Ben Lever

@BenLeverAU@aus.social
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Climate and transport activist.

Living on Wadawurrung country in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

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The former party strategist #TonyBarry said it best this week, when he observed drastic changes in approach usually come when opposition MPs reach a point “where they just cannot stand losing any more”. There is apparently some way to go in Canberra #Liberals. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If old school white-anting Sus...
If old school white-anting Sussan Ley on gender quotas works, the Liberals may pay a heavy political price

The problem for those opposing a new system is that quotas are the only method shown to have worked to get more women in politics

The Guardian

Looks like kerbside protected bike lanes are coming soon to Franklin Street in the city!

This is happening at least between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets. Still some third-party construction works west of Elizabeth that might hold things up in that section.

#Melbourne #BikeLanes #Australia

“We’ve got too many passengers!”

SNCF and Hauts de France: let’s limit how many can take the train - by imposing compulsory reservation on regional trains!

FFS! 🤬

This kills any flexibility.

Boost your capacity! Behave like a sensible railway!

https://www.ville-rail-transports.com/ferroviaire/les-hauts-de-france-envisagent-la-reservation-obligatoire-dans-les-ter/

Les Hauts-de-France envisagent la réservation obligatoire dans les TER

Ferroviaire - En 2024, la fréquentation dans les trains régionaux des Hauts-de-France a connu une nouvelle progression à deux chiffres: + 16% avec 230 000

Ville, rail & transports

OH MY GOD

My mate @projectgus has been working his arse off on this for LITERAL YEARS and it's going to happen!!! It's an honestly impressive effort, and I'm ecstatic. This is a cool little town.

💜🎉

castlemaine.coop

ACCC sues gas company, saying its “love gas” campaign amounts to greenwashing

Claims about the future of renewable gas will be tested in Federal Court after the competition regulator launched its biggest greenwashing lawsuit to date.

RenewEconomy
At Melton in the evenings and weekends it's 40-60 minutes between trains--and it'll be packed with longer distance passengers.
Growing outer suburban areas like Melton, Tarneit and Wallan need a suburban rail service. Plans are good. Funding is better.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-secret-rail-plan-to-tackle-crush-hour-in-melbourne-s-north-and-west-20250622-p5m9ar.html ($)

A poster I drew for the #Castlemaine Community Co-op in Victoria Australia a couple of month ago. This residents initiative to buy and manage The Hub in Castlemaine (central image with the bikes on the wall) is 95% towards their goal, with three days to go: https://castlemaine.coop/

Prints etc are available on my RedBubble page: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/169947504

#drawing #mastoart

This is cool.
Metro Tunnel: Anzac Station | Open House Melbourne

 

Open House Melbourne

Here we are yesterday outside Labor MP Peter Khalil’s office in Coburg on the 2nd week of a Tuesday vigil to phase out Fossil Fuels. Keep tooting people. We look forward to when we can just enjoy the local Dog parks rather than sit outside an MP office every week. Labor says they do climate action while approving new coal and gas like North West Shelf extension that will cause 4.3 billion tonnes of climate pollution. That is a climate 💣

#ChihuahuasforClimateAction
#Nonewgas
#SaveScottReef
#dogsofmastodon
#chihuahua
#northwestshelf