Andrew Laird
@ReclaimAnglesea
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More interested in the merits of issues than tribal politics and not a rusted on supporter of any political party. If this bothers you please don’t follow. 🙂
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.@sussanley You were right to remove Senator Price from the opposition front bench. If hard right populists🤠 are allowed to hijack sensible policy on energy, immigration and other important matters the coalition will render itself unelectable for a generation. #auspol #abc730
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.@Alcoa’s claims that its coal mine & plant have not impacted the #Anglesea river are dubious. The local hydrology has been changed dramatically & the company’s global contribution to climate change shouldn’t be ignored either.🙈 #auspol #springst #alcoa
abc.net.au
The Anglesea River — a tourism drawcard on the Surf Coast and place of pride for locals — has seen repeat fish kills in recent years, with both residents and experts at a loss as to restore the...
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‘More than 1500 people currently hold orange sponsored passes that grant them 24/7, all areas access to Parliament House … We don’t know who they are, nor which parliamentarian gave them their access’ #auspol #conflictsofinterest #secrecy
https://t.co/FJF0CE3cvd via @SatPaper
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“Since 2001, every federal resources minister has gone to work in the fossil fuels sector shortly after leaving parliament” In reality they just move from the fossil fuel industry’s political wing (LNP & ALP) into the industrial wing. #auspol #conflicrs
abc.net.au
Lobbying has become big business, with around 727 lobbyists registered in the national capital, more than three times the number of elected officials sitting in parliament.
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.@AlboMP & @JEChalmers using artificial intelligence for environmental approvals could work IF it is permitted to make sound environmental decisions. However lived experience suggests it would probably perpetuate the current rubber stamping of Ecocidal projects. #auspol 🤠🌏🔥
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.@ChrisSteelMLA This happened to my daughter. The disgraceful thing is that the toll company pretended that it might considering ‘forgiving’ the toll if she jumped through numerous onerous hoops, when they well knew that their system was inadequate.👎👎 https://t.co/YeT39qVLot
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Transport Minister Chris Steel has written to the toll operator asking it to provide refunds to affected ACT motorists who were issued with notices for trips they did not take, due to similarities...
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Beautiful day for a hike on the Yan wirring mirr loop walk in the #Anglesea Heath.🌱 Shame the @JacintaAllanMP government cuts to @ParksVictoria mean irresponsible trail bikes are using the designated walking track to access a permanently closed track. #springst @Steve_Dimo
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Australia’s fight to host COP31 | The Saturday Paper “Success at an Australian COP starts a 2035 emissions reduction target of at least 80 per cent in the coming weeks and then a trajectory to rapidly phase out fossil fuel exports.” #auspol #COP31 🌏🔥
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
With time running out to secure the UN climate conference for next year, Australian negotiators have stepped up the pressure on rival Türkiye to drop its bid.
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Based on what’s happening in the Otway National Park the @JacintaAllanMP government and minister @Steve_Dimo appear to have embraced the Trumpest approach of starving @ParksVictoria of funds. Very shortsighted #springst #auspol 🌏🌱
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National Parks are being forced to stay open despite operating on a "bare-bones" crew after cuts to staff and funding. Rangers say they can't sustain it.
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Huge American-style utes are damaging our roads, reducing safety, and increasing emissions. “In Europe they’re introducing measures to discourage people from driving these big utes... "In Australia we’ve got subsidies for them.” - Richard Denniss, Executive Director #auspol
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Norway taxes their fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free university. In Australia, we give more than half of the gas we export away for free, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni. 📺 Executive Director Richard Denniss #auspol
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How ETU shooters foiled a national park | The Saturday Paper “The (@JacintaAllanMP) government is not backing parks, it is backing (gun) barrels” 🤠🌏🌱🔥👎 #springst #auspol #biodiversity #greatforestnationalpark #ecocide @Steve_Dimo
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
ANALYSIS: The Electrical Trades Union has used its political leverage to keep Victoria’s Central Highlands open for hunting, in the midst of a national backtracking on forest conservation.
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Total. Insanity. We have to start putting Australians ahead of the gas industry and multinationals that are leaching off us. How is it a radical idea for them to pay us for the gas they export and also pay tax on profits?
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.@sussanley When the lunatic fringe of One Nation team up with empty vessels in the Nationals to make a lot of incoherent noise about net zero the coalition has a stark choice. Does it want to be a serious (potentially electable) political party or an unelectable joke? #auspol
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.@sussanley It’s baffling to see pro fossil fuel industry cheer leaders in the Nationals obsess about Australia’s modest 2050 emissions reduction target. No doubt the government is rubbing its hands with glee at the prospect of the coalition rendering itself unelectable #auspol
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.@DanTehanWannon Rather than attempting to split hairs over whether the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza constitutes a breach of international law it would be much better if the coalition focused on proposing constructive solutions to end the terrible suffering … #auspol
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Australia’s 2035 emissions reduction target is an acid test for the @AlboMP government. Will the government implement science based climate action or will it set a token target to placate the major parties’ fossil fuel industry backers? #auspol 🤔
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One of the world's top climate diplomats has urged the federal government to commit to an ambitious 2035 target to cut carbon emissions.
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Our lobbying system in Australia is a total joke. Monique Ryan and I have a bill in the House and Senate to fix it, but the major parties prefer the lack of transparency and accountability. Labor and the Coalition need to do better. https://t.co/GYa4InYbCm
theguardian.com
Federal government says more than a dozen breaches were administrative but lack of penalties prompts calls for ‘a big stick to sanction lobbyists’
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