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Bushfire detection just got a little bit easier with the help of AI cameras A pilot program at Gippsland’s Delburn windfarm has been using the technology since 2023.

Good story on responsible use of AI at a Victorian wind farm site to help with early bushfire detection in the Strzelecki Ranges

www.gippslandmonitor.com.au/p/bushfire-d...

This is embarrassing- word of caution re Politico coming to Australia

'Unbelievable' urban bowling green temperature stuns emergency services Drones are measuring the temperatures of common surfaces in regional cities and the results have stunned emergency services, with Mount Gambier's lawn bowls turf recording a temperature of 86 degrees ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated — and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News The world is far safer after President Donald J. Trump’s highly successful, decisive precision strikes against the Iranian regime’s key nuclear

Still there www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

I just saw Claude play chess with ChatGPT and it started making up new rules…

YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee | 27/02/2026

ACF's national biodiversity policy adviser Brendan Sydes is about to give evidence to the Senate committee looking at the standards that will underpin the new environment laws. #auspol #EPBC You can watch here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csf-...

Planning Solar for Nature Your voice for the environment in North Queensland

Recording of talk 'Planning Solar for Nature' with Dr Eric Nordberg and Professor Lin Schwarzkopf put on by the North Queensland Conservation Council www.nqcc.org.au/planning_sol...

"The wind farm has allowed Mr Coy to offer a scholarship...
"It's really changed lives," he said, "I get a bit choked up talking about it."

Del Bigtree is a fake Doyen of the anti-vaxxer movement post ban on Youtube and Facebook Someone close asked me to goto a prominent anti-vaxxer’s website, the High Wire, and give them my view. I checked it out and…

He’s a graduate from a film school wouldn’t take his health advice thegoodfellow.net/2021/07/22/d...

Full statement here: static1.squarespace.com/static/63fc1...

Should tech companies provide their own electricity? - ABC listen One industry predicted to grow rapidly is data storage centres, providing servers for centralised housing of computer data, including the rapidly growing AI content.

Should tech companies provide their own electricity? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Data Centres Must Self-Power, Say Industry & Unions Data centres setting up shop in Australia as part of the AI boom will be required to contribute to Australian energy and skills under a proposal put

www.miragenews.com/data-centres...

...appropriate siting in places that reduce network congestion, emissions reduction, responsible water use, transparent operations, community benefits sharing, and jobs training."

New demand, new renewables: Industry calls on data centres to BYO solar, wind and storage Coalition of energy industry bodies, unions and NGOs says data centres are welcome on Australian grids, but only if "new demand brings new renewables with it."

Civil society push: New demand, new renewables: Industry calls on data centres to BYO solar, wind and storage reneweconomy.com.au/new-demand-n...

"These are 100 per cent additional renewable energy, providing added grid stability through the use of energy storage and demand response,

Seconded (from Australia, but far)

The countdown to 2030 The ability to achieve 2030 energy targets hinges more on system alignment rather than the delivery of new generation technology.

“In energy, there’s still a perception that moving away from centralised generation makes the system less stable. From a systems perspective, that’s not true – if you do it right.” Dr Dietmar Tourbier, CSIRO Energy Director. www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...

The UK has just thrown its weight behind community energy. Australia should too Last week, the UK committed up to £1 billion to community and local energy, with an ambition that by 2030, every community will have the opportunity to own an energy project. Australia should take notice.

'The UK has just thrown its weight behind community energy. Australia should too' - Eleanor Buckley reflecting on recent research done with Australian National University and the role for community energy reneweconomy.com.au/the-uk-has-j...

Powerline payouts like a lotto win for some farmers, but others won't budge The fate of the contentious Marinus Link project lies in the hands of hundreds of Tasmanian landowners, some of whom are welcoming the financial compensation. For others, it's a different story.

"It's like winning TattsLotto without buying a ticket," - Farmer Richard Smith on compensation and Strategic Benefit Payment from planned North West Transmission Developments project www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Amazing work 👏

“Simply Cannot Be Ignored”: How Australia’s fossil fuel industry shaped the climate future by capturing economic models Heatwaves and bushfires burned across southern Australia this January thanks in part to climate change. An Australian government agency once insisted it might not happen.

This is just a short summary of the many materials reviewed by @drilledmedia.bsky.social which offer a case study for how industry can launder their preferred outcomes into policy—and how the ramifications can last for decades.

There's lots more, but for that you will need to read the full story:

From gilded age oil men to the rapture on TikTok Plus, what's happening after Vanuatu took climate change to The Hague, what it's really like to be a trad wife, and why these things are all connected.

I just published the first edition of my newsletter Revelations, it includes highlights from my recent reporting on climate change, reading recommendations and updates on the archival research I’ve been doing on the links between the oil industry and rapture anxiety

Dual nationals in Israel’s military face growing legal scrutiny over Gaza Newly released data shows that tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers hold foreign citizenship, placing Western nationals directly within the scope of international war crimes law over Gaza.

"tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers hold foreign citizenship, placing Western nationals directly within the scope of international war crimes law over Gaza."

How many of these are Australians?
And why is mainstream media ignoring them? #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...

"by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal..." ...Excuse me what?

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/3

They Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan offered him a palace to stay in the UAE...He could sell one Patek Philippe watch (which he has) to have more money than the average brit.

Senate committee features climate disinformation and Dr Karl's clash with One Nation The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before it gets better, if the latest public hearings on t...

"part of the Atlas Network ecosystem, and a regular guest on podcasts and public events at think tanks that partner with the Atlas Network, including the Institute of Public Affairs, the Centre for Independent Studies and the Australian Taxpayers' Alliance." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

““assessing” reports that Mountbatten-Windsor sent confidential trade reports to Epstein in 2010” - he’s released with no charge, I think the chance of him fleeing to a country where he can’t be extradited went up to 100%

Pauline Hanson's poison is rewarded with airtime and rising support. But fearmongers must be called out | Julianne Schultz For years the radical right has been pushing the limits of acceptable language. Now, as the One Nation leader proves, hateful, demonstrably wrong things can be said without qualification

Pauline Hanson's poison is rewarded with airtime and rising support. But fearmongers must be called out | Julianne Schultz

For years the radical right has been pushing the limits of acceptable language. Now, as the One Nation leader proves, hateful, demonstrably wrong things can be said...

“You can’t take comfort from exporting the 3rd largest amount of fossil fuels, then saying it’s not our problem. That’s not how the climate challenge works.”

@kuminaidoo.bsky.social urges Australia to become a true ally to the Pacific & support a just transition.

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdYw...