Politics
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Can you rent out a Tiny Home, Granny Flat, Transportable building or Caravan?
First I’d like to give you some background on my answers here, I've dealt with every one of the 128 different councils in NSW,...
A National Forest Protection & Workforce Plan for Australia
Labor Environment Action Network - A National Forest Protection and Workforce Plan for Australia
James Cook journal aboard HMB Endeavour: 14 – 20 May, 1770
During this week in 1770 the HMB Endeavour travelled north from Smoky Cape near South West Rocks in NSW to the northern tip of...
Origin of “Welcome to Country” Nimbin Aquarius Festival 1973
Amongst the many firsts, the first Aquarius Festival held the first "Welcome to Country" performed in the country for non-Indigenous Australians in 1973
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...
James Cook journal aboard HMB Endeavour: 7 – 14 May, 1770
After spending a week surveying Botany Bay (Kamay) and replenishing their supplies of fresh water and ray, Cook and the crew aboard H.M.Bark Eneavour...
Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III
5 May 2023 To His Majesty King Charles III, On the coronation of my liege, I thought it only fitting to extend a heartfelt invitation to...
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...
Are forests the new coal? Is Biomass energy renewable?
There is a new and growing threat to the world’s forests, people and climate: the biomass energy industry, touted as a ‘renewable’ energy. The use...