Pete
@treepete
Plants, ecology and society, amongst many interests Living on Bundjalung country Aust
Pretty much same across Anglosphere I'd suggest Biggest demographic cleavage or predictor of vote is generational by a long way Nostalgia for imagined past is part of it Education reflects generational differences I think. Younger gens far more uni ed Aust fed polling Jan 26, still same now
Batteries were closing in on the same contribution as gas to NEM in April as well, 1.9% vs 2.2% With the overall price also declining
Tone policing everyone else then so fragile despite being very quick to critique others
Even in 2021 just over 50% of aged care workers were born OS and it's probably become even more since then as the number of >65's increases Parts of healthcare including GP services, hospital ED, intensive care & nursing sectors having comparably large % of OS born or trained to maintain services
As the median age of recent 'migrants' in NOM, who are not all permanent migrants anyway, is 26. These 'migrants' are probably the only reason for rapidly declining working age population, >2% drop since 2009, being halted in only recent yrs, the trajectory of the ageing population here
Even most recent redbridge poll shows same split, age most prominent factor in voting intention Greens 1st party among 18-34 there ON ex-Lib Nat in boomer & now gen-X too. Older gens voting against climate, housing action in a world they won't live to see, but younger gens will have to deal with
Putting out my teatowel, that Jon found somewhere and sent to me after the original order I made got lost in the great Lismore flood as it was arriving that week Vale a great, warm and funny man, gone too early Condolences to the family Lost my mother to same condition
Preliminary Environmental Justice Aust scorecard on changes to EPBC law via envirojustice.org.au/environment-...
Watching on events at home from India, the lands that gave the world our number system & idea of zero. So much history & culture. You can only cringe at the ignorance & prejudice of too many at home My view this morning Kangchenjunga, 3rd highest mountain in the world
Travelling in India & coverage of nazis at home in most big newspapers including local complementary Times of India handed out to all passengers on the early morning train I'm on
Contrary to so much shit in the world Today I've been visiting the community infrastructure of the Khasi people of Meghalaya India Which the world needs much more of There being only one living tree roots double decker bridge in the world so far
Meanwhile their sponsorship capture of duopoly political parties from 2014 to 2024 only cost them about $1.12 million
The variety Kanhizakura, Prunus campanulata, is very early flowering one that tolerates more subtropical too Already flowering in NE NSW, deep magenta flowers First Cherry blossom of the season
Worldview is not as detailed but this is chlorophyll a which is indicator of phytoplankton on May 31st and July 17th around SA coast Blue is low concentration, red highest Need cloud free to see full extent, not total daily coverage, area varies day to day
Younger people are those who will face the future Aussie boomers mostly enjoyed wealth & opportunity no other generation of humans probably ever had, at expense of future generations it seems Some genuine wisdom & long term view would be good to see Young are under-represented ABS data on MPs👇
This seems an incredible view Older generations in Aust have overwhelmingly voted for regressive climate denialist policies of LNP & self-serving rorts on housing Where's so-called wisdom of elders? All polling shows age is biggest cleavage of vote Young people interests are very under-represented
Wish we could trade weather for a bit, rarely more than a day or few with clear sky for months Pretty constant rain showers in NE NSW, SE Qld with some crops smashed by floods, cyclone in March We're close to record wet for last 12 months, which is >2 m of rain You could use some
That darkest green blob on map is Greens PV swing in Page, just under 7% via Tallyroom Nat heartland, massive Aussie ignorance & political inertia to overcome but many people here are acutely aware of what can happen
The launch in Lismore for Dr Luke Robinson in the Page electorate last night, with Mandy Nolan for Richmond and Eddie Lloyd for senate
Political Gadgets website has them a bit aligned with Greens overall on their voting record Which is a point of bitter debate & contention for both Libs & them Wilkie is ~90% concordance with Greens on parl votes Their 2 party voting alignment is overwhelmingly towards Labor aside from Katter & Le
Tedious & ridiculous stereotype not reality Ad hominem without data sadly typical #ahuspol Greens MPs are most public educated & also higher ed group Acrual data if anyone bothers to look before speaking, via AFR 👇 Libs, Indies & Labor far more private schooled, well above to 2x Aust general pop
Thanks Ketan, Labor, media, Indies & many ENGOs were all lining up to bully Greens to just pass it of course The forever tropes about perfection, anything is better than nothing etc Sums up #auspol mediocrity totally Then silence, just bury any further consideration or any other effort to do better
Well over 100 mm across most of Wilsons River catchment for Lismore, most since midnight This water will be in Lismore tonight Still raining pretty solid Just a matter of scale for this flood now, over the levee will wreck many in town again Not as bad as 22 so far, but not good
As cyclone Alfred approaches not far from home A few dickheads in US could stuff up everyone's chance to know what's really happening in our world and destroy years of effort
Not criticising anyone interested in genuine climate action Criticising those who just use stupid tropes against Greens who have longstanding position on climate FWIW some Indies including Pocock & Zoe Daniels have taken swipes & said stupid tropes about Greens themselves eg Zoe at NPC 👇
Every Fed seat has that chart of 2022 results in Wikipedia Called alluvial diagram eg Wills