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Climate concerns added to pressures on Albanese government

Rich James — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:17:51 +0000

Questions are being asked of Australia’s climate record while the government continues to face concerning polling. Meanwhile, it was all smiles among rivals at the NRL grand final and Brazil heads to the polls.

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The stock price of Vail Resorts looks like a ski slope. But their doom is our doom, too

Jason Murphy — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:09:11 +0000

They could build a chair lift on a slope like that.

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Doomsday AI cultists aren’t just good marketers — they’re capturing governments

Ketan Joshi — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:20:19 +0000

As soon as you realise the AI industry is packed with adherents to a cult of climate and fossil fuel dismissiveness, everything clicks into place.

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Why the climate crisis must break Canberra’s hamster wheel of daily reporting

Christopher Warren — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:12:56 +0000

The greatest success of fossil fuel corporations — and the politicians and commentators who support them — has been convincing the media that there's no story to tell in the climate crisis.

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Albanese government pushing for crackdown on social media algorithms

Rich James — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:20:17 +0000

Communication Minister Anika Wells’s digital duty of care proposals are set to dominate this sitting week. Meanwhile, opposition leader-in-waiting Andrew Hastie might be getting a new job.

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Coalition tries to stoke culture wars in schools

Rich James — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:13:14 +0000

Teaching unions have hit back at the opposition's depictions of what is being taught in schools and criticism of the Respectful Relationships curriculum. Meanwhile, trusts are back in the news.

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Resisting climate desecration means rebuking ‘social cohesion’

Jeff Sparrow — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:01:03 +0000

Division and polarisation are not, in and of themselves, problems. In the face of an unprecedented crisis, with no obvious solution in sight, the demand for 'cohesion' becomes both utopian and reactionary.

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Big polluters rely on short-term carbon credits. Time to reconsider, climate authority warns

Bernard Keane — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:36:39 +0000

Australia's carbon credit system is relying on carbon storage projects that only last 25 years — meaning the carbon sequestered by them will be released in the 2040s, while the pollution they "offset" is around forever.

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As giant AI-obsessed hyperscalers go, Google is top of the charts

Ketan Joshi — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:34:45 +0000

Google has been using its Earth program as a major component in its greenwashing tactics for some time now. Was adding an AI tool part of that project?

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Melbourne lags far behind Sydney when it comes to nature access. Here’s how to fix it

Chris Taylor — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:44:24 +0000

With hunting and logging advocacy groups mounting a long-standing campaign against national parks, the Victorian capital has been left wanting.

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