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Lenore Taylor
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The Editor of Guardian Australia
In a triumph of hope over experience I am re-upping this fact check while listening to Pauline Hanson on ABC RN breakfast repeating the misrepresented figure

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Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim
Researchers behind report cited by some in the Coalition say their work is based on various assumptions – largely involving cost to overseas customers, not Australians
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November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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coalition says cutting power prices is the goal of their policy, business says….
Business and energy leaders warn Coalition dumping net zero won’t cut power bills and demand more detail
CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls Sussan Ley’s new policy ‘a bit of a plan not to have a plan’, echoing business scepticism
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November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reposted by Lenore Taylor
If you listen to one thing today, spend some time with this.

Not always the easiest listen, but I think this crisis deserves our attention.
Broken Trust: how police failed Hannah Clarke and her children - podcast
In the first episode of this special Full Story investigation, Broken Trust looks at serious police failings, in the lead-up to the murders, that were overlooked by the coronial inquest and not invest...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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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
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November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The Australia-based BHP, which is also listed on the London Stock Exchange, said in a statement that it intended to appeal against the decision and would continue to defend against the UK group action.
Mining firm BHP found liable in UK for disastrous Brazilian dam collapse
About 600,000 people seeking compensation a decade on from disaster that killed 19 and devastated villages
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November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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The inquiry heard from Grant Piper, a farmer who chairs the National Rational Energy Network (NREN) – a group launched in 2023 to connect groups opposed to renewables projects. The group’s first zoom meeting in 2023 was hosted by Barnaby Joyce’s office
Facebook community groups and maggot-infested rats: the inner workings of Australia’s climate misinformation war
Senate inquiry hears how ‘propagandised misinformation’ is drowning out legitimate concerns in Australia’s regions over renewable energy
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Not sure if the coalition party room is reading this....
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
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November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM