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Climate bill passed in House of Representatives, sent to Senate
August 05, 2022
August 4, 2022. The House of Representatives has passed the Climate Change 2022 bill. After nine years of delay and denial by the Coalition government, Friends of the Earth Australia welcomes the rapid action...
Read More ShareFederal Climate & Environment Policy Platform 2022
July 06, 2022
Friends of the Earth Australia welcomes the rapid movement of the new federal government on key election commitments, including those covering environment, climate and energy. We note that the government has already acted to...
Read More ShareLandscape, Soundscape, Immersion
July 05, 2022
"Artists as eco-social change makers" – Lila Meleisea shares how her artistic practice weaves together her Samoan heritage and passion for activism. Published in Chain Reaction #141.
Read More ShareWe Need Renewables in the Right Place
June 08, 2022
"Can you imagine 239 turbines abutting the Tasmanian World Heritage Area, or Kakadu World Heritage Area, or the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area? The Wet Tropics deserves better!"
Read More ShareThe ‘climate election’ we need to have
May 09, 2022
As pre polling opens for the 2022 federal election, climate change and the environment have been largely missing from the mainstream debate. Yet what happens at this election will impact climate and environment, in...
Read More ShareAlarm that IPCC WGIII report on climate mitigation accepts overshoot of 1.5°C and relies on unproven technofixes that won’t curb runaway climate change
April 05, 2022
Once again, the IPCC’s findings have become a political battleground. Climate justice campaigners fear that climate scientists’ core message – that we must make an urgent just transition away from fossil fuels to limit...
Read More ShareClimate to drive agenda of new government
April 01, 2022
This was the climate election we really needed. Although the mainstream media debate largely focused on issues like the cost of living, there was clearly a deep desire in the community to see the...
Read More ShareNuclear power and Australia's culture wars
April 01, 2022
By Jim Green
Read More ShareStatements from Pacific Elders Voice
March 11, 2022
The Pacific Elders Voice group of highly renowned present and former leaders has issued two strong statements in relation to major regional and global issues - new security moves by the Australian government and...
Read More ShareCommunity solidarity after the floods
March 03, 2022
The news from south east Queensland and northern NSW is devastating. Among the harrowing stories of loss and destruction, there are many of mutual aid, solidarity, empathy and bravery. As author Rebecca Solnit explained so...
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