Pete Milne

WA subs base the only reason for AUKUS

"There are too many challenges to Australia’s acquisition, operation and maintenance of these boats for any rational person to believe they will arrive as promised. AUKUS’s main game is the base that Australia intends to give to the US at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia." satpa.pe/9bOJWb6

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

“If the United States has concerns about <INSERT COUNTRY HERE>, then we also have concerns about <INSERT COUNTRY HERE>.

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YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | Woodside

I came across this Woodside CEO recruitment video.
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You may want to assist them in finding a suitable candidate by reposting!

Australian oil & gas lags in disclosing $44b clean-up bill Santos' decommissioning liability matches a quarter of its $22b value, but its disclosures to investors fared poorly against the latest accounting standards, according to an international survey.

Australian oil & gas companies are leaving investors in the dark about their exposure to a $44b decommissioning bill, disclosing much less information than UK and Canadian firms, according to @carbontracker.bsky.social www.boilingcold.com.au/australian-o...

Is Black Mountain's Kimberley dream fracking impossible? Investors beware: after spending more than $40 million in the Canning Basin, the US-owned company's continued pursuit of remote gas appears to be throwing good money after bad.

Investors beware: after spending more than $40 million in WA's Canning Basin, Black Mountain Energy's continued pursuit of remote gas to frack appears to be throwing good money after bad. ANALYSIS.
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Alcoa slugged $55m over illegal jarrah forest clearing The US miner illegally destroyed the habitat of endangered black cockatoos for six years.

US miner Alcoa illegally cleared the habitat of endangered black cockatoos for six years. From AAP.
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Just updated the story with info from NOPSEMA - the spill was minor, but it's the fourth one! Not a great record.

Regulator shuts Wandoo oil field off WA after spill Canadian firm Vermilion judged the chance of the December spill as "rare" - the same probability it claims for seven planned exploration wells that could affect anywhere along the Pilbara coast.

An oil spill off WA in December was deemed a rare event by Vermilion Energy; now it wants to drill seven wells, again judging the risk of an oil spill to be rare.
Wandoo has been shut down by the regulator, NOPSEMA, until it is made safe.
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Two frames. (Like two pages of a picture book.) 1. Scene of PM Albanese at his desk, looking embattled, holding a phone that is shouting at him, pen in other hand. IN tray stacked full of papers on one side of him, OUT tray empty. Waste paper basket overflowing one side of desk, fire extinguisher other side. Text: “He used to wish he could just get on with his job, instead of spending all his time pandering to special interest groups…” 2. Zoom in on PM in same position, now looking at us, text continues: “Until one day he realised that *was* his job.”

The job.
My @smh cartoon.

Alcoa misleads investors on crucial WA mining approvals Chief executive Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the miner had responded to all 60,000 comments on its WA expansion plans—in fact, it responded to fewer than 10, and some were unacceptable.

Chief executive of Alcoa Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the miner had responded to all 60,000 comments on its crucial WA expansion plans— in fact, it responded to less than ten, and some were unacceptable.
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You know, it’s just possible to feel really bad about the violent deaths of Israeli Jews, the genocide in Palestine and the deaths of Australian Jews all while being neither anti-Semitic or Islamophobic.

Somehow that has become impossible for the political class.

WA fracking safeguards are half done and five years late The WA government will soon decide whether Black Mountain Energy can frack 20 wells near the Kimberley's Fitzroy River, but promised measures to protect the environment and the rights of local people ...

WA fracking safeguards are half done and five years late as the state government prepares to decide on Black Mountain Energy’s plan for 20 fracking wells in the Kimberley near the Fitzroy River.
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Alcoa flags 'aggressive' cost cuts at alumina refineries Alcoa chief executive Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the US aluminium specialist could take strong action to boost profits from alumina, most of which it refines in Western Australia.

Alcoa chief executive Bill Oplinger flags "pretty aggressive" cost cuts at its alumina refineries in response to lower prices, with its still-profitable large Pinjarra and Wagerup plants unlikely to be unscathed.
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WA Renewable Energy Hits 91% Record, Prices Fall 13% Western Australia's electricity grid reached 91% renewable energy on December 20, 2025—a remarkable milestone driven by 1,225MW of battery storage added in just 3 months. This achievement demonstrates...

🏆RECORD: WA's power grid hit 91% renewable energy on Dec 20
⚡ 1,225MW of new batteries driving the transition
💰 Wholesale prices down 13% to $69.55/MWh
🏭 Coal & gas generation falling fast
Full story 👇
www.boilingcold.com.au/wa-renewable...

WA environmental watchdog backs Kimberley fracking The green light for Black Mountain Energy comes just months after Federal experts said its environmental risk assessment was "limited and disjointed" and reached "largely unsupported" conclusions.

The WA EPA has recommended that Black Mountain Energy's plans to frack for gas in the Kimberley be approved by the WA Government.
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One dead tree could halt Alcoa's bauxite mining in WA If the US miner is found to have mined too close to a large jarrah tree, it would trigger an automatic cancellation of its right to mine much of its lease.

The WA government is investigating if one dead tree could halt Alcoa's mining If the US miner is found to have mined too close to a large jarrah tree, it would trigger an automatic cancellation of its right to mine much of its lease.
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Federal experts slam science behind Kimberley fracking An independent review found Black Mountain conducted a "limited and disjointed" assessment that came to "largely unsupported" conclusions.

Black Mountain Energy conducted a "limited and disjointed" assessment of the risk to water posed by its Kimberley fracking and reached "largely unsupported" conclusions, according to scientists advising the Federal Government.
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'Significant doubt' owner of WA oil platform can survive Pilot Energy is a going concern, but its accounts report "a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt" on that continuing.

Pilot Energy, responsible for an oil platform off the WA coast, is a going concern, but its accounts report "a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt" on that continuing.
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Government announces domestic gas reservation scheme in bid to lower costs Chris Bowen makes a long-anticipated announcement about reserving a portion of gas on the east coast for domestic use after a cabinet meeting.

Gas reservation on new gas only🤦‍♂️! A 0% domestic reserve on massive amounts of existing gas and a 25% reserve on tiny amounts of new gas won’t do anything for electricity prices. A big win for the gas cartel. A massive loss for Aussies. #fail #auspol

Shallow Waters, Big Lessons: What the Falklands War Reveals About Submarine Warfare In the midst of the Falklands War, British sailors hunting for ARA San Luis launched ordnance at the sonar and radar signals of whales, wrecks, and even

Two truths about submarines. 1) Small non-nuclear subs will outperform large nuclear subs in shallow water. 2) Modern affordable conventional subs that can be delivered will outperform costly nuclear subs that never get delivered. #AUKUS #auspol

Stokes' Seven Group told to fix leaking gas well off Victorian coast SGH's decade of neglect of its Longtom gas field off the Gippsland coast is "an erosion of good industry practice" according to NOPSEMA.

Offshore regulator orders Kerry Stokes' Seven Group Holdings to fix a leaking gas well off the Victorian coast.
A decade of neglect of the Longtom gas field off the Gippsland coast is "an erosion of good industry practice" according to NOPSEMA.
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Pete Hegseth and the AUKUS folly The man who sets Australia’s defence policy is an alcoholic former Fox News commentator who is known for his gross financial mismanagement and on at least one occasion paid a settlement to a woman he was accused of raping.

Editorial: AUKUS is a once-in-a-century folly. It’s a defence policy written by a tourism executive. At great expense, it makes the country less safe. It is to Labor’s immense shame that it lacks the courage or insight to walk away from it. satpa.pe/E9Wg0I8

Mines Department blasts holes in Alcoa’s jarrah forest care claims Endangered cockatoos - 105,000 exploration holes a year - insecure offsets: WA’s mining regulator has questions for the US miner.

WA's mining regulator has questioned Alcoa's claims of "low impact exploration," plans to offset the damage from its mining, and its effect on endangered cockatoos.
From an FOI request by Boiling Cold.
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Enviro regulator raises doubts over Kimberley fracking Black Mountain's conclusion that its drilling will not affect water resources is without foundation, and threatened species and National Heritage are at risk, according to the Federal environment depa...

Black Mountain's plans to frack the Kimberley risk water resources, threatened species, and national heritage, according to the Federal environment department.
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Black Mountain, the firm that wants to frack the Kimberley A company with less than $5 million in the bank and a boss who lives in the US will soon get a red or green light from WA's environment watchdog.

Black Mountain Energy, with less than $5 million in the bank, wants the go ahead to frack for gas in the Kimberley.
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Rinehart's Hancock Energy to launch Belisama gas project The Belisama project inland from Dongara could supply up to 20 per cent of WA's demand from 2029.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Energy nears launch of Belisama Perth Basin gas project, which could supply up to 20 per cent of WA's demand from 2029.
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Wouldn’t it be good if there was some kind of environment legislation that could stop this sort of thing from happening

WA Labor veteran slams “baseless" claims that gas is good for the climate Woodside and other exporters have a "shocking record" of not providing evidence that gas helps reduce carbon emissions, according to Chris Tallentire.

Woodside and other gas exporters have a "shocking record" of not providing evidence that gas helps reduce carbon emissions, according to veteran WA Labor MP Chris Tallentire.
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
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