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Megan Evans

@megcevans.bsky.social
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environmental policy, governance, finance • Senior Lecturer UNSW Canberra, Australia 🦘 • she/her • likes dogs • often grumpy, mostly about climate change, biodiversity loss and injustice 🇵🇸 www.unsw.edu.au/staff/megan-evans

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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In April I reported on some concerning conduct within the GHG Protocol. Now, Danny Cullenward, a member of its oversight board, has resigned in protest, accusing GHGP of handing standards development over to “a secret, industry-dominated drafting process.” heatmap.news/carbon-remov...
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Tensions Mount at Greenhouse Gas Protocol as Scientist Resigns in Protest
The move by University of Pennsylvania researcher Danny Cullenward intensifies a debate over integrity at the carbon accounting organization.
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Danny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 08/06/2026
I have resigned from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Independent Standards Board. The Protocol is openly violating its own rules and has effectively delegated forest carbon accounting standards to a secret, industry-led working group. ghgpolicy.org/s/2026-06-08...
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Petition: We will not be divided after Bondi. Add your name: jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Giving Jillian Segal even more influence over Australian policy when she still hasn't denounced far-right group "Advance" (which she bankrolls) is extremely poor governing. Australia deserves far better.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Here's me. "Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children"
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Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children - The Shot
Breathe, slowly. It helps.  Cry if you need to. All of this hurts. But please understand, before we go any...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New figures out show where you are on the income-earning scale www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
If you earned more than $156,000 you earned more than 90% of Australians, and if you earned $176,930 you earned more than 90% of Australians working full-time:

[Graph showing the 25th earning percentile is $46,800, median is $74,100, 75th is $110,604 and 90th is $156,000]

It’s worth noting that the current full-time minimum wage of $49,296 puts you in the bottom 10% of full-time earners, and the jobseeker rate, which is equivalent to annual earnings of $20,634, has you well in the bottom 10% of all earnings.

So, let’s dispense with the bullshit that such amounts in any way discourage people from wanting to work or are too high to run a business.
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Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 03/12/2025
It’s why we ask you to click “weekly.” This is the only help coming in but it is not enough. It’s 55% of the minimum. So either we make up the other half in new donations, or we get weekly pledges up to 100%.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 27/11/2025
13 HOURS LEFT to keep a single mother & her two kids housed—where being unhoused in this deadly cold, rain, flash-floods is a health disaster and deadly. So I’m asking you to match the cost of (1) thing you’ve paid to celebrate this genocidal Thursday to help them survive this genocide. 589/700
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Saving lives on the frontline in Palestine - help Maha
My name is Louisa and I'm raising money for my dear friend Maha and her family in Gaza.
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is steadfastly refusing to condemn the NSW Parliament neo-Nazi rally. Paid over $1,000 a day by taxpayers but MIA since far-right Advance scandal over four months ago... theklaxon.com.au/wheres-jilli...
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Where's Jillian Segal? Over $1,000-a-day but MIA - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — whose family bankrolls far-right group “Advance” — is refusing to denounce the neo-Nazi rally held outside NSW Parliament House.
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Lisa Cox @lisacox.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Quick explainer on some of the main features of the new nature laws, noting some details remain to be seen
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Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The “debate”. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Title: ‘“Both sides” of the “debate”’. Left: bald man in grey strip suit and tie at lectern labelled “PRO-UNFETTERED FREEDOM TO MAKE A PROFIT FROM EARTH’S RESOURCES”. Right: woman in green blazer at lectern labelled “PRO-LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF LIFE ON EARTH”.
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Harry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This is so good. Look at that parrot hop! I had no idea that’s how they got around! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Martu rangers capture rare night parrot in WA's Pilbara region.
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
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Megan Evans @megcevans.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Annual salary for a Professor at the ANU in 2025 is $227,921 services.anu.edu.au/human-resour... , yet Genevieve Bell will be getting over *double* that, plus a $400k golden handshake for VC, PLUS $200k in research funds. Yet apparently ANU is in a budget crisis? Absolute rot in uni governance
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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
"It is difficult to think of other circumstances where individuals can cause so much damage, to both people and institutions, and be so richly rewarded." - @nteunion.bsky.social's @lachlanclohesy.bsky.social Where is #ANU Council accountability for this golden handshake?
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More details about ANU former vice-chancellor payments released
'In accordance with her entitlements under her contract.'
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The ARC will soon be overhauling its entire grants system. They've never undertaken such a huge set of changes. Doing it while sacking existing staff and restructuring … I just … 🤯😡
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Disgraceful
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/11/2025
The Albanese Government is about to rush through a bill which, Australia Institute research shows, would fast-track 94 new fossil fuel projects. This will undermine environmental protections and lock in emissions for decades. #auspol
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Megan Evans @megcevans.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
#AIslop being presented in an #ecology conference about #conservation Come on people, there's plenty of talented photographers you can showcase (& credit) in your slides instead of wasting water and CO2 making this crap, practice what you preach #esa2025
AI generated image of a parrot, cat, rooster, and rats plus a few headless AI animals (circled in red)
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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Every day this government is more of a disappointment thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.) RTs appreciated.
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Fab talk from @megcevans.bsky.social about government trying to use capitalism (for profit model) to attempt to solve problems created by capitalism (environmental damage and biodiversity loss). But $2bn to solve biodiversity crisis isn't much compared to many other publicly funded things. #esa2025
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 25/11/2025
The Government is trying to push through changes that will weaken our environment laws. This is the same Government that changed environment laws to protect the toxic salmon industry, and continues to approve fossil fuels for decades to come. @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
yeesh
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
What a treat @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2024 to hear from @lilyvaneeden.bsky.social and @megcevans.bsky.social about pathways to impact for your research, especially how to inform policy. 🌏 - get to know how the government works, the mess and mechanisms!
Three speakers on the stage at ESA
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
- you will need to engage beyond just providing knowledge YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT TO BE A BIG NAME, OR BE A SHOUTY PERSON TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE!! Get out there early career ecologists! Thanks @megcevans.bsky.social @lilyvaneeden.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social for this great session 🌏 #ESA2025
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Megan Evans @megcevans.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
90 academics from Group of Eight universities voice their opposition to the #GO8 signing onto a statement by the Business Council of Australia www.bca.com.au/our-insights... that endorses the Australian Government's plans to weaken national environmental laws #EPBCAct #esa2025 #environment #nature
Independent statement on the Group of Eight’s position on EPBC Act reforms The federal Parliament is currently considering amendments to the flagship federal environmental legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (‘EPBC Act’). This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen environmental protections to reverse Australia’s current trajectory of extinctions and biodiversity loss. We are academics at the institutions in the Group of Eight (Go8), with expertise in biodiversity conservation science, climate science, policy, economics and law. We support amendments to the EPBC Act to strengthen protections for biodiversity and remove ministerial discretion and legal loopholes, in order to create a level playing field for businesses, and make environmental protection and recovery central to all decision-making processes under the Act. We note that the Go8 has signed a statement by the Business Council of Australia endorsing amendments that will weaken the Act’s protection for the environment. This statement does not reflect the world leading conservation research being carried out at our institutions. It also does not reflect the extensive evidence-based advice provided by experts based at Go8 institutions during the review and consultation processes over the past five years.  We disagree with this statement, and the Go8’s endorsement of it. Names of academicsNames of academics Names of academics
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/11/2025
HEY FRIENDS For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Whether on CSIRO funding cuts, the genocide in Gaza or speaking out against the gas cartel and their extortionate practices, Ed Husic sounds like what you expect from a Federal Labor leader.
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‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters
Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/11/2025
It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position A lil thread 🧵
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a man is talking about being entirely successful .
Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .
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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
"Labor’s plan to cancel the welfare benefits of people accused of serious violence or sexual offences has come under fire by more than 100 academic and legal experts.
“This represents a dangerous departure from fundamental legal principles that underpin Australia’s social security and criminal justice systems,” the 116 signatories wrote in the letter to be tabled by independent Senator Lidia Thorpe in parliament on Monday.
The so-called Schedule 5 amendment was quietly tacked onto an unrelated bill previously introduced by Social Services Tanya Plibersek in late October with no announcement or prior notice by the government."
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Tiahni introduces 4 key principles to promote Indigenous leadership and collaboration in conservation science, building on experience working with Bush Heritage Australia. Then some potential places for how we as individuals can take action! #ESA2025
Tiahni on stage, In front of a slide that has 4 ways to deepen cultural capability in conservation orgs. The 4 points - engagement should be foundational, centre cultural authority, measure cultural outcomes, respect cultural landscapes12 actions for conservation science
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Tiahni Adamson's keynote is speaking to how cultural capability can be deepened in ecological orgs. @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 Begin by looking at this paper link.springer.com/article/10.1... which looks at how western and Traditional knowledge overlaps but also does not!
Venn diagram of how Indigenous land management intersects with western principles.
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Megan Evans @megcevans.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
#esa2025 Q's to guide us as we do the hard work amidst ecological & climate grief: How do I honour my younger self? How do I honour my ancestors? How do I honour future generations? And how will I care for and rejuvenate myself to maintain this energy for life? Beautiful talk from Tiahni Adamson
Tiahni Adamson on stage in front of a large photo of her younger self swimming on Palm Island
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Megan Evans @megcevans.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
#esa2025 Keynote presentation from Tiahni Adamson #BushHeritage speaking about #FirstNations governance and #RightWay science. First Nations leadership is not only the right thing to do but leads to more effective #ecological outcomes
A First Nations woman standing at the main stage at the Ecological Society of Australia Conference with a large screen in the background
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/11/2025
The shit this guy gets away with is stunning. Transplant the exact same words into Scott Morrison's mouth and we get 300 debunks and fact checks in response
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/11/2025
Albanese basically just blurting out ExxonMobil / Woodside Energy talking points - but because it's Albanese, it doesn't get debunked in the article text. youtu.be/iclIVwl8KIA?...
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wondering how that kind of fits with the
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government's future gas strategy which
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states that natural gas will be needed
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to 2050 and beyond a fossil fuel.
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Well, it is needed. It's a part of the
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transition uh which is occurring. What
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you need uh to back up renewables is
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firming capacity. That's what's enabling
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the investment to occur and uh all of uh
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the energy experts. So the cheapest form
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of transition is renewables backed by
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gas, backed by hydro, backed by
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batteries. That's Australia's position.
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But this statement, we're told, is the
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strongest language on phasing out fossil
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fuels that Australia has ever supported.
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So if we're talking about signing up to
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international declarations, on phasing
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out fossil fuels, but acknowledging that
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we're still going to be needing natural22
that now that you've signed up to this
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declaration that there'd be movement on
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tapering off coal exports or gas exports
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or or gas in general? You're saying
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that's not the case?
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No. Okay.
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Megan Evans @megcevans.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
#esa2025 Greens need to not do a Safeguard or Nature Repair-style flop and not cave to these absurd crumbs offerings #EPBCAct www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Labor offers Greens forestry deal in exchange for support on environment laws
The ABC has been told the federal government is willing to ensure native forestry complies with tougher new standards within three years if the Greens back the reforms.
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Megan Evans @megcevans.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
#esa2025 Federal government is looking to pass #EPBCAct "reform" this week folks - keep your eyes on the Senate
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
A proposal to the gov’t that would improve Labor's changes to our environment laws so they actually protect nature, with 15 changes including removing native forest logging exemption & removing fossil fuels from national interest test You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
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PROPOSAL TO PASS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REFORMS THAT ACTUALLY PROTECT NATURE
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Good. The Nazis are in power and no longer even need to hide it. Maybe now the liberal clowns in their fantasy “middle” position will act accordingly to oppose the fascists. (Lol. They won’t.)
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20/11/2025
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli attacks also wounded 77 people, fuelling panic across the war-ravaged enclave.
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Israel kills at least 28 Palestinians in wave of Gaza ‘ceasefire’ attacks
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli attacks also wounded 77 people, fuelling panic across the war-ravaged enclave.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Wouldn’t it be good if there was some kind of environment legislation that could stop this sort of thing from happening
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Nothing could go wrong: “The federal government's answer to ChatGPT will be installed in every public servant's laptop as part of a major push to boost artificial intelligence use and productivity in the public service” www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911028...
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Purpose-built public servant chatbot in federal AI push
Every federal public servant will be given AI training and unleashed on an in-house chatbot as the government...
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
All (climate) COPs are bastards. I've been threatening to write this for years. Here it finally is. "Just as communities, acting together in concert for common security, can make the cops obsolete, a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
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All (climate) COPs Are B*stards
On the need to "Defund the COPs" The ACAB slogan has always jarred with me somewhat. I understand (and respect) it as a systemic critique, intended to reveal that it's impossible for any individual,...
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