Budget 2023-4
See here for the full interview and our very clear message to the Government on the budget.
The environment is deteriorating – SOE
The State of the Environment Report released this month is shocking. Because of climate change, habitat degradation and loss, unsustainable development and resource extraction, invasive species, and pollution, the environment …
The decade of climate action
The effects of human-caused global warming are happening now, are irreversible on the timescale of people alive today, and will worsen in the decades to come (NASA). Countries worldwide need …
An economy for the people
It’s clear – career politicians in the major parties have neither the will nor the capacity to serve the best interests of the nation. Low and middle-income workers have been hard …
On climate-security risks, Australia missing in action
Former leaders of our defence forces are today calling it out – climate change now represents the greatest threat to the future and security of Australians. Our earth is already …
Unwilling to act and ill-prepared for consequences
Relentless floods in Qld and NSW, disastrous bushfires before them, and the never-ending Covid pandemic have exposed government complacency and unpreparedness. The Prime Minister says the floods in NSW and …
Donation-led gas/coal/oil recovery
The AEC released its report on political donations made in 2020-2021 and yes, $1.15 million was paid to political parties by fossil fuel donors. In 2019-2020 it was $1.3 million …
New EV car sales up 230% in 2021
It’s a significant increase on the previous year but Australia still lags behind most developed countries in the inevitable shift to electric vehicles. The just-released stats: 24,078 EVs were sold in …
What a week!
Disgusting accusations, growling, shouting, standover tactics by the PM re floor-crossing, dogged insistence on keeping ‘national cabinet’ minutes and alleged rape response secret, guest workers exploitation revealed. Truly, this all happened. …
COP26 not a great start
In the opening ceremony of COP26 UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres called on world leaders to escalate climate action saying the world’s nations are “digging our own graves”. The UN Emissions Gap Report shows that …
