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Libby Robin

@libbydeq.bsky.social
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Writer, historian of ideas, Curator-at-Large Environment in museums and the wider world What Birdo is That? A Field Guide to Bird People 🦅 New book coming soon on Conservation and Care. 🌿

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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There are only six of these trees left in the wild. Conservationists are cloning them
The trees are estimated to be between 3,000 and 6,000 years old but they have no future without intervention.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Who writes these rubbish standfirsts? They don't read the analysis. Indeed this one make no sense at all. The Greens have policies voters want. The Libs are doing a poor job of being the gov opposition. No "direction" at all. @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
totalbaroque.com/jordi-savall... Getting the "middle-men" out of the way and investing in creativity! Brilliant ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (in French)
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Jordi Savall : une nouvelle fois, le choix de l’indépendance – Total Baroque Magazine
À 85 ans, Jordi Savall présente AEVUM, son projet de plateforme de streaming, et revient sur soixante ans de musique et d’indépendance.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🤣... then I thought - yeah! spot on...
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... Gouging? Consultants? Usual questions... I reckon they might have spent too much on "scoping" ? Employ *gov* builders & give them allowances to move around state. Workers have steady jobs. Can even get bonuses for finishing on time. Multiple competitions cost & delay
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Eight-bed outback hospital costs $67m, three times original budget
WA's Health Minister Meredith Hammat has defended the cost of a new eight-bed outback hospital, which has reached practical completion at a cost of more than $8 million per bed.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Saying Labor is better than One Nation is a low bar! The record speaks for itself. Victorian voters need plausible alternatives to big parties, not One Nation. Greens, Teals, Real Independents and anyone who hasn't forgotten or denied our #climate predicament. Environment is an important state job.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Perhaps the 5,000 protestors in Dandenong will remember their historic stand at the next election? This document records a terrible record for Pauline Hanson, whatever some media tell us now. www.thehansonrecord.com
thehansonrecord.com
The Hanson Dossier — The Complete Public Record of Pauline Hanson
30 years. Every controversy. Every vote. Every broken promise. Court rulings, NRA sting, Senate suspensions, donor scandals and the full voting record — all sourced and verified.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How to take the sport out of sport. Clubs too big. Betting too important. 🤔 Hmmm that could happen to AFL too. How about checking before a Wikileaker does? Sports betting is out of control.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... Add to this a battery radio. A "transistor" as they used to be called. With fresh batteries. Something not digital...Local communities also need *local* power - to pump water at least. Big Grids are limited in crisis. A Big Local Battery is a good investment.
abc.net.au
When a bushfire comes, what happens if the phones go dead?
The Black Summer bushfires cut people off from warnings, rescue and each other when mobile phones failed. How can we stay safe when telecommunications goes dark?
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes. Opposing AUKUS is a great start.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who's "popular"? Maybe Greens voters follow different media - it has been hard to find coverage for them among usual suspects. Great to see Crikey and The Sat Paper treating Greens seriously, at last.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
THIS is the alternative to the 2 party duopoly... not One Nation. Finally some media coverage of the Greens' policies. It's not just the young who like these. Some rusted-on older Labor voters are looking for better outcomes for the planet, not just hip pockets.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So where CAN we cut? Let's cut reliance on algorithms promoted by consultants (who profit from these). *This is where all our productivity is going* Every customer has to log in, prove they are human and count traffic lights to pay bills. Just crazy unpaid "ghost work". Not secure at all.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 03/10/2026
Read more: trib.al/UWfRfih
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article... I wonder which BigCon this university is wasting money on ... and who gets the £40million saved? National Glass Centre tragedy should be revisited too. The pattern is scary.
bbc.com
University of Sunderland seeking £40m cuts amid visa refusals
Staff are told Sunderland University is planning huge and permanent budget cuts by next year.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To say nothing of the climate storms ... they demand actual batting down the hatches, but ABC always "forgets" them.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If Colesworth wants a short cut, *they* need to pay for it. Tasmanians need a hospital.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... Has anyone thought of closing it to big trucks and caravans and "heavy vehicles" except for smaller buses. This would alter the cost significantly. There is another road that can take the oversize vehicles. All our roads are messed up by heavy plant & Colesworth trucks
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Tasmania's notorious St Marys Pass upgrade could cost almost $3b
A notoriously windy stretch of road in Tasmania could be upgraded with pricing revealed to be as high as $2.7 billion to re-route the road.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
anthropoceneworkinggroup.org
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Important new paper about *trust* in science. The ABC article suggests a scientific question where the original paper asks for transparency in scientific procedures. Scientists who agreed with proposal were locked out of the vote. It's time for #Anthropocene to be mainstream news.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ordinary people are in pain about inaction on the climate predicament. Many more than those who have a mortgage. Please stop denying this greater pain and whinging about the Reserve Bank. @knitnannassyd.bsky.social Not good enough!!! @abcnewsbot.baku.social
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... @amandawells.bsky.social
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Former vineyard turned into sanctuary for nationally threatened birds
A regional property previously home to wine grapevines has been transformed into a sanctuary for the nationally threatened regent parrot in South Australia's Riverland.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
amaga.org.au/Web/Web/Nati...
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National Conference
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09... @anufennerschool.bsky.social
pearlsandirritations.com
Climate change versus logging? That misses the point
Climate change and logging are not competing threats to native forests. Their effects compound one another, increasing emissions, fire risk and pressure on biodiversity.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Big Pharma is "charging" - Aust Gov is resisting. Spin is all wrong here. Prices will drop as people can't afford this. This is America screwing the rest of the world.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... We'll miss your wisdom, Alan.
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Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC
Alan Kohler, one of the most influential journalists Australia has ever produced, will retire at the end of the year.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... We've nearly finished school holidays in Qld and Vic. More Sydney-centrism!! We need a more *inclusive* @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Maybe some writers & reporters in other cities and in the country?? 🙄
abc.net.au
What to watch these holidays: A guide for parents
Whether it's passing time on a road trip or calming an overstimulated toddler, screen time has found its way into many of our parenting toolkits. So, these holidays, we've prepared your screen time gu...
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Joint Center for History and Economics @historyecon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The first Harvard Center Tea Talk of the 2026-2027 academic year will be given by Emma Rothschild entitled "Two Views of France in 1774". It will take place on Monday 5 October 2026 from 4:30-5:30 pm in CGIS S-050. All welcome and light refreshments will be provided!
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why go at all? Leave the crazies to it and save on gratuitous travel. There are lots of nice places to travel that don't on-sell data.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Seas are Rising Up. Didn't the Bible warn against building houses on sand? The idea that money beats nature is a big mistake.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
alas the one size fits all algorithms used by govt never seem to be tested by users. They don't work on private computers that are not "the latest". There needs to be a better alternative (non-digital) solution for humans.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
international.au.dk/about/profil... ECR position Denmark/ Botswana @esehnextgate.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral position at the Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Note: Plimer is famous for being a Climate Change denialist. @abcnewsbot.bsky.social @knitnannassyd.bsky.social
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Rewards have shrunk in value except for Chairmans Lounge level. Time to look at bank ethics: where do they invest your hard-earned? All those surcharges have propped up nasty big biz. Try Bank Australia for a change. Leave the big four shrink. Loyalty isn't valued.
abc.net.au
Banks cut rewards programs, free travel insurance amid surcharge ban
Sweeping reforms from the Reserve Bank start this week, as banks hike fees and slash rewards programs in preparation.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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'Open your eyes': Why China's sixth Antarctic base is raising concerns
Some observers believe China's increasing presence in Antarctica is a geopolitical motive, while others say military fears are exaggerated.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've never heard of Anastasia! Wordle was easy today though for once. 🤣
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Outrageous ... We've gotta stop the Data Centre takeover of our personal lives and residential places ... and clean water.
abc.net.au
Double the height, 160 times the voltage. The latest ugly side effect of the AI revolution
Electricity distributor Jemena has been replacing 7-metre wooden power poles with 15-metre industrial poles rated to carry up to 66,000 volts, but there's been one consistent complaint among the resid...
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Impressive up-cycling!
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@iceho.bsky.social @rachelcarson.bsky.social
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/technol... Governing is the job of elected officers and public servants. Outsourcing is breaking democracy. @davidpocock.bsky.social is the one making sense here. We need to rid ourselves of "for profit" advisors & add public officers who are accountable & *cheaper*
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: PM’s AI office has fewer than 10 permanent staff
As Labor prioritises a deal on copyright that would water down artists’ protections, Open AI has poached a national security adviser from the prime minister’s department.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"benefiting businesses of the region" is about a 2-yr vision. They (and the gold) will all be gone before the neighbours and taxpayers have to deal with consequences for generations. Remember King Midas? You can't eat gold. 👑
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
niche-canada.org/2026/09/22/s... Beautiful piece. Where is home?
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Sea and Steppe
Many poets have compared kovyla, the native feather grass of the Ukrainian steppe, to sea waves. When I look at the ocean I crossed, I can remind myself of who I am and where I came from.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/science... Good morning! Some great news to cheer all.
abc.net.au
Video captures ranger's joyful tears on finding rare night parrot chick
New video captures a sighting of the elusive bird in its grassy home in the remote Great Sandy Desert during the day.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 23/09/2026
At the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action, Australian PM Albanese @albomp.bsky.social spoke about climate threats facing Pacific nations while leaving out that Australia continues to produce + export the coal + gas that fuel those threats. Read: oilchange.org/news/in-resp...
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In response to Australian PM at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action - Oil Change International
In response to remarks by Australian Prime Minister Albanese, at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action and the Just Transition, Oil Change International
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... This will drive people off the grid. We already feel we are paying too much for poles and wires to Data Centres. Of course EV owners should be rewarded. Just not aluminium manufacturers and Data Centres who benefit disproportionally from the eco-efforts of consumers.
abc.net.au
All consumers to pay for EV chargers under power monopoly 'waiver'
A bitter fight is brewing between EV charging companies and poles-and-wires companies, and now a regulator has weighed in.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... This is why you tax them while they are solvent. The last ones to leave will all be broke, and everyone is ahead of 🇦🇺 on alternatives. Taxpayers left to mop up again.
abc.net.au
Oil platform 'a warning' as government considers new decommissioning rules
The federal government is paying to keep an oil platform safe after its owners collapsed. The Cliff Head platform off the WA coast has raised fresh questions about the strength of Australia's offshore...
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More "rights" of businesses... honestly @abcnewsbot.bsky.social - What are you spruiking here?
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't they mostly drive EVs? ACT is miles ahead of the states on energy. And they spend their taxes on real people not just consultancy reports as in NSW. The Liberal opposition there has been weak ever since Zed stacked the branches, then flew the coop.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Giving up on climate action as we enter one of the most dangerous extreme weather seasons in our history is a breathtakingly irresponsible act by the Coalition. Australians deserve better but clearly won't get it from the Liberal and National parties.
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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/global/comme... Time to start governing for people and stop using consultancies that just siphon off tax payers $$ for THEIR profits. Labor is better than the Libs/Nats/OneNation rabble but not much - we need more thinking, independent politicians to tackle real problems.
theguardian.com
Australia’s big polluters rely on carbon offsets for climate credibility. But the system looks like a house of cards | Adam Morton
Credits are treated as a straight alternative to emissions cuts, but carbon stored in nature is different to burning millennia-old fossil fuels
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