Just heard @spenderallegra on @RadioNational talking up a citizens' assembly on political donations.
The idea: let a group of randomly selected Australians decide how election campaigns get funded.
Sounds good to me.
Markets do not value people or platypuses, they value profits. Australia does not need elaborate new "market mechanisms" to save our environment, we just need to stop destroying it.
📜From @RDNS_TAI latest op ed in the Guardian, read it here: https://t.co/Xb7I5HGfcU #auspol
I'm enjoying the feeling that the world has come to Wollongong. I'm not enjoying the South32 advertising.
Does @UCI_cycling really want sponsorship from a company whose business plan is catastrophic climate change?
#UCI#wollongong#cycling
Great news. A consequence of so much hard work by community activists, and the commercial reality that coal won't be viable for much longer.
Let's get to building the Illawarra industries of the future, not clinging to our roots.
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised the Coalition care more about ties then people waiting years for social housing. But I was equally frustrated with the Prime Minister failing to address the detail of the question. Here is the Q btw - no wonder people hate politics.
Emissions from new coal and gas projects will hugely outweigh Labor's proposed emissions reductions.
If we're serious about halting climate change, we need to leave it in the ground and make new jobs for workers.
#auspol
I was curious, when I heard @AdamBandt say 'stop pouring petrol on the fire as you try to put it out' wrt climate - what's the ratio?
By my calculations for the Aus gov't: 3% putting it out, 97% pouring petrol on.
New @renew_economy piece ->
https://t.co/Iu9GW0waGq
If Australia taxed windfall gas profits we could invest billions in renewables and get off fossil fuels for good.
⏱️In just 2 minutes, Richard Denniss (@RDNS_TAI) explains:
❌The reasons for the energy price crisis
✅ How to fix it
#auspol#insiders
An old guy came out of Wollongong polling centre, leaned over to me and said "The Greens eh?... You're the brains of the Labor party."
My favourite quote of the campaign.
This weekend, I WILL VOTE FOR THE CLIMATE, because I want;
Food security
Social stability
Clean air
Healthy ecosystems
Vibrant biodiversity
National security
Prosperous economies
Flowing rivers
Coral reefs
Cultural integrity
A fair chance for the next generation
A liveable planet
So good to hear @sarahinthesen8 giving rock solid support to the ABC today. Restore and extend ABC funding, guaranteed independence and a Royal Commission into the Murdoch media empire. That’s worth voting @Greens for
@_ClaireConnelly Only voters can determine how their preferences flow. Candidates and parties cannot determine between party preferences, only voters can do it.
I just got asked by a One Nation volunteer if I'm "into this carbon dioxide thing". I said yes.
Unfortunately I'm the only Cunningham candidate with a climate policy in line with the 1.5 degree target the world agreed to in Paris 2015.
Vote climate. Vote Greens
#auspol