Margo HH
margohamilton.bsky.social
Margo HH
@margohamilton.bsky.social
Fleeing Twitter. Educator and advocate for human intelligence (we all have it but it gets buried by our disgraceful system of education). Reader of philosophy and learner of watercolour painting.
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Demand the gas industry pays royalties!

Add your name demanding the gas industry pays its fair share.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
✍️ SIGN: Demand the gas industry pays royalties!
Australia Institute research has found that 56% of gas exported from Australia attracts zero royalty payments, effectively giving a public resource to multinational gas corporations for free. We need...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
February 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
We need to keep remembering this as our government keeps approving new coal and gas mines
Very key point made here. Any "shortage" is due solely to exports. We don't need more gas, we need to send less to Japan which has so much it exports our gas to other countries!

(also worth charging the companies to mine our gas and also to tax them properly)

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Forget more gas supply, expert argues. Stop exporting so much
Among the many crises facing the nation in recent years, the east coast gas shortage has been among the most divisive from a political, economic and social perspective.
www.abc.net.au
February 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Have just deleted my #Google account and will be using another search engine. They can’t just accept Trump’s stupid edicts, rename seas, insult our friends & expect to use us or our data. As we say in Australia, do, please, get entirely rooted.
February 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

This is an appalling act of self interest by the two major political parties in Australia. It is designed to keep independents out of government at a time when the electorate is seeking representation that is not beholden to big business and the unions. Shame Labor!
Labor and Coalition strike electoral reform deal
The major parties have agreed to more than double the donation threshold, ending a months-long stalemate to strike a deal that will infuriate the crossbench.
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Also from Gittins...

"From the perspective of our children and grandchildren, the best election outcome would be a minority government dependent on the support of the pollies who do get the urgency of climate action: the Greens and teal independents"

Yes!!! #auspol
January 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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AI is never objective. It embeds the biases of the content writers.

It's also an environmental disaster waiting to happen.
January 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM