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The ACT gas network will start shutting down sections from the mid-2030s, a decade earlier than the 2045 target, because household gas use has already dropped 44% since 2010. Evoenergy says a third of its customers will stop using gas by 2031. The government won't ban new gas appliance sales, just 'encourage' people not to buy them. Meanwhile, renters will be left behind unless minimum standards force landlords to swap out gas for electric at change of tenancy. A planned, managed transition beats waiting for the network to collapse on its own. #actpol #auspol https://vic.fusionparty.org.au/policies/charge-the-car-parks

Lovely morning at Mawson with Andrew Braddock, Sam Carter, and my friend Emad. And I’ve run out of flyers thanks to some very pleasant post-stall letterboxing on this fine Sunday. If you also want to see north Tuggeranong and south Woden friends jump on light rail from Mawson park & ride or bike & ride, reducing cars on the road by thousands more each day, you can sign the petition here: https://epetitions.parliament.act.gov.au/details/e-pet-081-25 #actpol #trains #canberra

On the topic of the police tearing down the satirical posters in the ACT... If you legislate that certain types of discourse or illegal, you can trust that politicians and law enforcement will make the worst possible interpretation of that legislation. Often to further their own objectives. That's why I tend to be on the anti-censorship and pro-free-speech end of the spectrum. #AusPol #ACTPol

There's been a win! Congrats to all who kept up the good fight. Now we have to keep the pressure on. #ACTpol ‘We’ve heard Canberrans’: Govt announces the pool news you’ve been waiting for (paywalled) https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9163189/act-promises-new-outdoor-pool-in-woden-relocated-diving-pool-site/

This is clearly not going to happen, but I love how it must be making people in ACT Labor squirm, which is of course the entire point of the exercise. #AusPol #ACTpol #Canberrahttps://region.com.au/greens-to-thrash-out-coalition-proposal-but-liberals-cant-be-trusted-warns-member/937512/

@troberts@theblower.au oh! Maybe the bridge closure could have been our opportunity to have a ferry system! Bus, Tram, Ferry! #publictransport #actpol