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👉 Middle East war casts shadow over global energy markets and transition
👉 European Commission investigates Romania’s delayed coal closure plan;
👉 Bangladesh looks to boost #coal generation in response to war
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Important to acknowledge the @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy podcast by @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social published early Thursday morning raising Karl's pitch to the right
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Yesterday afternoon Tassal disclosed it started Florfenciol antibiotic treatments at 5 new sites, including extra salmon cages at its Sheppards, Great Taylors Bay (GTB) 1, GTB 2 & Redcliffs leases
It has also begun treating diseased fish at its Roberts Point lease near Dover #politas #Tasmania
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BAE Systems?
"BAE Systems Australia Submarines, alongside ASC Pty Ltd, has been selected by the CoA to build Australia's SSN-AUKUS submarines in Adelaide, ..." see
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a block of wood with a jon kudelka platypus cartoon burnt into it
we said goodbye to jon @kudelka.bsky.social today. if you couldn’t be there or watch the livestream - it was a heartbreakingly beautiful celebration of a truly wonderful man. i loved hearing so many stories about him from so many people who loved him. how lucky we all were to know him ♥️
The funeral for Jon Kudelka was both beautiful and deeply sad - he loved our difficult birds and was a staunch protector of Tasmanian nature - he will be missed and is a tragically gone too soon 💙
💊 “Rather telling that the use of an antibiotic in a major water catchment only came to light because of a tip-off from a courageous member of the public, rather than from the independent regulator charged with protecting the public interest.” #politas
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A few days ago I was in the foyer of the local gym where Jon used to go. One of the paintings he donated hangs at reception
An elderly woman came in & said "When I heard the news about Jon I thought about that painting. I will miss him" & we all started to tear up
He was loved by so many people
#politas
Gorgeous photo
Wednesday's cartoon in The Mercury Newspaper: Jon Kudelka helped me get my first cartooning job at The Mercury. He also showed me how to be quick-witted and fearless. I was in a constant state of joke-envy over his cartoons. I'm gonna miss that feeling, but more than that, I'm gonna miss my friend.
A few weeks ago, #salmon producer Huon Aquaculture used a controversial antibiotic to treat a disease outbreak at one of its hatcheries on the River Derwent. The Meadowbank Hatchery is in Hobart’s water catchment. #politas
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With the last one, we asked Jon if he could create a start to finish video of how he created the cartoon
Here it is #auspol #politas #cartooning
Jon Kudelka cartoon for Tasmanian Inquirer to accompany an article on political donations reform for local government. The cartoon shows a rubbish truck labelled 'donations' emptying a sidewalk bin with a bystander saying "Sure, it's a bit of a loophole, but it does make bin night a bit more of an event ..."
Jon Kudelka cartoon for Tasmanian Inquirer to accompany an article on political donations reform in Tasmania. The Integrity Commission and many civil society groups wanted all donations over $1000 disclosed. The Liberal government wanted the threshold set at $5000. The cartoon shows two men in suits & dark sunglasses and each is pushing an empty shopping trolley in a store. Behind them is a box labelled "Lettuce's $999.95 each". One of the men asked the other "How much political influence could you possible buy for a thousand bucks these days?" To which the other responds, "I expect that's the point"
Jon Kudelka cartoon for Tasmanian Inquirer to accompany an article on political donations reform. Two people are sitting in an underground vault with a big bag of money falling from a chute in the ceiling. The bag is about to land in a wheelbarrow already heavily loaded with bags of money. The man said to the woman sitting next to him, "Of course, the tricky bit with donation reform is, and I'm aware we can't say this part out loud, not upsetting the donors".
Vale Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social and deepest condolences to family and friends
We were honoured to have Jon draw 3 cartoons for a series of articles we published on political donations reform in Tasmania #auspol #politas
Thank you Jon
Jon got to one of his son's games a few weeks back and, much to his delight, Oskar scored
And there was Jon's delightful 2014 'Mudball' cartoon celebrating the excellent mud-forming characteristics of the South Hobart Primary School soccer field (pre-drainage works)
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Jon Kudelka cartoon 'Final preparations at ICC' showing wheelbarrow loads of manure set to be fed to a fan about to be plugged in.
Jon Kudelka cartoon of two drinkers on the footpath 'I'm thinking of starting a blog' says one. 'There goes the neighbourhood' thinks the other.
Jon Kudelka's local South Hobart café Ginger Brown.
A couple of Jon's prints I bought when he and Maggie were having a studio clean out sale at the South Hobart Community Centre - with Jon's local café Ginger Brown featuring in the last one
Post on Facebook from the Kudelka family We are sad to tell you that our beloved, brilliant Jon Kudelka died peacefully in South Hobart on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by his family and friends. He was 53. Jon was deeply loved and admired by many, including fellow Tasmanians, the legions of fans of his inimitable art, countless newspaper readers over 30 years, and even by the politicians he relentlessly skewered in his award-winning cartoons (many of whom have his work on their walls). He loved his family, friends, making art in many forms, and firmly calling out political and anti-science bullshit with his typically dry wit and compassion. Jon was diagnosed with glioblastoma in early 2024 and faced treatment for two years with positivity and hope, supported by his wife, Maggie, teenage children Kay and Oskar, sister Liesl, and his many friends. Jon believed in showing up fully for life and embracing humour even in the hardest of times. In the past two years, he was heard many times to say, ironically, “good times”. Jon’s presence remains in the love he gave and the lives he touched. He will always be with us. Funeral details to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations in Jon’s memory to The Bob Brown Foundation, Canteen Australia or The Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
What a great loss and deepest condolences for family and friends on the passing of Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social
#politas #auspol
Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs
If four million pigs or chooks died on farms in a year, questions would be asked. Last year's death toll of Tas #salmon sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare law, to avoid 2025 mortality rates becoming the "new normal". #politas #auspol
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spineless..
New: The background on the Adelaide Writers’ Week debacle
Silhouette of Kunanyi/Mt Wellington tonight from South Hobart with orange sunset colours in the sky
Kunanyi from South Hobart
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
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🚢 NEW TRACKER: #LNG doesn’t just move through pipelines on land — it moves across oceans.
For the first time, GEM is tracking LNG carriers worldwide in its new LNG Carrier Tracker, developed w/Solutions for Our Climate.
🔗 Explore the tracker: globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
Headline: ProPublica management wants 100% discretion over when and how to use AI Supplementary text: The organization rejected our proposal that ensures staff will not be replaced by AI and requires labeling AI-generated content
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
A young one last weekend
#politas
After a bushfire exposed an open-air waste dump containing asbestos at a Tasmanian iron ore plant, it was quietly buried without informing residents. The Environment Protection Authority warned the company about health risks, but not the public. #politas
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