Climate
Australia’s friendship with Timor-Leste has always come second to its hunger for oil and gas
Australia is entering a “New Partnership for a New Era” with Timor-Leste. It should not be a “New Era” for fossil fuels.
Australia’s environment laws are being rewritten, and the government is already backsliding
The draft National Environmental Standards put up for public comment over summer are vague, discretionary, and offset-heavy.
As heatwaves worsen, Australia remains a climate laggard
As the nation’s south-east languishes through another heatwave, new data has revealed what millions already know: more Australians are feeling the heat. The OECD has released its Economic Surveys for 2026 and it makes for sobering reading.
Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
The revelation that the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is proposing to log a cloud forest in southern NSW teeming with threatened species is another reminder of the spiralling decline of the native forest logging industry.
New gas won’t fix a broken system. It’s time to phase out fossil fuels
Climate impacts ranging from fires, floods, heatwaves, extreme cyclones and drought are already reshaping communities, livelihoods, and insurance policies across Australia.
The global hottest list no one wants to be on
Figures released by NASA overnight show that 2025 was the second hottest year on record. The three hottest years on record are 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Harcourt fires show need for disaster levy
Those responsible for the climate crisis must be made to pay for the mess they have made.
Part Two: The history of opposition to coal in the Central Coast and the global impact of the local campaign
Local activism really can drive nationally and globally significant change – which is exactly why powerful people try to dissuade communities from engaging in it.
Fact check: Is Victoria doing worse on energy prices?
Victoria’s Liberal opposition claims that “Victorians are paying more for power under the Allan Labor Government”, in a recent press release.
