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Brad Pettitt

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Greens member of West Australian state parliament. Former Mayor of Fremantle. Sustainability, climate change, liveable cities.

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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
After having an uncomfortable laugh at this, you may find yourself wanting to head to the March for Forests 10am on Sunday. Forest Place. youtu.be/FWrdQxmGlO8
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Honest Government Ad | How to be Merica's b*tch
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The fences are up for preparatory work on my favourite inner city Freo project.. Depaving, rewilding and urban greening to follow soon perthisok.com/news/fremant...
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Freo's William Street urban greening upgrade is now underway
A project aimed at rewilding the City of Fremantle's urban spaces is now underway, set to make William Street cooler, greener and more
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"The state's done good work on batteries, but there’s almost no large-scale wind and solar coming on the system — and there is unlikely to be enough of it to close coal by 2030." The serious risk is that we lock in new gas generation for decades. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Coal power plant revelation undercuts WA plan to phase out coal
Efforts by WA's government to force the premature closure of a privately owned coal plant appear to be unravelling after the market operator backed the power station to keep running towards the end of...
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I’m so pleased to see “William Street Reimagined” project go public. This community-led urban greening initiative is designed not just to improve Willam Street but also as a model for depaving, planting and rewilding our urban spaces. Have your say here: mysay.fremantle.wa.gov.au/william-st-r...
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William St. Reimagined
The William Street Reimagined project is a community-led urban greening initiative, jointly delivered by the City of Fremantle and FreoDOC Town Team, and funded through the Streets Alive Grant Program...
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
In the West Australian newspaper today. WA needs stop Waiting Awhile on climate action.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Westport costs are blowing out before it even starts. Westport impacts means desalination plant pipes in Cockburn Sound will likely need to be extended to avoid contamination, that could cost $1 billion. Time to rethink this unnecessary project. thewest.com.au/politics/sta...
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Hole in Westport budget threatens Perth water security
A potential budget blowout has been exposed in Labor’s vaunted Westport project, with concerns the desalination plant in Kwinana is too close to the dredging zone.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Good to see this hotel purchase for social and affordable housing by the WA Government today. It's the kind of immediate solutions to our housing crisis that I've been calling for. We can’t simply build our way out of WA’s housing crisis. thewest.com.au/business/hou...
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The $105m luxury social housing game-changer
The State Government has bought the former Fraser Suites luxury hotel in the city for more than $100 million to use as social and affordable housing.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The always thought-provoking Brendan Foster tackles Perth’s appalling bad planning and car dependency with his trademark humor. “…out west, where drivers happily commute across our 200-kilometre city in gas-guzzling vehicles that look eerily like tanks” www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
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Can Perth have infill without cars spilling onto our streets?
Infill development in Perth is meant to cure us of our unnatural dependency on cars, so why is my suburb crammed and cluttered with giant jalopies?
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
“The WA government might be supporting industry but it won't be able to dodge questions about climate — and the impact on traditional owners — much longer Especially now with not one, but four upper house Greens MPs champing at the bit to hold it to account.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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More headaches ahead for WA government after North West Shelf call
Gas might be a balancing act for the federal and state governments, but one thing is certain — concerns about the climate are mounting and the pressure won't be letting up any time soon.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The latest rock art report was handed to the WA government in June 2024, but its findings were only released today. It suggests rocks located closer to industry have suffered greater degradation than those further away. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Industrial emissions have impacted ancient Pilbara rock art, report suggests
The latest findings from a study of the impacts of industrial air emissions on rock art in WA's Pilbara suggests rocks located closer to industry are more degraded than those further away.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I like what Larissa Waters had to say today: "There’s a chance now for real reform ... They can’t blame anyone else now, because we’re saying here, we will give you the numbers to pass good reforms that helps people and the planet. People elected us to get shit done..."
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This should be a time for leadership and bolder climate action but instead it seems that the WA Government is walking away from clear and measurable climate targets and with it substantive climate action this decade. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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WA premier pulls back on climate targets, says emissions may rise
WA Roger Cook says he won't "shackle" the state to legislation enshrining climate targets, and emissions may instead rise in the state as it develops a "green steel" industry.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
WA would get a better return on investment by delaying the $7 billion-plus Westport project for a least a decade, A new report from InfrastructureWA shows that keeping Freo Port running until the late 2040s ranked better than the Government’s rushed Westport plan thewest.com.au/business/inf...
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Freo Port kicks the goals in shock win over Westport
WA would get a better deal by delaying the $7 billion-plus Westport project for another decade, as scrutiny over the State Government’s infrastructure spending widens.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
What we are seeing unfold should demand bold action on climate. But we largely see is a troubling combination of timidity and business as usual. Remember we could choose differently. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should be fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Good to be part of Stateline on ABC Perth Balance of power is an opportunity for us to negotiate stronger action on climate, environmental protection, housing, cost of living and more. I’m looking forward to the challenge. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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How the WA Greens plan to use its crossbench power in the state's new parliament
With the Greens almost certain to form the biggest crossbench voting bloc in WA's upper house, leader Brad Pettitt outlines how his party plans to use that power.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“Same shit, different year,” Australia has experienced its hottest 12-month period on record, ending with its hottest March on record, with last month seeing temperatures 2.41C above average, Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record
ANU climate scientist says ‘everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it’s now incredibly predictable’
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Tonight was the launch of The World’s Longest City as part of @perthdesignweek The full documentary film by Harry Cunningham will premiere on April 17. A key conversation that Perth needs to have.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Hope for better housing on Hope Street. It was great to sit down with the Fifth Estate for their Review Magazine to chat about how an ordinary-looking street in White Gum Valley is showing a way forward with gentle density and smart infill.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Great to talk about the election, the shape of the new WA parliament, and how I hope our state can better respond to the housing, climate and biodiversity crises we are experiencing. fremantleshippingnews.com.au/2025/03/21/i...
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Interview with Dr Brad Pettitt - Greens On The March - Fremantle Shipping News
At the nearly finally concluded WA State elections the Greens WA party is certain to secure 4 seats in the upper house – the Legislative Council – of the State Parliament. Given that the WA Labor part...
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
To quote from this insightful article: “…decision to withdraw came down to a lack of evidence that WA would have the grid connections and offtake demand necessary… Electrification in WA is very slow and there is unfortunately still a big focus on gas," www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Hamish @hamishoz.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Well done @bradpettitt.bsky.social and team! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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WA Greens to use upper house muscle to legislate 2030 emissions target
The WA Greens say strengthening the government’s climate change legislation will be a top priority after they seize the balance of power in the upper house.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
No longer will I be the only Green in the WA Parliament but I will be joined by at least these four wonderful humans. Thanks to everyone who volunteered and worked so hard to get @Sophiemcneill @timclifford_ Jess and I in. Together we can make this change you voted for.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
With the state election on Saturday, I hope these scorecards by WA’s peak body for conservation and the environment will be helpful as you cast your vote.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This is the best summary of climate, energy, and the WA election I have read. Well worth a full read. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Western Australia has one story about the gas industry. It won’t accept dissent from ‘over east’
Saturday’s state election is unlikely to unseat Labor premier Roger Cook, but with both major parties supporting gas expansion, WA’s record threatens any national progress on emissions
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
As I state in this Guardian article: “WA Labor had been more focused on supporting expanded fossil fuel developments – ie Woodside’s North-West Shelf gas exporting facility – than on ensuring a rapid expansion of renewable energy”. Foot off the hose please. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Premier claims WA a ‘renewable energy powerhouse’ but leaked document shows wind and solar projects have ‘stalled’
Exclusive: Government document shows electricity from large-scale renewables has flatlined, with one campaigner saying pipeline has ‘little sign of life’
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A week out from the state election and freedom of information requests have finally shone a light on the WA Government’s dismantling of environmental protection at the behest of industry. www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
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Greens launch scathing attack on government amid top-secret report’s release
The state government has been strong-armed into releasing the top-secret review that underpinned the overhaul of WA’s environmental protection laws, with revelations it hinged on the views of proponen...
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
More than 100 years! That’s how long it will take to complete Perth’s cycling network under current funding. Good work by @Westcycle www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
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Now that’s long term: At this rate, Perth’s long-term cycle network to take 100 years
How good are the primary and secondary cycle routes in your Perth or Peel state electorate? Check it out here with our handy visualisation broken down by area.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Essentiall reading. Tim Winton: “Polling shows that most Western Australians want climate addressed properly as a matter of urgency. But the Cook government’s fealty to the fossil fuel industry, backed by local press barons, is almost tribal.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous | Tim Winton
As Ningaloo reef bleaches and an election looms, we must look to those who stand in the way of our safety – the small cohort of people profiting from fossil fuels, and the politicians who protect them
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Video of the year!
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Great to join Perth Property Show host Trent Fleskens for an in-depth chat about the WA housing crisis. While we come at this from very different angles, it’s surprising how much we agree on. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
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325 - WA Greens Property Platform ft. Brad Pettitt
Podcast Episode · The Perth Property Show · 16/02/2025 · 43m
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I loved doing this podcast with Free the Hounds. Looking forward to helping make some change in the next parliament. open.spotify.com/episode/2fTw...
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EP35: The Greens WA: A Future for All of Us
Talking Couch Potatoes · Episode
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We hear a lot of promises about coal closing by 2030 in WA. But as this excellent ABC article shows, WA Labor's promise to replace coal with renewables by the end of this decade is on shaky ground amid a lack of new transmission and generation. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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'Magical removal of coal' in WA prompts questions over what's next
WA Labor has been talking up the clean energy transition ahead of the state election. But industry experts say a lack of transmission and generation is slowing progress.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
According to the Productivity Commission WA had 33,836 public housing dwellings in 2017. In 2024 despite lots of announcements of new housing, this had dropped by 400 homes to 33,436. Blaming the opposition for what they did a decade is no longer a credible response. thewest.com.au/politics/wa-...
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‘Libs to blame for housing crisis mess’: Minister
Housing Minister John Carey has blamed the ‘mess’ left behind by the Barnett government in 2017 for Perth’s homeless crisis.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Household batteries could and should be the next big step is decarbonizing our homes and electricity grid. But the WA Government needs to help lower income households to do this too. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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The sworn political enemies united on the issue of solar home batteries
Whether home batteries will ever become a solar-style success story in Western Australia remains to be seen, but there seems to be a rare political consensus on how to speed things up.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Great to stand side by side with allies in the renewable energy sector to make the compelling case for helping WA households reduce bills and emissions through solar, batteries, electrification and energy efficiency.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Excellent to talk WA Politics on the Last on Earth Podcast. Check it out. I suspect it might ruffle a few feathers podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t... Last Place on Perth
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The Secret Staircase feat. Brad Pettitt
Podcast Episode · The Last Place on Earth · 18/01/2025 · 41m
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
This table shows how badly WA is dropping the ball when it comes to enabling West Australians to benefit from living in solar powered, electric homes. WA is the only state or territory not to offer any incentives that could see households save up to $3000 per year.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This week we announced our “Renewable Energy for All” policy alongside key advocates for renewable energy in WA. It will benefit Western Australians during the cost of living crisis. All electric homes can be up to $3000 a year cheaper to run The policy is a win for climate, health, and hip pocket
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
An important piece on the “hydro-climate whiplash” – a term for the phenomenon of savage seasonal swings between catastrophic rain and sapping drought – an atmosphere stoked by the burning of fossil fuels is creating. www.watoday.com.au/national/hyd...
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‘Hydroclimate whiplash’: The new phenomenon unleashing deadly fires on our cities
Scientists from LA confirmed this see-sawing weather pattern is what set their city ablaze. And the same phenomenon threatens Australia.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”. The average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial levels, www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
My op ed out today about how off the coast of one of the world’s least sustainable cities sits an exemplar of sustainable urbanism. Rottnest/Wadjemup is in many ways everything that Greater Perth is not. Perth could learn a lot from its holiday island. www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
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Hey Perth, want inspiration for a sustainable city? Just look to the horizon
Rottnest Island/Wadjemup is in many ways everything that Greater Perth is not.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
As I say in this article: the “huge” sums donated to the major parties “disturbing”. “These gifts of many tens of thousands of dollars aren’t because the corporations are generous, it’s because they want decisions by Government that favour their interests. thewest.com.au/politics/sta...
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Labor leads in donations scoring major gifts from companies
Greens MLC Brad Pettitt called the ‘huge’ sums donated to the major parties ‘disturbing’.
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
It was excellent to participate in this excellent a pre-election forum organized by Public Health Association of Australia and other public health leaders. A good write up of it below: www.croakey.org/as-the-weste...
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As the Western Australian election fast approaches, what are the key health concerns?
Introduction by Croakey: In a state where the major political parties and mainstream media are captured by the fossil fuels
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I met with Gehl this week and it was as inspiring as ever. I hope we can heed their advice going forward. www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
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Goodbye dullsville department store? Gehl reshaped our city, but there’s one piece of advice we opted to ignore
After pounding the pavement in 1993, urban design consultant Jan Gehl concluded Perth had the character of an oversized department store and needed more residents. But did we deliver?
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Westport is the worst of all options for Fremantle. I don’t think this is well understood yet but it should be. Good to see a growing push back against this expensive and unnecessary project. fremantleshippingnews.com.au/2024/11/29/b...
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Broad coalition opposes Port relocation - Fremantle Shipping News
Fremantle will be the biggest loser if the rushed Westport process goes ahead as planned by the Cook Government. Not only will 200-odd years of history be pushed aside as for the first time Fremantle ...
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
“Western Australia’s sycophantic support of gas and lack of climate action is dragging down the whole country’s climate ambition and also slowing the uptake of renewable energy in Asia” My quote in this excellent article on the North West Shelf:
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Fifty-year extension for one of Australia’s biggest CO2 emitters likely after WA ditches emissions-reduction rules
Extending life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant on Burrup Peninsula could result in billions of tonnes of climate pollution, critics say
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Most of our trees and over 75% of our tree loss is on private property but the WA Government is refusing to let local governments protect them. Meanwhile Perth’s canopy cover (the lowest in Australia) continues to decline. youtu.be/4cRRhlBsyy4?...
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WA government confirms it will reject Perth council plan to protect mature trees | ABC News
Housing delivery concerns partly behind move to reject plan aimed at saving Perth's tree canopySubscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVERead more here: https://www.abc...
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
If you're serious about reducing emissions while also creating more liveable cities ... E-bikes are the best car-replacement form of active transport available to us. An excellent article by the ABC's Emma Wynne in which i add some research from Climate Positive Perth www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11...
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Brad Pettitt @bradpettitt.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
🔥 Seen the WA Government's ad about climate action? We fixed it. youtu.be/J3gscD5Ubzg?...
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 18/10/2023
Analysis: ‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record | @hausfath.bsky.social Read here: bit.ly/3FneCU9
Annual global average surface temperatures from NASA GISTEMP, NOAA GlobalTemp, Berkeley Earth and Copernicus/ECMWF (lines), along with 2023 estimates (as previous chart). Chart by Carbon Brief.
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