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Mar 4 4 tweets 1 min read
One of the things that should be obvious is that action on climate change is a mainstream, central issue - the need for action, and the nature of that action, and the speed of that action - should be a discussion that brings us together in common cause...
Instead, it used by the political parties - primarily the Coalition and the Greens - as a political tool to create division. You can see the centrist forces backing climate action within the many Voices of independent candidates. Life-long, small l liberals who want action.
These people aren’t being spoken to by the larger parties. They’re being called radicals by the coalition; and not activist enough by the Greens. Labor is silent for fear of getting caught in the cross-fire.
It’s a frustration that got me motivated to join politics in 2019, and saw me join the @AustDems in 2020, because they firmly sit within that mainstream, centrist band of the Australian population who just want to see some common sense brought to bear on these issues.

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Mar 4
Good morning, and welcome to today’s reading of @SatPaper . With the IPCC report landing last Monday, let’s begin today with @MikeSeccombe’s feature on Angus Taylor - thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…

"Revealed: Energy companies turn on Angus Taylor”

#SatPaper
"Following revelations the Morrison government pressured AGL to sack its last chief executive, energy companies have increasingly isolated Angus Taylor.”
"This is a story about trust. More specifically, it is a story about just how little trust the major energy companies have for Angus Taylor and the rest of the Morrison government."
Read 45 tweets
Mar 2
We’ve had a few important pieces of economic data released recently and it’s worth just walking through them:
* GDP growth is up, with economic activity increasing by 3.4% in the Dec quarter;
* CPI increased by 1.3% in the Dec Quarter;
* Wages grew by 0.7% in the Dec quarter
* Company profits rose 2% (nearly triple the growth in wages)
* Property prices grew 22% nationally in 2021
* The ASX increased in value 13.6%
* The average rent in Australia increased 7.6%
Despite relatively low unemployment (4.2%) wage earners and renters in Australia went backwards in 2021. Rents rose; prices rose; and wages didn't come close to keeping pace.

But company profits did. And house prices did. And the sharemarket did.
Read 7 tweets
Jan 25
OK, so let’s take a quick look at today’s CPI figures, and they’re not great numbers. But first, some context around the CPI, why it's of interest, and what today's numbers mean (and don't mean but will try to be blamed on anyway)...
1. Let's start with some context. CPI - Consumer Price Index - is an economic measure that gives us some sense for how quickly prices are going up. The ABS looks at a 'basket' of standard household goods* and tracks their price on a regular basis.
CPI jumps around somewhat, and it can be distorted by the movements of specific goods in response to global events. These can have short-term influences over CPI, which the ABS tends to smooth out of the index. There are methodological questions about what's in that 'basket'...
Read 17 tweets
Jan 24
If we were to treat the climate crisis like a design project, and engage with all of the various stakeholders, I think (broadly), there would be agreement on a few key points:
1. The climate is warming, it's caused by our actions, and it's not a good thing.
2. The main action that's driving climate change is the extraction of fossil fuels from the ground (coal, oil & gas), and burning them to produce energy;
3. The business of fossil fuel extraction, processing and distribution keeps a fair number of people employed;
4. We have a narrow, and narrowing, window in which to turn this cycle around so that the amount of carbon emissions produced peaks, reduces, and ultimately moves to a net-negative so the level of these gases in our atmosphere is reduced.
Read 8 tweets
Nov 5, 2021
Welcome to today’s reading of @SatPaper

I’ll be focusing on the PM, today, and the various failures of leadership we’ve seen from him, and his government...
@SatPaper Let’s begin with @JohnRHewson: When will Morrison learn that a slogan is not a policy?

thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/…

[Sidebar: what’s you ‘favourite’ Coalition slogan?]
"In the past two elections we were bombarded with “Jobs and growth”. Absent any detail, we were left asking, Which growth? In what sectors? On what time line?”

[I’m not sure how widespread that kind of critical thinking was at the time, but he’s right.]
Read 62 tweets
Oct 8, 2021
I’m going to keep banging on about government accountability until the next election, so let’s begin today’s reading of the @SatPaper with @KarenMMiddleton’s article: Federal integrity commission could cover Christian Porter’s blind trust.

thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
"Amanda Stoker, assistant minister to the attorney-general, has raised new questions about whether a federal integrity commission would cover Christian Porter’s blind trust”…
Lest we forget the story behind this statement, MP Christian Porter recently resigned from the front bench of the Morrison government in order to avoid declaring the names of donors who contributed to his defamation suit legal fees via a trust.
Read 20 tweets

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