The most outrageous part of this is that Payman is the one who is voting in line with official Labor policy, and she's the one being punished for that.
☢️ with the #coalition expected to announce its #nuclear plan on wednesday, here are 18 questions every diligent journalist should be seeking answers to:
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Labor has announced plans to back Coalition’s EXPANSION of gas industry.
Both captured by the fossil fuel industry & refuse to put young people’s futures > short-term profits.
Sign if you believe politicians should have a duty of care to young people👇
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Climate records in 2023:
✅ Hottest year on record
✅ Highest ocean heat
✅ Highest mean sea level
✅ Lowest Antarctic ice sea level
Fuelled by coal & gas.
Yet Labor want more.
2023 broke records in every single climate indicator.
Govt must step up climate action. We need bold action to protect the people & places we love.
Read more here 👇
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The Coalition receives $100,000s every year from fossil fuel companies. Its MPs routinely question climate science and have always backed coal and gas.
Raising nuclear now is not a serious policy contribution. It is a way to keep the climate wars going for as long as possible.
Can’t help thinking that if we set the world up so that acting like a complete psychopath didn’t confer a massive tactical advantage, conditions might improve.
The World Meteorological Organisation has confirmed that 2023 will be the warmest year on record by a large margin, coming in at 1.4 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level. https://t.co/GKNFbR9ai6