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Another 3m - the first time the authors have quantified heat-related deaths directly due to human-caused climate change www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Oliver Nunn: "whoever is the politician who is going to be the [Victorian] energy minister is basically going to be the minister who gets left without a chair when the music stops. “Over the next three years [this is] the period where all of the chickens come home to roost.”

The coming three years will be exceptionally tough for Victoria’s next energy minister, experts say https://reneweconomy.com.au/chickens-coming-home-to-roost-for-next-victorian-energy-minister-whoever-it-might-be/

"Victoria Coalition promises quick review of transmission plans, as it soft pedals stance on renewables" reneweconomy.com.au/victoria-coa...

genuinely amusing for the party positioned on labor’s left to outflank them on…. across the board income tax cuts. broken country lol

It's a little confusing to me that the same WA Government is choosing to not set any interim GHG emissions reduction targets but is also aiming to close its coal power stations in 2031. I know WA's emissions are mostly oil, gas, and industry, but still...

A final flurry of energy policy initiatives ranging from rooftop solar rebates to community batteries and expanded energy upgrades unveiled ahead of state election https://reneweconomy.com.au/from-solar-apartments-to-on-farm-electrification-burst-of-energy-from-labor-as-state-election-nears/

Victoria has approved a production licence to restart the Patricia-Baleen gas fields off Victoria's Gippsland coast. Cooper Energy expects production to run from 2028 to 2035 and deliver up to 15 petajoules of gas www.premier.vic.gov.au/backing-vict...

"Western Australia is set to become the first state or territory to lift the ban on plug-in solar and batteries." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Israel has continued to commit genocide in Gaza since last October's ceasefire, according to a report from UN-commissioned experts. Israel has rejected the findings as "misinformation".

Do something, anything in your community. Cook a community meal. Volunteer with a local org. Plant a tree. Join your union

'Victoria has approved production the Golden Beach Gas Project off Ninety Mile Beach in Gippsland. The project will produce gas from 2028 before converting the offshore field into storage from 2029, boosting the state’s gas storage capacity by around 70%' www.premier.vic.gov.au/securing-mor...

"Huge clouds of methane have been detected by satellite over Chevron's Gorgon LNG project in northern WA, prompting a warning from the United Nations. The WA government is investigating the reports 'to understand what compliance or regulatory measures may be required'" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

All the spare car-making capacity in the world right now is just absurd. People want to buy cars less than countries are determined to make them. h/t Liam Denning - www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"An Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I have done some spreadsheet noodling on possible scenarios for gas use in Australian data centres and I think this might calm people down a little ( @ketanjoshi.co see what you think), but via alarmingly enormous numbers that are only calming because they are simply not feasible in eastern 🇦🇺.

Except Russian fuel that first passes through, say, Singapore, India, or Brunei www.theage.com.au/business/mar...

A thoughtful and considered piece

Norway's controversial 2021–2024 reforms nearly doubled the tax on business wealth. Firms of affected owners did not invest less, and outmigration was limited to the very top, from Marius A. K. Ring www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Hey guess what everybody? We’re doing a climate cartoon award again and we’re naming it in our dear, late friend Jon Kudelka’s honour!

📢 The Matildas star’s absence from this month’s friendlies exposes a tension between the demands of international soccer and individual autonomy to decide what matters most in a player’s life.

The Victorian Energy Upgrades program now includes subsidies for residential ceiling insultation . "Victorians can access discounts of up to $1,500 in metropolitan Melbourne and $2,100 in regional Victoria." www.premier.vic.gov.au/cheaper-insu...

The best explanation I've read on AI misalignment, and how it could be a structural issue that can't be patched.

Good piece by @squigglyrick.bsky.social: "Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over time, these bends become clean breaks." www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/28/r...