Phil Laird
@phillaird1.bsky.social
Working for the kids. Water is life. All posts are my opinion and not a statement of fact #maulescreek #auspol #climate o#renewables
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Given the choice between the ruthless price-gouging gas industry and struggling manufacturers, the choice is clear (except if you are brain dead, or a gas cartel lobbyist). We need a retrospective gas reservation scheme now! #auspol
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Given the choice between the ruthless price-gouging gas industry and struggling manufacturers, the choice is clear (except if you are brain dead, or a gas cartel lobbyist). We need a retrospective gas reservation scheme now! #auspol
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Worst bowling to tailenders I’ve ever seen - absolute POX
Aussies could’ve wrapped up the POMs with sustained length bowling but instead, with 2 brand new tailenders at the crease, they bowl nothing but short shit. Game over anyway - 200 up with more to come.
Aussies could’ve wrapped up the POMs with sustained length bowling but instead, with 2 brand new tailenders at the crease, they bowl nothing but short shit. Game over anyway - 200 up with more to come.
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Worst bowling to tailenders I’ve ever seen - absolute POX
Aussies could’ve wrapped up the POMs with sustained length bowling but instead, with 2 brand new tailenders at the crease, they bowl nothing but short shit. Game over anyway - 200 up with more to come.
Aussies could’ve wrapped up the POMs with sustained length bowling but instead, with 2 brand new tailenders at the crease, they bowl nothing but short shit. Game over anyway - 200 up with more to come.
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Me ... after I impress the boss with my excellent graph (he loves a good graph).
Australasian Swamphen, Mount Gambier.
(And someone will tell now me what these are called in NZ. I don't know why people do this but they always do.)
Australasian Swamphen, Mount Gambier.
(And someone will tell now me what these are called in NZ. I don't know why people do this but they always do.)
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Me ... after I impress the boss with my excellent graph (he loves a good graph).
Australasian Swamphen, Mount Gambier.
(And someone will tell now me what these are called in NZ. I don't know why people do this but they always do.)
Australasian Swamphen, Mount Gambier.
(And someone will tell now me what these are called in NZ. I don't know why people do this but they always do.)
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"Police want to drop charges against a man they arrested last year for wearing a F*** Israel F*** Zionism t-shirt. But Andrew Brown, wants his day in court."
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism #Israel
michaelwest.com.au/anti-zionism...
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism #Israel
michaelwest.com.au/anti-zionism...
Anti-zionism v antisemitism. Bondi Beach "F*** Israel" t-shirt man in court battle for freedom of speech - Michael West
Police want to drop charges against a man they arrested last year for wearing a F@#* Israel t-shirt. But Andrew Brown, wants a court battle.
michaelwest.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
"Police want to drop charges against a man they arrested last year for wearing a F*** Israel F*** Zionism t-shirt. But Andrew Brown, wants his day in court."
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism #Israel
michaelwest.com.au/anti-zionism...
#freespeech #auspol #antisemitism #Israel
michaelwest.com.au/anti-zionism...
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Banner up. Wording suggested by @kazcooke.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Banner up. Wording suggested by @kazcooke.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
#LocktheGate protest telling it like it is, on stage at the Queensland Media Club. i.e. New "Enviro" laws to ramp #coal and #gas, using #renewables as a shield to deflect public opinion
Good on you Ellen!
#NPC
www.lockthegate.org.au/lock_the_gat...
Good on you Ellen!
#NPC
www.lockthegate.org.au/lock_the_gat...
Lock the Gate National Coordinator Ellen Roberts confronts Murray Watt at QLD press club
Lock the Gate Alliance National Coordinator Ellen Roberts has today interrupted Albanese Government Environment Minister Murray Watt’s Queensland Press Club address to highlight how proposed environme...
www.lockthegate.org.au
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
#LocktheGate protest telling it like it is, on stage at the Queensland Media Club. i.e. New "Enviro" laws to ramp #coal and #gas, using #renewables as a shield to deflect public opinion
Good on you Ellen!
#NPC
www.lockthegate.org.au/lock_the_gat...
Good on you Ellen!
#NPC
www.lockthegate.org.au/lock_the_gat...
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Australia breaks record with 5.2 GW solar installations in 2024: IEA report
#solarpanels
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/11/20/a...
#solarpanels
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/11/20/a...
Australia breaks record with 5.2 GW solar installations in 2024: IEA report
An International Energy Agency survey of solar power applications in Australia shows 5.2 GW of installations in 2024 were achieved and the total capacity of solar at 40 GW, includes 26.1 GW of distrib...
www.pv-magazine-australia.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Australia breaks record with 5.2 GW solar installations in 2024: IEA report
#solarpanels
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/11/20/a...
#solarpanels
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/11/20/a...
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On the appalling story of Derek Elias, who has spent four years trying to alert the government to the bad things happening at Home Affairs
Life as a Home Affairs whistleblower
Four years ago, Home Affairs assistant secretary Derek Elias attempted to report corruption in offshore contracts – the government's response has left him unwell and in financial turmoil.
nickfeik.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
On the appalling story of Derek Elias, who has spent four years trying to alert the government to the bad things happening at Home Affairs
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Congratulations to the NSW Liberal Party for nominating a former Adelaide newsreader and first term MP for Premier of NSW.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Congratulations to the NSW Liberal Party for nominating a former Adelaide newsreader and first term MP for Premier of NSW.
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The politics of climate and the environment are a delusional fantasy against the backdrop of the reality of what is happening to the climate and the environment.
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The politics of climate and the environment are a delusional fantasy against the backdrop of the reality of what is happening to the climate and the environment.
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Still think we’re not there yet?
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Still think we’re not there yet?
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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If you haven't already, it is time to check your outdoorsy first aid kit has a snake bite kit, 2 compression bandages. Brush up on your emergency response skills, take a course, practice on a friend, so you know how to use it if you need it.
#snakebite
#firstaid
#Australia
#summer
#snakebite
#firstaid
#Australia
#summer
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you haven't already, it is time to check your outdoorsy first aid kit has a snake bite kit, 2 compression bandages. Brush up on your emergency response skills, take a course, practice on a friend, so you know how to use it if you need it.
#snakebite
#firstaid
#Australia
#summer
#snakebite
#firstaid
#Australia
#summer
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Nothing else will work. Claiming supply is the issue ignores the fact that new homebuyers will be outbid by investors on a large fraction of any new housing stock. And giving money to help new home buyers afford a house simply pumps the bubble up more
Conflicts of interest prevent this being solved
Conflicts of interest prevent this being solved
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Nothing else will work. Claiming supply is the issue ignores the fact that new homebuyers will be outbid by investors on a large fraction of any new housing stock. And giving money to help new home buyers afford a house simply pumps the bubble up more
Conflicts of interest prevent this being solved
Conflicts of interest prevent this being solved
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With more than 1600 fossil fuel lobbyists attending the current conference in Brazil, Minister Bowen should demonstrate real commitment and leadership by banning fossil fuel lobbyists from COP31. It's time to stop the gaslighting, and kick fossil fuel interests out of climate conferences.
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
With more than 1600 fossil fuel lobbyists attending the current conference in Brazil, Minister Bowen should demonstrate real commitment and leadership by banning fossil fuel lobbyists from COP31. It's time to stop the gaslighting, and kick fossil fuel interests out of climate conferences.
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"Politicians might say that they can't be bought, but over the years, some have clearly been rented when donations were big enough."
-The Hon. Mike Rann AC CNZM on the presence of fossil fuels lobbyists at COP #auspol
-The Hon. Mike Rann AC CNZM on the presence of fossil fuels lobbyists at COP #auspol
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Politicians might say that they can't be bought, but over the years, some have clearly been rented when donations were big enough."
-The Hon. Mike Rann AC CNZM on the presence of fossil fuels lobbyists at COP #auspol
-The Hon. Mike Rann AC CNZM on the presence of fossil fuels lobbyists at COP #auspol
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21-34 year olds 2014-2023:
67% ⬆️ in house prices
& just 20% ⬆️ in wages 2014. Solutions? End subsidies for first home buyers eg Labor’s 5% deposit debacle & fix capital gains tax
67% ⬆️ in house prices
& just 20% ⬆️ in wages 2014. Solutions? End subsidies for first home buyers eg Labor’s 5% deposit debacle & fix capital gains tax
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
21-34 year olds 2014-2023:
67% ⬆️ in house prices
& just 20% ⬆️ in wages 2014. Solutions? End subsidies for first home buyers eg Labor’s 5% deposit debacle & fix capital gains tax
67% ⬆️ in house prices
& just 20% ⬆️ in wages 2014. Solutions? End subsidies for first home buyers eg Labor’s 5% deposit debacle & fix capital gains tax
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PM @albomp.bsky.social says "his government was a “friend of science”"
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
PM @albomp.bsky.social says "his government was a “friend of science”"
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
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Best resource in Australia is Open Electricity explore.openelectricity.org.au - where I get data for my graphs from
Open Electricity: An Open Platform for National Electricity Market Data
An Open Platform for National Electricity Market Data
explore.openelectricity.org.au
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Best resource in Australia is Open Electricity explore.openelectricity.org.au - where I get data for my graphs from
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“‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The last time I wrote about this I copped the biggest whinge fest from the then (Labor) minister’s office about how they weren’t cutting the budget lol
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The last time I wrote about this I copped the biggest whinge fest from the then (Labor) minister’s office about how they weren’t cutting the budget lol