Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Media Release BUSHFIRE SURVIVORS FOR CLIMATE ACTION (BSCA) has spoken out in response to the news that Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has approved three new large coal mining projects in NSW: Whitehaven Coal’s Narrabri thermal coal project to 2066, MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant thermal coal project to 2058, and Yancoal’s…
Climate Council Media Release IN A DAMAGING MOVE, the Albanese Government has approved three massive coal mine extensions in New South Wales, locking in decades more climate pollution that “our children will not forgive” says the Climate Council. The federal government has approved three coal mine extensions in the Hunter Valley: Whitehaven’s Narrabri Stage 3…
Oxfam Australia Media Release Oxfam is responding to the escalating crisis in Lebanon, providing essential support to the hundreds of thousands of people who have been forced to flee as Israeli airstrikes bombard their homes and communities. The influx of internally displaced people, primarily from southern Lebanon, will quickly create disastrous conditions for local communities,…
David Littleproud was spruiking the idea that the excise on beer should be frozen… unlike those English bastards we like our beer cold so just using the words “frozen” and “beer” should have been a vote winner. However, it seems that this was just a thought bubble from the Nationals leader which had no support…
Peter Dutton’s campaign to make Palestinian refugees into figures of fear mirrors the provocations to the recent UK Islamophobic riots. These were inspired by politicians such as Nigel Farage as much as by far-right influencers. Both examples are connected to Donald Trump’s debate amplification of the far-right American lie that Haitian immigrants are eating the…
Oxfam Australia Media Release Oxfam Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s effort to champion a declaration aimed at safeguarding humanitarian personnel at the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Officer Lyn Morgain acknowledged the importance of the declaration in the protection of frontline aid workers. “We commend the Australian…
As with most empires in history, the search for successors can be a blighted affair. The children will rarely agree to lines of succession, and the parents can often be guaranteed to throw a spanner in the works and soil expectations. Assassinations can take place. Figures can be deposed and banished. A modern variant…
By Denis Hay Description Explore the hidden influence of neoliberalism shaping our institutions. Learn about the impact on policy and the path to a fairer political system. Introduction Neoliberalism has deeply infiltrated Australia’s key institutions, shaping policies that prioritize market interests over public welfare. From economic agencies to healthcare and local government, this ideology has…
Solutions for Climate Australia Media Release Still missing from the Coalition’s nuclear fantasy – any plans on costs, reducing climate pollution or nuclear accidents The public will have to keep waiting after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton failed to announce anticipated costings and other detail of the Liberal National Coalition’s nuclear proposal today. Following Mr Dutton’s…
By Bert Hetebry If you want to hang out, you gotta take her out, cocaine If you want to get down, down on the ground, cocaine She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie, Cocaine. Cocaine (J.J. Cale. 1976) Kids are different today I hear every mother say Mother needs something today to calm…
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