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ASIC & ASX asked to investigate if Santos misled investors over Barossa gas
15 December 2022 - Environment Centre Northern Territory (ECNT) has lodged formal complaints with ASIC and the ASX against gas giant Santos over potentially...
Photo scoop during the 1987 Fiji Coup
How we got a photo scoop during the 1987 Fiji Coup Blog update: General elections were held in Fiji on 14 December 2022 to elect...
Julian Assange mentioned in Australian Parliament: Hansard
Here are the mentions of Julian Assange in the Australian Parliament, during November 2022, according to the parliamentary minutes, Hansard. Chamber: House of Representatives on 30/11/2022QUESTIONS...
New Cultural Rights Legislation targets fake Indigenous art
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and businesses have been disadvantaged by the sale of inauthentic arts and crafts, which leads to cultural and...
Victoria Logging Over Estimates Koala Population to Save Themselves
Australian Koala Foundation calls for moratorium on critical Koala habitats in NSW, QLD and ACT Koalas are listed as 'Endangered' in NSW, Queensland and ACT...
Human Plan of Management to Save the Koala
Australia's first Koala Kiss Site will be Gwydir Shire in NSW according to The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF). Gwydir's Koala Kiss Site is part of...
National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
30 November 2022 - The Australian Government passed long awaited legislation to establish a powerful, transparent and independent National Anti-Corruption Commission. The Australian Labor...
Smart Energy Council Calls for Massive Investment in Renewable Energy Storage
The Smart Energy Council have released a major new report calling on all Australian Governments to commit to a Renewable Energy Storage Target to...
Most NSW residents don’t know they are neighbours to koalas
November 2022 - Environmental not-for-profit group Total Environment Centre has established the Sydney Basin Koala Network (SBKN) with three-year funding from Australia’s largest rescue organisation WIRES. The new action group comes...
State of the Climate 2022 – Continued Warming; More Intense Rainfall
The Bureau of Meteorology and Australia's national science agency CSIRO have released the State of the Climate 2022 Report which found changes to weather...