Doing something good for the environment – and for the hip pocket at the same time. Is that really possible? By Jo Muller* Due to the mass production of solar panels, investing in a domestic solar PV (photovoltaic) system or in some energy savings measures, can be a positive financial […]
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How green is your investment?
According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, sustainable investing is on the rise with sustainable assets under management growing to a global $35.3T in 2020, rising 15 per cent from 2018. By Harry Mulholland This rise has been even higher in Australia with the GSIA reporting a 25 per cent […]
New Sculpture on Central Coast promotes marine conservation
Harry Mulholland speaks with the two award-winning artists whose latest sculpture is now in place at the Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre in Terrigal – they want it to promote their goal of building awareness of the importance of marine conservation in Australia. The sculpture, which is called Pacifica Australis, […]
Members’ interests reveal polarised Australia
It’s that time in the federal political cycle when voyeurs get to sticky beak at the Commonwealth Register of Members’ Interests which lists the properties, shares, trusts and business interests of every Senator and Member of the House of Representatives. The Point has analysed the holdings of the 151 MPs […]
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You cannot trade nature: audit report slams offset scheme
The scathing NSW Audit Office report into the state government’s Biodiversity Offsets Scheme chronicles exactly how the scheme has failed to protect nature and benefited developers. The scheme failed to meet 96 per cent of developer demand for species credits and 97 per cent of species credits have never been […]
Pressure on Plibersek to refuse Clive’s mine
Australian businessman and politician Clive Palmer has proposed a new coal mine that environmental groups are saying will most likely impact the Great Barrier Reef prompting the Federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, to propose blocking the coal mine. By Harry Mulholland The Central Queensland Coal Project […]
Demands for ratios and fair pay underpin strike
Striking nurses urge state to follow Victoria’s lead Nurses and midwives from hospitals across New South Wales put down their tools and took to streets in cities and out the front of hospitals on September 1, striking for better working conditions and a pay increase to offset the rising cost […]
Munupi Clan tells Santos to frack off and greenwashing challenged
Australian oil and gas company Santos and elders from the Tiwi Land Council are currently waiting for a Federal Court decision to determine whether Santos can continue to drill gas wells in the Timor Sea. By Harry Mulholland The Federal Court case commenced in June after Tiwi Elder, Dennis Tipakalippa, […]
Nurses strike again over patient safety
Nurses across New South Wales are preparing to take industrial action for the third time this year on September 1, fighting for better staff to patient ratios as hospitals across the state struggle with long wait times and frustrated patients. By Harry Mulholland Every quarter the Bureau of Health Information […]