Politics

ACF challenging North West Shelf approval at the Federal court

The Australian Conservation Foundation is challenging the North West Shelf approval in the Federal court. The reasons for this challenge, according to the ACF, are the Minister for the Environment Murray Watt has failed to consider the physical effects of climate change as an impact, and the approval left out critical details. Image: Image supplied …

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Social media ban and climate risk: Today’s topics in Canberra

Turning to Federal politics, where further divisions are surfacing in the Coalition over net-zero, pressure mounts on the government to release the 2035 emissions reduction target, and the first regulatory guidelines for the upcoming social media ban have been released. How is Canberra taking all of this? Image: Image by Noah Secomb Produced By: Eduardo …

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Liberal Party’s “women problem” can be traced back to Howard Government, research finds

New research from Monash University traces the Liberal Party’s so-called “women problem” back to cultural and policy shifts under former Prime Minister John Howard. Research Author Dr Blair Williams says the party, once the political home of many women voters, abandoned its socially liberal traditions in the 1980s and has since struggled to win them …

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Multicultural young Australians pitch policy ideas in Canberra

This week, 16 young multicultural Australians from across the country gathered at Parliament House. The FUSE delegation from the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network spoke with politicians to pitch their policy ideas to improve outcomes for migrants and young people… Including calls for an anti-racism framework, culturally safe responses to domestic violence, and digital equity. Image: …

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