The Australian Conservation Foundation has long enjoyed the contributions to their work of volunteer Maelor Himbury. I’ve long enjoyed one of his contributions – the daily compilation from the nation’s media of articles featuring the environment, conservation and climate change. Each weekday I receive Maelor’s list of articles, I scan the list and make an editorial comment on one that takes my fancy. Yes, I know, quite self-indulgent but it makes me look carefully through the daily offerings. I then send it on to the 40 or 50 people who have indicated that they wish to receive it. In turn, a number of them then pass the list on to people that they know. I’m never sure that Maelor knows just how many people appreciate his work – but I certainly do.
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This is what happens when Labor has weak policy on energy – but they are slow learners. https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/nsw-labor-followed-the-joel-fitzgibbon-playbook-in-the-hunter-and-look-what-happened-20210525-p57v0c.html From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au>Date: 26 May 2021 at 10:53:05 am AESTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: …
They know about COVID distancing in Broken Hill. From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au>Date: 25 May 2021 at 8:31:01 am AESTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: Daily Links May 25 Post of the Day ‘Bringing people …
Mining has given us so much, including street views of Broken Hill. From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au>Date: 24 May 2021 at 8:12:24 am ACSTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: Daily Links May 24 Post of …
Ok, it is only a state government by-election, but it is in a coal electorate with farming under threat. If the progressive vote is only around 20%, a similar result federally doesn’t bear thinking about. We all have a lot of work to do.https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/upper-hunter-byelection-result-disastrous-for-labor-20210522-p57u91.html
From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au>Date: 22 May 2021 at 8:12:25 am ACSTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: Daily Links May 22 Post of the Day Mining lobby exaggerates taxes and royalties paid by $45 billion …
Angus ‘Fantastic’ Taylor is an absolute embarrassment, for many reasons including for his total refusal to show leadership in his role as Minister for Emissions Reduction. https://reneweconomy.com.au/angus-taylor-im-not-driving-an-electric-car/ From: Maelor Himbury …
There are simply too many articles on the topic to highlight. Suffice it to say, the government’s intervention in the electricity market via their own gas-fired generator has attracted criticism ranging from scorn to derision. Meanwhile, 46 of Victoria’s 79 local governments are collaborating in a massive PPA for electricity from wind. In a quite different context and with a few liberties with the words, us baby-boomers we’re wont to chant at demonstrations ‘One side’s right, one side’s wrong … Angus is a total nong’.
Why do I think of the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail when I read this article? Is it Angus ‘Fantastic’ Taylor claiming this IEA report ‘is but a flesh wound’ to his new gas-fired power station he’s going to underwrite or ARENA’s funding for CCS? This mob in Canberra are deeply into the absurd.https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/international-energy-agency-calls-last-drinks-on-fossil-fuels-20210518-p57sxl.html
Now here’s a new one. Sports rorts, change rooms for girls and community development slush funds cost real money to pork-barrel marginal seats. Promising, before the election, car parks in seats you want to protect, then finding out after the event that you can’t deliver anyway doesn’t cost a cent. The LNP got the gain without electoral pain. Will the punters pay enough attention to not be duped again?https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/morrison-government-pulls-100m-promised-for-station-car-parks-20210513-p57rrj.html
Ownership, implying “It’s my land, I can do what I like with it”, is quite a different proposition to Stewardship, “I’m here now, someone looked after this land before me, I need to look afterit for those who come after me”.https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2021/may/17/who-owns-australia