Mark WillacyVideo shows Australian Special Forces soldiers talking about hitting 'the quota’ before heading out on Afghanistan mission…full story on @abc730 abc.net.au/news/2022-09-2…
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news
The AgeAfter a flurry of criticism from Indigenous leaders about the planned renaming of Maroondah Hospital in honour of the late Queen, Daniel Andrews told the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria to stick to its job of developing a treaty framework. theage.com.au/national/victo…
Rachel Eddie“It’s easy to disclose something that makes you look good. When you know the disclosure is going to lead to criticism, to debate, that’s when it’s hard, but that’s when it matters”: Victorian Information Commissioner theage.com.au/politics/victo…
Adam MortonToday's column is about Australia's bid to host Cop29 in 2 years (or another one soon after) - how it works and what it would mean. It could be a very substantial deal. theguardian.com/environment/co…
Ronni SaltMe writing. Again
"Our media was hijacked overnight by the devastating/exciting/moderately interesting news that the Queen had died and from then on, we were going to be subjected to this griefathon as endless newstainment - whether we liked it or not"
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Stephen DziedzicStory: officials planning another meeting between Penny Wong and Wang Yi, this time at UNGA in New York. Meeting not locked in but "likely" to happen later this week. If that happens it will be their second meeting in less than 12 weeks. With @BangXiao_ 1/ abc.net.au/news/2022-09-2…
Ketan JoshiYou've heard about the integrity and quality of offsets. But what about the people who buy them?
I think there's a huge untold story of "unavoided emissions" - offsets providing a cheap, public-friendly alternative to real action
Here, I try to prove it
