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In a difficult research funding environment, the CSIRO has announced that it will be cutting a third of the members of its climate science unit. With Australia’s largest science body making these cuts, I asked Professor Christian Jakob from Monash University how this decision will impact upon Australia’s efforts to combat climate change? Produced By: …
Byron Shire Council is calling on the federal government to make big polluters pay for climate damage. The motion will push to establish a National Climate Compensation Fund, funded by a levy on major coal, oil and gas companies. The Byron council says communities are being left to cover the rising costs of climate-fuelled disasters, with …
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Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor announced the Coalition’s response to the Federal Budget last week. Since, advocacy groups have criticised the budget reply’s, particularly opposing their alternative environmental and fossil fuel visons. The party have cited plans to dump net zero and build new costly oil refineries to produce fuel with Australia’s low supply …
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One of the leading union voices in Australia’s energy transition says skills shortages and delays to renewable energy projects are slowing the country’s shift to clean energy. National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, Michael Wright, says more support is needed for apprentices and their supervisors as demand grows for workers in the electrification sector. …
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In November, Australia will preside over negotiations at the United Nations COP31 in Ankara, Türkiye – hoping to mediate between governments and find agreement to accelerate action on climate change. But last month saw another conference, in Colombia, sidestepping the delicate consensus and industry lobbying of the COPs to focus on practical action. Louise Morris …
Santa Marta conference rewrites the climate change narrative Read More »
Residents of a remote Indigenous community have launched legal action in the Federal Court against the NT government, alleging they’ve failed to provide safe public housing during extreme heat. Papunya is located 250 kms north-west of Alice Springs and faces regular heatwaves over 40 degrees. Represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, four Papunya …
Landmark legal challenge: Remote community sue NT government over ‘unsafe’ housing Read More »
The Bob Brown Foundation’s annual ‘March in March 4 Forests’ rallies saw thousands turn out at fourteen locations across the country over the weekend. The protests are aimed at ending native forest logging in Australia and protecting the more than fifteen thousand plant and animal species which depend on forest ecosystems for survival. According to …
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As the state advances towards the next term of government, South Australia remains in the grips of its harmful algal bloom – an issue that’s plagued SA’s marine environment and coastal communities for the last 12 months. The bloom has spread 20 000 km since its emergence in March 2025, seeing the far-reach of environmental, …
Government response to algal bloom under fire days out from election Read More »