It’s not a plan – just bad slogans and empty rhetoric
As predicted, there is nothing new in what the Prime Minister will take to Glasgow. A booklet, a slideshow of meaningless graphs and symbols and a firm commitment to stick …
Coalition deal puts regions in harm’s way
The Nationals are rewarded for no longer blocking a net-zero by 2050 target with a Cabinet post for Resources Minister (and climate action obstructor) Keith Pitt, and a longer list of mostly …
Secret deal with the Nats
So, now we are expected to be glad that the National Party is satisfied with the deal that allows them to give ‘in-principle support for the goal of net-zero emissions …
Has the prosecution not placed the wrong accused in the dock?
So asks former Supreme Court of Appeal Judge, Stephen Charles, who has written an explosive forensic account of the shameful, ongoing treatment of lawyer and former ACT attorney general, Bernard …
Coalition climate fiasco
Apparently, billions of dollars in incentives were not enough to appease the Nationals. The party has been in government for the last 8 years but Barnaby Joyce talks like a …
CoP26 debacle
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 a plausible plan to reduce emissions – it’s still being finalised.
Legal for politicians to lie?
The ABC’s RMIT fact-checker confirmed that political parties can lie with impunity in their advertising during federal election campaigns, or anytime really. Remember ‘Labor has secret plans to introduce a …
Break it down: target sectors with the biggest emissions footprints
Start with the sectors that contribute the most to Australia’s greenhouse emissions: Electricity, stationary energy, transport and agriculture.
A pathway to net-zero emissions, targeting key sectors
Many countries have now committed to net zero by 2050, including Japan, South Korea, the EU and Canada. It is high time Australia did the same and committed to net zero …
Be honest. Declare a climate emergency
The first demand, and the one that all the other demands lead from, is to tell the truth. A democracy cannot function if people don’t know the truth of what is happening in the world. The earth …