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Australian Politics
A forestry primer: The opportunity for Australia’s native forests
Scientific data suggest that logging reduces carbon storage, threatens native species and increases fire hazard. Economic data over two decades show that native forest logging requires substantial public funding to operate. Plantations can produce all...
Australian Politics
Native forest logging CO2 emissions is greater than domestic aviation
Recent reports have found that native forest logging in south-eastern Australia emits 11.2 million tonnes of carbon each year. That’s equivalent to the annual emissions of 2.6 million cars and is greater than the annual...
Climate Change
Midcoast Council Votes to Save Bulga Forest on Biripi Country
08 February 2023 - Midcoast Council today unanimously supported a motion put forward by Greens Councillor Dheera Smith, calling for a just transition from native forest logging to ecologically sustainably managed plantations and farm forestry. Council...
Australian Politics
Greens plan to Save Koalas, End Clearing of Koala Habitat
The Greens plan to Save Our Koalas in NSW was outlined by Greens MP and lead Upper House candidate Cate Faehrmann and Greens candidate for Coffs Harbour Tim Nott. The Greens Plan to Save Koalas (pdf)...
Earth Care
Two more women lock-on protests at Heron Creek Sawmill
6 February 2023 - Two more women were arrested today after chaining themselves to gates leading into the largest saw-mill in NSW to stop logging work and draw attention to the felling of native timber...
Australian Politics
Gas Leaks … documentary by Four Corners, ABC Australia
This documentary shows how the two biggest CSG projects in Australia's history were rail-roaded past the environmental impact assessment process without any consideration of how they will deplete Australia's limited ground water reserves or any...
Fracking Gas
Meet the Frackers: QGC PL is part of BG Group
QGC Pty Limited (previously Queensland Gas Company) is part of the international BG Group which was created in 1996. BG Group acquired Queensland Gas Company in November 2008 and QGC was delisted from the Australian...
Fracking Gas
Ian McFarlane and the Ministerial Code of Conduct
"Your certainly don't extract coal seam gas unless the farmer says you can" - pre-election speech 2013 "We've got to make sure that every molecule of gas that can come out of the ground does so"...
Australian Politics
Martin Ferguson “makes a mockery” of ministerial code of conduct
Australian Greens' leader Christine Milne says the appointment of former Resources Minister Martin Ferguson as an executive of natural resources for Seven Group Holdings, and as chair to a petroleum industry advisory board "makes a...
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Loggers take a chainsaw to Great Koala National Park idea
The Debate Over the Great Koala National Park: A Fight for Koalas and Forests The proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP) aims to preserve 176,000...
FBI Foils Geronimo’s Headdress Sale
Geronimo was a famous Apache Indian who was known as a great medicine man and spiritual leader. For years, the Apaches, like many Native...
ABC’s Media Watch: A New Era with Linton Besser at the Helm
Media Watch: ABC Australia's Guardian of Media Accountability In the fast-paced, often chaotic world of Australian journalism, one show stands apart as the quiet conscience...
Kitchen knives ° Anthony Bourdain’s Kramer Knife
Anthony Bourdain's Kramer Knife Anthony Bourdain, renowned chef and television personality, was known for his discerning taste in culinary tools. One of the most iconic...
James Cook journal: 29 April-6 May 1770 in Botany Bay-Kamay
On the 29th April, Cook set the anchor of H.M. Bark Endeavour in Kamay (the Dharawal nation name) which he gave an English name,...