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Media Freedom on the Frontline
July 23, 2019
A number of high profile arrests, raids and media suppression orders have hit journalists documenting environmental and human rights violations within Australia over the last couple of months. From arrests of French journalists documenting...
Read More ShareA military sized black hole - how big are the ADF’s emissions?
July 18, 2019
Australia’s emissions are once again at a record high but obscure figures from the Australian Defence Force cast doubt on the overall validity of the latest numbers.
Read More ShareFriends of the Earth urge Federal govt to act on climate on fifth anniversary of the carbon price repeal
July 17, 2019
Friends of the Earth have written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the fifth anniversary of the carbon price repeal to urge action on the climate crisis. The repeal of the national carbon price...
Read More ShareNuclear power and climate change
June 17, 2019
There are several problems with the nuclear “solution” to climate change — it is a blunt instrument, too slow, too dangerous, and it is unnecessary.
Read More ShareThe mystery of the Australia Defence Force 'carbon bootprint'
May 27, 2019
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) pledges to ‘defend Australia and its national interests’. However, the Government’s refusal to clearly report military greenhouse gas emissions may result in the ADF unnecessarily contributing to the greatest...
Read More ShareGender justice and dismantling patriarchy
May 24, 2019
Women are disproportionately affected by environmental injustice, climate change, disasters and the exploitation of Nature. This is especially so for women of colour, peasant and indigenous women, LBTQ women and women workers. Despite this,...
Read More ShareClimate Justice : we must act together
May 20, 2019
Our response to the 2019 federal election result.
Read More Share2019: the climate election
May 18, 2019
The federal election will be held on May 18. With climate change already bearing down on us, a recent decision by the government of Scott Morrison to sign off on Commonwealth approvals for the...
Read More ShareBlue Pacific’s Call for Urgent Global Climate Change Action
May 17, 2019
Pacific Islands Forum Statement 15 May 2019.
Read More ShareThe climate change strike: from a student who was there
May 13, 2019
By Aceda Rose So here's me (below), amid a crowd of fired up adolescents and children, facing what could be the downfall of everything we've ever known; climate change.
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