The environment – few wins
25 years ago the groundbreaking EPBC came into force under the Liberal Government, backed by ~500 successful amendments in the Senate by the Australian Democrats. It was a first for …
The greatest con job ever
If you think emissions are coming down in Australia, think again. Governments are covering up the awful truth that there has been barely any progress in reducing emissions in the …
Adapting to climate change
“Human-caused global warming is already irreversible on the timescale of people alive today and will worsen in decades to come.” – NASA “We basically have three choices: mitigation, adaptation and suffering. …
Decarbonising the power sector
The issues | Let’s be honest. If we want to decarbonise the economy it will require making some hard trade-offs. Instead of rising to the challenge, the major parties are …
The Environment
Spending on the protection and restoration of nature isn’t just a nice-to-have item. More than half our GDP relies on natural systems and healthy nature is vitally important for the …
Climate protesters criminalised
Governments across Australia have criminalised people who are peacefully protesting by proliferating a worrying number of anti-protest laws. Over the past two decades, 49 laws affecting protest have been introduced …
I’m all for EVs – Heath McKenzie
My family and I are privileged to have an electric car which we love but over the next few years all new transport vehicles will need to be electric – …
Australia needs a climate plan
Human-caused global warming is already irreversible on the timescale of people alive today and will worsen in decades to come (NASA). The world must change its approach to energy, recognise the limits to endless growth, …
Phase out coal, cut oil and gas
Australia and other major producers are together set to increase the size of the fossil fuel industry to about twice what would be consistent with their pledge to try to …
The environment is deteriorating – SOE
The State of the Environment Report released this month is shocking. Because of climate change, habitat degradation and loss, unsustainable development and resource extraction, invasive species, and pollution, the environment …