Our big coal and gas customers getting out
The Coalition’s attachment to fossil fuels is not just about donations they receive from the sector or their conservative rump of MPs in coal mining areas. Coal earned Australia $23 …
Juukan – a defining story of our nation?
The blasting of Juukan Gorge alerted Australians to the scant regard mining company Rio Tinto had for the traditional owners of the land – the Puutu Kunti Kurrama Pinikura. They …
President Biden, embracing greater ambition on an epic scale
If we can harness all of our energy and talents, and unmatchable American innovation, we can turn this threat into an opportunity to revitalize the U.S. energy sector and boost …
January 26
January 26. The day we call Australia Day. A day that marks the British colonisation of Australia. A day that also marks the start of centuries of genocide, dispossession, oppression, …
Oh what a day!
Remember when Australia Day used to be a bit of a yawn, particularly for women who got so few gongs? This year will surely go down as the most controversial, …
When we give our nations highest honour to a bigot, we undermine the whole system.
As I’m sure anyone reading the news now knows, Margaret Court was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia this year. Her award this year was virtually the same …
Mandatory media code is patronage
Having persuaded the Government that Google and Facebook should subsidise large, old-style media, the Murdoch press is at it again, wanting to privatise/make more conservative, the National broadcaster. This will …
Oceans of waste
Why is there so much plastic waste in our oceans? Surely its not the litter from parties on our beaches? Surely its not from illegal dumping at sea? The answer is that …
Telling it like it is on the environment
Environment scientists in Australia and the US have reviewed the evidence and found that future environmental conditions will be far more dangerous than currently believed. Here is a link to …
Aust missing from countries joining One Planet Summit.
50 countries have now joined a coalition vowing to protect 30% of land and sea to stop species extinction and address climate change by 2030. The One Planet Summit was …