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Brush-tailed bettongs released on Yorke Peninsula last year are doing so well nearly every female caught for a recent health check was carrying pouch young. One is even regarded as third generation. A female who arrived in her mother’s pouch more than six months ago now has her own joey. […]
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Greenpeace Australia reports that Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has warned that the survival of the Pacific is in peril if the world’s biggest polluters continue to put profit over people and planet, in Suva recently. Prime Minister Loughman made the remarks at the launch event for a powerful coalition […]
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While climate change, driven by the burning of coal, oil and gas, affects all Australians, the risks are not shared equally and in the most extreme instances, areas may become uninhabitable, according to the Climate Council. Worsening extreme weather means increased costs of maintenance, repair and replacement to properties – […]
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Forget about social media trends, opinion polls, leader debates and the six o’clock news, the 2022 federal election campaign is being fought by activists using some old-fashioned tactics – conversations and phone calls. GetUp is having “calling parties” – training volunteers to call voters and encourage them to pledge to […]
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NSW Shadow Environment Minister Penny Sharpe visited the site of the Mangrove Mountain landfill, that was recently the subject of a complex Land and Environment Court judgement, to declare that the right thing would be “no more dumping” at the site but the landfill owner appears to have other ideas. […]
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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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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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