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An additional 43m tonnes of coal to be sent overseas and burnt for electricity would be dug up in koala, rock wallaby and glossy black cockatoo habitat under plans to extend the life of Glencore's Ulan mine in NSW. 🛑 www.canberratimes.com.au/story/892248...

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Tanya Plibersek says the opposition’s promise to quickly approve Woodside’s NW Shelf extension could expose such a decision to legal challenges that would further stall the gas hub expansion. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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The Coalition seems to be confusing the national interest with the commercial interests of a big fossil fuel company. #NWShelf #auspol au.news.yahoo.com/pm-lashes-co...

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New analysis, released today by ACF, reveals the staggering volumes of water required to keep nuclear reactors cool. www.acf.org.au/water-guzzli...

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Investors raise concerns about the Coalition’s proposal to extend the lives of ageing coal-fired power stations until nuclear plants would be ready to replace them, increasing risks of sudden breakdowns, power shortages and price spikes. www.smh.com.au/business/com...

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Nuclear is being promoted as the ‘bold’ centrepiece of the Coalition’s climate and energy platform, but in recent weeks we’ve seen Ted O’Brien confirm it’s little more than an idea: “the nuclear technology for Australia is yet to be selected” perindavey.com.au/answer-your-... (1/3)

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Growing disquiet within the Coalition about Mr Dutton's nuclear ambitions... #auspol

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We welcome this $750m investment in Australian research and industry innovation to tackle barriers that are hampering the decarbonisation of Australia’s metal industry. (1/5) thewest.com.au/politics/fed...

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Interfering with a joey can have a long-term impact on wombats. In some cases the mother will abandon the joey if it smells like humans. This is not the way to treat wildlife. www.smh.com.au/national/jus...

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From the end of 2025 exporters will need to prove products sold to the EU have not come from land that has been deforested after December 2020. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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“Going into a federal election, Australians have an opportunity to choose parliamentarians who will act to protect nature and the climate, not do the bidding of powerful vested interests.” au.news.yahoo.com/once-common-...

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"banks that lend money to businesses so they can clear land for agriculture without protecting endangered species habitat" should be liable for failure to do due diligence. How about it @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social

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just three days after Australia’s cheque cleared, the Congressional Research Service quietly issued a paper saying while the nuclear-powered attack submarines (known as SSNs) intended for Australia might be built, the US could decide to never hand them over. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Our analysis of satellite images showed what appeared to be clearing of endangered ‘Mallee bird ecological community’ in the Murray-Darling Basin. When we went to the site we found what looked like a scene from Mad Max. Story by @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social au.news.yahoo.com/shocking-ima...

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Join us, @actionaidaustralia.bsky.social and @ausconservation.bsky.social for this free panel event on 12 March and find out how you can get involved in ending funds to fossil fuel expansion! #climate Register: events.humanitix.com/divesting-fr...

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As yet another climate-fuelled disaster unfolds, independent MP @zalisteggall.bsky.social renews her push for a national climate resilience plan. 👏 www.news.com.au/national/pol...

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Contrast the angst over a brief delay in approving a gas proposal with a relative lack of concern over the dieback of WA forests during a record hot, dry period last year, or the severe coral bleaching of the Ningaloo Reef last month. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Conservation groups have published an open letter in today’s Sydney Morning Herald calling on NSW Premier Chris Minns to declare the full 176,000 hectares assessed as the Great Koala National Park. www.acf.org.au/time-to-deli...

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‘As far south as Sydney’: Why cyclones are growing deadlier and heading south. @caitlinfitzsimmons.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/environment/...

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A national food strategy is needed so future generations of Australians have access to food that is affordable and nutritious, that keeps family farms viable and operates within nature’s limits. www.acf.org.au/food-strateg...

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ACF media release here in response to news a Coalition government would approve a ‘bucket load’ of new gas projects, including Woodside’s NW Shelf extension. www.acf.org.au/coalition-en...

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Defence experts warn nuclear reactors could become targets of war in Australia. ☢️ www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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ACF backs the NFF’s call for a national food strategy. Australia needs food systems that work for people and nature. Every sector relies on nature in different ways, but no industry is more dependent on nature being in good health than agriculture.

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‘This Inquiry followed a large number of previous state & federal inquiries into nuclear power... four in the last decade alone. It should be the last. We must draw a line under nuclear in this country. We must commit to the net zero transition at speed and at scale.’ 🎯@mon4kooyong.bsky.social

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Yet another inquiry finds nuclear is not right for Australia. 🚫☢️ #auspol www.acf.org.au/federal-inqu...

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The Coalition’s nuclear policy would add “two Beetaloo basins” worth of emissions to the atmosphere... 😬🚫☢️

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Proposal by @allegraspender.bsky.social would give homeowners access to 10-year, zero-interest loans of up to $25,000 to meet the upfront costs of installing batteries, solar and other energy efficiency measures. 🌞 www.afr.com/policy/energ...

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Australian greenhouse gas emissions would surge by more than 2 billion tonnes under the Coalition’s plan for nuclear energy, according to new modelling by the Climate Change Authority. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

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“New analysis shows pursuing the deployment of nuclear in Australia’s grid could add at least 2 billion tonnes to national emissions, equivalent to 200 years of Australia’s emissions from aviation.” www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/media-releas...

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Deep corals at Ningaloo Reef are bleaching for the first time on record. 😢 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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Warning bells for Australia. 🚨 The USA’s most recent nuclear plant, Vogtle 3, was costed at $US13bn in 2005 but blew out to $US34bn by the time it opened in 2023. “The lesson from the nuclear industry in the US would not be to follow it, it would be to avoid it.” ☢️ www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

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The four accounting tricks behind Peter Dutton’s nuclear cost claims. #auspol @reneweconomy.com.au reneweconomy.com.au/the-four-acc...

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This is devastating. Why does the WA gov want to make this worse by opening up new climate warming gas fields off the WA coastline?

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The election is just weeks away, yet Mr Dutton has not answered any of the key questions about how his nuclear energy pitch would work beyond naming the seven sites where the Coalition says it might eventually – mostly in the 2040s – build reactors. ☢️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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WA’s World Heritage listed Ningaloo Reef is bleaching. ☹️ Planned gas expansions, like Browse, Barossa and the NW Shelf – which would fuel warmer oceans and more bleaching – must not be allowed to go ahead. www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...

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An appalling promise from a govt with virtually nothing to show on nature protection at the end of a full 3-year term. No national EPA. No stronger nature law. More Aussie species closer to extinction. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Be in no doubt, the federal opposition's energy proposition for Australia is vehemently anti-renewable, warns John Grimes of the Smart Energy Council on RN Breakfast. Audio here. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Something positive: Critically endangered plains-wanderers have been found living in Melbourne’s west for the first time in more than 30 years - by @petrastock.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Feels like this should be a bigger political story. “Both time and cost won’t allow nuclear to be done on time ... the question right now is about getting on and getting this done as soon as we can." bsky.app/profile/aust...

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Nukes consume even more water than coal power stations ... so who loses out to make space for unnecessary & expensive nuclear? ☢️💧 Our environment? Our drinking water supply? Farmers? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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MEDIA RELEASE: Major Australian charities slam undemocratic changes to election rules. australiandemocracy.org.au/australian-d...

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Independent MP @zalisteggall.bsky.social grills Don Farrell over political donations reform in fiery corridor confrontation. By @sbasfordcanales.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Acid emissions from Woodside's gas factory are destroying the world's largest and oldest collection of rock art. au.yahoo.com/news/19-metr...

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