Joe Z
@joezita.bsky.social
I’m just here for the comments.
Constituent of Kooyong/Hawthorn
Vote as though your life depends on it
Constituent of Kooyong/Hawthorn
Vote as though your life depends on it
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“In 2006, shadow environment minister, Anthony Albanese released a policy discussion paper called Our Drowning Neighbours.”
In 2025, his government is still issuing permits to expand fossil fuel pollution until 2070.
theconversation.com/1-in-3-tuval...
In 2025, his government is still issuing permits to expand fossil fuel pollution until 2070.
theconversation.com/1-in-3-tuval...
1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia – here’s why everyone may ultimately end up applying
The rush for ‘climate visas’ to escape Tuvalu shows the extraordinary need for schemes that enable people to migrate in a warmer world.
theconversation.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“In 2006, shadow environment minister, Anthony Albanese released a policy discussion paper called Our Drowning Neighbours.”
In 2025, his government is still issuing permits to expand fossil fuel pollution until 2070.
theconversation.com/1-in-3-tuval...
In 2025, his government is still issuing permits to expand fossil fuel pollution until 2070.
theconversation.com/1-in-3-tuval...
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The major parties are losing their grip, and voters are the reason why.
Independents and minor parties just overtook the Liberals in primary votes with Labor in sight.
This isn’t protest, it’s rejection.
And if you keep voting like this, you’ll change the system for good.
Independents and minor parties just overtook the Liberals in primary votes with Labor in sight.
This isn’t protest, it’s rejection.
And if you keep voting like this, you’ll change the system for good.
June 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The major parties are losing their grip, and voters are the reason why.
Independents and minor parties just overtook the Liberals in primary votes with Labor in sight.
This isn’t protest, it’s rejection.
And if you keep voting like this, you’ll change the system for good.
Independents and minor parties just overtook the Liberals in primary votes with Labor in sight.
This isn’t protest, it’s rejection.
And if you keep voting like this, you’ll change the system for good.
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Great article on how a German court has ruled that private companies can be held liable for their share in causing climate damages.
It's the polluter pays principle, and as such should be a no-brainer. But the fossil fuel industry has so far thought to be exempt.
theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...
It's the polluter pays principle, and as such should be a no-brainer. But the fossil fuel industry has so far thought to be exempt.
theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...
One lawsuit just helped melt the fossil fuel industry’s defence against being held accountable for climate change
Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.
theconversation.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Great article on how a German court has ruled that private companies can be held liable for their share in causing climate damages.
It's the polluter pays principle, and as such should be a no-brainer. But the fossil fuel industry has so far thought to be exempt.
theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...
It's the polluter pays principle, and as such should be a no-brainer. But the fossil fuel industry has so far thought to be exempt.
theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...
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don't think you're meant to admit that part publicly, mate
June 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
don't think you're meant to admit that part publicly, mate
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One of the insane facts I discovered writing this article is that WA collects more revenue from motorists in registration than it collects from fossil fuel companies in gas royalties
Murray Watt is a perfect model of the modern Labor politician. President of Young Labor. Chief of staff for a Premier. Boss of the Qld Left. Now he’s the Environment Minister with responsibility for a critical decision. He chose to destroy the environment. www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/29/m...
Watt waves through Woodside, and Labor’s light on the hill becomes a gas flare
The newly minted environment minister faced a stark choice: protect the environment, or approve a massive fossil fuel development that will destroy the environment. He chose destruction.
www.crikey.com.au
May 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
One of the insane facts I discovered writing this article is that WA collects more revenue from motorists in registration than it collects from fossil fuel companies in gas royalties
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In which I point out that our Prime Minister might just be stretching the truth a tad when he says that Woodside's North West Shelf extension is needed to firm the Western Australian grid.
Did he tell you about how he grew up in social housing?
Did he tell you about how he grew up in social housing?
Fact Check: Woodside’s North West Shelf extension isn’t needed to firm the Australian grid
It does what it says on the tin.
timinclimate.medium.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In which I point out that our Prime Minister might just be stretching the truth a tad when he says that Woodside's North West Shelf extension is needed to firm the Western Australian grid.
Did he tell you about how he grew up in social housing?
Did he tell you about how he grew up in social housing?
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If Senator Murray Watt approves the North West Shelf extension, his legacy will forever be as the man who destroyed the oldest rock art on the planet.
It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.
It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.
The Murujuga rock art is one of Australia's most priceless heritage sites.
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
If Senator Murray Watt approves the North West Shelf extension, his legacy will forever be as the man who destroyed the oldest rock art on the planet.
It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.
It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.
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Woodside gas exports do not serve the Australian nation or people in any way whatsoever.
Ken Henry: “There is a strong case to be made that all these things are a consequence of governments having been hijacked by vested interest, by those who flaunt plunder as progress.”
Ken Henry: “There is a strong case to be made that all these things are a consequence of governments having been hijacked by vested interest, by those who flaunt plunder as progress.”
May 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Woodside gas exports do not serve the Australian nation or people in any way whatsoever.
Ken Henry: “There is a strong case to be made that all these things are a consequence of governments having been hijacked by vested interest, by those who flaunt plunder as progress.”
Ken Henry: “There is a strong case to be made that all these things are a consequence of governments having been hijacked by vested interest, by those who flaunt plunder as progress.”
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Australia is a captured nation. Captured by fossil fuel companies.
Western Australia is a captured state. Captured by fossil fuel companies.
Governments MUST act for the benefit of the nation, environment, future generations. NOT for rich psychopaths & fossil fuel corporations.
Western Australia is a captured state. Captured by fossil fuel companies.
Governments MUST act for the benefit of the nation, environment, future generations. NOT for rich psychopaths & fossil fuel corporations.
Woodside gas exports do not serve the Australian nation or people in any way whatsoever.
Ken Henry: “There is a strong case to be made that all these things are a consequence of governments having been hijacked by vested interest, by those who flaunt plunder as progress.”
Ken Henry: “There is a strong case to be made that all these things are a consequence of governments having been hijacked by vested interest, by those who flaunt plunder as progress.”
May 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Australia is a captured nation. Captured by fossil fuel companies.
Western Australia is a captured state. Captured by fossil fuel companies.
Governments MUST act for the benefit of the nation, environment, future generations. NOT for rich psychopaths & fossil fuel corporations.
Western Australia is a captured state. Captured by fossil fuel companies.
Governments MUST act for the benefit of the nation, environment, future generations. NOT for rich psychopaths & fossil fuel corporations.
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There were 6,474 informal votes, to those who think that their vote doesn't matter you are idiots. #AusPol
May 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Answer us this. Qld youth crime makes up 13% of total crime in the state. You ignore the 87% adult criminality. You apply the punitive measures from the larger problem to the smaller one. If those penalties aren't deterring adults why do you think they'll work on kids? #qldpol
May 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Answer us this. Qld youth crime makes up 13% of total crime in the state. You ignore the 87% adult criminality. You apply the punitive measures from the larger problem to the smaller one. If those penalties aren't deterring adults why do you think they'll work on kids? #qldpol
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Last year, Japan resold at least $11bn worth of Australian gas.
Japan onsells more Australian gas than eastern Australia uses, and more than our forecast domestic gas shortages.
We don’t need new gas projects. We just need to use our own gas better.
(Source: IEEFA)
Japan onsells more Australian gas than eastern Australia uses, and more than our forecast domestic gas shortages.
We don’t need new gas projects. We just need to use our own gas better.
(Source: IEEFA)
May 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Last year, Japan resold at least $11bn worth of Australian gas.
Japan onsells more Australian gas than eastern Australia uses, and more than our forecast domestic gas shortages.
We don’t need new gas projects. We just need to use our own gas better.
(Source: IEEFA)
Japan onsells more Australian gas than eastern Australia uses, and more than our forecast domestic gas shortages.
We don’t need new gas projects. We just need to use our own gas better.
(Source: IEEFA)
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Fastest way to kill the independents movement would be to adopt reasonable socially progressive, integrity-strong, environmentally-sound and evidence-based policies.
The Liberal Party actually has a chance to win back from the Independents if they aren't tethered to the NATs and have reasonable policies
#auspol
#auspol
May 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fastest way to kill the independents movement would be to adopt reasonable socially progressive, integrity-strong, environmentally-sound and evidence-based policies.
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"Burning fossil fuels creates greenhouse gas emissions that are not prevented or undone by carbon offsets." - Energy Australia 19/5/25.
Will Chris Bowen change the LNP-inherited “Safeguards Mechanism” with its mythical carbon offsets eg credits for not cutting down trees never scheduled to be cut?
Will Chris Bowen change the LNP-inherited “Safeguards Mechanism” with its mythical carbon offsets eg credits for not cutting down trees never scheduled to be cut?
May 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"Burning fossil fuels creates greenhouse gas emissions that are not prevented or undone by carbon offsets." - Energy Australia 19/5/25.
Will Chris Bowen change the LNP-inherited “Safeguards Mechanism” with its mythical carbon offsets eg credits for not cutting down trees never scheduled to be cut?
Will Chris Bowen change the LNP-inherited “Safeguards Mechanism” with its mythical carbon offsets eg credits for not cutting down trees never scheduled to be cut?
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Here it is, finally. The truth.
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
May 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Here it is, finally. The truth.
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
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The OECD "Global Minimum Tax" proposes a global minimum Corporate tax rate of 15% (for big multi-nationals) but Even a 5% minimum tax rate would bring in billions of revenue from global corporations like PepsiCo, Mastercard, News Corp, Adani and Starbucks who pay little or no tax. #auspol
This 👇is disgraceful. No more excuses for this govt. Time to grow a spine & update the tax system so it fairly collects tax from e.v.e.r.y.o.n.e - not just low & middle income & small to med. businesses. The greedy few shld pay their fair share. Govt must take action now.
#auspol
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#auspol
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1 in 3 big corporations don’t pay tax in Australia
YouTube video by Australian Greens
youtu.be
May 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The OECD "Global Minimum Tax" proposes a global minimum Corporate tax rate of 15% (for big multi-nationals) but Even a 5% minimum tax rate would bring in billions of revenue from global corporations like PepsiCo, Mastercard, News Corp, Adani and Starbucks who pay little or no tax. #auspol
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always love listening to Alan Kohler, he has a bit to say about housing prices and the disposable income crisis in Australia... the issue just killing SME Local businesses across #auspol
youtu.be/zofAKnA_v7k?...
youtu.be/zofAKnA_v7k?...
RBA expected to cut interest rates this week | Alan Kohler | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
youtu.be
May 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
always love listening to Alan Kohler, he has a bit to say about housing prices and the disposable income crisis in Australia... the issue just killing SME Local businesses across #auspol
youtu.be/zofAKnA_v7k?...
youtu.be/zofAKnA_v7k?...
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Tony Barry nails it.
As long as Sky After Dark remains the Liberal Party’s policy incubator, expect more trash-tier pre-selections and policy ideas straight from the bin.
Extinction awaits.
As long as Sky After Dark remains the Liberal Party’s policy incubator, expect more trash-tier pre-selections and policy ideas straight from the bin.
Extinction awaits.
May 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Tony Barry nails it.
As long as Sky After Dark remains the Liberal Party’s policy incubator, expect more trash-tier pre-selections and policy ideas straight from the bin.
Extinction awaits.
As long as Sky After Dark remains the Liberal Party’s policy incubator, expect more trash-tier pre-selections and policy ideas straight from the bin.
Extinction awaits.
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It’s not gone unnoticed Maggie but certainly great to see it all in one concise post.
I’m feeling very hopeful about the future 😃
I’m feeling very hopeful about the future 😃
I think it's gone unnoticed how many indies just barely missed out this time.
0.05% off Bradfield (?)
0.1% off Goldstein
0.3% off Bean
~1% off Forrest
~1% off Monash
1% off Fremantle
~1% off Grey
~2% off Fisher
2% off Flinders
2.5% off in Cowper
3% off Wannon
~3% off in Lyne
Calwell still unknown
0.05% off Bradfield (?)
0.1% off Goldstein
0.3% off Bean
~1% off Forrest
~1% off Monash
1% off Fremantle
~1% off Grey
~2% off Fisher
2% off Flinders
2.5% off in Cowper
3% off Wannon
~3% off in Lyne
Calwell still unknown
May 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
It’s not gone unnoticed Maggie but certainly great to see it all in one concise post.
I’m feeling very hopeful about the future 😃
I’m feeling very hopeful about the future 😃
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Incredible how many people are defending the 80,000 with $3m in their superannuation.
Reminds of those who rang Centrelink asking for their franking credits after the 2019 election #auspol
Reminds of those who rang Centrelink asking for their franking credits after the 2019 election #auspol
May 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Incredible how many people are defending the 80,000 with $3m in their superannuation.
Reminds of those who rang Centrelink asking for their franking credits after the 2019 election #auspol
Reminds of those who rang Centrelink asking for their franking credits after the 2019 election #auspol
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People reacting to the She Matters mural in Hosier Lane, Melbourne. The mural contains the names & faces of 128 Australian women killed since Jan 1, 2024
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
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This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
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May 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
People reacting to the She Matters mural in Hosier Lane, Melbourne. The mural contains the names & faces of 128 Australian women killed since Jan 1, 2024
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
Shop: australianfemicidewatch.org/shop-2/
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
Shop: australianfemicidewatch.org/shop-2/
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Funny how so many of the right wingers complaining about cost of living & ‘doing it tough’ over the last 3 years now all of a sudden have $3million+ in Super that they need to protect.
May 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Funny how so many of the right wingers complaining about cost of living & ‘doing it tough’ over the last 3 years now all of a sudden have $3million+ in Super that they need to protect.
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Why, for decades, has our ABC been a willing accomplice helping the IPA spread its misinformation?
Serious question.
It deserves an answer.
Serious question.
It deserves an answer.
“IPA’s fingerprints can be found across climate denialism in Aus. “Of all the serious sceptics in Australia”, IPA exec dir John Roskam told SMH in 2010, “we’ve helped & supported just about all of them.”
The modus operandi of IPA is clear, & ruthlessly effective.”
www.crikey.com.au/2019/01/29/i...
The modus operandi of IPA is clear, & ruthlessly effective.”
www.crikey.com.au/2019/01/29/i...
How one think tank poisoned Australia's climate debate
One of the Institute of Public Affair's greatest successes has been to stitch climate denialism into the very fabric of the conservative political identity.
www.crikey.com.au
May 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Why, for decades, has our ABC been a willing accomplice helping the IPA spread its misinformation?
Serious question.
It deserves an answer.
Serious question.
It deserves an answer.
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"Influencer’ has been the dirtiest word of this campaign,” said @hannahferguson.bsky.social #PressClub #auspol #AusVotes
May 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Influencer’ has been the dirtiest word of this campaign,” said @hannahferguson.bsky.social #PressClub #auspol #AusVotes