Political campaigns can be a fine art – direct mail, town hall meetings, corflutes, social media, well-honed funding promises and the recent phenomenon of the wobble board. By Jacquelene Pearson This is our third edition of View from a Bellwether. Here we are in sunny Point Clare, on the NSW […]
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One of the nation’s most iconic and at-risk critters could benefit by combining Indigenous knowledge with western survey methods, according to a new study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) in collaboration with the North Tanami Rangers and Traditional Owners from the community of Lajamanu. By Charles Darwin University The […]
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The streets of Robertson are lined with corflutes but not everybody thinks they should be plastering the fences of the main train line – and I thought this was the cost of living election. By Jacquelene Pearson By Jacquelene Pearson I’ve decided to keep this weekly commentary about the federal […]
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Animal Liberation will be 50 years old in 2026 and it continues to work to improve the lives of all species through legislation, advocacy, action and legislation. Earlier this year the group held one of its slaughterhouse vigils. By Lisa Ryan* On 16 January 2025, Animal Liberation, together with Animal […]
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Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has called the federal election for Saturday, 3 May – that’s only 36 days away – let’s take a look at what you need to do to make your vote count. By Jacquelene Pearson I’m writing this from my home on the Central Coast of […]
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The old timers call it Porters Lake because it resembles a massive lake when flooded – a sight to behold. But over recent decades Porters Creek Wetland has been suffering death by a thousand cuts. A promised Biodiversity Stewardship Agreement may change that for the better, or it may not. […]
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Why would a council sell a wetland for less than its market value and even hide its biodiversity value from its own valuer – it doesn’t make sense but that is exactly what happened on the NSW Central Coast in 2021 – then, in 2022, the land was unlawfully cleared. […]
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On Wednesday 26 February, five years since the devastating Black Summer bushfires, survivors will gather in Sydney to launch and sign onto a new Australian Bushfire Survivor Declaration, which calls on Australia’s governments to put human lives before the profits of the fossil fuel industry. To mark the sombre anniversary […]
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New analysis from the national Climate Change Authority shows the Liberal and National Parties’ nuclear scheme would breach Australia’s commitment to international climate pollution targets and break their promise to phase out climate pollution by 2050. “This independent analysis confirms earlier assessments that under opposition leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear scheme […]
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Australia’s energy future is being redefined with the launch of “Scenarios for Future Living”, an initiative from the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030 CRC). Building on Monash University’s successful Digital Energy Futures project, this three-year initiative provides a plausible, people-centred understanding of future Australian energy consumption. Combining […]
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