Biodiversity
Australia is a megadiverse continent supporting 7.8% of the world’s described species. More than 90% of our vascular plants, frogs, and reptiles, and more than 80% of our mammals are …
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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 …
Reforming the Constitution
The issues The Australian people have not agreed to proposed changes to the Constitution in more than three decades. Only eight of the 44 referendum proposals have been successful since …
Lobbying
The issues Anyone is free to lobby their local member, the parliament or even the Prime Minister. Lobbyists and activists alike operate to influence. They may be urging the government …
Schooling
The issues Most young Australians receive a good education and perform above the OECD average for mathematics, reading and science. However, performance has declined at all levels of achievement compared …
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 …
The Drill – Are EVs really the green future
By Grahame Elder Before we start a quick recap. Last episode, the DRILL wrote about vaping and the proliferation of tobacco outlets. Subsequently the DRILL contacted local organisations and the Hornsby Shire …
Time to give up on ‘solidarity’
Just as the States are passing legislation to stop coercive control, Labor is using it on Senator Payman, ‘for the good of the Labor Party’. The truth is that Labor …
Reform of the Australian Constitution
The issues The Australian people have not agreed to proposed changes to the Constitution in more than three decades. Only eight of the 44 referenda that have been put to …
SA’s political donation ban
We welcome the plan to ban all political donations announced by South Australian Premier, Peter Malinauskas, ahead of the next state election. The plan appears to balance the need for …