Rude shock for Australia as South Korea unshackles from coal reliance In a move that has been welcomed by climate campaigners, South Korea has vowed to phase out coal, sparking a warning for Australian exporters.

Every time someone claims that if Australia didn’t export its coal and gas, other countries will just buy it elsewhere, just tap the sign:
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COP30 and the Paris Agreement As governments meet for COP30 in Brazil, the debate about the continuance of fossil fuels as a worldwide energy source threatens the very heart of the Paris Agreement.

“The positive news is that this year for the first time, renewables overtook coal as the generator of the majority of the world’s energy.” satpa.pe/pR6co4f

Agreed.

A state funeral for rotten Richardson says a lot about this Labor government — and what it should be doing instead Instead of giving the grub Graham Richardson a state funeral, the government should be exploring ways to ensure we never see his like again in politics.

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A 300 MW solar farm that will supply software giant Microsoft’s data centres in Australia is now fully operational.

Rio Tinto flags early retirement of Queensland's largest coal-fired power station Rio Tinto tells workers the Gladstone Power Station could retire six years earlier than expected.

Today’s good news - early #coal closure. #gladstone #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher if Australia stuck with coal and gas only Griffith University experts reveal the 30% increase in consumer power bills since 2021 would have been worse under fossil fuel-only scenario

“Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher if Australia stuck with only coal and gas.”

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BHP signs another massive and landmark deal to source “baseload renewables” from wind and battery storage to power its huge copper mines and smelters.

Updated: Renewables hit new peak share of 77.9 per cent on Australia’s main grid on Sunday, and break through 50 pct share for a week for first time.

Young working Australians facing a decade of tax pain The federal budget bottom line is improving, but it will be younger people doing the heavy lifting for the next 10 years.

Young Australians are bearing more and more economic burden because of our failure to index tax brackets. As Ken Henry has put it, this is an act of intergenerational bastardry. We need to index tax brackets, lessen the load on wage earners, and stop giving subsidies to fossil fuel industries.

Bob Katter threatens journalist over reference to Lebanese heritage Federal MP Bob Katter was speaking outside the Queenland Parliament with state members of the Katter’s Australia Party about his intention to attend a March For Australia event this weekend.

This is disgraceful behaviour by anyone, let alone an MP. You don't get a free pass for being perceived as an eccentric old dingbat www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

The Global South isn’t waiting for the West to save the planet Many policymakers recognise the need for a change. While global co-operation has produced numerous important climate commitments, such as those made at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and those contained in...

The Global South isn’t waiting for the West to save the planet.

Battery records tumble again as second stage of country’s biggest battery bursts into action The second stage of what will be Australia’s biggest battery to date has burst into action, helping change the evening profile on the country’s biggest isolated grid.

The second stage of what will be Australia’s biggest battery to date has burst into action, helping change the evening profile on the country’s biggest isolated grid.

I wonder if he read the midtransition paper with @gruberte.bsky.social

It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

The Ideas Roundtable: Is Australia alright? Join our diverse lineup of experts and host, respected social researcher Rebecca Huntley, for a spirited open conversation on three urgent and complex issues shaping the present and future of our nati...

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If you loved an author’s book, tell them! They will completely ignore it because they’re fixated forever on the anonymous person who once gave them two stars on goodreads but it’s probably good for your karma

Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000

I’ve been calling on the Govt to get rid of JRG for the last three years. This reform is urgent and will deal with the root cause of ballooning HECS debts - it makes no sense to kick it down the road while talking about cutting 20% or HECS.
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Those bros …

What really matters – energy costs, electrification, efficiency or climate change? Energy efficiency is seen as the “first fuel” and is the main priority in the EU’s energy policies. But in Australia it remains the “forgotten fuel”, even as we electr…

Energy efficiency is seen as the “first fuel” and is the main priority in the EU’s energy policies. But in Australia it remains the “forgotten fuel”, even as we electrify.

Join me and this great line-up of researchers for this free discussion.

Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project The annual total dwarfs CO2-e from many other sources – including whole countries

Wow! Shout out to the @GuardianAUS for this alarming graphic showing the emissions of @Woodside’s NW shelf project - don’t miss this!!! www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering

“The planet’s remaining carbon budget to meet the international target of 1.5C has just two years left at the current rate of emissions, scientists have warned, showing how deep into the climate crisis the world has fallen.”

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Inertia is the new baseload: Spain’s full blackout report debunks core claims of anti-renewable brigade Inertia is the new baseload: Almost every critic of Spain’s renewable energy got their blackout facts wrong.

Inertia is the new baseload: Almost every critic of Spain’s renewable energy got their blackout facts wrong

Tindo signs five-year deal to export Australian made solar panels to Vietnam Tindo Solar lands five year deal to export Australian made solar PV modules to Vietnam.

Tindo Solar lands five year deal to export Australian made solar PV modules to Vietnam

When Therapy Didn’t Work, I Turned to an Illegal Drug | The Walrus MDMA helped me come to terms with years of trauma

MDMA became popular as ecstasy but it was once called “therapy.” Australian researcher @rebeccahuntley.bsky.social writes about her experience of turning to underground MDMA therapy to address years of unresolved trauma, in @thewalrus.ca weekend read
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Agreed.

“a capitulation…” Hon Carmen Lawrence #auspol #climatecrisis #FossilGas #Woodside

How Labor’s North West Shelf approval further endangers Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art | Benjamin Smith and John Black for the Conversation Industrial pollution has degraded the rock art and will continue to do so until emissions at Murujuga are reduced to zero, experts argue * Australia news live: latest politics updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast On Thursday, the new environment minister, Murray Watt, approved an extension for the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The gas plant at Karratha, Western Australia, will run until 2070. This expansion – and the pollution it will release – has led to a recommendation by the International Council on Monuments and Sites to defer Unesco’s decision on the world heritage listing of the nearby Murujuga rock art. Continue reading...

How Labor’s North West Shelf approval further endangers Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art | Benjamin Smith and John Black for the Conversation