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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...
Northern Australia plans for largest citizen science groundwater study in the world
Limited resources for research into Northern Australia’s groundwater means not a lot is known about aquifer systems, but a new Charles Darwin University (CDU)...
Controversial CEO Dr Larry Marshall leaves CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)'s controversial Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall, finished his third and final term in June 2023. During his tenure,...
Gas Price Crisis: Australians Want a Government Intervention
“There is no gas supply crisis. Australia has a gas greed crisis. The gas industry is making enormous windfall profits, up to $40 billion this year alone, off the back of exporting 80% of Australian gas."
The battle to save Koalas from extinction in Australia
The NSW Government has lost control on private native forestry 11 November 2022, NSW - The NSW Government is hanging regional councils and koalas out...
Australian Domestic Gas Reservation policy is long overdue
Want a solution for the energy crisis gripping Australia’s east? Look west You can thank Margaret Thatcher for the gas supply crunch Australia’s east coast has...
The Block at Redfern, Sydney, site of the 2004 Redfern riots
A famous Aboriginal flag mural overlooked the 'The Block', Redfern, an enclave of Indigenous people in Redfern, inner-city Sydney. The Block was the scene of the...
Climate of the Nation Report: Australia Climate Research
The Climate of the Nation 2022 Report reveals record numbers of Australians who are “very concerned” about climate change as record floods and extreme...
Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese won’t be at COP27 but energy will be on his mind
Anthony Albanese leaves late next week for another round of international diplomacy, starting with the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, followed by the G20...