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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 1h

I just watched Big Little Reno on YouTube. It's a pilot home renovation show focused on improving homes on a small budget, and is hosted by Canberra energy efficiency doyen Jenny Edwards. Definitely worth the time. I like to think I know a bit about energy, but even I learned stuff.

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We Transformed This 1970s Home for Under $50K | Big Little Reno

YouTube video by Impact TV

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 1h

Will the withdrawal of free universal Covid vaccines be replaced with other free vaccines (MMR for adults) & proper rebates for iron infusions for women, weight-loss medication for people who need it but aren't diabetic, etc? Or will we just give polluting companies more of our money?

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Better Renting @betterrenting.bsky.social · 5h

Happy International Tenants’ Day! This day originated in 1986 by a French tenant organisation, and the International Union of Tenants. The day helps to raise awareness of tenants’ rights internationally. We believe that renters have the right to healthy homes! Join our project: tr.ee/AZ5kUl

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 5h

As the child of a pharmacist,* pharmacists definitely got there first. * My mum is lovely! I only ever allowed myself to be coaxed into going with her to one Pharmacy Guild dinner though. 😳

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 5h

No. But in this case I suspect its a wholesaler/retailer problem. In the case of Chemist Warehouse/Amcal/Sigma those are the same thing. If the families in control of the Group wanted the price to be lower, they have the market power to force it, and the willingness to use that power to do so.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 8h

It’s worth noting that these companies own their wholesaler, Sigma, so they really could situate the price elsewhere if they chose to.

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 8h

"Since announcing the “early” closure of Eraring 2022, Origin has not built any new wind or solar facilities." Gentailers like Origin are one of the biggest brakes on the renewable build out in Australia.

reneweconomy.com.au

Origin dusts off plan for one of Australia's biggest peaking power plants, using gas and diesel

Origin Energy, the country's biggest retailer and already the owner of the biggest gas generation portfolio, unveils plans for one of the biggest peaking plants in Australia.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 9h

This, ladies, gentleman and others, is yet another reason that we do not support the billionaires behind Chemist Warehouse, Amcal and Discount Drug Stores (who are all the same people).

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 9h

The word "residuals" is now banned for its association with Chris Brown. Even if he wasn't one of the shittiest people on the planet, that song is shiiiiiiit. He should be punished for it alone.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 12h

I disagree. ATAGI is making its decisions within a framework of government programs with budget allocations. Notably, they don't recommend against a booster for healthy adults (they do for healthy minors!), they just don't affirmatively recommend it. Vaccines could be free to those who want them.

Table 1. COVID-19 recommendations by cohort and risk in Australia

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 13h

Yeah. No. I don't agree with that either. For a start, it's not really the public health system that is delivering them. 🤷

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 13h

I saw a different piece on the weekend that said the price hasn't been set by the wholesalers yet. I suspect that there will be a bit of a scramble over the next few weeks to figure out what's going on. Your average community pharmacist probably doesn't even know what they will need to charge.

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 14h

In Fiji, the Albanese govt will ask Pacific countries to trust its leadership on climate, while at home it considers approving Woodside’s Browse gas project, fracking in the NT’s Beetaloo and a big coal mine expansion in the Hunter Valley. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/fiji-pr...

acf.org.au

Fiji pre-COP a test of Australia’s climate credibility

The contradiction between the Australian government’s solid performance on domestic renewables and its continued support for expanded coal and gas exports…

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Josh Meadows @joshmeadows.bsky.social · 14h

Australia’s climate credentials will face renewed scrutiny at the pre-COP summit in Fiji and Tuvalu this week. #auspol #cop31 au.news.yahoo.com/australia-fa...

au.news.yahoo.com

Australia to face heat on fossil fuels at climate talks

Australian leaders will face pressure over the nation's fossil fuel exports as they attend climate talks in the Pacific.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

Oh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.

australianpharmacist.com.au

Fewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian Pharmacist

COVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t?

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 14h

This reads like it might be me having a go at Ryan Cropp. I'm actually having a go at a broader attitude that he is fairly unique in avoiding. After all, he's the one who looked. www.afr.com/policy/energ...

afr.com

We analysed which MPs mention climate the most – and we were surprised

An analysis of thousands of parliamentary speeches reveals which politicians talk the most about global warming. It’s not always who you might think.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 14h

In an era where all the most sensible people claim the climate crisis has lost its political salience, the AFR may have been surprised by who doesn't shit up about the climate crisis. I'm not. The next step is realising that the progressive refusal to talk about it is why they are winning.

We analysed which MPs mention climate the most – and we were surprised
An analysis of thousands of parliamentary speeches reveals which politicians talk the most about global warming. It’s not always who you might think.

Australia’s political classes have been bickering about climate change on the floor of federal parliament for almost two decades. Lately, though, only one side of politics seems keen to mention it.

Since Labor won the 2022 election on the back of an ambitious climate agenda, its MPs have talked about the issue in parliament a little bit less every year. Over the past four years, mentions of climate change by Labor MPs are down 60 per cent.

The Coalition, by contrast, is talking about it more than ever. Despite abandoning its commitment to the key global target of net zero emissions by 2050 in November, opposition mentions of the phrase have almost doubled since 2023.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

There are early signs that the fire season in Victoria and Tasmania could be bad. This seasonal outlook for rain (left) and temperature (right) over the next three months is not friendly. There is lots of time to pass until fire season down here - and things will shift! - but this is a bad start.

Map showing the chance that rainfall will be low in Victoria and Tasmania. In the southern half of Victoria, there is an above average (1.5x-2x higher than normal) chance that rainfall will be low. In most of Tasmania there is much higher than normal (2x-3.5x higher than normal) change rainfall will be low.

Map showing the chance that temperatures will be high in Victoria and Tasmania. Across both state, virtually all of the state has a much, much higher than normal (4x+ times higher than normal) change temperatures will be high.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 23h

(At least I think that's right. I have some specific queries about "people who are suppressed by autoimmune therapies". Her injection is an immunosuppressant, and that's why she takes it, but asthma isn't an autoimmune disease. 🤷‍♂️)

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 23h

I'm sorry. My adult daughter is in a similar boat. In her case her asthma is so severe that she is on a fortnightly monoclonal antibody injection. Viruses are the specific thing that puts her in hospital if it's going to happen. Doesn't qualify. 🫠

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

australianpharmacist.com.au

Fewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian Pharmacist

COVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t?

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

Yup. Just in time to die and dry later in the season. ☹️ (That was actually the inspiration for this thread. Thinking about the rain we had over the past few days - and the effect that may have on fire risk - was what got me thinking that I should check the long-range forecast.)

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

If you can, build relationships of care and support with your neighbours today. When the shit hits the fan: These are the people who can be there to save your life before anyone else.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

Relatedly, I am also super concerned by the prospect of this fire season approaching alongside a Victorian election where disinformation abounds and our current politicians and media are so catastrophically not up to the task. If the worst happens, people are going to die needlessly because of it.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

If you are in Victoria and Tasmania, now is a great time to be taking steps to make sure that you survive this summer. The CFA and TFS both have guides online detailing what you can do today to survive tomorrow. Always follow the guidance of official sources before randoms on the internet.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 02/10/2026

SNAP MARKET RESEARCH If I needed to crowdfund a small amount of money ($10k? $20k?) to train junior climate nerds up to do the same kind of research into advocacy work that people like me can do - with the money going to resourcing it at no cost to them, not to paying me - would you contribute?

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026

Are those liberal Democrat priorities? When did the liberal Democrats do anything on any of them?

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

The Boots Theory of Economics strikes again.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

Yeah. It wasn't that long ago that it was ~$1.80. That's an enormous additional cost burden if you absolutely must be on the road all the time.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

Perfection from @davidho.bsky.social: retractionwatch.com/2026/10/02/p...

David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, responded to our request for comment on the paper by saying he was not interested in reading it. “I’m sorry, but I’d rather keep my brain cells,” he said.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

Lol. I'm in the first year of a small business. I have been working seven days a week since April. 😛 I work less on the weekend. That totally counts right?

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

Yeah. It's always hard. I got pretty lucky timing-wise with mine. With the state of the family budget, I don't think I could have made the same decision at another point in time.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

Congrats! I have followed the same path, though for us it was half finished before we moved in. My partner's diesel SUV is the last thing on the list. Unfortunately, that's going to be a stubborn hurdle to clear.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

I'd be in deep shit if it wasn't. And what a waste, too!

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

From memory this was about $2.72. Everything else was north of $2.80. I don't want to be a smug EV driver, but I will be more insistent that my partner take my car on her 90km per day shift trip to work. This is ridiculous.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

I just put $70 worth of diesel in my partner's car. At the cheapest petrol station I could find. I didn't even get half a tank. Chat is this good?

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

Plus our last phone call was about me doing video, which I still haven't done. I wouldn't want him to think I'm a fella who doesn't follow through.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

Not about this one. He has his own big priorities at the moment with his new gig.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

I think so? The idea is the easy part. Executing it will be harder.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

True. "My girlfriend is real, she just goes to another school." for grown-ups.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 03/10/2026

Side-note: In the age of bots, AI agents and team of bad faith foreign actors influencing public sentiment on social media for fun and profit, why the fuck are journalists still using "growing rage on social media" as a metric? Isnt the idea that it is growing a sign that it is partly manufactured?

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 02/10/2026

Dang. That was big by our standards. It woke us both up.

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