#australian

#Australian state preps up to 20 GWh of battery & pumped hydro capacity https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/05/09/australian-state-preps-up-to-20-gwh-of-battery-and-pumped-hydro-capacity/

#Energy #Electricity #Power

https://www.europesays.com/2062763/ Why many in the Indian community backed Labor at the federal election #AnthonyAlbanese #australia #australian #community #diaspora #FederalElection #Immigration #indian #IndianAustralians #IndianDiaspora #labor #LaborParty #LiberalParty #multicultural

This is an #Australian micro #orchid
Genus unknown. It's super tiny.

Only reason I saved the image is to show it to @jerry, he has a thing for orchids.

BlockTexx backs #Australian circular clothing scheme | #Ecotextile https://www.ecotextile.com/2025050756604/news/environment/blocktexx-backs-australian-circular-clothing-scheme/ https://www.ecotextile.com/2025050756604/news/environment/blocktexx-backs-australian-circular-clothing-scheme/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

#Recycling #Clothing #Textiles #TextilePollution

Textile recycling pioneer signs up as a supporter of ‘Seamless’ circular clothing product stewardship scheme.

#Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is likely to work more closely with centre-left governments in Britain & Canada, as well as other democratic allies, after a resounding election win strengthened his hand in dealing with the U.S https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/analysis-australia-election-win-seen-strengthening-albanese%27s-hand-with-us

#AusPol #Democracy

#Australian #CleanEnergy leaders urge Albanese to speed up renewables push https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/05/05/australian-clean-energy-leaders-urge-albanese-to-speed-up-renewables-push/

#RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #WindPower

@shaknais @kkarhan @maxleibman

There is also law made in #Australian which criminalises dropping pins on Google maps where intensive animal farms (piggeries and caged chooks) are.

You can go to jail for that.
I tried to find the law and of course it's fairly obscure.

But it's just another law that criminalises public dissent.

In South Australia (my state) you can get fined A$50,000 for protesting in the street.

#Australia’s largest carbon emitter proposes big expansion to WA #GasPower plant https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-largest-carbon-emitter-proposes-big-expansion-to-wa-gas-power-plant/

#Australian utility AGL #Energy is proposing an up to 250 megawatt expansion to its existing gas-fired #power plant in Kwinana, near Perth, that according to its application will emit 196,000 tonnes of #CO2 annually, for roughly 30 years.

Yep, #Australia. Really couldn’t give a kangaroos fart for the #Environment.

#GlobalWarming

Å! Congrats to our #australian bros and hoes for not giving into #rightwing nuttery! Look at you all being civilized and shit! #news #election https://www.politico.eu/article/anthony-albanese-remain-australia-prime-minister-labor-win-election/

At the moment it looks like Dutton, Trump‘s Australia lemming, has followed Poilievre and hurled himself off the election cliff edge
Cheery news if confirmed

“Albanese's party wins #Australian #election - media projection”

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0503/1510892-world/

Huzzah!

#Australian #election results.
Our right wing Temu tRump who wanted to mirror #DOGE by firing 40,000 public servants not only lost the election, but also lost his seat!

tRump may suck for America, but he is great at ousting #fascist wannabes around the world!

#Dutton was set to win this election had it not been for tRump!

I did not think I would say this;
"THANK YOU DONALD!!!"

The #Australian Government Office of National Intelligence (ONI) has compiled a report to prepare Governments for the coming #climatechange #catastrophe

The Government refuses to release, even the de-#classified version of it.
The senators who sighted it, on the condition of secrecy say it's terrifying.

Notable in the context of tRump dismantling climate warning systems.

The oligarchs want you dead.

Day 33 cont

“The #truth is, in what became an impressive field of advocates, #Albo did more to secure my freedom than any other politician or public figure, even more than the late Pope, whose support was both moving and significant.
Against all expectations for an #Australian politician, once elected, he kept his word.

#Albanese lobbied former US president #JoeBiden at several meetings, pushing for Assange’s release.

Albo hasn’t just stood up to the #US to end the #PoliticalImprisonment of an #Australian – he’s also intervened for other Australians detained in difficult circumstances, including in #China. This government has proven itself unusually capable of rescuing #Australians caught up in #sensitive political situations.

Does this mean Albo will put Australian interests first and skillfully navigate tensions between the US, #EU, and China? I can’t say for sure. But I do know this: He can. Albo did right by me ... You don’t need to be a #bully to have a #backbone.”

#AusPol / #JulianAssange / #veritas <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/02/australia-election-2025-live-last-day-campaign-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-poll-voting-ntwnfb>

Agent Krasnov still has not approved the transfer of #Australian Abrams tanks to #ukraine.

We were going to bury them in the desert.

Just in case you had doubt tRump work for putin.
#auspol

How the #Australian voting system works, explained with a grain or two of humor

https://youtu.be/zXHq04W0kBs

Wonder how they decipher the numbers of folks who have a not-so-clear handwriting

#juicemedia

Miniature #Dachshund Found Safe After Surviving 529 Days In The #Australian #Wilderness

https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/5754/Miniature-Dachshund-Found-Safe-After-Surviving-529-Days-In-The-Australian-Wilderness

The #American credit rating agency S&P is trying to put their thumb on the scale of the #Australian election by insinuating that #Labor is jeopardising Australia’s credit rating.

#Election2025
#Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0DAp4ya0ms

If I were a green card holder returning to the #USA, I would prefer to be refused at the #border and sent back, as happened to this #Australian, than to be allowed in and then put into a detention centre as the Irish mother, 20-year green card holder, in this article.

As her sister said; “She’s afraid that she’s going to get lost in the system. That was the one thing she said to me: ‘Please don’t let me get lost.’”

@Robbobski @HarriettMB
#GreenCard #Immigration

Day 29

“Prime Minister #AnthonyAlbanese has had a colourful visit to a polling booth in the southern #Sydney seat of #Banks, held by the #Liberals.

There was representation from across the political spectrum as volunteers handed out flyers to punters arriving to cast early votes — there was an on-the-ground presence from the Liberals, #Labor, #Greens, #MuslimVotesMatter, #independents, Fatima Payman’s Australia’s #VoiceParty and the #Libertarians.

Australia’s Voice senate candidate #EmanieDarwiche heckling Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Unsurprisingly, then, the reception that Albanese received was mixed. He was loudly heckled by Payman’s NSW Senate candidate, Emanie Darwiche, who cried: “Anthony Albanese, you are committing genocide.”

Another man in a van driving past yelled out: “You’re the reason we’re broke, bro.” The third heckler was in higher spirits. “Hey Albo,” they shouted from their car window, before using an expletive to give the prime minister a very #Australian compliment.”

#AusPol / #Coalition / #Nationals <https://archive.md/o1wRx> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-election-2025-live-updates-anthony-albanese-v-peter-dutton-leaders-debate-reaction-20250427-p5lul8.html?post=p58kgp#p58kgp> (paywall)

Day 29

“A dispute over signage between a #Labor staffer volunteering for #Wills MP #PeterKhalil and a #MuslimVotesMatter volunteer at a pre-polling station in #Brunswick led to police being called and the activist being questioned by officers.

The dispute, along with an argument between minor party #volunteers, prompted the #Australian Electoral Commission on Saturday to note “#physical and #verbal #violence” at the pre-poll booth and to warn #candidates and their teams to treat each other with #respect.”

#AusPol / #Labor / #Victoria / #AEC <https://archive.md/kWwLU> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-cost-of-living-in-focus-in-final-week-of-campaigning-20250425-p5lu8k.html?post=p58kh2#p58kh2>