The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its nuclear plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!

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🔹 CSIRO, GENCOST 2023-24 Report: https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/news/2024/may/csiro-releases-2023-24-gencost-report
🔹 IEEFA Report on how nuclear will impact electricity bills: https://ieefa.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/Nuclear%20in%20Australia%20would%20increase%20household%20power%20bills_Sep24.pdf
🔹 Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering on SMRs: https://www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/strategic-advice/small-modular-reactors-the-technology-and-australian-context-explained/
🔹 Senator Canavan, “nuclear ain’t the cheapest form of power”, NatConAustralia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAUlt7iLOa8&ab_channel=NatConAustralia
🔹 Coalition details for location and timeframe of nuclear reactors: https://www.liberal.org.au/2024/06/19/australias-energy-future
🔹 Construction timeframes for Flamanville 3, Hinkley Point C and Vogtle 3&4 nuclear reactors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EgvjM9K8J9-lB9crDzbUS3hKqmsTHAsrPibMrs1e5II/edit?gid=743663283#gid=743663283
🔹 AEMO, ISP 2022 (p. 46), on projected renewable generation in the National Electricity Market (NEM): https://aemo.com.au/-/media/files/major-publications/isp/2022/2022-documents/2022-integrated-system-plan-isp.pdf?la=en
🔹 Stats for Australia building the equivalent of 6x (1GW) nuclear reactors worth of wind and solar in the last 6 years: https://x.com/simonahac/status/1874335791620776295
🔹 Climate Council, “Ageing Coal and Summer Blackouts” Report: https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/lights-out-ageing-coal-and-summer-blackouts/
🔹 Emissions under the Coalition’s nuclear plan: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/16/coalition-nuclear-plan-will-hit-earth-with-1bn-extra-tonnes-of-co2-before-2050-experts-warn
🔹 “Coal Mine Tracker”, the Australia Institute: https://australiainstitute.org.au/initiative/coal-mine-tracker/
🔹 Gina portrait by Vincent Namatjira: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/21/gina-rinehart-portrait-national-gallery-of-australia-removal-ban-vincent-namatjira-ntwnfb

👉 FURTHER READING:
🔹 Great explainer by Rosie (make sure to subscribe!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_47LWFAG6g&t=4s&ab_channel=EngineeringwithRosie
🔹 Great podcast interview with Simon Holmes à Court (highly recommend this): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bonus-peter-duttons-nuclear-announcement-with-simon/id1580677213?i=1000659576215
🔹 Great explainer of SMRs by Dave Borlace (make sure to subscribe!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1ecjYFYTo&ab_channel=JustHaveaThink
🔹 Also this by Sabine Hossenfelder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XECq9uFsy6o&ab_channel=SabineHossenfelder
🔹 Guardian, “CSIRO chief warns against ‘disparaging science’ after Peter Dutton criticises nuclear energy costings” https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/15/csiro-peter-dutton-gencost-report-nuclear-energy-renewables-cost
🔹 Financial Review, “Renewables are cheapest, even with poles, wires and batteries added in” https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/renewables-are-cheapest-even-with-poles-wires-and-batteries-added-in-20231219-p5esl6
🔹 Climate Council, “Why Nuclear Energy is Not Worth the Risk for Australia” https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/nuclear-power-stations-are-not-appropriate-for-australia-and-probably-never-will-be/

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The Australien Government has made an ad about our next federal election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.

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The “Government” of Myanmar has made a tourism ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!

👉 Support the democratic resistance in Myanmar:
🔹 Sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-export-sale-and-transfer-of-aviation-fuel-to-the-myanmar-junta
🔹 Take action (UK): Burma Campaign UK: https://action.burmacampaign.org.uk
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As well as the sources shown in the video (which can be found by searching online), here are further sources used in the making of this HGA + other articles for further reading:
🔹"Developing a Dictatorship" report by Justice for Myanmar: https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/stories/developing-a-dictatorship
🔹Video report by Al Jazeera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX4pDg8oOAs
🔹Video report by CNA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfo_5Cnf4A0
🔹Video report by BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxOY_GWdoOs
🔹Open letter from Myanmar civil society orgs to ASEAN: https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2024/10/07/open-letter-from-myanmar-civil-society-organizations-to-asean-to-move-beyond-the-five-point-consensus-and-support-myanmar-peoples-efforts-to-build-federal-democracy/
🔹NUG statement calling for tougher sanctions on Myanmar: https://mofa.nugmyanmar.org/statement-3-2023/
🔹 ASEAN's "Five-Point Consensus" on Myanmar (see last page): https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/Chairmans-Statement-on-ALM-Five-Point-Consensus-24-April-2021-FINAL-a-1.pdf
🔹 "ASEAN’s Failed ‘5-Point Consensus’ a Year On", Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/22/myanmar-aseans-failed-5-point-consensus-year
🔹"ASEAN's complicity in the Myanmar military atrocity crimes", Justice for Myanmar: https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/stories/aseans-complicity-in-the-myanmar-militarys-atrocity-crimes
🔹AIRBUS partnering with China's AVIC, by Justice for Myanmar: https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/press-releases/airbus-chinese-partner-avic-complicit-in-myanmar-militarys-international-crimes
🔹Military junta's violence against women in Myanmar: https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/women/myanmar-junta-slaughtered-1132-women-since-coup-report.html
🔹International sanctions on Myanmar since the 2021 coup: https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/stories/what-has-been-done-to-stop-the-myanmar-militarys-atrocity-crimes
🔹Importance of not legitimising the military junta as Myanmar's government: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/01/myanmar-un-experts-report-highlights-juntas-fraudulent-claim-legitimacy
🔹 2024 stats about the democractic resistance: https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/04/nine-things-know-about-myanmars-conflict-three-years
🔹 Which is the legitimate government of Myanmar? https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SAC-M-Briefing-Paper-Recognition-of-Governments-ENGLISH.pdf
🔹Myanmar's Civil Disobedience Movement: https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2023/05/25/civil-disobedience-movement-a-foundation-of-myanmars-spring-revolution-and-force-behind-militarys-failed-coup/
🔹 Fitness instructor captures coup unfolding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEHiTjViicE

The "US Government" has made an ad about the 2024 election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative

👉 Dear 🇺🇸 voters
🔹 Check that you’re still registered to vote: https://www.vote.org
🔹 Check the new voting laws in your state: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-may-2024
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When I shared our latest Honest Government Ad the other day, I forgot to mention that the Authorisation message at the end was actually spoken by Paul Watson, who recorded it from his prison cell in Nuuk, Greenland. What a f@!king legend

This wasn't the easiest thing to do, as Paul isn't allowed a phone in his cell and can only receive 1 phonecall per day whilst in custody. So it took some nifty organising and maybe a bit of clandestine recording to make it happen.

It means a lot to me that Paul made the time to do this under the circumstances, as it shows how much he appreciates and values us covering his arrest.

Speaking of his arrest: tomorrow, the Danish government decides whether to release Paul Watson or continue to detain him for extradition to Japan. So this really is one of those all-hands-on-deck moments to defend a guy who has dedicated his life to defending the wild. If you haven't already, please add your name to the petition at https://www.freepaulwatson.org

Since we published our HGA, we've helped add over 20,000 signatures to this petition. (I love the Juice Media audience)

If you weren't able to see or sign the petition the other day, that's because we broke their website by sending thousands of people there all at once. Woops. But the problem has been fixed, so it works now!

Please share the petition and the HGA and stay tuned for updates using the #freepaulwatson hashtag

The Government of Japan made an accnouncement about the arrest of Capt. Paul Watson, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🇯🇵

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The Government has made an ad about our Freedom of Information laws, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

👉 https://www.stopsecrecy.com.au

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👉 SOURCES & FURTHER READING
🔹 Make sure to follow Rex Patrick who has been doing incredible work in the FOI space: https://x.com/MrRexPatrick
🔹 Rex Patrick has written several articles for Michael West Media about his FOI adventures, here's the one about Albo's diary: https://michaelwest.com.au/pm-albaneses-diary-complete-and-total-surrender-after-long-and-expensive-battle/
🔹 Michael West Media is one of the few media outlets focusing on FOI: https://michaelwest.com.au/future-fund-invested-in-israeli-company-elbit-systems-whose-bombs-are-raining-on-the-palestinians/
🔹 Crikey also did a whole series on FOI laws: https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/redacted-your-right-to-know/
🔹 OAIC, How to make an FOI request: https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/how-to-access-government-information/make-a-freedom-of-information-request/how-to-make-a-freedom-of-information-request
🔹 Freedom of Information Act, 1982: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A02562/2022-01-23/text
🔹 "Civil society open letter urges Attorney-General to fix broken Freedom of Information system" https://jec.org.au/civil-rights/access-to-justice/civil-society-open-letter-urges-attorney-general-to-fix-broken-freedom-of-information-system/
🔹 Grata Fund "FOI Litigation Hit-list" (2021 but still mostly current): https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/gratafund/pages/664/attachments/original/1629265812/Grata_Fund_-_FOI_Hit_List_report_-_FINAL.pdf?1629265812
🔹 OAIC Annual report 2022-23: https://www.oaic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/94295/OAIC_Annual-Report-2022-23.pdf
🔹 The Australia Institute, "Nothing to see here" (2023): https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/lengthy-delays-undermine-confidence-in-australian-foi-process/
🔹 Centre for Public Integrity, "Another year of a broken FOI scheme": https://publicintegrity.org.au/labors-lost-interest-in-transparency-another-year-of-a-broken-foi-scheme/
🔹 Senate inquiry into FOI laws (which Labor tried to block): https://theconversation.com/frank-and-far-reaching-senate-report-recommends-shake-up-of-the-way-freedom-of-information-is-handled-219331
🔹 Guardian, "Australia’s freedom of information system ‘dysfunctional and broken’, inquiry finds" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/09/australias-freedom-of-information-system-dysfunctional-and-broken-inquiry-finds
🔹Guardian, "Australian FoI loophole to deny access to documents closed in ‘transformative’ ruling" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/21/australia-foi-laws-loophole-documents-deny-access
🔹 Kieran Pender, "Whistling in the dark": https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/august/kieran-pender/whistling-dark
🔹 Karen Middleton, "The legal battle for freedom of information": https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2024/02/24/the-legal-battle-freedom-information
🔹 Rex Patrick, podcast interview (March 2024): https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/making-freedom-of-information-sexy-with-rex-patrick/

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The Government™ has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative

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👉 Further Reading:
🔹 Timnit Gebru, Emily Bender et al, "Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the “AI pause” letter" https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/letter-statement-March2023/
🔹 Blake Richards et al, "The Illusion Of AI’s Existential Risk", https://www.noemamag.com/the-illusion-of-ais-existential-risk/
🔹 Émile P Torres, "Against longtermism" https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo
🔹 Emily Bender, Timnit Gebru et al, "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots" https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922

The Indien Government has made an ad, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.

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The Government™ has made an ad about the state of Democracy™ around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. Feat. 🇮🇳 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇺🇲 🇿🇦 🇮🇩 🇵🇰 🇮🇷 🇷🇸 🇲🇽 🇻🇪 🇧🇾 🇷🇺 🇧🇬

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