The 25-year saga that saw a golf course remodelling project at Mangrove Mountain transformed into a regional waste facility within the Central Coast’s water catchment does not appear to have been fully resolved by the latest Land and Environment Court judgement. By Jackie Pearson Justice Rachel Pepper’s judgement ran to […]
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Jonah – portrait of a young climate activist
Daily news…Jonah is an articulate 25-year-old undergraduate with a demanding day job and parents who worry about him – he speaks with Jackie Pearson about why he believes the direct actions of groups like Blockade Australia will “take us to a safer future”. Speaking with Jonah, who explains he is […]
Climate activists are not anarchists or criminals
DAILY NEWS…. For four days last week #BlockadeAustralia successfully created major traffic disruptions at Sydney’s Port Botany to draw attention to the climate crisis and the NSW Police response has been to form a Strike Force and call the protesters anarchists. By Jackie Pearson Acting Premier and Minister for Police […]
Democracy won the South Australian election – Part 1
YOUR WEEKLY DEEP READ…The voters of South Australia resoundingly kicked out a first-term Liberal State Government last weekend because they were not prepared to accept a sub-standard public health system. Jackie Pearson spoke with the SA Conservation Council and SACOSS about the role of environmental and social justice in the […]
Social service sector welcomes election policy pledge
The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) has welcomed the Federal Opposition’s commitment to support a stronger and better paid community sector if it is elected to government before the end of May. Labor chose March 15, World Social Worker Day, to announce its election policy for the community sector […]
Bushfire survivors in disbelief at NSW planning change
DAILY NEWS… Jo Dodds doesn’t quite remember how she managed to become President of the NGO called Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BS4C) but she does remember the day her feelings about climate change became visceral. She wants the NSW Planning Minister to make sure climate-impacted communities get to build […]
NSW health system is broken especially in poor communities
DAILY NEWS… One of the main reasons South Australians threw out their single-term Mitchell State Government last Saturday was ambulance ramping, which begs the question of why NSW residents are prepared to put up with ramping, slow ambulance response times, long emergency department waits and dangerous elective surgery delays. Jackie […]
Not-for-profit determined to use election to push parents up
Australia lags behind other developed countries in the provision of best practice, evidence-based policies that support families and children and not-for-profit The Parenthood is determined to change that. According to the latest report from The Parenthood, called Making Australia the Best Place in the World to be a Parent, among […]
Turtle hatchling survives floods and plastics
Pretzel, a green turtle hatchling, has already survived a flood disaster and potentially fatal plastic consumption … and that’s just in its first few weeks of life. The little battler, who fits in the palm of a hand, washed ashore recently at New Brighton Beach on the NSW north coast […]
Brutal boys home to become national site for truth telling
The Kinchela Boys Home (KBH) site in Kempsey has today been announced at the 2022 World Monuments Watch as one of 25 heritage sites of worldwide significance whose preservation is urgent and vital to the communities surrounding them. Among Australia’s most notorious Stolen Generations institutions, KBH saw an estimated 400 […]