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 …
Launched: Pandemic response
While Australia avoided the worst of the global pandemic, it has only been because of a combination of geography, luck, and hard border closures. The Federal Government clearly mismanaged Australia’s …
Hooray for WA on waste
From January 1 2022, single use plastic cutlery, straws, stirrers, plates, bowls, cups, thick plastic bags, polystyrene food containers and helium balloon releases – gone! SA used to be the …
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 …
Government fails Afghan people, again
The announcement last week by Minister Alex Hawke of 15,000 places for Afghan Refugees has been roundly criticised because it is spread over 4 years and is not an increase …
Last seven years hottest on record
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 anything substantive about climate change.
Wasting $40 billion on tanks
Australia should buy long-range anti-ship missiles instead of more tanks. Tanks are a bad way to defend Australia.
Huge cost of nuclear submarines to burden 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 2000 to over 44% …
House price graph shows the problem
House prices and debt relative to real wages continues to soar driven by investor tax breaks and low interest rates.
Cinemas closing as govt claws back $10 million
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.