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Lola Koala’s diary from high in a tallow wood tree in the Bulga Forest
Lola Koala is sitting high in a native tallow-wood tree inside an area to be logged in the Bulga Forest on the NSW mid-north...
NSW Forestry Corp fines exceed $1,000,000 since 2019 fires
Forestry Corporation of NSW has a long history of fines from the Environmental Protection Authority. Either the workplace culture at Forestry Corporation is toxic,...
Forest activists arrested in Bulga State Forest
09 January 2023 - NSW Forestry Corporation had their plans to destroy native forests at Bulga temporarily delayed by the selfless actions of forest...
Koalas, Logging & Bushfires in State Forests: NSW Election 2023
Native forestry in NSW is directly costing NSW residents $441 per hectare of forest that is destroyed. The hardwood that is harvested from public...
Locals protest NSW Forestry logging in Bulga Forest
Save Bulga Forest Today - This is an invitation to join our small community in resisting the logging of our precious Bulga Forest on...
‘Central Bank Digital Currency’ – new RBA digital money
Reserve Bank of Australia is looking at 'Central Bank Digital Currency' as a complement to existing forms of money. CBDC would be a new...
ANZACs evacuate from Suvla Bay at Gallipoli, Turkey
20th December. On this day in 1915, the ANZACs and allied troops were all evacuated off the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, marking the end of...
Fracking for gas in the Northern Territory
The Honourable Justice Rachel Ann Pepper, the Chair of the NT Fracking Inquiry, "emphasised that it was not the role of the Inquiry to recommend whether or...
Press Council rules against Courier Mail opinion writer
20 December 2022 - The Press Council considered whether its Standards of Practice were breached by an article published by The Courier Mail on...
New deaths in custody report released – Australian Institute of Criminology
In 2021–22 there were 106 deaths in custody, 23 more than in 2020–21. The total included 24 Indigenous deaths and 81 non-Indigenous deaths. The...