Peter Tait

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth Landfill crisis spilling out of our cities into regional communities | 7.30

VIDEO: This ABC 7:30 story on landfill and a proposed incinerator in regional NSW features expert commentary from our member @peterwtait.bsky.social
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How do we nourish
the seeds of the not yet in
the no longer ...?

I 'grok' your thoughts on populist's faustian bargain, yet the how do we use this system to help grow the new to which we can swap our consent is one of the necessary questions?

And it is doing the localised democracy, then providing services that people have decided they want, (subsidaritily!), that makes 'democracy' living, and relevant, and people can see that, and join in.

Strongly agree. It is the whole of parliament's job, 'opposition' benchers, cross benchers and back benchers to hold the executive to account and on track for Australia's benefit.

The Productivity Commission report emphasises Australia’s need to move beyond recycling, and to develop policies that encourage circular product design.

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French watchdog flags heart, lung and cancer risks as vape use grows Vaping poses possible heart, lung and cancer risks, France’s national health agency warned on Wednesday, as it raised concerns about long-term use and the growing appeal of e-cigarettes among teenager...

French health watchdog flags heart, respiratory risk from vapes as use grows. www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...

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Recent ANU research identified just 20 organisations that dominate climate policy activity in Australia, and The Australia Institute was one of this small core group of influential voices.

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“While using the traditional ‘left-right’ lens makes some sense for some policy issues, for most of the big issues paralysing our current federal parliament it is the left-right frame that is causing much of the confusion and paralysis.” - Richard Denniss

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Democracy Sausage: Realignment of Australian Politics Social and political data scientist, Shaun Ratcliff joins Democracy Sausage to discuss new polling on the realignment of the Australian political landscape.

I spoke to Marija Taflaga and @markgkenny.bsky.social on ANU's Democracy Sausage podcast about our polling and what it means for Australian politics

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“Constituents are watching closely. History will remember whether their elected representatives acted with bravery in the public interest, or once again chose to extend the life of fossil fuel interests that should be wound down.” - Louise Morris

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Preventive health is important, just not when it comes to alcohol : Intouch Public Health Rather than ensuring West Australians live in Australia's healthiest state, the Government decided it's too hard to argue with the alcohol industry.

Preventive health is important, just not when it comes to alcohol intouchpublichealth.net.au/preventive-h...

The ‘that was unexpectedly good fun’ 2nd part of our exploration of AI in transforming democracy videos and the transcript are available on our Activity page in the CAPaD Education Meeting and Zoom Event tab.
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Did the egg and steak cook well?

Australia's largest city is running out of landfill. It's causing a trash war A proposal to build an incinerator in the regional town of Parkes could see 700,000 tonnes of Sydney's red bin rubbish transported there every year.

PHAA's @peterwtait.bsky.social was quoted in this ABC News report about a proposal to send rubbish from Sydney to regional areas to burn it.

"It's too soon to be able to make a definitive estimation of whether newer incinerators are safer than older incinerators."

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Oslo Davis cartoon, January 31, 2026

Oslo Davis cartoon, January 31, 2026 www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/cart... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Gun reforms must pass now to keep Australians safe We welcome the Prime Minister’s decision to pursue the firearm reforms included in the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. This is the…

We welcome PM @albomp.bsky.social decision to separate vital gun control reforms from Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026.

We urge all MPs and Sens to vote for it next week.

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New Scientist Environment Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billion tonnes of CO2 Cutting down boreal forest and sinking the felled trees in the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year – but it could come at a cost to the Arctic ecosystem

BREAKING: gouging out your eyes with a rusty fork could reduce glaucoma risk - but it could come at a cost

“Don’t feel for a minute that we don't have power. Don't think for a minute we can’t drive change.” – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute

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As the caterpillar of 2026 emerges from its egg, I wonder what sort of butterfly it will become.

There was no RC after Port Arthur, nor after the Lindt Cafe. An RC cannot take place before the surviving perpetrator is tried. That's likely to be some time because there will be numerous witnesses. This is just a concerted campaign by the conservative media and LNP
operatives to wedge Labor.

The News Corp campaign for a royal commission is like pushing on a string - the other media just following their lead and Labor too cowed to push back. No rationale, no questions, no interrogation of the problems. The whole thing is genuinely stupid.

“The Australian government cannot just sit on its hands, issuing a kind of global get-well card hoping that everything ends as best it can.” - Allan Behm, Advisor, International & Security Affairs Program, The Australia Institute

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“The Albanese Government is promising to transition away from fossil fuels by expanding the production of fossil gas,” writes @ketanjoshi.co in @thepointau.bsky.social

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EDITORIAL, The Lancet No health without peace What will be the most pressing health challenge of 2026? Climate change? Artificial intelligence? Pandemics? Non-communicable diseases? These issues will continue to shape health and medicine. Yet across much of the world, conflict is a fundamental determinant of people's health and of the functioning of health systems. The burden of armed conflict and violence worldwide is unusually high, and its effects extend far beyond battlefields, with harm in war zones and in civilian settings increasingly normalised. Conflict is too often treated as an externality of health; in reality, it cuts across every major health agenda, shaping risks, responses, and the feasibility of progress.

No health without peace

Cringe!!!

And not care and compassion either.

This one’s on Netanyahu, not Albanese The Bondi massacre sits within a wider international context that has reshaped public attitudes to Israel, antisemitism and protest, complicating how grief, fear and responsibility are understood in Australia.

The Bondi massacre, antisemitism and criticism of Israel have become tightly entangled in public debate. Context matters if fear is not to harden into blame, writes Jack Waterford.
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