A tax incentive for green hydrogen is good, but Matt Ryan ran the numbers and found that we have a a lot more to do to make a difference given Australia's greenhouse gas emissions #OffTheCharts

We need more investment, more urgency & more ambition
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So now you know (again).

Just what is this Fuel Tax Credit thingy?

And why is it Australia's biggest (and rapidly rising) fossil fuel subsidy?

Glad you asked! A thread based on Australia Institute's new report: australiainstitute.org.au/report/austral…

And now you know!

A nicely crafted comment by James Curran on the trip into mayhem that could follow a Trump re-election. It would inaugurate a massive decline in US influence and power, not in anyone's interests.

How Trump’s ‘imperial presidency’ will reshape the world afr.com/policy/foreign…

And across the Forwards, the total subsidy is about the same as forgiving all HECS debt. Which is better value?

As the Irish distinguish between Ireland and Catholicism, so Amy Remeikis can tell the difference between Israel and Judaism. To conflate them is bullshit. Why’s that so difficult to grasp?

It’s a pity that a sound warning about the dangers of a third Modi regime is clouded by sentimental clap trap about enduring close ties. Australians know as little about India as Indians know about Australia. Sadly, we share neither values nor interests.

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A caring, sympathetic review of a story that is brave in every respect. And it brings crochet to a more enlightened generation of readers, including, one hopes, at Hogwart’s! Another terrific contribution from Upswell to an important conversation. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/books/…

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When you hear the govt talk up the benefits of carbon capture and storage, just remember as Roderick Campbell points out - it's all a con. It's just state-sponsored greenwashing. #OffTheCharts
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A clear and engaging explanation of how the National Energy Market doesn't work by Richard Denniss. What isn't amusing is how much this manipulation of 'markets' actually costs consumers.

Gas exporters operating in WA:

🟠 Pay less royalties to WA than motorists pay in rego fees.
🟠 Pay less tax than is collected by the beer excise.
🟠 Employ just 0.7% of WA workforce.

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The kitchen table strategists who so casually talk about the inevitability of war in Asia and elsewhere should think about what ⁦Peter FitzSimons⁩ says here. Inevitability, stupidity and immorality are of a piece. There is no nobility in carnage.

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Extremely insightful commentary by Emma Shortis - with worrying implications for the outcome of the US Presidential election.

Why should the police direct YorkshireRicky to remove a FB post? And if he’d posted “They forgot to take their invoice with them and might like to come to collect it” would the police have directed that post to be taken down?

Governments don’t get a social licence for policy. They get a mandate.

No, you wouldn’t want anyone to know that you had signed a defence deal with Israel would you? And the fact that you signed it? That’s even more damaging to your reputation than the subject matter of the agreement.

@JulianneShultz provides sensitive commentary on an issue that goes to the core of Australia’s identity. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

An important book. A must read.