If you have a few $$, join your Union @nteunion.bsky.social
www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/14/s... It is the only protection against corporate greed gone mad. Perhaps some of these "managers" should face criminal charges?
Funny how measures the climate crisis has warranted -- in vain -- for decades are immediately called forth by capitalist crisis
Yucko
A Scott Morrison-era university policy is likely worsening Australia's skills shortages, with poorer students not choosing different degrees but deciding to forgo university entirely. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/16/s...
"If you had told me that in 2026, almost four years into the life of a Labor government, JRG would still be firmly in place, I would not have believed you."
I thought @frankbongiorno.bsky.social never missed! Well he doesnt here. JRG @jasonclaremp.bsky.social?
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An infographic from the Global Carbon Project displays three pie charts illustrating the remaining carbon budget for different global warming thresholds (1.5°C, 1.7°C, and 2.0°C) with a 50% likelihood. Each chart features a large dark gray circle representing 2,770 gigatonnes of CO2 already consumed, paired with a smaller orange wedge representing the remaining budget. As the temperature threshold increases, the orange "remaining" wedge grows significantly: it is a narrow sliver of 170 GtCO2 for 1.5°C, a moderate slice of 525 GtCO2 for 1.7°C, and a large segment of 1,055 GtCO2 for 2.0°C. The visual contrast highlights how little of the global carbon budget remains to stay within the most ambitious climate goals compared to the vast amount already emitted.
Happy #PiDay!
Here are some pies to consider: If nothing changes, the remaining carbon budget to stay under 1.5°C, 1.7°C, and 2°C will be used up in 4, 12, and 25 years, respectively. Let’s eat up by setting all the fossil fuels on fire.
Opinion | Writing exclusively for Crikey, Grace Tame reflects on the prime minister calling her "difficult", the media storm following her pro-Palestine chant, and which social causes do and don't ignite public support.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/g...
"It isn’t a stretch to claim, as Malm and Carton do, that an actual energy transition—of the sort that Fressoz shows has never occurred—would challenge the basic power structures of global capitalism and geopolitics."
Excellent review with far-reaching implications from @triofrancos.bsky.social
Not only does the Australian Government give Japanese gas export giant Inpex all the gas it exports from Darwin FOR FREE, and lets them pay virtually no tax...
Inpex "systematically underestimated' by 40X leaks of cancer causing benzene near Darwin.
Consequences?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Fossil fuel giant wins $370 million tax break for burning gas as an ‘alternative fuel’ The IRS ruling appears to allow one of the world’s largest exporters of natural gas to claim its heavily polluting tankers are low-emissions “motorboats.”
I cannot ever stop tearing my hair out about climate activists being labelled 'unrealistic' when the fossil fuel business bros persistently do shit like this
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
It never ceases to confound me just how many folks think the point of essays is to provide teachers with essays. That teachers just like, collect them, or need them for sustenance or something. Rather than the point of them being the *actual fucking act of learning how to think about shit*
"Angus Taylor is preparing his new opposition leader’s office, with oil and gas lobbyist Sam Riordan set to be made his chief of staff.
Riordan has been with the Australian Energy Producers since August last year."
Critical work from incredible scholars - especially my brilliant colleague @lizhumphrys.bsky.social
"...a collective effort to unsettle the existing conditions that regulate the toxicities of academia for everyone. We intend this article as a provocation..."
Chart showing that the value of engineering work down on oil and gas mines in the past year is more than half the amount spent on public infrastructure
If economists want to talk about crowding out, they should have a very strong look at the gas industry
Building new mines that are not needed (80% of gas is exported), and are terrible for climate change,take workers away from build roads, rail.. and homes.
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
New research from The Australia Institute finds that Australia is the most expensive developed country for families to send a child to high school.
It costs Australian families $4,967 per year - almost four times the OECD average.
Read more: theaus.in/4anjEAp
It's been a hot January in Australia. A fast attribution study shows that heatwaves like that of 5-10 January have been made 5x more likely by anthropogenic climate change. A "total transformation of the Australian summer" says @sarahinscience.bsky.social www.21centuryweather.org.au/climate-chan...
Public renewables and actual planning now!
Sooooooo much focus on the LNP ditching net zero by 2050. Meanwhile, Labor, in plain sight, is very much tracking the same way.
The Fourth Estate…
If David Littleproud thinks OECD averages are good policy benchmarks, someone should tell him about the average tax rate.
"why would the peak mining body set net zero targets if it meant destroying their own industry? ... net zero is not about shutting up shop. It’s about ... reaching net zero through offsets"
Repacholi saying the ALP's quiet part out loud. Absolutely critical coverage by @ketanjoshi.co
"Exports of Australian gas carry “substantial risks” of slowing the move to cleaner energy in Asian countries, according to a confidential report for the Western Australian government that undermines the government’s own narrative that the industry helps cut global emissions."
Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
This is incredible news, and shows the incredible power of collective action. The fight against the neoliberal university (my own included) goes on, but its nice to hear some good news for a change.
Very interesting! Why do you think this is?
The Production Gap report is one of the most important publications I know of.
With each iteration we see fossil capital continuing to bet against our future.
Either we curb fossil fuel production on the supply side, or we all burn - market prices will not wind this industry down.
The Labour government, in its relentless quest to prove Marxists were right about the state, is about to hand more of our every day life to private equity
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Based on current policies, oil & gas demand could grow for 25 years rather than peaking this decade as expected, according to a IEA draft report
Coal consumption will peak in the 2030s, but demand in 2050 would be over 50% higher than expected, according to calculations by @javierblas.bsky.social
This is huge!
As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
