Rob Phair
@robphair
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Rural generalist doctor. #ClimateAction @RuralDocsVIC. @ACRRM. @artsunimelb. 🇷🇺 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 speaker. Views my own. RTs ≠ endorsements. 🚲🤹♂️ 🇺🇦
Gunaikurnai land, Australia
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Domestic wood heaters contribute to the deaths of 100’s of Victorians every year. After 3 years, @VicGovAu still has not responded to the findings of its own inquiry into the #health impacts of #AirPollution. @Steve_Dimo & @JacintaAllanMP, where are you?
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A group of public health experts in Denmark have recommended banning residential wood burning. https://t.co/2xTiNbwPCX
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Half the Coalition has turned its back on climate action. Dumping net zero by 2050 ignores Australia’s international commitment to slash climate pollution, sells out young Australians and leaves the regional communities the Nationals claim to represent more vulnerable to
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David Littleproud says he informed the Liberal leader days ago of the policy position his party was considering
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#WorldCitiesDay IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change & Cities—the first report of the seventh cycle—will be released in March 2027. It will assess the latest science on climate impacts, risks, and urban solutions. 🗓️ Expert Review 17 Oct–12 Dec 2025 https://t.co/LzPUzjsj0S
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Compelling figures that those advocating for first past the post should absorb.
@mark16pg Given that Labor were ahead on primaries in 86 seats it's very likely they would have won almost all the seats they won under FPP. Did you not even notice that in UK 2024 (FPTP) Labour won 411/650 seats off 33.7% of the vote?
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It's very important progress, but it is still far from meeting the goals expressed in the Paris Agreement.
This is a pretty incredible chart. In just ten years, we went from predictions of steadily rising carbon emissions to predictions of steadily falling emissions. Climate change is beatable.
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Inpex, one of 🇦🇺 biggest gas companies, is a case study in the great gas scam. They haven’t paid a cent of PRRT for their offshore LNG exports, essentially getting their gas for free, don’t pay much corporate tax and now we learn have been massively under-reporting their
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North Korea and Russia are rapidly building their first road bridge to enhance logistics and expand military and economic ties. Frontelligence Insight has analyzed satellite imagery and project documents to estimate its completion and potential impact. 🧵Thread:
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🚨 Britain’s democracy on trial in EU's highest human rights court. Former MPs @CarolineLucas, Ben Bradshaw, @AlynSmith ask Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights to rule that the UK investigate & safeguard elections from foreign interference. Why it matters ⤵️
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Watch @EdwardJDavey call for an inquiry into Russian interference & Starmer call Reform ‘Putin-friendly’. So *why* is he still refusing to have this inquiry that Intelligence & Security said is *essential* for our national security? https://t.co/pqWqlecQIL
NEW: Russian interference case heads to Europe's 'Supreme Court'. Ex-MPs - @CarolineLucas Ben Bradshaw & @AlynSmith - with @allthecitizens take landmark case to 'Grand Chamber'. Case claims UK govt in breach of law for refusing to investigate foreign interference. 1/
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Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds | Air pollution | The Guardian
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Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
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Stopping non-essential wood burning could save NHS over £54m annually
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Stopping non-essential wood burning in UK homes could help save the NHS millions of pounds and prevent thousands of deaths, as new research from the organisers of Clean Air Night reveals the stark...
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Domestic wood burners kill thousands and cost NHS millions a year, report suggests | The BMJ
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Burning of wood and coal in homes contributes to almost 2500 deaths a year, and stopping unnecessary burning would save the NHS millions of pounds, a report suggests. An analysis by the charity...
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Spot on with his comments about Australia’s electoral system and institutions.
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The world changes, yet Australia keeps being great. Our institutions permit us to be nimble, and we adapt.
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Not sure how Nigel Farage is going to feel about me re-upping this
We know Kremlin agent of influence Nadia Sass considered Nigel Farage her ‘good friend’…because she told us. She cultivated far right political leaders & her social media was key part of her tradecraft. New in @thenerve_news today are the details 4/ https://t.co/bDzxdxRVO6
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#Santos @tourdownunder - locking in more #ExtremeHeat with its #sportswashing #FossilFuels partnerships Shame, @PMalinauskasMP
@SantosLtd #TourDownUnder @UCI_WWT @UCI_cycling #sapol @sarahinthesen8
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve_news. We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now. Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
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