Environment
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.
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.
Part two: The false promise of carbon capture and storage
Despite the best efforts of climate and accountability campaigners, Australia’s major political parties have not stopped pushing the false promise of carbon capture and storage.
Unchecked climate heating is greatest threat to human security, says former ADF Chief
As United States President Donald Trump ramps up rhetoric on his oil-driven military intervention in Venezuela, a former Australian defence chief is urging world leaders not to lose sight of the far more dangerous conflict that climate change could create.
