Day 19 cont

“He (#PeterDutton) cites #DataCentres in the US where those #tech companies are having conversations with nuclear power providers:

The beauty of an #investment like #nuclear into the #Hunter region for example is you can attract the data centres which is exactly what is happening in the US. #Apple and #Oracle and #Microsoft, or these #companies are willing to spend tens of billions of dollars but they are only having conversations with #NuclearPower providers.”

#Straya gov cant #science or #compute, the LNP are garbage at business. Nuclear generation is #toxic. #Multinationals avoid tax.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Iberal / #Nationals / #Business / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be#block-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be>

Day 17 cont

♬ Australia don’t become America / Australia don’t become America / McDonalds and Coca Cola ♬

Maybe should be listening to more #Straya #music like #Cranky, “Australia Don't Become America” #AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor / #politics / #culture / #music < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdw1Pw4nIv0>

Day 17 cont

“Donald Trump was seen only months ago as a disruptive force who brought huge danger to #AnthonyAlbanese at this election campaign.
But things changed when the US president brought chaos and confusion to world markets and became an economic risk to #Australia with his #tariff policies.

Now we have hard #data on how this is reshaping the #election – and ️hurting #PeterDutton️ at the halfway point of the #campaign.”

For all those who can’t read behind the lines? #Straya is not #Merica.

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals / #Coalition <https://archive.md/uxUDT> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-thought-trump-was-dragging-down-peter-dutton-now-we-know-why-20250414-p5lrox.html> (paywall)

Day 15 cont

Looking back at promises for mental health due to underfunding.

“As Prime Minister #AnthonyAlbanese issues an election #pledge of $1 billion for #MentalHealth support #funding, professionals on the sector’s frontline are reserving judgement.“

#Health / #Youth / #Labor / #ProfPatrickMcgorry / #Straya <https://archive.md/5yJOK> / <https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/2025/04/12/labors-faint-promise-mental-health> (paywall)

Day 14

“Nearly 2m hectares of #forests suitable for endangered koalas have been destroyed since the iconic species was declared a #ThreatenedSpecies in 2011, according to analysis for Guardian Australia.

The scale of #habitat #destruction in #Queensland and #NewSouthWales – states in which the koala is formally recognised as being at risk of #extinction – has continued despite political promises it would be protected.

Analysis by the #AustralianConservationFoundation using state and federal government #data found 1,964,200 hectares of #koala habitat were cleared between 2012 and 2021, the latest year for which there was complete data.

The total amount of destroyed forest and bush covered an area larger than greater Sydney, taking in the #BlueMountains, the #Illawarra, the southern highlands and the #Goulburn and #Shoalhaven regions.

It is more than 10 times larger than the area the #NSW government is assessing for a possible “great koala national park”. But most of the cleared area – 81% – was in Queensland.

About three-quarters of the lost forest is estimated to have been cleared for agriculture, to create #cattle pasture and #crop fields. The analysis found 13% was removed by the #forestry industry and 5% for development of infrastructure, including #mining. Just 4% was likely due to natural causes, such as bushfire and drought.”

There’s a reason the Minister for the Environment has been kept quiet.

#Auspol / #Labor / #Straya / #ClimateExtinction <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/12/koala-habitat-destroyed-since-2011-analysis>

Day eleven cont: ️

“we’re watching the world being burned down by powerful men – we just didn’t know they would be such #losers”.

There are millions of us across this country right now who do not want #Australia to go down the #USA route. Who want to detach ourselves from Donald Trump and to look after us in this country” — #AdamBandt

#AusPol / #Greens / #economics / #Defence / #RAN / #Dolphin / #Submarine / f #AUKUS / #straya / #merica <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/09/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-greens-adam-bandt-debate-gas-prices-cost-of-living-economy-tariffsntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2#block-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2>

they were all warning me about the wildlife but no one prepared me for the trees

Day Six

“Dr #SimonGrainger, a senior #climatologist at the bureau (#BOM) , said #Australia also had its joint warmest start to any year at 2.08C above average, tied with the January to March period of 2019.”

and the PM (#Labor) and opposition (#Liberal / #LNP) are having a pissing match over who can whisper into the ear a deaf, blind foreigner

#AusPol / #Straya / #ClimateEmergency / #climate <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/australia-records-hottest-12-months-and-warmest-march-weather-on-record>