivery models.
buff.ly
September 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Australia CAN deliver infrastructure on time and in budget? Now let's do transmission lines
Jack Waterford is always worth reading
Jack Waterford:
If I were drafting astrology advice for Anthony Albanese over the next few weeks, I would be hinting that it was the worst possible time for international travel & that a serious bout of diplomatic flu might be the best way to secure his (& Australia’s) long-term interests.
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If I were drafting astrology advice for Anthony Albanese over the next few weeks, I would be hinting that it was the worst possible time for international travel & that a serious bout of diplomatic flu might be the best way to secure his (& Australia’s) long-term interests.
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The stars suggest Albo should stay at home
If I were drafting astrology advice for Anthony Albanese over the next few weeks, I would be hinting that it was the worst possible time for international travel, and that a serious bout of diplomatic...
johnmenadue.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Jack Waterford is always worth reading
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New This Is Fine meme just dropped.
September 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
New This Is Fine meme just dropped.
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“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
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