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25 Oct, 17 tweets, 6 min read
A lot of Australians are frustrated and angry today: cut deep by the Morrison-Joyce-Morrison nonsense about a meaningless too-little-too-late-target and what it means for our lives and our future. A thread: #auspol
School children are angry because they see their future disappearing before their eyes.
sbs.com.au/language/engli…
Farmers are angry, because they have been abandoned to the impacts of increased drought, floods, heatwaves, bushfires and everything that comes with them.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Parents are angry because they can’t plan for the lives of their children with confidence about the future they will inherit.
smh.com.au/environment/cl…
Our suburbs and cities are angry, because who can live at peace when our skies are full of smoke, or the mercury has risen above fifty degrees?
theconversation.com/seriously-ugly…
Scientists and experts are angry because they have researched and they have warned, tirelessly and for years, and they have been ignored, silenced and treated with contempt by politicians who should be ashamed of themselves:
ipcc.ch/2021/08/09/ar6…
Our entrepreneurs and engineers are angry, because they know the solutions for clean energy already exist and that only politics is holding us back:
abc.net.au/news/2021-10-0…
And everyone who loves nature is angry, because mother nature is in retreat, everywhere, as our reefs, forests, rivers and wildlife suffer from deepening climate damage:
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
Our closest neighbours in the Pacific are angry because the waters are rising thanks to the mistakes and do-nothing attitude of major emitters like Australia:
abc.net.au/news/2021-10-2…
The anger comes because our politicians are ignoring their most fundamental purpose and sacred duty: to keep the people of Australia safe.
The anger comes because our politicians are not representing our wishes: a majority of voters in every federal seat want climate action:
smh.com.au/environment/cl…
The anger comes because our politicians are ignoring the advice of scientists about what will keep our country safe:
iea.org/reports/net-ze…
We have everything we need to turn things around.
We have the public will, policy & tech solutions and plenty of credible modelling & roadmaps.
So what is stopping us?
Coal, gas and oil are the biggest drivers of the climate crisis. The only thing standing in the way of a safer future is the the vested interests of the fossil fuel corporations and their enablers, including politicians in Canberra: arena.org.au/empire-of-the-…
The task for all of us is to direct our emotions into action; to hold to account the political and business decision makers who are failing in their basic responsibilities; and to build that bridge to a safer climate future. We. Can. Do. This. #auspol
Tonight #BigDealAU showed us some great examples of how we can all do this.
People, working together, can achieve anything.
It's about caring, talking to your community, using your institutions - creating collective power to overthrow the vested interests holding us back. #auspol
Thanks @MakeItABigDeal @craigreucassel @ChristiaanVanV for bringing this show to life.
Big $$$ are absolutely holding us back from a brighter future - and it doesn't have to be this way.
We can all do our bit and make a difference, demanding better from our leaders. #auspol

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26 Oct
Hi again @ScottMorrisonMP.
Another presser, this time accompanied by a “plan” - and yet, another pile of things you’re wrong about.
I guess it’s time to bust the Morrison Myths on net zero. Here’s a thread:
You have made it clear you have no plans to phase out coal, oil and gas. Unfortunately, this is the exact thing the IEA has clearly stated all advanced economies must do (stopping coal by 2030) and ceasing any new coal, oil and gas projects this year.
iea.org/reports/net-ze…
Coal, oil and gas are the top drivers of emissions, so the biggest cause of climate change - when exports and what is burned at home are combined, Australia is the world’s fifth-worst polluter. What we do absolutely matters. theguardian.com/environment/20…
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26 Oct
In light of today's net zero 'plan' #BigDealAU tonight could not be more timely.
Asking yourself why Australia's leaders continue to ignore science & global climate progress by refusing to phase out coal, oil and gas?
Tune in at 8:30pm AEDT on ABC. #auspol @MakeItABigDeal
As the biggest donors behind both of our major parties, the fossil fuel industry is absolutely influencing our response to the global climate crisis.
Our lack of short-term targets and ongoing commitment to coal and gas should make that very clear. #auspol #BigDealAU
The good news is - we can do something about it.
People, working together, can achieve anything. #BigDealAU tonight exposes the problems but also offers meaningful solutions (and ones that are a lot more useful than Morrison's faux 'plan'). #auspol
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24 Oct
There's going to be plenty of blah blah blah about Morrison's "2050 target", so it is really important to get a few key things straight: #auspol
1. This is not new. As @simonahac pointed out on @QandA last week, Australia effectively promised net zero when we signed up to the Paris Climate Goals in 2015. The federal government has then spent the six years since then doing bugger all about it:
2. Australia has in place no credible mechanism or strategy for achieving net-zero any time soon. A “target” is only a target if you plan to try and hit it.
Read 8 tweets
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21 Oct
Yesterday, an unprecedented leak to @UE revealed that @ScottMorrisonMP's government has been attempting to undermine the findings of the UN's expert climate body.
So, what did they say?
And how this is part of Australia’s recent diplomatic history? An explainer thread: #auspol
Yesterday’s leak is crucial, because it shows what the Australian government is really up to -
attempting to water down the International Panel on Climate Change’s major upcoming assessment of the world’s options for limiting global warming:
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2021/10/21/lea…
According to the BBC, the comments from governments are overwhelmingly designed to be constructive and to improve the quality of the final report… but there are some exceptions, including Australia:
bbc.com/news/science-e…
Read 25 tweets
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21 Oct
BREAKING: documents leaked to Greenpeace's @UE reveal the Morrison Government has actively lobbied for the rejection of findings outlining the need for rapid global coal phase-out from the next major report from the UN’s IPCC. #auspol
bbc.com/news/science-e…
This active lobbying shows the Australian government is so beholden to corporate interests it is even arguing against the need to phase out coal, a widely accepted fact, while also denying we are one of the major producers and consumers of the fuel.
It's shocking stuff. #auspol
This leak gives an unequivocal insight into how a small group of coal and oil countries, particularly Australia, continue to put the profits of polluting industries before science, our planet's future and that of current generations. #auspol
Read 6 tweets
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20 Oct
Woodside, Australia’s largest oil & gas corporation, wants to build the climate-wrecking Scarborough Gas Project.
Trying to force through this project in a climate emergency is scandalous. So now is a good time to check out the history of the company. A thread:
#auspol
In April 2016, Woodside concealed a 10 500 litre oil spill off the coast of Western Australia, which went on for two months without anyone from the company noticing. Woodside’s responsibility only came to light after intense public pressure. theguardian.com/environment/20…
In March 2019, Woodside led a cynical lobbying effort to force the Western Australia EPA to abandon new guidelines to protect the climate. The Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility described the affair as a ‘week of shame’:
medium.com/lobbywatch/a-w…
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