In an exclusive interview, climate activist Violet CoCo, who won her appeal against a jail sentence this week, details what she has learnt about the ‘theatre’ of politics.
A year after the floods, Northern Rivers residents are in limbo, with many likely to miss out on recovery funds from a program that is beset by delays and a lack of transparency.
The Greens and David Pocock seek big changes to the safeguard mechanism, and a climate trigger. In the meantime, the policy allows companies to entirely offset emissions with sham credits.
The recent loss – and recovery – of a radioactive capsule in Western Australia’s vast landscape is just another chapter in the state’s history of nuclear misadventure.
The former prime minister’s use of secret ministerial powers in the Asset Energy gas exploration veto cannot be defended, Commonwealth court filings reveal.
As Western Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the state faces the vast task of post-flood rebuilding in a way that prepares for more extreme rainfall events.
The weather event that caused floods across much of the country is breaking down, but it may soon be replaced by an El Niño pattern of intense heatwaves and drought.
A submission from the Productivity Commission, based on unproven modelling, recommends the government does nothing to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles before 2035.
Market-based measures have demonstrably failed to solve problems in our public services, from health care to utilities. So why does the government think that putting a price on critically endangered wildlife habitats can help save them?
