Dr Tim Read MP
@timreadgreens.bsky.social
Victorian Greens MP for Brunswick. Medical researcher, doctor. Authorised by T. Read, 1/31 Nicholson St, Brunswick East.
Labor has allowed this corrupt system, where deals are done for cash, for far too long. People are elected for tiny votes and too many are left unrepresented.
It stinks and it's time to end it. 2/2
It stinks and it's time to end it. 2/2
Victoria’s balancing act between abolishing preference harvesting and getting things done
The state government is increasingly likely to overhaul the way Victorians vote in the upper house – if they can balance their own reliance on crossbench MPs.
www.theage.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Labor has allowed this corrupt system, where deals are done for cash, for far too long. People are elected for tiny votes and too many are left unrepresented.
It stinks and it's time to end it. 2/2
It stinks and it's time to end it. 2/2
The healthworkers' open letter says: "The decision to cancel this Grand Round is not neutral. It sends the message that some children’s suffering is too uncomfortable to acknowledge."
September 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The healthworkers' open letter says: "The decision to cancel this Grand Round is not neutral. It sends the message that some children’s suffering is too uncomfortable to acknowledge."
Victoria's FOI regime is moribund and a Vic Parliamentary committee last year recommended a complete overhaul, including abolishing fees. The Gov’s response was frankly bland and almost 12 months on I would have expected an update on progress by now. (4/4)
September 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Victoria's FOI regime is moribund and a Vic Parliamentary committee last year recommended a complete overhaul, including abolishing fees. The Gov’s response was frankly bland and almost 12 months on I would have expected an update on progress by now. (4/4)
Instead of charging people to make FOI requests, banning anonymous requests and allowing lengthier requests to be flatly refused, Labor needs to properly resource its institutions to do the jobs we've entrusted them with. (3/4)
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
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Media Release: Government seek to make broken FOI scheme even more secretive | The Australian Greens
Labor has today announced sweeping changes to Freedom of Information laws that will make it significantly harder for Australians to access government documents, introducing upfront fees and new barrie...
greens.org.au
September 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Instead of charging people to make FOI requests, banning anonymous requests and allowing lengthier requests to be flatly refused, Labor needs to properly resource its institutions to do the jobs we've entrusted them with. (3/4)
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Our FOI systems are bad enough without federal Labor leading by this terrible example. (2/4)
September 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Our FOI systems are bad enough without federal Labor leading by this terrible example. (2/4)
If the education minister really believes that "our children deserve the very best education possible," he'll reverse Labor's $2.4 billion cuts to public school funding. (2/2)
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If the education minister really believes that "our children deserve the very best education possible," he'll reverse Labor's $2.4 billion cuts to public school funding. (2/2)
We need many gigawatts of solar, wind and batteries to replace coal, and we still don't have the powerlines to connect them. We should be asking what's the hold-up? None of this will be cheap, but we face a climate emergency and we should act like it. 2/2
August 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We need many gigawatts of solar, wind and batteries to replace coal, and we still don't have the powerlines to connect them. We should be asking what's the hold-up? None of this will be cheap, but we face a climate emergency and we should act like it. 2/2
Until Labor acts on gas and coal extraction, it’s just a front for the fossil fuel industry. 6/6
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Neither glib lines nor warm thoughts can hide the cynicism of Labor’s North West Shelf decision | Clear Air
Albanese’s commitment to the climate crisis appears too often to be built on the idea that being better than the Coalition is enough – but that’s not how it works
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Until Labor acts on gas and coal extraction, it’s just a front for the fossil fuel industry. 6/6
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Challenged on climate, Labor talks about renewables and batteries, hoping we won’t notice the massive fossil fuel projects cooking our planet. Just look at this visualization. 5/6
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project
The annual total dwarfs CO2-e from many other sources – including whole countries
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Challenged on climate, Labor talks about renewables and batteries, hoping we won’t notice the massive fossil fuel projects cooking our planet. Just look at this visualization. 5/6
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Pretending to do both is gaslighting.
Vic Labor is getting cold feet on the fossil fuel transition and approving new offshore gas, just as federal Labor are signing us up for seriously huge gas export projects. 4/6
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Vic Labor is getting cold feet on the fossil fuel transition and approving new offshore gas, just as federal Labor are signing us up for seriously huge gas export projects. 4/6
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved
‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pretending to do both is gaslighting.
Vic Labor is getting cold feet on the fossil fuel transition and approving new offshore gas, just as federal Labor are signing us up for seriously huge gas export projects. 4/6
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Vic Labor is getting cold feet on the fossil fuel transition and approving new offshore gas, just as federal Labor are signing us up for seriously huge gas export projects. 4/6
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But Labor is “working with industry”.
Working WITH the fossil fuel industry, including gas heater businesses, is the same as working FOR them.
You either worry about global heating, marine heatwaves, rising sea levels, record floods etc, OR you “work with industry.” 3/6
Working WITH the fossil fuel industry, including gas heater businesses, is the same as working FOR them.
You either worry about global heating, marine heatwaves, rising sea levels, record floods etc, OR you “work with industry.” 3/6
June 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
But Labor is “working with industry”.
Working WITH the fossil fuel industry, including gas heater businesses, is the same as working FOR them.
You either worry about global heating, marine heatwaves, rising sea levels, record floods etc, OR you “work with industry.” 3/6
Working WITH the fossil fuel industry, including gas heater businesses, is the same as working FOR them.
You either worry about global heating, marine heatwaves, rising sea levels, record floods etc, OR you “work with industry.” 3/6