The federal electorate of Boothby is the only marginal seat in South Australia and, if the results of the March state government election are anything to go by, social issues may loom large. On the eve of the South Australian state election, we talked to CEO of SA Council of […]
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Jackie Pearson continues to examine what it is like to live without an elected local government, this time looking at the report of Commissioner McCulloch who conducted the public inquiry into the “financial crisis” which resulted in Central Coast Councillors being suspended and then sacked. McCulloch’s public inquiry report stuck […]
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Part 1 – setting the scene… Jackie Pearson examines what life is like living in a NSW Local Government Area that doesn’t have an elected local government. The residents and ratepayers of the Central Coast have been ‘governed’ under an administrator for 42 months out of the past 80 (that’s […]
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With one month to go until Australia decides to keep the Morrison Government, elect an Albanese Government, or votes for enough independents to hang the parliament, a social justice issue – the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) – has finally made campaign headlines. It is a widely accepted fact that […]
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GetUp, which describes itself as a one-million member movement striving to put the people back into Australian politics, has started the election campaign by describing incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison as a “failed or absent” leader. According to GetUp, through three years of bushfires, drought, floods and the pandemic, everyday […]
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According to Australia’s peak social services body, the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes an urgent call for faster emissions reduction and targeted polices to benefit “people with the least”. The report warns that without immediate and deep […]
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Incoming Greens Member of the Legislative Council, Sue Higginson, met with the NSW Premier and Deputy Premier today in her hometown of Lismore and told them it was time for a state-wide assessment of climate risk and community-led solutions. She spoke with Jackie Pearson. She says her community desperately needs […]
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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