Politics
We aspire to be neutral and apolitical in our news coverage of events and political gatherings. Our coverage of protest shows the humanist aspect of the story.
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...
Scientists warn against harvesting forests to burn for electricity
Europe’s continued reliance on biomass burning undoes EU climate credentials The European Parliament’s decision to retain subsidies for burning forest biomass for energy tarnishes the...
Native forest protections are flawed, logging laws value industry over environmental protection
These two academic articles accompany our feature on the issue of logging native forests for wood-fired electricity. Discussed here is the Great Koala National...
First Contact: indigenous Australians & Cook on Endeavour
Even before Captain Cook and his men rowed ashore at Botany Bay Kamay in 1770, he shot an Australian indigenous man who was protesting...
James Cook journal: 29 April-6 May 1770 in Botany Bay-Kamay
On the 29th April, Cook set the anchor of H.M. Bark Endeavour in Kamay (the Dharawal nation name) which he gave an English name,...
Honouring the memory of Australian war correspondents
"Amid dangers known and unknown war correspondents report what they see and hear. Those words and images live beyond the moment and become part...
Capt. Cook’s Journal 1-18 Apr.1770 New Zealand – New Holland
Lt. James Cook journal: 1st - 18th April 1770. Passage from New Zealand to Australia aboard HMB Endeavour. Apart from 12 lashes given to...
Turner brothers died on the Montevideo Maru
This is story of 3 brothers that died together on the Montevideo Maru, but is also about the family that waited in vain for...
Historic WWII wreck that sank with 1080 people found
The wreck of the Montevideo Maru, one of the worst international maritime disasters in history, has been located at a depth of more than 4,000...