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LNP = coal; ALP = gas. Northern Territory is fracking the joint
As soon as Northern Territory set up the Pepper Inquiry into Fracking it became obvious the government was determined to frack the joint. Pepper's Terms...
US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy climbs 60m tree in Huon Valley’s Grove of Giants
2 May 2023 - The US Ambassador, Ms Caroline Kennedy, visited the Huon Valley’s Grove of Giants yesterday to learn about Tasmania’s remarkable forests. The...
Is cutting down native forests to burn in wood fired power stations a good idea?
It beggars belief that while the Koala and other species are facing extinction, and climate scientists are warning about the levels of carbon in...
Native forest protections are flawed, logging laws value industry over environmental protection
These two academic articles accompany our feature on the issue of logging native forests for wood-fired electricity. Discussed here is the Great Koala National...
First Contact: indigenous Australians & Cook on Endeavour
Even before Captain Cook and his men rowed ashore at Botany Bay Kamay in 1770, he shot an Australian indigenous man who was protesting...
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,...
Honouring the memory of Australian war correspondents
"Amid dangers known and unknown war correspondents report what they see and hear. Those words and images live beyond the moment and become part...
Turner brothers died on the Montevideo Maru
This is story of 3 brothers that died together on the Montevideo Maru, but is also about the family that waited in vain for...
Historic WWII wreck that sank with 1080 people found
The wreck of the Montevideo Maru, one of the worst international maritime disasters in history, has been located at a depth of more than 4,000...
Secret Orders to Captain James Cook on H.M. Bark ENDEAVOUR
Here is the transcript of the Orders, classified Secret, given to Lt. James Cook of the HMB Endeavour, only to be opened on completion...