Corker of a column. The federal government has failed to lead on net zero and international borders while Nationals and states muscle in abc.net.au/news/2021-10-1…


"There is no magic number, but roughly halving Australia’s emissions from our own peak would put us in the mainstream on 2030 goals." - Innes Willox of @The_AiGroup
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Hard to fathom these days but this bloke was Australia’s biggest political donor just a few years back:
“Mr Huang promoted himself as a candidate on the Hong Kong election committee who would “fully implement the principle of ‘patriots ruling Hong Kong’.” smh.com.au/national/commu…

Thread: On Monday, perhaps the most significant climate case yet in Australian history is before the Full Federal Court, Environment Minister v Sharma. It could have significant implications for climate (in)action. In today's @SatPaper I preview the case.. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…

Every step out of lockdown is a hard-won relief - but let’s be candid about whose burden that now becomes. ⁦@abcmelbourne⁩ ⁦@abcnewsabc.net.au/news/2021-10-1…





NSW eased restrictions with just 496 new cases, not the 1,900 modelling had predicted.
Why? Vaccine effectiveness was underestimated, as was the real-time protection of recent vaccines, write @Sydney_Uni's @TricckyLab + @m_steain.
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This Monday—join us on Twitter, to raise awareness of the ongoing threat to Afghanistan’s persecuted religious minority, the Hazara people.
“Despite promises, Taliban begin evicting Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras from their land”: abc.net.au/news/2021-10-1…





"We will not look back at this element of our pandemic management with any pride."
My piece on #StrandedAussies and #FortressAustralia as we look forward to scenes of Australian families reuniting from Nov 1: