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It's the perfect time for the government to defy the mining lobbies Long-gone are the days when the mining industry could claim to have the power to topple prime ministers and governments.

The mining lobby is weak right now.

Perfect time for strong env laws, @albomp.bsky.social

Last week the Minerals Council and gas lobby literally threw a party and no one (important) turned up.

My piece on it for @thenewdaily.bsky.social
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We're having the wrong conversation about unemployment The point.com.au

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Adani have scammed Qld out of $100s of millions and the LNP Gov are fine with that.

Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.

Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.

Australia's the second-largest LNG exporter in the world, but Australians have to pay through the nose for their own gas!

And on top of that, we're giving half of our exported gas away for free!

📺Stephen Long, Senior Fellow & Contributing Editor
@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol

New Australia Institute research shows that the theft of legally owned guns is the cause behind the high number of illegal firearms.

More than 2000 guns are stolen every year in Australia. That’s one every four hours.

📺Research Director Rod Campbell on 7.30

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When public services become PR: How charities and corporations blur the line between care and self-promotion There are certainly cases where working with a charity lets government draw on specific expertise and enhance service delivery. But too often, that’s not the case.

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

When public services become PR: How charities and corporations blur the line between care and self-promotion There are certainly cases where working with a charity lets government draw on specific expertise and enhance service delivery. But too often, that’s not the case.

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

When public services become PR: How charities and corporations blur the line between care and self-promotion There are certainly cases where working with a charity lets government draw on specific expertise and enhance service delivery. But too often, that’s not the case.

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Inpex has been under-reporting cancer-causing emissions from its Icthys LNG plant in Darwin, as reported this week in The Australian.

The people of Darwin deserve answers, and real action to protect their health.

🎙️Senior Contributing Fellow Stephen Long
#auspol @stephenlongaus.bsky.social

New Video: Save Tuvalu, Save the World This original documentary from The Australia Institute takes viewers to the front line of the destruction that climate change is causing.

We've launched a new documentary highlighting the devastating impact of climate change on the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu.

Save Tuvalu, Save the World is presented by Walkley Award-winning journalist and former ABC Four Corners reporter @stephenlongaus.bsky.social. #auspol

Watch ⤵️

For the people of Tuvalu, climate change isn't a distant threat.

The whole country could disappear below rising sea levels within decades.

But its people are fighting to save their home and their future.
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Here's the ACCC today saying that gas exporters are ripping us off. Again.

"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."

@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...

Read this: humanrights.gov.au/about/news/m...

Now the media is reporting that "significant progress" has been made on the negotiations and final approval could be imminent "subject to new conditions".

What's different? Has the level of pollution that would damage the rock art changed?

Koala sanctuary may come with diabolical trade off iWhen it comes to the proposed loala sanctuary, it’s always best to read the fine print. In this case, it reveals a diabolical trade off.

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

YouTube video by The Australia Institute The Fight to Save Murujuga

By approving a 50-year extension to the North West Shelf gas project, the Federal Government has signed a death warrant for Australia’s most significant ancient artistic treasure.

Watch the full video report from @stephenlongaus.bsky.social
youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI

The ICJ has ruled countries have a legal obligation to tackle climate change.

This decision backs the concerns of Pacific nations like Tuvalu that are at the forefront of the climate crisis.

Will major fossil fuel exporters like Australia step up?

@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol

Secret deal with 'Big Gas' threatens heritage listed, ancient rock art A veil of secrecy hangs over the conditions applied to Woodside Energy’s massive gas export project on WA's Burrup Peninsula.

"A veil of secrecy hangs over the conditions that will apply to Woodside Energy’s massive gas export project on the Burrup Peninsula in WA – the kind of secrecy that corporate power can command," writes @stephenlongaus.bsky.social in @thenewdaily.bsky.social.

Chart showing the growth of seats where a crossbench party or indep either came first or 2nd. IN 1990 it was 3, in 2025 it was 35.

Nearly a quarter of the seats in parliament are "non-classic" contests - where either 1st or 2nd is not a major party - incl the seats held by the ALP, Lib & Nats leaders #OffTheCharts @browne90.bsky.social @skyelark.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social
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Extract from Lattouf judgement

"ABC managers...extraordinarily sensitive to the risk of criticism by The Australian."

Shocking, as the Murdoch media now has near zero influence on the Aus public, see recent research from @australiainstitute.org.au 1/3

www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...

Tell everyone you know in Darwin!

Oh look, Env Minister Murray Watt just tripled the area of native habitat that tax-shy gas company Arrow Energy can destroy!

When LNP's Greg Hunt approved this, he imposed "some of the strictest env conditions in Aus history"

Not so strict anymore...1/4
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Super tax dissent shows just how out of touch the Coalition is The Liberal Party is opposing reforms to reduce tax concessions on rich super balances. But it is out of touch with the public mood.

www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/supe...

YouTube video by The Australia Institute The Fight to Save Murujuga

I made a short doco about the threat the North West Shelf extension poses to the incredible rock art at Murujuga with my incredible colleague @stephenlongaus.bsky.social

Give it a watch!
youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI?...

Planet Wreckers: Top Global North Countries Responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion to 2035 - Oil Change International Four Global North countries are responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion from 2025 to 2035.

Australia, Canada, Norway and U.S. are responsible for nearly 70% of projected carbon-dioxide (CO2) pollution from new fossil fuel projects between 2025 and 2035. Also Australia - "we are a renewable powerhouse and should host COP31" #nonewcoal #nonewgas #climatecrisis oilchange.org/blogs/planet...

Chat showing votes for ALP and LNP and independents+minor parties since 1944 and in 2025 the LNP got 31.8% while indep/minor parties got 33.6% (the ALP got 34.6%)

With Bradfield now called, @skyelark.bsky.social points out that the 2025 election was the first time where the votes for independents and minor parties were *larger* than for one of the ALP or LNP #OffTheCharts
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Gas flaring and venting wastes resources and heats the planet – it must be curbed | Letter Letter: MPs and the Clean Air Task Force say that banning routine flaring and introducing additional measures to capture gas lost to leaky pipes could reduce up to 80% of methane emissions

@stephenlongaus.bsky.social great doco 'The Fight to Save Murujuga'; at the very least WhyTF is any petrochem corp in Australia allowed to flare? 🤯

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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