Barbara Pedersen

Big hugs for Nanna Alex who has just made it back to the beach after her arrest. She’s here with @risingtideaus.bsky.social and says she decided to take direct action to stop the coal ships because as a Professor of Public Health she knows the risks. Wake up #auspol #RisingTide #ClimateAction

That only 12,000 people get to tell the story of seeing the great North side win their second in a row is an indictment on the salaries of the visionless executive of #AFL

Three women working four days a week could do a better job than those overpaid plonkers

#AFLWGF #AFLW #AFLWRoosLions

Valuable waterfront house in Glenelg anyone?

No problemo. If only we could forecast the whole picture 🤔

Instead we're living in "interesting times", with nasty surprises thrown at us by our beautiful blue planet.

Who would have forecast that the oceans would become a place to avoid? 😱

Algal Bloom Update

Our oceans are deeply effected, hence the SA algal bloom 👇

We're already passing Earth's global tipping points at 1.4 degrees C of global warming.

www.algalbloom.sa.gov.au

More new terms for Anthropocene watchers 👇

Learn how glacial earthquakes and floating ice combined to drive 8 kms of retreat in 2 months at the Hektoria Glacier.

That's astonishingly fast - "an order of magnitude faster than any in the modern record".

#ClimateReality
#ClimateRisk

Australia deserves better than Pauline Hanson and her stunts #auspol #politas @australianlabor.bsky.social @taslabor @tasunilaborsociety @examineronline @theadvocatetas

“The Opposition has talked themselves into irrelevancy”
- Graeme Samuel
#insiders #auspol

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

Why Australia needs a political party for the under-40s With most Australians increasingly voting outside the major parties, Ian Bowrey argues it’s time for a new political force that genuinely represents under-40s and plans for the country’s long-term fut...

"At the last election, a staggering 60 per cent of voters refused to give their first preference to either major party. Nearly a third chose independents or minor parties. Australians are hungry for change, and the old parties are failing to deliver." #Auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...

How Climate Change Is Fueling More Deadly and Destructive Floods Fossil-fueled climate change increases the intensity of floods, worsening the impacts on public health, the economy, and communities.

The total annual economic burden of flooding in the US totals $180 bn to $496 bn when factoring in a broader spectrum of impacts, such as annual loss in tax revenue, increases in insurance premiums, damage to ecosystems, damage to transit infrastructure

www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

Plus uninsured losses, volunteer time and health impacts.

Global climate risks recognized by banking.

Australian housing built in high risk areas costs everyone when natural disasters hit.

Time for planning to avoid development in high risk areas.

#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality
#Auspol

Insurance premiums driven higher by higher catastrophic risk A new study has shown the dramatic impact of climate risk on skyrocketing homeowners' insurance prices

We all pay for natural disasters.

Brookings Institute found average increase in homeowners’ insurance premiums are driven by higher disaster risks.

Global disaster risks are borne by reinsurers.

Californian fires cost everyone.

#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality

thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...

No such thing as a safe seat as fewer voters than ever stick with the “major parties” A new survey shows that voter behaviour in Australia has changed radically

Good news for Independents at the next election and the possibility of a minority guv. Although we should stop using that word and call it a 'true consensus' government. Better for us all. #Auspol thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...

Hum, sounds like... 🤔

#Auspol

The new quarterly update to Australia's emissions inventory shows emissions down 2.2% for the year to June 2025.

Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport.
www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...

The sea is telling us it is sick We send another probe to space for life Life comes from outer space And we turn off the lights Growing food on the moon Whilst we watch trauma on TV Do you have the latest Are you working so hard To keep out the noise To keep up appearances

Climate Poetry.
#auspol

Single frame. Title: ‘“Both sides” of the “debate”’. Left: bald man in grey strip suit and tie at lectern labelled “PRO-UNFETTERED FREEDOM TO MAKE A PROFIT FROM EARTH’S RESOURCES”. Right: woman in green blazer at lectern labelled “PRO-LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF LIFE ON EARTH”.

The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers The contracts were not awarded according to emissions-cutting promises, but how low the cost for installation and provision would be.

"50,000 or so jobs were created in the engineering and energy sectors throughout the transition, some 3% of the country’s total workforce. Power now costs 20% less than before."
#auspol #renewableenergy

I almost forgot to have a little brag 🙂
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.

Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.

Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Any fellow #SouthAustralia #Adelaide dwellers might want to read the #algalbloom expert’s article👇. Please share this too… its relevant to all of us
#Auspol #SAparli

Glacier Runoff Becomes Less Nutritious as Glaciers Retreat - Eos Sediment from retreating, land-terminating glaciers contains proportionally fewer micronutrients such as iron and manganese, reducing the glaciers’ value to microorganisms at the base of the food web.

More sediment, less food. The “nutritional value” of glacier runoff seems to be declining as tidewater glaciers retreat inland. 🧪

🇮🇳 India has just flipped the switch on about 10 million #solar panels at its massive #BhadlaSolarPark project, hitting around 2,000 MW of clean power. It could supply electricity for 1 to 2 million homes and signal a serious boost in India's renewable energy game. 🌞⚡🔋

Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.

It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.

Nature doesn't have an offset account Australia’s climate and biodiversity laws rely heavily on offset markets that treat ecosystems as interchangeable. But nature is not fungible, and the growing evidence of unique, localised species shows why offset systems are structurally incapable of protecting what is irreplaceable.

Australia’s offset markets treat ecosystems as interchangeable – but nature is not fungible. Biodiversity laws built on this fiction can't protect what is unique and irreplaceable. #AusPol #Environment #Biodiversity #Conservation #ClimatePolicy #NatureRepair #PublicPolicy

Follow the money: global capital is moving out of fossil fuels.

#EnergyTransition
#Auspol

Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.

They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.

Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩‍🔧

The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.

Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...