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Antony Balmain

@antonyb.bsky.social
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Head of Media and Comms, Market Forces, working on climate, ex SBS, ABC, AAP, Red Cross, IFRC, love beach, forests, mountains, great stories, photos, films and laughing.

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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 11h
This is huge. In a landmark ruling, the High Court has found planning authorities are required to consider the emissions caused by burning fossil fuels overseas – not just emissions from mining coal, oil and gas – when approving projects. #auspol #climate
abc.net.au
NSW coalmine climate ruling a massive shake-up to Australia's oil and gas
Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pacific island country Tuvalu's Prime Minister Feleti Teo has warned planned fossil fuel expansions in countries like Australia represent a "death sentence" for his nation. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Australia's fossil fuel expansion 'slap in the face' to Pacific nations
Australia's climate credentials will be under the spotlight at pre-COP talks in Fiji with a major coal mine expansion approved just days prior.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 02/09/2026
“We chose healthcare because we believe in protecting life, preventing harm and improving wellbeing. We expect our super fund to reflect those same principles.” Veronique Hamilton is a mental health nurse and a member of #HESTA – the leading super fund for health workers. @croakeynews.bsky.social
croakey.org
Super fund HESTA urged to take on fossil fuel giants, for the sake of climate health
In an article at Croakey last year, mental health nurse Veronique Hamilton called on HESTA, the leading super fund for
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 31/08/2026
OPINION: "If the millionaire’s factory – Macquarie – genuinely supports the goals of the Paris Agreement, it needs to stop providing further financial support to major new fossil fuel projects, including the Beetaloo Basin." - Morgan Pickett @reneweconomy.com.au reneweconomy.com.au/macquaries-h...
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Macquarie’s huge gas export gamble puts more than investors at risk
Macquarie's approach to climate change is pushing risk-reward to a disturbing extreme – treating the prospect of catastrophic levels of global warming as a business opportunity for fossil fuel expansi...
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hottest winter on record for much of Australia. Time to end new gas and coal mining yet? “The forecast converts to a temperature between 3C to 4C above pre-industrial levels - a major shift in the climate.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Spring scorcher to follow record warm winter for south-east capitals
Winter has been the warmest on record for Sydney and Melbourne, with Canberra also recording its highest ever temperatures, while this season will rank as the second-warmest on record for Adelaide and...
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Climate Change dwarfs AI. “The capital, savings and government debt required to pay for flood, fire and cyclone damage, not to mention a more urgent effort to cut carbon emissions, will make the AI investment boom and current government deficits seem like a snack.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
With rising interest rates, something deeper than inflation is going on
Typically, bond rates rise when an economy is doing well and inflation appears to be moving up. But something much deeper and more structural is currently going on.
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Important read for all men and boys involved with #AFL and sport. Sexual assault allegation involving Sydney Swans a sign misogyny is 'alive and well' in the AFL. #Swans www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Swans' decision a step towards accountability, but misogyny at AFL core
Swans chairperson Andrew Pridham claims his players have "complete respect for women", but the week's events call for a reckoning with AFL culture.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 19/08/2026
Market Forces questions Whitehaven Coal's future | @news.abc.net.au "Whitehaven is living in a coal-fired fantasy while the clean energy transition is accelerating and governments act to phase out this polluting fossil fuel." #climate #auspol #energy
ABC Live: Market Forces questions Whitehaven Coal's future

Earlier today, Whitehaven Coal released its profit result.

It reported a statutory full-year profit decline of 41% to $385 million.

And when one-off "significant items" are excluded,  the company's underlying annual profit was down 29% to $227 million.

The company attributed that falling profit to lower realised coal prices or "cyclical price weakness".

That fell below analysts' underlying profit estimates of $247.6 million, according to Visible Alpha data.

But Brett Morgan, Investor Campaigns Manager for Market Forces, argues that Whitehaven is failing to grapple with the prospect of coal demand "falling off a cliff".

He says AustralianSuper, the country's largest super fund, is also Whitehaven's top shareholder, owning 11.8% of the company's shares on issue.

He says Whitehaven and AustralianSuper have questions to answer.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
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'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 18/08/2026
New Market Forces modelling shows major coal company Whitehaven becomes less valuable as the miner expands its coal operations — raising risks for investors including AustralianSuper. 🔗 www.news.com.au/finance/mone... #climate #auspol
News.com.au headline: Activist investors say coal miner’s finances ‘on a knife’s edge’, retirement savings of millions at risk
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 17/08/2026
Almost 30 major financial institutions have refused to bankroll Papua LNG as human rights, biodiversity and climate concerns escalate. "People listen to the environment. We survive from it. When we die, we go back to the land," - Joseph Irae, Paivara, Maerava, PNG. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Companies eye untapped gas in the 'Saudi Arabia of the Pacific'
Global oil and gas giants are rushing to green-light a massive LNG project on Australia's doorstep as war in the Middle East forces countries to look for alternative energy supplies.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
AI is not just consuming a lot of fossil fuels. It it also enabling the fossil fuel industry to drill more, faster. These applications create far more climate pollution than data centers — 3.3x to 13.3x more, according to new peer-reviewed research. We *have* to start talking about this.
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AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought
A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 11/08/2026
Right now, tens of thousands of villagers in Papua New Guinea are facing a looming threat: the proposed Papua LNG project by controversial oil and gas companies Total Energies and Santos. #humanrights #climate
A village in the Purari Delta. Photo by Nigel Joseph.
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🚨Networks of bogus “news” pages are being used to spread vast amounts of pro-Hanson and One Nation propaganda on social media — as Hanson bans actual media. Pages aggressively spreading calculated disinformation in mass MAGA attack. Investigation 👇 theklaxon.com.au/i7z3
theklaxon.com.au
Sham pro-Hanson "news" pages flood social media – as One Nation bans actual news - The Klaxon
Networks of sham “news” pages on social media are being used to spread vast amounts of pro-Pauline Hanson and pro-One Nation propaganda — as Hanson bans actual media.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 27/07/2026
"We need to do everything we can to try and make the world a better place for the next generation." Winnie Fu has a young son, and thinks of his future often. When she found out her super fund #AustralianSuper is now the biggest shareholder in Whitehaven Coal, she was shocked.
Selfie of AustralianSuper member Winnie Fu riding outdoors with hills and flowers behind her. Her quote reads: "A super fund being something that is supposed to help provide for us in the future, I think it is crucial that they look beyond just monetary return."
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tunisia records 900 fires in 72-hour window during intense heatwave - Africanews with AFP www.africanews.com/amp/2026/07/...
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Tunisia records 900 fires in 72-hour window during intense heatwave
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP
Last updated: 25/07/2026
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The Daily Telegraph has... *rubs eyes* ...published something sensible about climate change: "I’m coming to the view that the Online Right is going wrong, eschewing compassion or charm, talking itself into corners of angry irrelevance. Take climate change."
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 23/07/2026
Internationally acclaimed climate scientist John Church on why he's attending the #Macquarie AGM 👇
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 23/07/2026
Let's go 📣 We're in Sydney today for Macquarie's annual general meeting. We will be asking #Macquarie how its skyrocketing finance for major new oil and gas projects, including the #Beetaloo Basin, is aligned with its commitment to the #climate goals of the Paris Agreement
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 22/07/2026
Some of the world's biggest pension funds have voted in favour of our shareholder resolution demanding Macquarie Group and investment bank come clean on how their massive oil and gas financing deals are aligned with the global goals of the Paris Agreement. #climate www.afr.com/companies/fi...
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Pension fund giants line up to rebuke Macquarie over carbon financing
Major North American and European retirement savings investors are demanding better explanations over funding decisions as a fraught annual meeting looms.
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Voters deserve to know when they’re being misled – but right now, it’s perfectly legal to lie in a political ad in NSW. ✍ Add your name to help get this @australiainstitute.org.au petition to 20,000 so Parliament has to act: www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/parliamentar...
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Sign ePetition
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 07/07/2026
“Freeport LNG is poisoning people in my community,” says Manning Rollerson. Freeport, TX residents live next to a dirty, risky gas project that threatens their health & safety. In May, community leaders flew to Tokyo to confront Japanese institutions funding the project. [1/4]
Texas community leaders in front of the Tokyo Diet. They hold up a bright yellow sign that reads, "Japan finances destruction. Stop LNG!)
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 09/07/2026
"We won’t give up, we’ll keep fighting": Goldman prize winner Yuvelis Morales Blanco vows to resist fresh push to frack and plunder new fossil fuels in Colombia. #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Environment #FossilFuels #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘We won’t give up, we’ll keep fighting’: activists in Colombia vow to resist far-right push for fossil fuels
As the newly elected president, Abelardo de la Espriella, pledges to exploit oil reserves, environmentalists prepare to defend climate progress
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 06/07/2026
In 2020, Australia’s biggest super fund dumped its Whitehaven shares. Fast forward to 2026 and AustralianSuper is now the coalminer’s single biggest investor. #climate #auspol
theguardian.com
Coal is back in AustralianSuper’s portfolio. What happened to that net zero pledge?
In 2020 Australia’s biggest super fund dumped its Whitehaven shares. Fast forward to 2026 and it is now the coalminer’s single biggest investor
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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I genuinely thought we were better than this. Smarter than this. More caring and generous than this. Less angrily self-absorbed than this. Aspiration rather than denigration. Empathy rather than fear. Still hoping to be proved right.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The “let me explain why Hansons speech was a success” columns are truly condescendingly putrid.
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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
MEAA condemns the continuing treatment of journalist Sarah Martin by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. Journalists must be able to do their job without fear of intimidation, exclusion, or personal attack. This is a moment for us to stand together and hold the line on press freedom. meaa.io/3SbzRlK
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This article is now updated with details of the South Australian vote. One Nation’s anti‑abortion turn shows MAGA's creep in Australia - Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/one-nations-...
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One Nation’s anti‑abortion turn shows MAGA’s creep in Australia
Introduction by Croakey: Remember Donald Trump and the rumours of missing pets in Springfield, Ohio? “In Springfield, they’re eating the
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 15/06/2026
MEDIA RELEASE: New Market Forces analysis reveals Australia’s top 30 superannuation funds have invested in just a fraction (4%) of the renewable energy capacity needed to meet Australia’s mandated 2030 climate goals. #Renewables #CleanEnergy #Climate www.marketforces.org.au/australias-t...
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Australia's top super funds invest in only 4% of clean energy needed by 2030 - Market Forces
Tuesday 16 June: New analysis reveals Australia’s top 30 superannuation funds have invested in just a fraction (4%) of the renewable energy capacity needed to meet Australia’s mandated 2030 climate go...
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
So proud of our Socceroos ⚽️ ❤️👏🏼 Socceroos promote multiculturalism with video address on immigration: ‘Football is for everyone’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Australia's Socceroos promote multiculturalism with video address on immigration: ‘Football is for everyone’
The Socceroos have spoken of their pride in their heritage and playing for the national team as they prepare for the World Cup
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Okg...
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
EXTRAORDINARY report. Pig Feast explores Indigenous land rights in West Papua but key leader Mama Yasinta changed her tune after pressure from officials. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Independence leader vanishes after changing sides to support Indonesia's government
A key Indigenous leader in West Papua appeared in a documentary criticising an Indonesian government program, but then changed sides and disappeared. Her family suspects foul play.
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Climate change has already made the average person in Australia’s most populous state, NSW poorer, by $21,300 per person on average according to Net Zero Commission data. “It’s time to stop thinking of climate change as merely an environmental issue.” theconversation.com/climate-chan...
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Climate change has already made Australians in one state much poorer, and more’s to come
It’s time to recognise climate change for what it is. A new study shows it’s a current and ongoing threat to our standard of living.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 10/06/2026
AustralianSuper is the top shareholder in Whitehaven Coal, which has the biggest coal expansion plans of any company in Australia. #AustralianSuper members – join the campaign and call on your fund to step up and say no to Whitehaven’s new coal: australiansuperpolluter.com 🔥 #climate
A square graphic that says 'AustralianSuper: Responsible investor or super polluter?' with a satirical logo down the bottom of the tile: 'AustralianSuperPolluter.com' The two Ls in Polluter look like smoke stacks. This is a Market Forces project.
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Australia’s emissions are at their lowest point since the COVID pandemic shut down the economy, dropping 2.1 per cent over the year to December 2025, according to the latest national greenhouse gas inventory update. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions drop as renewable energy, batteries surge
Emissions are at their lowest point since the COVID pandemic shut down the economy, dropping 2.1 per cent over the year to December 2025.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 02/06/2026
In a move that could empower Australian consumers, new laws will force companies to declare their #climate risk. “It's an important step forward. Super funds will be watching closely,” Will van de Pol, chief executive at Market Forces told @choiceaustralia.bsky.social. #auspol
choice.com.au
Will these new laws clean up corporate greenwashing? - CHOICE
In a move that could empower Australian consumers, new laws will force companies to declare their climate risk.
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Finally, all big Australian companies must disclose how their businesses are aligned with sustainability and climate goals. @jarniblakkarly.bsky.social at @choiceaustralia.bsky.social asks the big questions. Will Australia’s big polluters and investors step up? www.choice.com.au/shopping/eve...
choice.com.au
Will these new laws clean up corporate greenwashing? - CHOICE
In a move that could empower Australian consumers, new laws will force companies to declare their climate risk.
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 20/05/2026
“Shareholders are asking: how can #Macquarie claim to support the Paris Agreement while backing companies pursuing massive new fossil fuel expansion? It can’t do both.” – Morgan Pickett, banks analyst at Market Forces 🔗 www.marketforces.org.au/macquarie-su... #climate #macquariebank
White background with a mix of black and orange text. Headline reads 'Macquarie suffers shareholder backlash for climate backflip and new fossil fuel finance' and sub-heading reads 'More than 160 shareholders have joined with Market Forces to demand Macquarie Group explains how increasing its fossil fuel lending, slashing its green energy investments and watering down its climate strategy is consistent with its commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement.'
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 19/05/2026
More than 7 in 10 people across #Singapore, #Malaysia and #Indonesia believe banks should not finance companies that worsen #climate change, a new @yougov.co.uk and Market Forces survey finds – the first of its kind conducted in multiple countries across the region. 1/5 🧵
Poll: Banks should not finance greenhouse gas intensive projects or companies. More than seven in 10 people in Indonesia (71%), Malaysia (71%), and Singapore (73%) believe banks should not finance companies or projects which emit high levels of greenhouse gases, worsening climate change.
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Speaking with Catherine to produce this story has been inspirational. What a wonderful human, taking on one of Australia’s biggest banks over its dreadful fossil fuel funding, for present and future generations. Read Catherine’s wise words in this photo story. #climate #energy #renewables
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Zhang Shan won the gold medal for the mixed skeet shooting event in the 1992 Olympics. The International Shooting Union *immediately* banned women from competing against men.
Zhang Shan holding a rifle.
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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Pleased to share a new paper led by Sam Pearson and co-authored by myself and others, now published in Scientific Reports. We tested whether people can be persuaded out of misinformation about wind farms through short conversations with generative AI: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Image of the cover of “Evaluating generative AI’s
potential to dispel misinformation about wind farms” published in Scientific Reports.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 01/05/2026
We're thrilled to announce Josh Bornstein will be joining the Australia Institute as Director of Corporate Regulation! Josh will work alongside our existing research team, developing bold new proposals to rebalance power in Australia’s economy! @joshbornstein.bsky.social #auspol
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 01/05/2026
Former oil and gas executives say it’s time to end support for fossil fuels and urgently accelerate renewable energy. #ANZ and #Westpac must listen: it's time to end funding for companies pursuing new #coal, #oil and #gas
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
WOW. Battery storage has shifted three times as much power from daytime, when solar power is plentiful, to the evening, when demand is high. Gas-fired generation has dropped by more than a quarter from the same time last year, the lowest since 1999. #renewables www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
abc.net.au
Renewables and batteries drive down fossil fuel use despite record electricity demand
A hot summer saw Australians use record amounts of electricity, but the growing share of renewable energy continued to push fossil fuels out of the grid, driving gas generation to its lowest level in ...
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Antony Balmain @antonyb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Greenwashing by Australia’s biggest superannuation funds is rife. AustralianSuper backflips on coal, as proposal for a new labelling scheme raises concerns. Excellent piece by @jarniblakkarly.bsky.social at @choiceaustralia.bsky.social www.choice.com.au/money/financ...
choice.com.au
Superannuation greenwashing is rife: Will a new labelling system make it worse? - CHOICE
AustralianSuper backflips on coal, as proposal for a new labelling scheme raises concerns
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Abbey Rhodes @abbeyr28.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Even if there are a thousand other reasons, Trump should be impeached for spending another $900 million of our money to stop off-shore wind projects. He is the most destructive man alive. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration to pay 2 more companies to walk away from US offshore wind leases
The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Deborah Mailman: ‘There’s almost a permission now – people can just be incredibly cruel and racist’
The actor, who reunites with Warwick Thornton in his frontier western Wolfram, reflects on her late parents, the failed voice referendum and her obsession with space
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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · 08/04/2026
Oil and gas giant Santos has paid less than one cent in corporate income tax for every dollar of sales in the last 10 years. In that time, it made $41 billion in revenue from its Australian operations. #auspol #climate
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Aussies hit as gas giants reap export rewards: research
Australia's second-biggest oil and gas company has come under fire for its tax contributions, as tensions over domestic prices and export royalties heat up.
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