Column today - the fuel tax credit scheme for miners, farmers, industry is one of the 20 biggest budget costs. It's also a fossil fuel subsidy. Why are multinationals still being refunded these huge sums?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I’m in Preston and the huge blast of hot winds at 4am woke me up. Was very eerie
There's going to be plenty of analysis of the lastest emissions projections published by the Australian government.
But will just say that is no surprise that setting a target doesn't mean much without the policies and measures to achieve it.
I think the attention has been on rise of criminal incidents and repeat offenders, so just looking at number of offenders misses some of that?
Yessss I am a huge fan of e-bikes and think there should be more subsidies for people to switch to them.
As a climate reporter in Australia, where 1-in-3 homes have rooftop solar, I can say people here love stories about saving money on solar, electrification, EVs and how it all helps them. Batteries are taking off here now and it’s the same narrative.
I was on a bike behind an electric bus at the lights recently and it was so nice to not cop a lungful of fumes as the bus took off.
No 🙃 Not to mention dealing with the crazy misinfo around EVs in Australia
Super ambitious but Norway went from about 14% in 2014 to 97% today... with incredibly supportive policies and subsidies. They also didn't have the range of EVs compared to the market today. It ~could~ happen if the govt goes all-in on supporting them.
When you take out land use, Australia's climate trajectory looks very different.
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How do experts rate Australia’s targets? How we’re tracking… and why Aust can’t bank on land use to cut emissions to 2035. My piece with @climateanalytics.org @frankjotzo.bsky.social and Climateworks’ Anna Skarbek.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
For all those folk in Vic, you might be interested to know that the wild winds we've had last few days has resulted in the lowest 24hr period of brown coal generation on record 🎉
For our house, induction is the last step and it's going to be a bit more expensive with new wiring and also much lower rebates, but worth it because now I'm spending less than $3 a month for gas and almost $30 on the connection.
I had the same reaction! Gas hot water switch was $1,200 and made a huge difference to our bills, switched an old gas wall heater and old split with 3 efficient splits and now use half the energy over winter. Rebates galore for each change.
Wrote last week about China's reasons for becoming the world's first electrostate (energy security, air pollution, economic boom, oh and climate) and how it's helping the whole world to kick fossil fuels: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Dr Ella Vines and I enjoyed speaking with Jo Lauder about what the ICJ Advisory Opinion might mean for Australia and our downstream (exported) emissions.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The ABC sacked our colleague because of her political opinion and to appease a lobby group, the court found. And they spent more than $1 million on ridiculous defences including the she was never sacked and there is no such thing as a Lebanese race. Time for the ABC to rethink how it treats staff.
Such a warm autumn. Have noticed in Melbourne that the trees in my neighbourhood are only losing their leaves now.
It's tough to overstate just how shockingly unusual an article like this is. Despite the fact that this is the response of the vast, vast majority of neighbours for both wind and solar farms, they are mostly erased from existence in coverage of attitudes of neighbours to utility-scale renewables
This piece has some good insights as to why and how the lower preferences work out for them www.tallyroom.com.au/60426
Ooohhhh that explains it, thank you! I was outraged for us
What about Melbourne?!
Hey Peter! Can you follow me so I can message you about this?
Great article from @jolauder.bsky.social on how the gas lobby is trying to stoke fear and fight the shift to cleaner, cheaper electrified homes in Victoria.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Oh gosh, thank you so so much! This honestly has made my day
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January 2025 was quite unexpectedly the warmest January on record at 1.75C above preindustrial, beating the prior record set in 2024.
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
That's really interesting, thanks for sharing John. Hopefully the awareness spreads... I really think the average person doesn't realise how serious it is
It's a great day to reshare this podcast episode I loved making about someone who took a stand and quit her job because she thought they were spreading climate misinformation during Australia's catastrophic fires.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Thanks Tim! Coming from you, I really value this
