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Voices of Wentworth
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Non-partisan community group in Eastern Suburbs of #Sydney aiming to improve democracy by listening, informing & advocating for change
#Australia #NSW #Gadigal

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3 years ago, 42% of people polled in Wentworth rated climate as their No1 issue
We haven’t seen any polls that suggest this view has changed

www.climatecouncil.org.au/wp-content/u...
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Climate is the No.1 issue in Wentworth, a formerly blue ribbon Liberal seat.
Abandoning climate means abandoning any chance of election. Who does this change serve? What is their plan?

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
#auspol
Leaked polling has revealed voters in almost all state Liberal seats support keeping net zero by 2050, highlighting the electoral peril the NSW Coalition faces as it negotiates a path forward on energy. Polling, undertaken by YouGov for the Coalition-aligned Blueprint Institute, reveals a majority of voters in almost all 24 Liberal-held seats support keeping the commitment to reducing emissions to net zero by 2050, with metropolitan electorates strongly in favour. In nearly half the seats held by the Nationals, more respondents favoured keeping net zero by 2050 than dropping it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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The Coalition’s policy choice to dump net zero makes them unelectable, which nullifies them as an Opposition.
Having an ineffective Opposition is clearly bad for democracy.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Quote from Monique Ryan MP “I think it is calamitous for the Liberal party of Australia because it means we no longer have an effective opposition to the Labor party and the major conservative force in our country in terms of political terms for the last six decades has taken itself out of the contest. For the Liberal party to walk away from what is one of the most important areas of policy in this country in the way they have, I think means they have consigned themselves to electoral oblivion.”
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Sculptures by the Sea is on in #Wentworth until 3 Nov
October 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Not cool. Highly abnormal.
It’s October.

(For U.S. readers, this is 100F)

#auspol
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Timeline cleanse from #Wentworth
Sunset over Bronte Beach, Sydney
October 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Canberra /Melbourne / Sydney
Three men at a table: one in his 60s in a suit, one in a hipster hat and one in a pink waistcoat and tie
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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The co-owner of Queensland’s biggest coal-fired power station in Gladstone has said it could close the plant in March 2029 – six years earlier than expected.

#auspol
The co-owner of Queensland’s biggest coal-fired power station in Gladstone has said it could close the plant in March 2029 – six years earlier than expected. Rio Tinto, the co-owner of Gladstone power station (GPS), announced it had notified the Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo) “of the potential retirement” of Gladstone in March 2029.
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Timeline cleanser from #Wentworth
Spring has sprung at #BronteBeach
September 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Recent polling says Australians want more ambitious emissions reduction targets

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol
Australians have expressed support for a significant increase to the country’s emissions-reduction target as the Climate Change Authority prepares to recommend a much more ambitious 2035 goal. The latest Resolve Political Monitor survey showed 44 per cent of voters supported the goal of reducing the nation’s carbon emissions by between 65 and 75 per cent by 2035 – a significant increase on the current target of a 43 per cent reduction – by 2030. Targets are based on 2005 emissions levels.
August 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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PSA Eastern Suburbs trains not working today. There are replacement buses. Some going to Central, some to Town Hall
August 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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The Bronte Beach rockfall goes all the way back up to the cliff walk 😳
Video credit to Bronte SLSC
August 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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The problems with the NACC were created when the govt redrafted Helen Haines’ legislation: they introduced a requirement for proceedings to be private unless there were ‘exceptional circumstances’. That was not how it was supposed to work

www.helenhaines.org/media/the-co...
This second hurdle – referred to as the exceptional circumstances test – was included in the NACC legislation at the very last minute by the Albanese government. This small but significant inclusion effectively shut the door to public scrutiny of the NACC and its investigations. How the exceptional circumstances provision even made its way into the legislation is extremely hazy. It wasn’t mentioned in Labor’s design principles for the NACC, released just prior to the 2022 federal election. It wasn’t included in materials presented to me at a stakeholder roundtable held by the attorney-general in June 2022. Like the rest of the Australian public, I first became aware of the exceptional circumstances provision when the NACC bill was introduced to parliament in late September 2022.
July 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Hyper local news: #BronteBeach pool is getting a new pump installed and will be closed for 2 weeks
June 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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To be clear, Labor has not endorsed the US bombing Iran (they are fence sitting).
It is Morrison - and now Ley on behalf of the Coalition - who are endorsing it.
June 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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So far:
- Marles commented prior to the bombing (Iran is a threat to peace), but nothing since - see below
- Greens say the strike is clearly illegal
- Morrison (interviewed presumably in the absence of finding someone else) says it’s the pathway to peace

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
Deputy PM won’t be drawn on Iran’s nuclear capabilities Speaking to Sky News earlier, the defence minister, Richard Marles, was asked about reports the US has pre-positioned B-2 bombers as Donald Trump weighs up whether to launch an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The deputy prime minister was asked if such an attack would be justified. Marles responded: I’m not about to speculate on what the United States does. The position that we have articulated in relation to this conflict has been consistent from the outset, and that is that we are worried about the prospect for escalation. We continue to do that, saying that we obviously recognise Israel’s right to defend itself, we very much acknowledge the risk that the Iranian ballistic missile program represents. That two-part response – calling for de-escalation while referencing Israel’s right to defend itself – is the standard line that Marles and other senior ministers have used when asked about the conflict in recent days. While Marles referenced the threat of Iran’s nuclear ballistic program, he refused to be drawn on whether he thinks Tehran is actually close to having a nuclear weapon. I’m not about to speculate on that, other than to say what I already have, and that is that the Iranian nuclear ballistic missile program is most definitely a threat to peace and stability of not only the Middle East, but the world.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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The CSIRO’s GenCost report says otherwise

www.csiro.au/en/research/...
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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So many factory roofs waiting to be covered in solar panels.
It makes sense to build solar (and batteries) close to where energy is needed: it saves on infrastructure & reduces power loss over distance

For those w access to the SMH: www.smh.com.au/environment/...
#auspol
Governments should mandate that all new Sydney residential and commercial buildings carry solar cells and help property owners install them on all existing rooftops to allow the city to generate three-quarters of its own energy. To rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut energy prices and improve energy independence, unused commercial roof space should be identified and mapped, a new report commissioned by the Committee for Sydney has recommended.
June 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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#Wentworth timeline cleanser
Winter on #BondiBeach
June 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Well it doesn’t get much closer than that.
Nicolette Boele takes Bradfield by 26 votes after full recount
#auspol
After a full recount, Nicolette Boele has won the seat of Bradfield by a very slim margin Nicolette Boele leads by 26 votes. Previously held by LIB with margin of 2.5%. Nicolette Boele wins seat at second attempt. Gisele Kapterian fails to succeed Paul Fletcher.
June 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Nothing to fear
June 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Whoops
#Sydney
June 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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A periodic reminder that parties are not an essential part of Australia’s democracy & were not even mentioned in the constitution until a minor amendment on Senate vacancies in 1977.

peo.gov.au/understand-o...
Political parties weren’t mentioned in the constitution until a 1977 amendment about casual vacancies in the Senate. There is no constitutional requirement for government to be based on party lines. A leader who can demonstrate majority support—whether through party, coalition, or agreements with independents and minor parties—will be invited by the Governor-General to form government. Historically, before the dominance of the party system (especially between 1901 and 1910), governments were made and unmade on the floor of the House based on shifting allegiances, not rigid party structures
May 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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And yes that also includes some trains on the T4.
Unlike many other lines, the T4 is running, but with cancellations
May 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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New lower house composition
May 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM