Gill King
@gillking.bsky.social
I help people, communities, & organisations to overcome barriers & make conscious choices, to align what they do with their values & concerns. Focus: integrity for a future flourishing in a safe, healthy & habitable climate.
Helping move my Twitterati here
Helping move my Twitterati here
The fossil fuels tap: coal and fossil gas and oil
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The fossil fuels tap: coal and fossil gas and oil
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Watt's of the Groucho Marx school of policy making — "those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!"
Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
#EPBC Environment Minister "Watt, is open to a deal with the Coalition [..] including revising a new provision designed to block projects that cause an “unacceptable impact” on the environment"
'Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!' - Groucho Marx #LaborValues
'Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!' - Groucho Marx #LaborValues
Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’
Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Watt's of the Groucho Marx school of policy making — "those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!"
Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
This is a slight variation on a long-running argument used by people in Australia against #ClimateActionNow, despite us having high per-capita climate-damaging emissions and being in the top 1-3 exporters of coal and gas for years. Sad to see the German chancellor using it too.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This is a slight variation on a long-running argument used by people in Australia against #ClimateActionNow, despite us having high per-capita climate-damaging emissions and being in the top 1-3 exporters of coal and gas for years. Sad to see the German chancellor using it too.
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Sign our petition calling on the Australian government to make the gas industry pay its fair share!
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✍️ SIGN: Demand the gas industry pays its fair share. Fix the PRRT!
The government collects more money from HECS than it does from the PRRT.
Australians are missing out on important revenue for public services while gas companies make record profits.
We need to inc...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Sign our petition calling on the Australian government to make the gas industry pay its fair share!
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Australia Institute research shows multinational gas export companies get over half of the gas they export from Australia royalty-free.
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
Japan and Australia’s gas-fuelled obsession endures under Asia Zero Emission Community
Japan and Australia enjoy a long-standing relationship when it comes to energy trade. According to Japan, “(t)he energy and resources sector is the
australiainstitute.org.au
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Australia Institute research shows multinational gas export companies get over half of the gas they export from Australia royalty-free.
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
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- Masks aren't a free pass to break the law, but this won't target extreme protesters, it will target every day people
- For example for health reasons, people wear masks to not get sick, a legitimate reason to mask
- They also want to hide identity, due to family violence
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- For example for health reasons, people wear masks to not get sick, a legitimate reason to mask
- They also want to hide identity, due to family violence
3/5
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
- Masks aren't a free pass to break the law, but this won't target extreme protesters, it will target every day people
- For example for health reasons, people wear masks to not get sick, a legitimate reason to mask
- They also want to hide identity, due to family violence
3/5
- For example for health reasons, people wear masks to not get sick, a legitimate reason to mask
- They also want to hide identity, due to family violence
3/5
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- Mask bans are hard to enforce fairly, how do you know who is immuncompromised in real time
- Blanket mask bans penalise many for the behaviour of a few
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- Blanket mask bans penalise many for the behaviour of a few
5/6
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
- Mask bans are hard to enforce fairly, how do you know who is immuncompromised in real time
- Blanket mask bans penalise many for the behaviour of a few
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- Blanket mask bans penalise many for the behaviour of a few
5/6
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Her point is that we need to raise productivity, reduce emissions and increase revenue… guess why does that? Yep a carbon tax.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Her point is that we need to raise productivity, reduce emissions and increase revenue… guess why does that? Yep a carbon tax.
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She points out to meet our carbon reduction targets we need it basically double the cuts we’re currently doing
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
She points out to meet our carbon reduction targets we need it basically double the cuts we’re currently doing
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You can read more about it here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/actu-pl...
ACTU plan to tax gas exports would cut energy bills and allow government to triple spending on housing
Analysis by The Australia Institute shows ACTU Secretary Sally McManus’s call for a 25% tax on revenue from gas exports to replace the “broken” Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) would raise around $1...
australiainstitute.org.au
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
You can read more about it here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/actu-pl...