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24 Aug, 4 tweets, 2 min read
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…
Here is all we know so far, from @Paul_Karp at the Guardian blog.

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24 Aug
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.
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22 Aug
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
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11 May
Fossil fuel subsidies in #Budget21 :
- money for billionaire Twiggy Forest's gas generator.
- more for other gas gens.
- subsidies to new gas basins.
- subsidies for oil.

#FundOurFutureNotGas #auspol
Fossil fuel subsidies apparently the best examples of "economic resilience", presented without irony immediately above funding for disaster response funding.
Including 'the Australian Climate Service'
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7 May
New gas subsidies today announced alongside the interim 'National Gas Infrastructure Plan' - a plan for more, far bigger subsidies.

Modelling from the same people who brought you the COVID Commission recommendations for massive gas subsidies.

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energy.gov.au/sites/default/…
'National Gas Infrastructure Plan':

🏭No mention of emissions, climate change.
🏭No mention of industrial electrification.
🏭"Solutions" all assume more gas.
🏭Minor residential demand reduction in only one scenario.
🏭Rejects AEMO's 'baseline' for apparently no reason.
Remember, Angus Taylor didn't like what AEMO was saying about gas. That's why he commissioned this report.

AEMO ISP says lowest cost power means a lot less gas and a lot more renewables.
Read 23 tweets
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5 May
Landholders oppose gas pipeline proposed on their land, call on candidates in #UpperHunterVotes to back them not gas companies.

Santos asked govt to subsidise the pipeline, would link their Narrabri gas field to Kurri Kurri publicly funded generator.

singletonargus.com.au/story/7232183/…
The pipeline is so toxic no party candidate will support it outright, with both Nat and Labor candidates expressing concerns about poor consultation and farmer opposition and wanting it rerouted. Greens oppose outright. #UpperHunterVotes northerndailyleader.com.au/story/7218651/…
Will be a fascinating election. Quite a few independents, including calls for regional transition plans to support cleaner industry, and many minor party candidates. Preferences will matter a lot. #UpperHunterVotes
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12 Apr
Settling in to livetweet #4Corners right now, thread below
.@m_brisso asks "Why is the government so insistent on ignoring the dissenters" - that is, almost everyone - "and pushing ahead" with gas subsidies ?
Nev Power, hand picked by the PM, "to solve problems".

A few minutes in, and we are already getting red lines connecting profile pictures in an influence diagram.
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