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May 18, 2020 12 tweets 3 min read Read on X
No mention of the self described 'greenhouse mafia' who worked from within govt with industry to crash any climate policy throughout the Howard govt #4Corners
Wow Howard as the climate consensus builder that is a super cooked take on #4Corners
There are various reasonable views on CPRS but the idea that anyone wanted to shut down anything overnight is just bloody stupid
#4Corners history needs to know, what genius Liberal MP voted informally for "No" as leader?
For fucks sake THE GREENS DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES
Rudd didn't give a single speech on climate in the preceding year and sent Penny Wong into deal w Ian MacFarlane without her knowing if her job was to land a deal or get a trigger for a double dissolution
Rudd threw away the chance of a double dissolution election to wedge the other side but looks like that's no more than a throwaway comment #4Corners
The end of Julia's infamous promise, which they didn't play, was that there would be an emissions trading scheme. Which is what Australia got. #4Corners
This #4Corners narrative makes little sense because there's been almost no mention of the fossil fuel lobby and their brutal impact on our national imaginary
Politicians blame other politicians for doing politics and then complain about politics #4Corners
#4Corners on climate policy, we seem to get this annually, it's like the section of the news still set aside for sport. "There still isn't any"
New rule, no journalist gets to rake over the CPRS coals without talking about the existence, on the cross bench, of Steve Fielding #4Corners

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Feb 18, 2023
Late night trawling of govt energy and emissions docs. A lazy unplanned thread👇
This was the newish Labor's govt's emissions projections in Dec 2022. "Additional measures" the estimated impact of govt policy.

Small size of the cut speaks for itself, but note also it doesn't get to the target.

(projections are dodgy. just saying)
We're now all [ish] finally paying attention to the "safeguard mechanism".

The last emissions projections assumed it would reduce emissions from covered facilities "pro rata" ie 43%.

The govt has now declared it will do only 30% under SGM facilities.
Read 10 tweets
Nov 26, 2021
A year and a half after the govt put gas executives in charge of the COVID Commission, and weeks after COP26, we have today a new national plan to subsidise gas pipelines across Australia.

Here's the report, lowlights threaded

energy.gov.au/publications/2…
From the exec summary "Gas supplies are likely to fall short of domestic ///and export/// demand by the end of the decade if further action to unlock supply and deliver key infrastructure is not taken by industry"

Ie - subsidies to prop up bad investments in export terminals
Notorious non tax paying Santos has made clear that its interest in the Beetaloo is focused on exports.

Why on earth would we subsidise that?
Read 14 tweets
Nov 24, 2021
higher petrol prices must have people thinking more about EVs. does anyone know, or have a simple modelling tool, for how much petrol prices impact the payback period for EVs?
obviously depends on lots of things - better fuel economy of alternative means less impact, amount of kms driven means more impact, etc.
and whether you are using real time pricing or own supply solar to charge
Read 4 tweets
Aug 24, 2021
Report just dropped, into the Beetaloo gas grants scheme and the #RortFiredRecovery. Rolling thread as I work through it parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/downl…
This report is a majority report, backed by the Labor and Greens Senators.

Straight off the bat:
If gas companies getting subsidies for exploration go on to make a lot of money, they should have to pay the subsidies back.
Read 37 tweets
Aug 24, 2021
Guardian blog reporting that Labor will vote to SUPPORT the government's Beetaloo #RortFiredRecovery

$21m to a company
- neck deep in the Liberal party,
- wined and dined Taylor and his head fundraiser,
- NT govt said was not eligible for the $

backed by ALP.
Senate has the chance to stop this rort to Liberal mates. Is the ALP really going to support it? #RortFiredRecovery

thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
Want the sordid timeline? All information here came out through a Senate inquiry backed by the ALP. reneweconomy.com.au/timeline-to-ga…
Read 4 tweets
Aug 22, 2021
Clearest explanation I've heard of what Doherty modelling actually says and doesn't say just now from ACT Chief Minister.

Will be months before thresholds met and even then, "Broad brush talk of 'open up' does not mean there will no public health response".
Also, crucially, we are not starting from where the modelling starts - it assumes no/ v low outbreaks, not current situation
All journalists covering covid response should watch the ACT pressers. Beyond the local matters, super clear explanation of the national situation, calling out misunderstandings without blaming others
Read 6 tweets

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