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The federal election campaign of 2013 was environment 'lite', with mainstream media concentrating on a range of domestic and international issues, and very little coverage of climate and environment.

Chain Reaction is the national magazine of Friends of the Earth Australia. It is published three times a year and the November edition is now available.

It has an assessment of the Federal Election aftermath, a 40 year reflection on forest activism in WA, a report on the new FoE Platypus Project and a feature on uranium, nuclear poer and nuclear weapons.

MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 7th of November, 2013

At today's Major Project Conference, Newman has announced a fire-sale on the climate and the Great Barrier Reef according to environment group Friends of the Earth Brisbane.

Campbell Newman announced at the Major Projects Conference in Brisbane this morning that the Government would negotiate discounted royalties with the first mining companies in the Galilee basin, effectively subsidising their costs.

Last summer was the hottest on record, breaking 120 extreme weather records. This year, summer has come early, and bushfires are already burning.

Tony Abbott and our new Government are already going backwards on climate change. They've cut the climate department, abolished the Climate Commission, and are getting ready to try repeal a price on pollution and renewable energy funding.

Right now, it is more important than ever before that we make it clear that the majority of Australians want climate action.

Nationwide. November 17.