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Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development
The annual list of Australia’s planned resource and energy projects has been released by the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
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Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families than ever.
Australia and New Zealand 'offloading' care crisis to Pacific neighbours: report
New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has revealed that Australia’s poaching of skilled health workers from Pacific Island nations is leaving their health systems on the brink of collapse.
‘Economic power is political power’: Grace Blakeley calls for Australians to fight back
Author of Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakeley, has told Australian consumers they need to stand up to the huge companies which dominate their way of life.
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Albanese Government strikes 11th hour deal with the Greens to pass environment laws
The laws, which were being negotiated with the Coalition until late last night, are controversial amongst climate advocates.
Overstated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies exposed in new report
A new report into 20 of the country’s biggest corporations has found examples of them overstating how generous their reported contributions to the community were.
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COP failure delivers a billion dollar opportunity to finally deliver for Pacific family
New analysis of Australia's foreign aid spending recommends a more direct way to help our Pacific neighbours, following the failure to win the right to host next year’s COP climate talks.
Australian workers are being shortchanged $95.8 billion a year in unpaid overtime
According to new research, if Australian workers were paid for the hours of overtime they currently do for free, they would be more than $300 a fortnight better off
Gas lobby using tobacco tactics, former SA Premier warns
The fossil fuel sector is using “tobacco industry tactics” to maintain a bipartisan commitment to supporting gas expansion in Australia, former South Ausralian Labor Premier Mike Rann has said.
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Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change
Fewer than a quarter of young Australians trust the nation's political leaders on climate
Independents’ warning on resources: don’t repeat mistakes of gas exports to Japan
Australians are being massively ripped off. We are paying higher prices for our gas than many of the countries that import our gas.
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Leaked report undermines WA Government’s claim that LNG exports help Asia’s clean energy transition
The Western Australian Government's claim that its domestic gas production is helping Asia’s clean energy transition has been undermined in a report which the Government itself commissioned.
As the Coalition quarrels over net zero, insurance leader calls for genuine climate action
The CEO of the nation’s second biggest insurer, Suncorp, has told politicians it’s time to start taking climate change more seriously, especially when it comes to the types of houses we build – and where we build them
Public trust in universities eroded as Australians see profit, not education, as their priority
New research reveals Australians think universities are too expensive and not doing their job
Reserve Bank holds interest rates at 3.6%
The Reserve Bank of Australia has again chosen to hold the cash rate at 3.6 per cent.
Public reject 'cash for access' to politicians: new polling
New polling has revealed that most Australians think politicians’ secret cash-for-access payments are corrupt.
Only 8% of Australians fully convinced Australia 'shares values' with Donald Trump's America
New research has revealed that just 8% of Australians strongly agree that Australia “shares values” with Donald Trump’s United States.
Bushfire survivors group calls for phasing out fossil fuels as a key demand
"We don’t need an imagination to know how bad it can get,” said their CEO, Serena Joyner.
Australia's expansion of fossil fuels a 'failure of national duty' says former ADF Chief
Admiral Chris Barrie has said that inaction has left Australia 'dangerously exposed' to climate change.
Queenslanders miss out on $400 million in royalty payments as Adani sells coal offshore 'for cheap'
At a time where Queenslanders are struggling with record energy prices, Queensland has missed out on a staggering amount of royalties due to mining giant Adani selling coal essentially at “mates rates” to India, according to new research.
New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents
The proposed laws preventing public access to key government documents directly contradict a key Robodebt Royal Commission recommendation.
Shocking new documentary takes viewers to the front line of the climate crisis
A new documentary has shown the terrifying impact climate change, caused by harmful fossil fuels, is having on the pacific island nation, Tuvalu.
Reserve Bank decision to hold interest rate at 3.6% labelled “very cruel”
“The Reserve Bank has once again chosen to be content with rising unemployment", says economist
Colombia announces fossil fuel phase-out summit to be held in 2026
It comes after years of research and evidence that shows the best way to limit the devastating impact of climate change is to phase out the burning of fossil fuels.
Trump ‘snub’ actually a win for Albo
A quick meeting is a good meeting, as the saying goes, but no meeting at all might be best outcome for Prime Minster Anthony Albanese in New York this week, according to two leading experts.
There's a flaw with GST - and it's costing state budgets billions of dollars every year
States and territories will miss out on between $25 and $26 billion in the next financial year and $107 and $122 billion over the forward estimate, according to new data.
Measuring What Matters. If you don’t measure, does it really matter?
A leading economist says the federal government has made a mess of its noble ambition to measure Australians’ wellbeing.
A win-win voucher plan: revive the ailing arts sector, and help young people have fun despite cost-of-living
A submission to an inquiry into the decline of the arts sector recommends $200 vouchers for young people to support artists, writers, musicians and other creative Australians. The sector needs it.
Labor’s 62-70 per cent climate target labelled “non-ambitious”
The target does not align with the science, and can only be met by phasing out fossil fuels - which they won't commit to.
Trump’s attack on ABC journalist the act of a bully and hypocrite: expert
US President Donald Trump’s attack on an ABC journalist has been labelled the act of a coward who claims to champion free speech – except when it’s used to hold him to account.
Senate Inquiry told “terrifying” climate report could be worse than first thought
Senior public servants and experts have faced questions by senators in an inquiry into Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment.
A true leader would cool things down, not weaponise Charlie Kirk’s murder: US expert
One of Australia’s foremost experts on politics in the United States says President Donald Trump is weaponising the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk.
Former Kiribati president Anote Tong says North West Shelf extension “not consistent” with Australia’s rhetoric on climate change
The former president of the Republic of Kiribati, Anote Tong, has added his voice to the growing chorus of criticism of the Federal Government’s decision to extend Woodside’s highly polluting North West Shelf project in Western Australia.
Grim Climate Risk Assessment prompts calls to scale back fossil fuel exports
The Federal Government has released its long-awaited National Climate Risk Assessment – and it makes for grim reading.
Polluter-pays system could help struggling councils and homeowners: new research
The soaring cost of repairing roads, drains, parks and other public facilities after floods, fires and storms is drifting out of reach of local councils, according to new research.
Experts warn FOI changes defy PM's transparency pledge
Experts have criticised proposed changes to Australia's Freedom of Information (FOI) laws, saying they seek to fix problems which either don’t exist or have been caused by officials rather than applicants.
20-year gas leak branded “a national scandal”
A methane gas leak, which had been allowed to drag on for two decades at a Darwin gas terminal, has been branded a “national scandal”.
Greenwashing and brainwashing – New analysis reveals how many Australian universities take dirty dollars from fossil fuel companies
It’s been revealed that 26 Australian universities take money from fossil fuel companies in the form of grants, scholarships and corporate partnerships.
Factcheck: Do nurses pay more tax than oil and gas companies in Australia?
To address the housing crisis, the ACTU has proposed a series of tax reforms. But is it true that nurses pay more tax than oil and gas companies in Australia?
