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Forestry Corporation failing to comply with the law: Auditor General finds
Forestry Corporation is failing to comply with the law: Auditor General report into the regulation of public native forestry A new report published by the Auditor...
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner’s a legal notice to Twitter
The eSafety Commissioner of Australia has taken a significant step by issuing a legal notice to Twitter, requesting information regarding the actions taken by...
Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023, Hansard speeches
The full Hansard speeches in the Senate during the 15 June 2023 debate on the proposed Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023: Senator RICE (Victoria) (09:02):...
Greens’ Ending Native Forest Logging 2023 Bill voted down in the Senate
The Australian Senate voted against a Bill proposed by the Greens to end native forest logging federally. By reading the Hansard speeches, it seems...
Press Council finds Daily Telegraph breaches Standards of Practice
APC Adjudication | June 7, 2023 - The Press Council considered whether its Standards of Practice were breached by an article published by the...
Australian Climate Case in Torres Strait to force government action
Hearings for the potentially game changing Australian Climate Case are taking place on Country in the Torres Strait (Zenadth Kes) from Monday 5 June...
Court challenges Government for not considering climate impacts of new coal
6 Jun 2023 - Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action have praised environmental justice groups for launching a fresh Federal Court challenge today, arguing that the...
Rupert Murdoch: From a 22-year-old ‘zealous Laborite’ into a tabloid tsar
In September 1953, Rupert Murdoch arrived in sleepy Adelaide to take up his inheritance of News Limited. He was only 22 and had little...
Uluru Statement from the heart & Paul Keating’s 1992 Redfern Speech
We, gathered at the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, coming from all points of the southern sky, make this statement from the heart: Our Aboriginal and...
NSW Nationals motion on the Forestry Industry, 31 May 2023
Here are the speeches in reply to a motion in NSW Legislative Council as recorded in Hansard – 31 May 2023 – Proof FORESTRY INDUSTRY The Hon. SARAH MITCHELL (21:21): I...