Richard Neumann

Landline Dairy Automation (1); Dairy farmers embrace high-tech future ABC Rural News provides authoritative coverage of the business and politics of Australian farming, livestock, forestry, agriculture and primary production

Great ABC Landline story on a solar-powered robotic dairy!

The future is electric powered by renewable energy.

Thanks @pipcourtney.bsky.social

@sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social

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Congratulations @pipcourtney.bsky.social 2025 Rural journalist of the year! 🎉

Should be closed until rectified.

CO2 emissions reached record high in 2024, report finds The World Meteorological Organization says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing at rates that have tripled since the 1960s, and emissions from human activities and more wildfires hav...

Buried on rhe @abcnewsbot.bsky.social app… this is a shocking indictment of global (and Australia on #exports) #climate inaction! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Research: Powering Up Gladstone | Energy Our new insights paper, Powering Up Gladstone, delivers a comprehensive evaluation of the region's capacity to become a

Great work BZE
Beyond Zero Emissions 🙌
‘Powering Up Gladstone, delivers a comprehensive evaluation of the region's capacity to become a clean commodities hub, using evidence-based indicators from the National Action Plan.’
#EnergyTransition #auspol
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BPP Partnership Impact Series: Bioenergy on commercial farms Since its launch, the Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) has worked with ambitious partners to deliver meaningful, lasting change in communities across the world. The BPP Partnership Impact Series…

Biogas from pig farming is a thing.

George Miller tried to popularise it many years ago by making a movie with Tina Turner, Mel Gibson and Angry Anderson but it’s taken an Australian aid program to gain traction in Vietnam.

@pipcourtney.bsky.social

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Power to the People: Solving the power problems of a small town ABC Rural News provides authoritative coverage of the business and politics of Australian farming, livestock, forestry, agriculture and primary production

Interested in how to maintain electricity stability on the grid’s edge?

One community is having a go at pumped hydro!

Don’t agree with everything Mark Bennett says but worth a look.

Thanks @pipcourtney.bsky.social for the intro.

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Powerful lithium batteries in written-off EVs now hot property at salvage auctions Demand for secondhand electric vehicle batteries is surging across Australia, as buyers repurpose them for everything from solar storage to off-grid energy

Now, this is interesting…

‘The demand for secondhand EV batteries is surging, with buyers repurposing them for everything from solar storage units to off-grid energy systems that can replace diesel generators.’
#batteries #ProductStewardship
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Essential workers face being priced out of ACT homes: Property Council House prices are up 115 per cent, but wages have only risen 84 per cent since 2007.

This is a warning the ACT govt must pay attention to.

Govts used to construct housing for key workers, now we face them being priced out of buying in our city.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/907198...

My new book is published today, and my cats highly recommend it.

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Shipping companies support a first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissi...

Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions.

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Outback Power: What renewables are offering to country towns. | Landline | ABC News

Whether it’s Hay in NSW or Hughenden in Queensland, local communities are showing what is possible with leadership and negotiation with the renewable energy industry to promote jobs and growth. 📺

youtu.be/KeCcClARUBg?...

Fascinating. Thanks!

Farmers can benefit from hosting renewable energy infrastructure by

🐑 improved wool clips from shading by solar PV and dew drops increasing soil moisture
💰 from hosting infrastructure, helping to diversify farm income
👩‍⚕️ improved community services.

What do you think?
@pipcourtney.bsky.social

'White-hot anger' in the bush as Victorians take on Allan government Rural residents and local councils are deeply unhappy with new taxes, renewable energy, bad roads and mining companies, accusing the state government of "city centric" policymaking.

Here’s an article related to the Victorian farmers’s concerns by Tim Lee ⬇️

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Landline: S2025 Lessons learned from drought on King Island; Understanding rural Victorian discontent; and the plucky South Australian agricultural robotics company doing its own thing.

Great episode on ABC Landline today:

💧King Island farmers prepare for drought resilience
🇺🇸🐄 Market Update
⚡️ Victorian farmers airing grievances about renewable energy
🤖Solar powered robotic weed sprayers

Watching S2025 in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/landlin...

It’s kind of why Singapore needs the power anyway!

Media release and link to the discussion paper available here - smartenergy.org.au/pacific-nati...

With so many renewable energy projects already underway in the Pacific, can we now strive to be the first region to 100% renewable energy? Any feedback welcome by email to 100percent@renewablepacific.org.

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @deakinuniversity.bsky.social DUST Solar Car finishing 4th in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025. 3000km from Darwin to Adelaide over 5 days. @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social proud sponsor congratulations to all teams. #DUST

Heartbreaking fate of little penguins on iconic WA island A population of little penguins off Perth has almost been wiped out in 17 years, with a quarter of the adorable animals killed by watercraft.

Little penguin population on Penguin Island near Perth almost wiped out
32% penguins killed by watercraft
Y'know, dead dead
Here's an idea🤔
It's a marine reserve: exclude motor boat entry >1km
Soz, I know Western Australia only has tiny coastline🙄
Oh, & police it
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Solar, wind and batteries is “base load”

Time for your regular reminder that

A) the Coaltion’s feelings about climate are irrelevant for the next 3-6 yrs

B) how much you worry about the Coalition is up to you

C) the more you worry about the Coaltion’s irrelevant opinions the less pressure is on the ALP to stop approving new gas & coal

The EU out of the gates early. For earth observations and global
Weather and Climate modelling, the ECMWF and Copernicus programs will become the global standard and goto.
Proud to play a role in shifting the ACCESS-S across to Copernicus and developing that partnership.

MORNING AUSTRALIA

I found a fun and frightful little chart buried in the government's own data, revealing that even they expect domestic gas consumption to never return to its glory days

THE GAS SHORTAGE IS A BIG LIE USED TO JUSTIFY EASING APPROVALS = SUBSIDIES FOR HUGE NEW FF PROJECTS

The reality in Gaza shows Israel is at risk of becoming a global pariah The reality of the situation on the ground in Gaza, and the spectre of children dying of malnutrition or starvation, sits at such extraordinary odds with the language of spokespeople for both the Neta...

“The now-deliberate physical destruction of much of Gaza by Israel can only be seen to be directed at destroying its viability as a place for anyone to live.”
Laura Tingle:

Make Electricity Cheap Again - part 1. We succeeded in making "Electrify Everything" an idea. We failed to make electricity cheap. Lets make electricity cheap again.

🔌💡 Really excellent newsletter from Saul Griffith, thinking about exactly the questions we need to think about in US post-OBBBA. There's a lot we can do without the federal gov't (and that the federal gov't can't do).

SA’s toxic algal bloom is twice the size of the ACT, has killed 12,000 animals and is filling even the experts with dread Beaches are littered with fish carcasses and scientists warn they are only ‘the tip of the iceberg’ as underwater habitats deteriorate

SA’s toxic algal bloom is twice the size of the ACT, has killed 12,000 animals and is filling even the experts with dread

#environment #auspol

Would you live inside a 'modern power station'? Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

This is great!

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Sugarcane waste offers new frontier for growing Asian mushrooms Exotic mushrooms are being cultivated in Queensland using bagasse, a by-product of sugarcane processing.

Great ABC Landline article on turning sugar cane waste into mushrooms! 🍄

Thanks @pipcourtney.bsky.social and team.

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