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LATEST POSTS
New data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows the world continues to warm up as the government and opposition continue to avoid doing …
Australia should buy long-range anti-ship missiles instead of more tanks. Tanks are a bad way to defend Australia.
Australian government debt has risen faster than any other major country over the last two decades.
Federal government debt has grown by 221 per cent since …
House prices and debt relative to real wages continues to soar driven by investor tax breaks and low interest rates.
The government has decided to pocket almost half of the $20 million it committed to independent community-based cinemas as part of the SCREEN Fund.
Cancelling the MRH-90 helicopter project was the right call but it should have never been selected.
ACTION ON CLIMATE
New data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows the world continues to warm up as the government and opposition continue to avoid doing …
With just 3 weeks to go, the Prime Minister finally announced today that, yes, he will go to Glasgow, he may or may not have …
Start with the sectors that contribute the most to Australia’s greenhouse emissions: Electricity, stationary energy, transport and agriculture.
While Norway is on track for 100% of all new cars sales to be EV’s in 2022. Australia is at 0.6%.
My message is that we’ll be watching you.
This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other …
There you have it – China will not build any more coal-fired power stations abroad.
This is indeed significant since China builds/finances the majority of new …
The Glasgow Summit Conference of the Parties kicks off on 1 November and the UN warns it is the world’s last chance to get runaway …
Over 2,000 scientists and academics are calling on world leaders to commit to a treaty to stop expanding fossil fuel production.
The clean transition will be critical to mitigating the worst impacts of global warming, and its happening whether the Government is supporting it or not.
It’s hard to know where to start on the Morrison response, or lack of it, to the IPCC report. At his press conference he said:
Unless …
Today we release our election platform – A Decade of Climate Action – it’s our demand for urgent action to reduce greenhouse emissions over the …
The Report of the 6th assessment by the IPCC of global warming and how it affects the world is out and it’s a massive wake-up call.
The …
Agriculture is the cornerstone of stable society and it is of national importance to ensure the viability of Australian agriculture for the benefit of all …
The ALP and crossbench in the Senate on Tuesday voted to disallow regulations that would have allowed ARENA to find carbon capture and sequestration (unproved …
WHERE WE STAND ON THE BIG ELECTION ISSUES
200,000 new affordable homes, tax reform and loan caps to stop the house price spiral. More rights for tenants.
Australia must now face up to its wasteful and polluting habits of make-take-dispose and take responsibility for the mess.
Transport is the second-largest source of greenhouse emissions in Australia, but we have no vehicle emissions standards, some of the lowest fuel taxes in the OECD.
Openness, accountability, truth and the public’s right to know are essential principles and protections in a democracy.
A $37,000 tax-free threshold, higher tax on the top 1%, cut CGT to 25% and $30/tonne carbon price.
A strong and independent defence force that costs $100 billion less than the government’s plan – and does not include nuclear submarines.
Agriculture takes place against the backdrop of increased climate variability and the increased incidence, severity, and duration of extreme weather events.
By providing incentives, government can achieve a high return on investment and stimulate the growth of new industries.
Increase the minimum wage in female-dominated awards and raise the wages of the lowest earners in the workforce, the majority being women.
A universal right to high quality, safe and timely support and care, free from mistreatment and neglect, inhumane treatment, and any form of abuse.
