My column today on the inequality of wealth - and yep it has a lot to do with housing (and some not great graphs for anyone born after 1980)
Young Australians never stood a chance. For decades the controls have been set to favour older generations https://t.co/zbjCnsoLuV
As Parliament debates IR laws, today is
⏲️ Go Home On Time Day ⏲️
Our @CntrFutureWork research shows the average worker loses:
⌛️SIX WEEKS unpaid overtime per year
💰 $8,000 dollars in unpaid wages per worker per year
💰 that's $92b nationally @mikejanda https://t.co/qaI23oS50W
The latest Honest Government ad is a cracker, featuring our research that shows that the WA Government makes more revenue from car rego than gas royalties. 🤦♀️
Great stuff and thanks for the shoutout @thejuicemedia! #auspol
As always @TheAusInstitute has also done a mint job of crunching data, showing how little benefit the gas industry provides to WA compared to the climate risks 👉https://t.co/IAcqWkoHt0
Special thanks to @MarkOgge & @AliaArmistead for assisting me with research 🙏💛
Day 3 at @IMARC_Mining panel discussion on society’s loss of trust in mining & damaged reputation. Pertinent in light of Glencore bribery fines. Better transparency & open data could be part of the solution @EITIorg https://t.co/SfxkEZov42
@WhitehavenCoal says the ‘energy transition will be energy intensive so we need to invest in reliable sources’ > true, but we don’t need more coal to transition to renewables @EmberClimate shows renewables increase WITHOUT increase in coal
NEW | Global Electricity Insights from the first half of 2022
⚡️Global electricity demand rose 3%
✅Renewables entirely met the rise in demand, so...
🏭No increase in coal and gas worldwide
https://t.co/YEVo1cIDaD
Day 2 at @IMARC_Mining on behalf of @TheAustInstitute > opening with Minister for Resources Madeleine King MP promoting the clean credentials of gas
Lots of ESG talk at #IMARC in light of banned HSBC greenwashing ads in the UK, panel asking should mining companies set their own ESG standards or is external evaluation of emissions claims necessary for license to operate? https://t.co/WOUAqK45BB
@Shell says options for scope 3 mitigation are LNG, carbon credits/nature based solutions, or ‘what miners are particularly attracted to’ CCS/CCUS > none of these will address climate change
https://t.co/ERci2BaKL4