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.
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...
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...