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Fund created to help small manufacturers cut fossil fuels from their production lines
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:51:30 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/fund-created-to-help-small-manufacturers-cut-fossil-fuels-from-their-production-lines/>
"Small Australian manufacturers will be encouraged to extract the fossil fuels
from their production lines with a $10 million fund designed to decarbonise
forgotten areas within industry.
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Hanson says Australia has a ‘language problem’ due to immigration. After arriving with little English, Marziyah is now a lawyer with a mission
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:49:21 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/13/pauline-hanson-one-nation-australia-immigration-lanuage-ntwnfb>
"For three years, makeshift English and maths classes in an Indonesian refugee
camp were the extent of Marziyah Razi’s education.
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Why Ukraine is rewilding in the heat of war
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:47:54 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.positive.news/environment/why-ukraine-is-rewilding-in-the-heat-of-war/>
"Vesela Dolyna translates from Ukrainian as ‘happy valley’. In the heart of the
semi-arid Pontic-Caspian steppe system in southwestern Odesa Oblast, this
village of 1,206 souls has, sadly, seen happier eras than today. Today, Vesela
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Tiny waves in the deep ocean can affect the climate thousands of kilometres away
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:47:06 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Can provocative climate messaging on OnlyFans cut through social media’s noise?
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:45:41 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.positive.news/environment/can-provocative-climate-messaging-on-only-fans-cut-through-social-medias-noise/>
"As part of a climate communications project, I joined OnlyFans. It wasn’t a
publicity stunt, it was an attempt to answer a question that sits at the heart
of my work: if the climate crisis is one of the defining issues of our time,
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Cultural safety in healthcare is not ‘ideological’ – it is saving lives
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:43:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/cultural-safety-in-healthcare-is-not-ideological-it-is-saving-lives-286335>
"Introduced under urgency this month, the government’s latest proposed law
change would increase the health minister’s powers to interfere in the work of
medical registration authorities.
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Australia’s newest international airport will operate with almost entirely electric ground support equipment
Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:56:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://thedriven.io/2026/07/09/australias-newest-international-airport-will-operate-with-almost-entirely-electric-ground-support-equipment/>
"Australia’s newest international airport, the Western Sydney International
(Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI), is expected to become the first in Australia
to run an “almost entirely electrified” ground support equipment fleet when it
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Big bees have the most to lose as global CO₂ levels rise: new research
Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:55:16 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/big-bees-have-the-most-to-lose-as-global-co-levels-rise-new-research-286559>
"Pollinators – including bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies and some
nectar-loving birds – are a cornerstone of our natural environment.
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ICE Office Of Professional Responsibility Ditches ICE Oversight, Starts Hunting Down ICE Critics
Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:53:39 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/09/ice-office-of-professional-responsibility-ditches-ice-oversight-starts-hunting-down-ice-critics/>
"ICE has already been operating like a paramilitary kidnapping squad. Officers
roam through neighborhoods, stake out hardware store parking lots, and even
occasionally enjoy some ethnic food just so they can raid the source of
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Indigenous child protection is often a political football. Here’s what would actually help
Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:52:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/indigenous-child-protection-is-often-a-political-football-heres-what-would-actually-help-283471>
"When a First Nations child dies unexpectedly, Australia often reaches for the
same responses: to blame, seek more inquiries, implement tougher laws and
stronger powers to intervene.
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