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Tim Stephens

@proftimstephens.bsky.social
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Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School. Former Councillor, Inner West Council, Sydney, 2021-2024. www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tim-stephens.html orcid.org/0000-0001-9678-2227 Born at 331 ppm CO2

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 20h
The Coalition announces its plan to take a chainsaw to Australia’s climate policies and then suffers its worst ever result in the Guardian Essential poll. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Guardian Essential poll: Coalition’s primary vote sinks to lowest ever as majority support hardline immigration ideas
More than half of Australians want to see the country’s migrant intake lowered while One Nation’s primary vote climbs to 25%
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the bit from Nyadol Nyuon that sent RW trolls into a raging meltdown last week, by exposing One Nation & Trump’s racist anti immigrant agenda, & calling out the selective outrage from anti immigrants, who won’t say things like “we don’t want ppl from the UK”💥 Spot on.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Barnaby Joyce left fuming in a trainwreck on Sunrise after claiming One Nation will resurrect every single already-retired coal-fired power station, only to have zero clue on cost. Barr “How much would that cost?” Plibersek “He doesn’t know.”🔥 So embarrassing, and sad. #auspol
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“An admission that the US president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary.” Through the looking glass stuff. www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
smh.com.au
Trump offered to sell arms to China, US ambassador says
China has the world’s fastest-growing military and for decades US officials have warned of a potential military clash between the two nuclear-armed powers in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I will NEVER use AI to mark student work. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Academics and AI marking: a welcome aid for overworked staff or a sloppy shortcut?
Educational institutions find themselves suddenly confronted with a fork in the road
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Finland, Lithuania, Switzerland are warning of imminent danger from Russia. Poland, citing its own intelligence, warned that Russia could launch "hybrid drone and missile strikes" against NATO countries. This by Laura Tingle: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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A dangerous new reality is taking hold in Europe
One after the other they lined up to speak: National leaders warning of increasing imminent danger to their countries.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Apparently it’s Albo’s fault that One Nation conspiracy theories about globalisation are cutting through. The Australian media hates it when Labor PMs head overseas. Is any other country afflicted by the same small mindedness and cultural cringing? #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Albanese’s trip to the UN was more than selfies with leaders. Now he needs to convince voters
The prime minister has several foreign trips in coming months. He will need to explain to voters why rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders matters.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 25/09/2026
Quick oceans update: yah, sea surface temperatures remain in new territory this year. See more at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊
Graph showing daily global mean sea surface temperatures for 2026. This is also compared to the daily data from the 1981-2010 average and 1991-2020 average. Annotations are also shown to the current year with the other years from 1940 to 2026. There is a seasonal cycle. There is a long-term warming trend. 2023 and 2024 are also indicated, which were the warmest years on record. Data is from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis and updated through 23 September 2026.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The world leader of the Exclusive Brethren church, which ran a covert campaign supporting the Coalition at the last federal election, has described Jews as evil.” Will the Coalition continue its association with this dangerous cult after this revelation? #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Exclusive Brethren leader calls Jews ‘wicked’, ‘infidel’ as Liberals remain silent
The leader of the church, which secretly campaigned for the Coalition at the election using neo-Nazi associates, has described Jews as evil in leaked sermons.
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dan Tehan and The Coalition might be making a bit of noise with their latest energy “plan”, but it all falls apart once you look at the facts.
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Matt Kean, Chair of the Climate Change Authority to talk all things climate and energy.  It's clear that even if climate change wasn't a thing, investing in cheap, sovereign and reliable renewable energy would make the most sense our country.
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dan Tehan says that EVs are going to ruin the weekend. Funny, feels like we’ve heard this one before…
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump says climate change is hoax, but the US has refrained from opposing a landmark UN General Assembly Resolution. The reason? Because it is a hard reality that sea levels are rising, and all states including the US want to preserve their maritime zones. www.straitstimes.com/world/united...
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UN approves resolution on dealing with rising sea levels
Global sea levels are set to rise by a metre or more by the end of the century without drastic action. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Timeless question I know, but what is wrong with Latika Bourke? #auspol
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Daryle Lamont Jenkins @dlj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
According to a AP poll, Mayor Mamdani is viewed more favorably by American Jews than Netanyahu.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible reporting. The reckoning for AI may be coming, if not in parliaments then quite possibly in the courts.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have LOST MY SHIT about the OpenAI breach of Australia’s Medicare records in the Guardian: content warning, very angry. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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OpenAI’s Medicare hack is a bleak opportunity for Australia to address its security shortcomings post-haste | Van Badham
All Australians should demand independent means to protect ourselves from Dr Sam Altman Frankenstein and Daddy America
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Taylor and Canavan would tear up the safeguard mechanism, introduced under Abbott, ostensibly to limit pollution from major industrial sites. They would abolish the mid-century net zero emissions goal brought in by Morrison and Joyce." Vandals. #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Coalition says it wants cheaper power, not ideology. But its evidence-free plan is all ideology | Adam Morton
The reheated plans to scrap renewable schemes, boost fossil fuels and revive nuclear are transparently Trumpian
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally Tony Blair is saying something useful and not centrist gobbledygook www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 years
Andy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump’s obsequiousness towards Putin is just incredible. The rest of the G20 should boycott a Trump-Putin love-in. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club
Invitation announced by Marco Rubio is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Coalition’s plan to repeal almost every aspect of Labor’s climate and energy policy is a recipe for higher electricity bills and will undermine new investment in Australia’s power grid.” #auspol www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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‘Ideology and idiocy’: Turnbull lashes Coalition energy plan
The former Liberal prime minister says a Coalition plan to repeal Labor’s energy and climate policies is a “recipe for dearer electricity”.
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Anchovy Georgiev @pommesdeguerre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The summer is not going to go easy on these words. I hope they pin them on him.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Angus Taylor thinks Australia, one of the highest per capita emitters, has done its bit on climate and can now give up. Incredible stuff from someone who once professed to be interested in climate policy. Now he wants to let climate change rip. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Angus Taylor thinks Australia, one of the highest per capita emitters, has done its bit on climate and can now give up. Incredible stuff from someone who once professed to be interested in climate policy. Now he wants to let climate change rip. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Angus Taylor thinks Australia, one of the highest per capita emitters, has done its bit on climate and can now give up. Incredible stuff from someone who once professed to be interested in climate policy. Now he wants to let climate change rip. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'A Coalition government has vowed to detonate most of Australia’s efforts to decarbonise its economy “within 30 days” of winning power' reneweconomy.com.au/coalition-vo...
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Coalition vows to scrap "ideologically driven" renewable, EV and climate policies if returned to power
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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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump can get stuffed if he thinks Australia will bow to the tech bros www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
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‘Facilitating censorship’: US slams Albanese’s algorithm reforms
In a formal response issued by the US embassy in Canberra, the Trump administration said Australia’s proposed policy would likely lead to censorship of legitimate speech.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual update by scientists." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘Brethren “Elect Vessel” Bruce Hales told his flock Australia should use its uranium to “build a few bombs”, to obliterate Iran.’ These guys are not Christians, they are a death cult. #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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‘More power to redheads’: Brethren leader backs Hanson, building nuclear bombs
In a speech praising Hanson, the Exclusive Brethren leader also told his flock Australia should use its uranium to “build a few bombs”.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This the correct response to authoritarian narcissism
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You can see from the photo that boat's tipped too far right
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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 21/09/2026
There’s a growing consensus that local climate models miss the impact of global climate disruption, with damage to potential GDP many times worse
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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thats just 4 physical risks, when the NCRA identified 63, 11 of which the government decided were a "Priority". #IGRfail
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This chart in the 2026 Intergenerational Report is not at all comforting. Sea level rise, higher temps, lower crop yields and declines in tourism are all projected to drive Australia's GDP down, by up to 1.5% by 2066. treasury.gov.au/sites/defaul... #auspol #climatecrisis
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Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“no problem”
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Activist groups are using artificial intelligence to target the ABC’s coverage of the Middle East with accusations of bias.” AI is making society ungovernable. #auspol www.smh.com.au/business/com...
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Activist group using AI to flood ABC with thousands of bias complaints
The AI system lets campaigners deliver thousands of messages from their supporters with different language, tone and length but the same meaning.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BRS to teach legal studies #auspol
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The Coalition has announced a plan to rewrite the national curriculum, slashing units on Indigenous history and culture, sustainability, and engagement with Asia.” #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Pride in flag, Western culture, and soldiers in schools: Coalition unveils education plan
Opposition education spokesman Julian Leeser said Indigenous history and cultural studies must be pared back as test results fall.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“We are ‘carrying’ almost every country in the World, and that cannot go on any longer." - Trump Actually other countries are carrying the US thanks to its incredible level of government debt www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
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Fed defies Trump, raises US interest rates for first time in three years
The move was widely expected amid persistently high inflation driven by the Iran war and rising oil prices – but the decision risks enraging the US president, who has demanded rates be lowered.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The angertainment industrial complex enabled by the tech bros is coming for democracies everywhere. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Foreign YouTuber fakes Australian accent with AI to promote One Nation
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals exactly how a YouTube political commentator from overseas is using AI to pretend to be Australian and promote One Nation to thousands of people.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I wonder if this will reduce the number of climate denial pieces in Murdoch outlets given that even AI doesn't think climate change is a hoax www.smh.com.au/business/com...
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News Corp starts generating local news stories with AI ‘assistance’
The Herald Sun has expanded its use of artificial intelligence to deliver reports of local council meetings in areas where News Corp has shuttered dedicated local newspapers.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'Pfas companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry' Another reason to hate AI. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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Honor Laois 🦘#DoNoHarm🦘 @honorlaoiss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research
Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% in the 70 years after the British invaded.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment. I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza. This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years
The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🧊🔥 6 meters !🔥🧊 This is what the largest glacier in the Alps has lost at Konkordiaplatz at 2900 m asl during the insane 2026 summer ! 'No words' as @matthias-huss.bsky.social (pictured here) said! 😲😱 📷 A. Linsbauer
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livesarah @livesarah.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“On August 21, Mr Brown said, the generators ran for nearly nine hours straight, kicking on at 8:15am and finally shutting down about 5:00pm. “The area stank of diesel fumes.””
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Alarming footage of a Melbourne data centre has captured thick plumes billowing into the night sky, tarnishing the tech industry’s eco-friendly facade.” www.news.com.au/technology/e...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/09/2026
This is a thing everywhere in the world: on-site diesel generation is advertised as "backup" generation, but data centre operators plan to use it way, way more than that. Firmus in Australia now fighting against rules to limit pollution from their fossil-fuelled project
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Data centre company lodges appeal against 'unreasonable' restricted generator use
An energy-hungry data centre that received recent council approval to have diesel generators as backup power is now appealing against the "unreasonable" conditions on how they can be used.
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