Climate
Victoria really doesn’t need any new gas
Despite the undeniable numbers, a ‘gas shortage’ is still put forward as one of the most common rationalisations for building massive new gas exploration and extraction sites.
The Safeguard Mechanism’s pro-fossil flaws – explained
Governments work hard to ensure that Australian climate policy seems effective to media and voters, while simultaneously ensuring it does nothing to limit the key thing that is wrecking the climate – fossil fuel expansion.
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?
Australia’s Gas Use On The Slide
The Federal Government has released a new report that includes projections of how much gas Australia is set to use over the coming decades. There is no ambiguity in its message: Australia reached peak gas years ago, and it’s all downhill from here.
Nearly a fifth of Australia’s emissions now come from sending fossil fuels overseas
Australia’s exports of fossil fuels are not only increasing emissions across the world, they are also becoming a larger share of our domestic emissions.
Video Report: The fight to save Murujuga
History is being destroyed in slow-motion
The Safeguard Mechanism helps gas companies take the piss
The Government’s Safeguard Mechanism is supposed to limit emissions; instead, it just lets companies cheat.
Press Conference: "Big gas is taking the piss"
More than half of gas exported from Australia attracts zero royalty payments, effectively giving a public resource to multinational gas corporations for free.
Video Report: The carbon credit grift destroying koala habitat
The real reason why NSW is logging koala habitat
