Gregory Andrews @LyrebirdDream Twitter profile

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Gregory Andrews

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11 months

I’ve represented Australia in jobs with fancy titles but my most important job title is Dad. When Andrew Bolt went after my daughter, who wants a safe climate future, I felt deeply disrespected. I don’t tolerate abuse. So said goodbye and walked off set. #ClimateHungerStrike

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Dropped in to @NatGalleryAus today in my Stop Coal T-shirt for a photo with Gina Rhinehart. Vincent Namatjira OAM is an excellent artist!

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As Australia’s first Aboriginal Ambassador posted to Africa, I proudly flew the Aboriginal and Australian flags on my official vehicle. The Voice is about a grown-up and compassionate Australia. A nation honest with itself and united as it walks towards the future. #VoteYes

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Gregory Andrews

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11 months

Australia needs a lot more people like this man in our Parliament. Thank you Senator @DavidPocock for coming to show your support for my #ClimateHungerStrike . The world is on the brink of of climate collapse. Sign my petition to @AlboMP to take real climate action here. 👇🏽

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My body called it quits but I haven’t when it comes to calling on @AlboMP to be the Prime Minister we need for a safe future for our kids and country. Thanks Australia for all your support and compassion. I’m at Canberra Hospital. Read my update here.👇🏽

My body gave up but my determination hasn't

Dear SupportersYesterday I had to listen to my body when it started to give out. I was losing control of my limbs and speech, and my brain got pretty foggy. My wife, the Parliament House nurse, the...

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11 months

Thx @ALeighMP for being the first @AustralianLabor MP to come & sit with me. I’ve always respected you as a good man. Andrew asked me to give up. I said I would when PM @AlboMP agrees that we should stop kidding ourselves we’re doing enough for a safe future. #ClimateHungerStrike

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11 months

It’s Day 6 of my #ClimateHungerStrike with only 23 Days to #COP28 . I’ve lost 4.5kg. At this rate I’ll have lost 25kg by then. So I’ve brought my swag in and bunkered down. I’m doing this for our kids and country. Please sign & share my petition.👇🏽

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11 months

I’ve been on my #ClimateHungerStrike for Two weeks now! Over night I got news from New York that the UN Secretary General @antonioguterres knows and is watching. I hope that puts pressure on @AlboMP @SenatorWong and @Bowenchris ahead of #COP28 . Australia must step up!

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11 months

Annette from Queanbeyan, who I’ve never met before, brought me this beautiful bunch of roses from her garden to say thank you for doing what’s right for Australia. ♥️♥️♥️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 She’s already signed my petition. You can too.👇🏽 #ClimateHungerStrike

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11 months

Angry Andrew Bolt continues to hurl personal attacks at me. I pitty him and others who lack the mental courage to face the truth about the climate crisis. Instead they lash out with personal attacks in an attempt to soothe themselves. #ClimateHungerStrike

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2 years

Rock goannas at #Kiwirrkurra Indigenous Protected Area. #WildOz @RecAustralia @TjamuTjamuPBC #ausvotes #auspoll2022

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11 months

It’s Day 4 of my #ClimateHungerStrike and I’m losing weight faster than I hoped. I won’t stop until the @AlboMP government stops dilly-dallying and takes strong and decisive #ClimateAction . Please sign and share my petition here.👇🏽

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11 months

I woke up at 3am this morning and couldn’t sleep. So I wrote this letter to @AlboMP . I respect Albo for his courage with the Voice. All I’m asking is for the same courage on climate. If we don’t stop climate change, none of us will have a voice. #ClimateHungerStrike

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11 months

PM @AlboMP kept his word and showed courage and when he took the Voice to a referendum knowing it would likely fail. Australia needs him to show the same bravery and courage on climate change. Otherwise none of us will have a voice. Especially our kids. #ClimateHungerStrike

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11 months

It’s the beginning of Day 5 of my #ClimateHungerStrike . The Senators come back today. I hope some might come out to show support or explain why the government isn’t doing enough. I’m doing this for my kids and country. I won’t give up. Sign my petition.👇🏽

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1 month

I’ve cycled over 1500 km across South Australia and haven’t seen a single windfarm on so-called ‘prime agricultural land’. That’s just another lie spread by the fossil fuel industry and mischievous politicians to keep their pockets full and stay in power. #eBike4Australia

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1 year

Australia is about to have a rich man from the other side of the planet with a silly hat and golden throne crowned as our King! None of our kids can be elected as our Head of State. Sign the @AusRepublic ‘democracy not monarchy’ petition here. #NotMyKing

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11 months

My steam was running out this morning, until I read today’s Senate agenda. Senator @larissawaters will put @AlboMP & @PeterDutton_MP to the test with my 5 demands. Will they back big fossil fuel companies? Or will they back us, our children and our future? #ClimateHungerStrike

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20 days

I’ve just ridden my eBike 4750 km across Australia to promote renewable energy. The most important thing I did was have conversations with everyday Australians. They all want the same thing. An end to political mischief and real climate action. #eBike4Australia

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11 months

My favourite #ClimateHungerStrike visitor today was my last. My cherished sister Alison drove down from Newcastle to be with me here at Parliament House for the next two days. She’ll help me save energy as my official spokes-sister. Love you Alison. ♥️♥️♥️♥️

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Gregory Andrews

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9 months

I’m boycotting Peter Dutton, not @woolworths . Forcing businesses to promote nationalism is what fascists do. 👇🏽

Dutton’s Australia Day boycott of Woolworths blasted as ‘culture war’ division

Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said the government was focused on reducing prices while the opposition leader is intent on inflaming culture wars.

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Gregory Andrews

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5 months

Vincent Namatjira’s Australia in Colour exhibition is about so much more than Gina Rhinehart. It’s a stark demonstration of the need for an #AusRepublic . In the artists words, the British royals are so “out of place, wandering in the sandy creeks, among the ghost gums”.

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7 months

Australia ranks fifth after Brazil, India, Indonesia and Tanzania for deforestation! On average, we destroy over 400,000 hectares of native forests each year. Surely we can protect what’s left. I walked in this remnant Red Gum coastal forest on Darkinjung Country NSW today.

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Gregory Andrews

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11 months

David Shoebridge just came and told me the whole @Greens party room supports my demands. He asked me to stop my #ClimateHungerStrike & leave it to the elected representatives. I said the Independents and Greens were doing the right thing but @AlboMP and @PeterDutton_MP weren’t.

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Gregory Andrews

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11 months

Thank you @spenderallegra for coming to see me. I don’t want to be on a #ClimateHungerStrike and if there were more people in Parliament like you I wouldn’t need to be. My life is but one of eight billion on our planet. I want a safe future for our children. 🙏🏽♥️

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11 months

I’m on a #ClimateHungerStrike outside Parliament House because I want a safe future for my kids and country. Sign my petition here:

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2 years

This pair of breakfasting endangered Gang gang cockatoos are regulars in our Canberra garden. I noticed they’re both left handed. Unbelievable! #biodiversity #WildOz @ConservationACT

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Gregory Andrews

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11 months

Hana is 27 & just finished medical school. She’s a doctor and dropped in to show her 110% support for my #ClimateHungerStrike . The science shows 3 to 6 billion peoples lives will be at risk by the end of the century. Support me too and sign my petition.👇🏽

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Gregory Andrews

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9 months

Amidst all the off-shore wind farm hysteria of @Barnaby_Joyce and @PeterDutton_MP , it’s worth considering the facts. There are currently no offshore wind farms operating in Australian waters. Meanwhile, @GeoscienceAus data shows we have over 8,000 offshore oil and gas wells. 1/2

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Gregory Andrews

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4 months

Surging renewables in France are pushing electricity prices down and forcing expensive nuclear power plants out. Meanwhile ⁦⁦⁦Peter Dutton wants to put the breaks on renewables and start from scratch on nuclear. Yeah right!

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11 months

Dr @SophieScamps came down & sat with me for at least half an hour today. I thanked Sophie for everything the independents are doing. She asked me to “stop & help rebuild Australia’s democracy”. But she also listened & acknowledged that I am in charge of my #ClimateHungerStrike .

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Gregory Andrews

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11 months

There are three men in the world for whom I have unconditional admiration. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Bob Brown. Today this message from Bob Brown came into my inbox. It means to much to me Bob. Gee I wish you were still in the Australian Parliament. 🙏🏽♥️💛🖤

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11 months

My 83 yo mum sends me messages of love & support every day. This is yesterday’s. “Dear Greg, You are doing what the rest of us can just think about. VERY VERY PROUD OF YOU. IT JUST STUNS MY BRAIN that you can keep it going like this. LOVE MUM 😍😍😍😍😍” #ClimateHungerStrike

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6 months

So glad Canberrans elected this fella to the Senate in 2022. We need more people like ⁦ @DavidPocock ⁩ in Parliament House. Bring on the next election.

David Pocock is on an accountability mission — and the senator expects answers

Since his elevation to the Senate in May 2022, David Pocock is on a mission to hold Canberra to account. Now, he has the Department of Defence in his sights.

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11 months

I thought today was going to be one of rest and saving energy. That my desert swag isn’t cutting the mustard in Canberra rain. Hannah and Bram found me sodden and have gone home to get me a replacement kit. My son Noah is bringing me in a change of clothes. #ClimateHungerStrike

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8 months

“We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it the worse it is going to get.” - David Attenborough on the state of our planet. C’mon @AlboMP , time is well overdue for ambitious #ClimateAction .

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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11 months

It’s Day Eleven. This is now Australia’s longest #ClimateHungerStrike by a single person. Some supporters are now asking me to stop. I value my life but I can’t waste the effort I’ve put in so far. I will only stop when the @AlboMP government commits to real climate action.

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The roads I experienced today around Hay and Balranald in the electorate of Farrer held by Deputy Liberal leader @sussanley MP are the worst roads I’ve experienced in 4,000km of cycling across Australia. 👇🏽 #eBike4Australia

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11 months

#ClimateHungerStrike Day 15. My body is starting to feel the impacts. But I’m doing my best to stick it out until @AlboMP and the rest of his mob take responsibility, show real leadership and get serious about a safe future for our kids and our country. 👇🏽

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11 months

Allan from Puckapunyal just told me he got pulled up on the Hume Highway for speeding and the copper said he’d let him off if he came up to find me and say “good on ya mate, you’re doing the right ring”. Allan added “good luck Gregory because the government’s is doing jack shit”.

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Gregory Andrews

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2 years

Ending deforestation and land-clearing is one of the most important things Australia and the world can do to turn around the #ClimateEmergency . But why would we want to destroy something as precious as this anyway! Endangered yellow/box grassy woodland in Canberra. #ClimateAction

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11 months

You won’t believe what’s happening this week in Parliament House. I’m on Day 7 of my #ClimateHungerStrike and inside Parliament House the @AlboMP Government is trying to make a new law for Australia to become a dumping ground for other countries’ CO2 emissions! Fossil-foolery!

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11 months

Overnight I got a message from New York that the United Nations Secretary General @antonioguterres is aware of my #ClimateHungerStrike and “watching closely”. That’s awkward for @AlboMP , @SenatorWong & @Bowenchris ahead of #COP28 .

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11 months

Wow! democracy at work. Thank you @DavidShoebridge and the @Greens team. Today Senator @larissawaters will move a motion calling on the @AuSenate to acknowledge the risk of climate collapse and echo the importance of all five of my #ClimateHungerStrike demands! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

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Gregory Andrews

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11 months

PM @AlboMP is talking security in the Pacific while expanding fossil fuels. That’s like talking prevention at a lung cancer convention while expanding tobacco. Australia’s the world’s 3rd largest fossil fuel exporter. Pacific security means ending fossil fuel subsidies & exports.

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4 months

Farmers in the bush are buying EVs which pay for themselves in three years in diesel savings alone compared to @ToyotaMotorCorp Landcruisers! What’s good for the climate is good for the wallet.

David says driving his EV instead of his ute has saved him 35k in diesel

Despite the large distances travelled, more country Australians are buying and driving electric vehicles. So what's it really like?

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11 months

The day is ending & Parliament House’s lawns are emptying out. I’m ready for @AlboMP @PeterDutton_MP and all the pollies tomorrow. My challenge to each of them is to stop arguing. Stop playing politics. Come together. Start doing what’s right for Australia. #ClimateHungerStrike

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11 months

I’ve been released from Canberra Hospital and have one small task to do back at Parliament House before I go home, get into bed, and take a long deep rest. But don’t hold your breath @AlboMP . From little things, big things grow.👇🏽 #ClimateHungerStrike

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5 months

The photo of this lonely and stranded koala sums up the devastating state of Australia’s environment. 😢👇🏽

Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney

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Thrilled to see a Koala in its natural habitat? Well this isn’t it. This is a @walker_group development in Appin, South West Sydney. Please help prevent this precious endangered species being flattened while looking for its gum tree. Go to @savesydneykoala @SydBasinKoalas

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11 months

Day 19 of Australia’s #ClimateHungerStrike . Pam is a retired English-language teacher from Tuggeranong Valley and member of @ExtinctionR . She’s taken over from Evan to go hungry for climate action. If you’d like to join in for a day, come down and/or check the details below.

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11 months

It’s been huge today on my #ClimateHungerStrike . No politicians have come out. Maybe they feel scared or awkward. But I feel great so many Aussies came to share their love and concern for a safe future. @AlboMP and the rest of you mob in there, I’m waiting for you. 😄👊🏽

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6 months

Australia’s annual $12 billion fossil fuel subsidies could fund 140,000 additional nurses or 23 new world-class hospitals each year. But instead of improving our health, they’re harming our wellbeing and pushing the world closer to climate collapse.👇🏽

Australia Must Stop Subsidising Fossil Fuels

The International Energy Agency and OECD have both reported that Australia spends billions of dollars each year subsidising fossil fuels despite the growing climate crisis. We allocate a staggering...

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11 months

Canberra didn’t get sucked in by misinformation and social media algorithms on the Voice. We chose to build a future here on Ngunnawal country that acknowledges our shared history and embraces unity. Thanks Canberra for voting “Yes”.👇🏽

As we try again for unity, thank you for voting 'yes', Canberra

We can be testament to the power of collective acknowledgement, listening and empathy.

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11 months

Thanks Andrew from @BirdlifeOz for calling in on me today. Australia’s wildlife is part of what defines us as a nation. When we lose precious birds to extinction from climate change and native forest logging, we lose a part of Australia. #ClimateHungerStrike

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11 months

I’m tired this evening but so pleased that my #ClimateHungerStrike is making international headlines. Thanks @DailyMailUK for getting the story out on how Australia, as the worlds third-largest fossil fuel exporter, needs to take responsibility.🙏🏽

Former diplomat's hunger strike over Albanese climate change inaction

A former high-level Australian diplomat is seven days into a hunger strike and refuses to eat until he sees Anthony Albanese 'get serious' and take action on climate change..

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Climate deniers, haters and trolls like telling stories about renewable energy destroying habitat. But this is the reality. Renewables are mostly rolling out on previously cleared land, providing supplementary income to farmers and shade and grazing space for sheep and cattle.

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11 months

My #ClimateHungerStrike seems to have got legs of its own! Shoalhaven Deputy Mayor Evan has been outside Parliament House since I went into hospital. And tomorrow someone else is coming to step in. They reckon they’ll take it to #COP28 . I swung by and gave them my blackboard.

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11 months

I admire Annette who came to find me today. She’s been arrested five times for non-violent #ClimateAction . In 2014 she bravely chained herself onto train tracks & blocked a dozen coal trains. She’s a member of Frontline Action on Coal. #ClimateHungerStrike

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The Royal National Park south of Sydney is an example of what much of coastal southeastern Australia was like before colonisation and deforestation. It’s a reminder of why we must protect what’s left and end logging and land clearing. #eBike4Australia

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11 months

I’m a former Ambassador of Australia on day 5 of a #ClimateHungerStrike at @ParlHouseCBR . I’m doing this because I love my kids and my country. My 5 climate action asks of @AlboMP and the Australian government — a thread 🧵

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7 months

The answer to the nuclear question is simple: Australia doesn't need it. Renewables are more cost-effective and commercially viable in meeting our energy needs. Let's not fall victim to smokescreen tactics aimed at halting action for a safe climate. 👇🏽

Why go Nuclear? For Australia, renewables are cheaper and faster!

When my nephew recently asked me "why wouldn't nuclear be cheaper?", I realised that political smoke-screening on nuclear energy is having its desired effect. So what was my response? The first thing...

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Wind Energy had been used in Australia since the 1800s and the iconic Southern Cross windmills introduced in the 1870s still operate today. They transformed the outback providing water security. I wonder if anyone at the time said they were ugly or wrecked the environment?

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11 months

Good Morning Australia! It’s Day 2 of my #ClimateHungerStrike . Watch my video on why Australia’s $12 billion fossil-fuel subsidies could be better spent. And pls share and sign my petition here.👇🏽

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6 months

Ten years ago when I was Threatened Species Commissioner scientists advised me there were around 2,000 Swift parrots. Now their numbers are only a quarter of that. Time is well overdue to end native forest logging. The Federal Government must intervene if States won’t act.

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🚨New research announced by the Australian National University found as few as 500 Swift Parrots are estimated to be left in the wild. Help us save the Swift Parrot: 📽️ Swifty footage by Mick Roderick

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Golden bandicoots are rarer than diamonds. This one bit me back in 2014 and I still cherish the scar. They’ve been locally extinct in NSW. But they’re now they’re coming home thanks to the Wild Deserts Program in Sturt National Park.

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Spent otherwise, Australia’s fossil fuel subsidies could fund construction of 23 new world-class hospitals each year. Instead our taxes are supporting cancerous air pollution and dangerous climate change. Fossil fuel subsidies must end.👇🏽

Australia Must Stop Subsidising Fossil Fuels

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11 months

Day 13 and I’m not giving up on my #ClimateHungerStrike until my body does or @AlboMP commits to the actions needed for a safe future for Australia from climate change. Sign my petition please.👇🏽

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11 months

It’s gonna be hot today. But I’ve got a good set up under a beautiful gumtree right outside Parliament House. Please come down and say hello or sit with me for awhile. If I’m asleep, feel free to take a photo or a selfie and tag me. #ClimateHungerStrike

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Help me please! @AlboMP isn’t listening. I can’t even get through by the phone. Write to our PM. Tell Albo you care about climate change and need him to take more responsibility for a safe future for Australia. #ClimateHungerStrike 👇🏽

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This is a big deal. Antarctica just experienced the largest jump in temperature ever recorded on Earth. A whopping 38.5 degrees Celsius. The heat came from Australia!👇🏽

‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem

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1 year

My 82 year old Mum voted Yes today for a kinder and more inclusive Australia. @yes23au #VoteYes #VoteYesAustralia

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2 years

Remnant cabbage-tree rainforest on Darkinjung Country on the Central Coast of NSW. Most of this #biodiversity has been displaced by housing estates, roads, coal mines and shopping centres. These last vestiges of Australian wilderness need genuine protection.

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It’s raining in Canberra today. And I couldn’t wish that away from anyone. I’m bunkered down in my old canvas swag from Alice Springs. It’s leaking a bit. But I got this! Please RT to show your support for my #ClimateHungerStrike .

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8 months

What is it with people who put dog poo in plastic bags and then leave it in nature?! I get it that dog poo is yucky. But at least it’s biodegradable. Plastic isn’t. 🐕💩

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2 years

Australia’s remarkable Barking owl! Turn up the volume to hear him go. #biodiversity #birdwatching

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4 months

Peter Dutton and his mates don’t really want nuclear power. They want political power. And they think dividing, distracting and confusing Australians is the way to win it.

Power games: Why nuclear is not right for Australia

Going nuclear would delay the transition to clean energy, increase household electricity bills, introduce the possibility of catastrophic accidents and create multi-generational risks associated with...

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11 months

Sheikh Wesam Charkawi came to show me some love and compassion this morning. According to Islam, “The earth is God's creation, and as humans, we have been entrusted to preserve it as we found.” #ClimateHungerStrike

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2 years

Our resident endangered Gang gang cockatoos don’t seem at all perturbed by the neighbour’s whipper-snipper this morning. But they do need more habitat and #biodiversity . #COP15 #birdwatching #birdphotography

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10 days

We need climate action not selfies Minister @tanya_plibersek . Posting Bilby photos while approving 1.3 billion tonnes of extra coal mine emissions equal to the yearly emissions of 65 million Aussie families would be funny if it wasn’t so insulting, especially to our children.

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

7 months

With BYD launching its "Corolla killer”, @ToyotaMotorCorp is set to have its Kodak moment. Priced at less than $30,000 and with a range of 510km, this EV will blow lazy car makers like @Toyota_Aus out of the water. Read more from @DanielBleakley .👇🏽

“Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 EV in direct attack on legacy makers

BYD has launched its low cost sedan in China which industry observers are calling the Corolla Killer.

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

1 year

My favourite Canberra reptile has just been up-listed to ‘critically endangered’. The Grassland earless dragon is about to become extinct. Not because it isn’t tough - it lives in wolf spider holes! The problem is Australia’s continued habitat destruction. 😢

Australian Conservation Foundation

@AusConservation

1 year

In devastating news, four species of Australian lizards, previously thought to be one species, have been added or uplisted to the ever-growing list of threatened species.

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

3 years

If I stand on this 2m termite mound, I can get two dots of 3G at my rural property 1 1/2 hrs from Canberra in the electorate of Hume held by Energy Minister @AngusTaylorMP . Imagine an Australia where climate denialists’ energy was channeled into rural infrastructure!

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

2 years

Surely we can do better than this Australia! 96 hectares of complete habitat annihilation occurring right now near Canberra. There’s not even a blade of grass left, let alone any habitat trees at so-called “Jumping Creek” outside Queanbeyan NSW. @AusConservation @wendy_harmer

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

4 months

Australia’s ski season officially starts this weekend. But there’s only grass and slush on the ski fields. Only two of 78 lifts will be operating this weekend. Climate change is not a future crisis. It’s happening now.

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

1 year

I fixed my #VoteYes bins that were vandalised today. Love wins! 🖤💛♥️

Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

1 year

To the people who defaced our #VoteYes garbage bins on referendum day: I wish you freedom from ignorance, anger, jealousy, desire and pride.

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

Wow. This #ClimateHungerStrike is kind of becoming a big deal. Someone just sent me flowers! Thank you @m_mobbs ! Please sign and share my petition if you haven’t already.👇🏽

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

Clean energy investor and former independent Senate candidate for the ACT @anthonypesec dropped in to see me today. We bother agreed that what’s good for the weather is good for the wallet. Renewable energy is a win-win for the environment, the economy and energy security.

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

Mark Richards is a renewable energy investor. He told me this morning that a solar panel in Queensland produces four times more than one in Germany. That’s why Australia can be a renewable energy superpower rather than a fossil fool! @Bowenchris @AlboMP #ClimateHungerStrike

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

Australia’s coal and gas needs to stay in the ground to ensure a safe and prosperous future for our kids. Please share and sign my #ClimateHungerStrike to end coal and gas exports now!👇🏽

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

This is Australia today. It’s not even summer. 80 bushfires are burning in Queensland alone. Climate collapse is here now. Australia needs to act immediately. #ClimateActionNow

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

I’ve got a heart condition but I don't have to die if @AlboMP takes strong climate action & @PeterDutton_MP stops his dirty politics. Albo can show leadership & bravery. Dutton can show what real patriotism is. Every visitor & every hug keeps me going. #ClimateHungerStrike

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

It’s 5am on Day 12 of my #ClimateHungerStrike . I’m here waiting for @AlboMP @PeterDutton_MP and every elected representative in Parliament House to explain why they aren’t doing enough for a safe future for our kids and our country. I’ve gone too far now. I won’t give up.

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

A steady and growing stream of visitors today. Jill and Len dropped in to introduce themselves. Jill’s a doctor and promised to swing past next week to check up on me. I have a heart condition so will be grateful for that. #ClimateHungerStrike

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

My key #ClimateHungerStrike demands are rational, science-based & what’s needed to protect our national, economic & human security. 1. End fossil fuel subsidies. 2. End coal and gas exports. 3. End native forest logging. 4. Consider climate impacts. 5. Be transparent in risks.

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

5 months

I just called @tanya_plibersek office and told them I have ecological grief from the destruction she’s approving and will devote myself to displacing @AustralianLabor at the next election with credible independents like @DavidPocock and @spenderallegra . Call her on 02-62777920

Biodiversity Council

@Biodivcouncil

5 months

Bulldozers have begun clearing high-quality savanna woodland at Darwin's Lee Point, tragically erasing biodiversity and cultural values. Approval of this project highlights how broken our national environmental laws are. Contact Minister @tanya_plibersek now and demand new

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

Today I feel stronger & more determined than ever. Emerging Scientist of the Year 2022 Professor @schwessinger just popped in to my #ClimateHungerStrike with a delegation from Timor Lesté. So many people are coming to shake my hand or give me a hug. Thank you for your support.🙏🏽

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

11 months

This is what Australia is doing to its native forests! My son was devastated when I showed him. Native forest logging destroys habitat & stored carbon. And causes more catastrophic fires. That’s why an end to it is one of my #ClimateHungerStrike demands.👇🏽

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

21 days

I’ve just made it 4,900km across Australia from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in five weeks. 100km tomorrow to Bondi and then I’m done. From Whadjuk Nyoongar country to D’harawal country. #eBike4Australia 🚴🏽‍♂️🚴🏽‍♂️🚴🏽‍♂️💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

1 month

Here’s what’s really subsuming prime agricultural land in SA. It’s not wind farms. It’s new housing estates, like these on prime wheat and canola country. If Barnaby Joyce and David Littleproud really cared about people in the Bush, they’d deal with this. #eBike4Australia

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Gregory Andrews

@LyrebirdDream

5 months

@AmboRudd @Mike_Pence @mikepompeo @KellyannePolls @ScoMo30 As an Australian public servant you should not be promoting the commercial interests of a former Prime Minister. Nor should you be spruiking religion. Australia is a secular democracy!

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