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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 2h

“Australia and New Zealand have been ranked among the two fastest growing electric vehicle markets in the world since the start of the Iran war in late February triggered a fossil fuel supply crisis that is still being felt across the globe. thedriven.io/2026/10/16/a...

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Australia among fastest growing EV markets in world as electric cars save oil importers more than $29 billion

Australia and New Zealand ranked among fastest growing EV markets in a world that has saved $29 billion in oil imports by going electric since the Hormuz crisis.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 4h

“Madeleine King told press club emissions from NT fossil fuel basin ‘are accounted for and offset’ but research found 95% of emissions this decade would not have to be offset. “King either “isn’t across her brief or she’s being intentionally misleading”.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Resources minister faces calls to correct her claim all Beetaloo emissions will be offset

Madeleine King told press club emissions from NT fossil fuel basin ‘are accounted for and offset’ but research found 95% of emissions this decade would not have to be offset

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

/2 This morning the Hun is lauding Limbrick’s shrill call to let citizens arm themselves with capsicum spray. What’s next – concealed hand guns?

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It’s not unusual for “extremism” to be revealed as even nastier up close ☹ Deeming’s electorate office is about 4km from my door and I look forward to her being turfed out of it in the next few weeks. 2/

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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ukraine took out 2 huge data centers, and just like that--POOF! Pro-Trump/MAGA posts on US social media plummeted. Same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. The primary function of those Bots is to boost groups Putin believes will destabilize the west. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response ...

The world is getting a break from Russian bots thanks to Kyiv.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Another brilliant summary from Alan Kohler on the accelerating tsunamic effect of AI on wordsmithing and, in fact, the very nature of what it is to be human ☹ www.facebook.com/reel/1174751...

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I can't buy the metaphor (seemingly beloved by bots and the MSM) that Putin and Trump are akin to Romulus and Remus. If Trump is like one of the twins, Putin is Mars. Perhaps Dunning-Kruger Syndrome will finally be replaced by Trump Derangement Syndrome.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today's (take your pick) poll for eejits and bots (linked to ads for The West Party, Family First and the second Lib candidate) posted by the ever predictable Wyndham TV: www.wyndhamtv.com.au/hung-parliam...

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Hung Parliament On The Cards

Victoria could face a hung parliament after the 2026 state election, with Labor and the Liberals potentially needing minor party support.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

/2 *Apart perhaps from that relationship with Ms Credlin

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Anthony Abbott’s long-term bestie*, Cardigan Sheridan, says “brace for global chaos if Trump loses midterm elections”. SRSLY? What does he think has been happening to the world while Putin’s plaything has had the numbers for a couple of years? 2/ archive.is/VJ7Si

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

50 years on, Amory Lovins’ ‘Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken?’ remains the most insightful book on the real potential of energy efficiency that I have read. rmi.org/resources/th... *But one extra Amoryism: “Energy is the answer! But what was the question?”

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The Road Not Taken, 50 Years Later

Why RMI cofounder Amory Lovins’s analysis of “the soft path” continues to echo today.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

OK, so I ‘fess I’ve never done a Dale Carnegie course but why would anyone decline such an offer of welcome? #MelonsAwayAgain ? I would “urge reporters to focus on critical regional matters like sea level rise” and Australia’s massive fossil fuel exports.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mayor Mamdani is actually our most centrist politician, if by that you mean, "Getting absurd and bad-faith criticism from all sides."

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I know Tony and Wendy well. They're good friends and long-time Greens, and they've spent decades fighting to protect the Hunter Valley they love. Today they took on the fossil fuel giants and got an important win.

Guardian article screenshot. Headline: Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over coalmine.

Photo of David Shoebridge, Larissa Waters, Wendy, and Tony standing together and smiling in a Parliament office

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fancy talk underwater Environment Minister Muzza Watt describing the High Court’s decision on the need to consider means to limit greenhouse gas emissions as “novel” ☹ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmine

Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

/2 “The grant funding totalling more than $57,000 was awarded after local MPs nominated the club through closed, non-competitive processes.”

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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 07/10/2026

What does the inequality crisis look like? This 👇 98% of public schools are underfunded – that’s 2.6 million kids without the resources they need for the education they deserve. Yet the richest private schools are charging massive fees while banking billions of public dollars.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 06/10/2026

This should be considered a 5-alarm democracy fire.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Behind the scenes, Labor hardheads are deeply concerned that Shoebridge's strong public performance and populist focus on economic inequality could stall Labor's momentum and siphon progressive votes away from the government.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZl...

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How David Shoebridge plans to bring voters back to the Greens | 7.30

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ben Carroll: "Throwing the keys away"? Nah Kicking the toys out of the cot, he means. www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

/2 She travelled there and came back, unwilling to “go back to where she came from”.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Pauline Hansen has British grandparents. In 2010 “Ms Hanson told [Woman’s Day] she will sell her property at Coleyville, south-west of Brisbane, then relocate to Britain where she can get dual citizenship.” 2/ kooriweb.org/foley/images...

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

/2 " It is admitting that short-term political survival matters more than the safety, stability and dignity of the people who come after us.”

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And to all people younger than the PM

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Overlizard @aitch-el.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It was apparent Albanese Labor was going to do this before the 2022 election. Albanese told Rockhampton mine workers they would approve more coal. Did no-one pay attention? I pointed this out on Twitter and Labor rustedons insisted it was a cunning lie. The city voters were the ones he lied to.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“The former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather on Tuesday called for the party’s membership to get a vote in the leadership race.” Nooooooooo. Didn’t people learn anything (or are they mercifully not old enough to remember) the slow-moving egomanic train wreck that killed the Australian Democrats?

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As sincere as Scomo consoling bushfire victims ☹: “When [Adam] Scott appeared to pull his arm back towards himself, Trump gave it a firm yank before finally letting go and clapping the Aussie on the back.” www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/2026/0...

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Aussie golfer's viral 'tug-of-war' handshake with Trump

The US may have won the Presidents Cup, but Australian golfer Adam Scott claimed a viral victory after a bizarre handshake with Donald Trump.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

/2 And the Hun promises five more days of apportioning blame on who’s responsible.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#GenuineFakeNewsComingUp Today’s Herald Sun front page depicts six typical young Aussies who fear they will be locked out of how ownership forever. While I am outraged by their unfair housing prospects I am more outraged by these “diverse” young six ALL being NewsCorps cadets. 2/

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

/2 “The prime minister has been on the world stage all week, helping to push a statement by middle powers calling for greater safeguards and for AI to remain under human control.”

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Anthony Albanese couldn't have picked a better time to drop the metaphorical bomb that a rogue artificial intelligence agent breached an Australian government system. 2/ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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Albanese couldn't have timed his Medicare hack bombshell better

Anthony Albanese couldn't have picked a better time to drop the metaphorical bomb that a rogue artificial intelligence agent breached an Australian government system.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

/2 "including stymying the advance of renewable energy, supporting nuclear power plants and scrapping the emissions-curbing industrial policy it introduced into law”.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Way beyond anti-scientific and anti-social learning failure: “A Coalition government has vowed to detonate most of Australia’s efforts to decarbonise its economy “within 30 days” of winning power, /2 reneweconomy.com.au/coalition-vo...

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"Dumb and desperate:" Coalition panned after vowing to scrap renewable, EV and climate policies

Federal Coalition vows to detonate most of Australia's efforts to decarbonise "within 30 days" of winning power, including the advance of renewables and the emissions-curbing policy it introduced.

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“The Greens senator David Shoebridge has accused the United States of interfering in Australia’s domestic politics after the Trump administration criticised the government’s proposed opt-in algorithm reforms.” #WellDer www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Australia news live: Shoebridge says US submission on online safety laws an ‘extraordinary intervention in our domestic politics’

Follow the day’s news live

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

2/ “An anonymous tip and a Senate submission from an independent researcher show the planned algorithm-based tool to determine funding for 800,000 disabled Australians has neither been properly validated nor independently reviewed.”

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🩷🩷There will be a condolence motion for beautiful Dr Tim Read in the Victorian Parliament today at midday. You can live stream it on the Victorian Parliament website. Then all debates are cancelled in Parliament for the rest of the day out of respect 🩷🩷

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A very selective, if unsurprising, numerical outtake from the latest Newspoll which doesn’t show much change from last month’s (see first comment). How does this show that. How do these polls show “The time for accountable, values-based, community independents [subsumed within ca 10%] is here”?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026

JD Vance walked right into this one. He never saw the follow-up coming. “People who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted.” Kaitlan Collins: So about January 6th…

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Bro of Hoppers @broofhoppers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Business leaders" seem beyond reliable in opposing worker benefits. Living in the City of the Eight Hour Day I'm sure they opposed the Melbourne Cup Hol as well as well as an Australia Day Hol when 26/1 is on weekends! #ConsistentExploitation

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