Politics
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VicForests continue to illegally destroy endangered trees
State-owned logging company VicForests has continued to illegally destroy numerous endangered Tree Geebungs while doing ‘regeneration’ works, citizen scientists from Wildlife of the Central...
Premier Chris Minns: Please protect NSW public native forests from logging
Premier Chris Minns52 Martin Place,Sydney NSW 2000 Dear Premier, Please protect NSW public native forests from logging. It is with great concern that I write to you...
Allegro Energy begins storage trial at Eraring power station
28 June 2023 - Origin has acquired a 5 per cent equity interest in Newcastle based clean-tech company Allegro Energy and agreed to a...
Great Koala National Park Advocacy Group visits NSW Parliament House
28 June 2023 - The peak NGO advocating for the urgent creation of the Great Koala National Park in NSW has delivered their...
As NSW’s debt mounts, Treasurer urged to end subsidies for logging
“The NSW Treasurer has to sign off on the Forestry Corporation NSW's Statment of Corporate Intent by the end of this month. A decision...
Daily Mail wanted a story about children who identify as animals, Twitter obliges
A journalist from the London Daily Mail offered to pay for stories about children identify as animals. The replies are hilarious. The journalist, Helen...
Simon Crean’s address to Parliament opposing John Howard’s war in Iraq
As leader of the opposition, Simon Crean opposed prime minister John Howard’s decision to send Australian troops to war in Iraq. On 5 February...
Forestry Corporation rebrands NSW native forest as ‘plantation’ to allow logging
National Parks Association (NPA) President Dr Grahame Douglas says that the Minister for Environment Penny Sharpe must have been given misleading advice when she...
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...
Tibet’s President in Exile National Press Club address
Resolving the Sino-Tibet Conflict and Securing Peace in the Region - Australia Tibet Council Hon. Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan...