Accents are usually thought of as a human trait, indicating where a person has grown up or the communities they belong – and new research shows the same dialects can also occur in Australia’s largest carnivorous bat. From Charles Darwin University Research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Nicola […]
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Three in four people are struggling to cool their homes during summer as dangerously hot homes are impacting the health of people experiencing financial and social disadvantage, new research has revealed. From the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) A survey of 2,070 people across Australia found three in four (75%) respondents […]
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific has accused the Albanese Labor Government of “bleeding our country dry and burning it at the same time” by giving the green light to 1,695 new Queensland coal seam gas wells until 2081. Greenpeace Australia Pacific media release Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the Federal Government’s decision […]
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Marnie Laree Davis – executive member of the Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia has questioned why the official censure of Senator Pauling Hanson last week did not include her remarks about First Nations People. Staff writer Senator Pauline Hanson of One Nation has been involved in several high-profile incidents in parliament […]
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The NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) may determine whether it is in the public interest for the Delta Group to extend the life of coal mines near Lake Macquarie before the private company is sentenced in the NSW Land and Environment Court (LEC) for causing catastrophic fish kills in the […]
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We’re concluding our series Saving Our Wetlands by giving readers access to our free e-book. Thanks to the Local Independent News Association (LINA), earlier this year The Point and sister publication, Central Coast Daily, were able to produce a series of articles about the perilous state of NSW wetlands. Now […]
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Earlier this year The Point embarked on a series of articles about the state of wetlands on the Central Coast – well here’s an update and some new videos. By Jacquelene Pearson Earlier this year we published a series of articles about wetlands – their importance, their fragility and the […]
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The NSW government is establishing a Coal Ash Advisory Committee to support its response to the 16 recommendations it already agreed to action following the ‘2020 NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories’ (Coal Ash Inquiry). “We must be living in a parallel universe,” […]
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The Interim Report from a recent Citizens’ Inquiry that examined the health impacts on communities located in the wind shadows of coal-fired power stations on the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie has labelled such places as dangerous for living, working or raising children. Witnesses at the recent Future Sooner Citizens’ […]
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Prominent botanist and academic, Dr Greg Moore OAM has called for Victoria’s Minister for Energy and Resources, Lily D’Ambrosio, to vote for common sense and ensure Victoria’s environment is secured for the future by adding $1 billion in tree canopy. The Victorian Government is seeking to overturn the overwhelming recommendation […]
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