In interviews with The Saturday Paper, Afghan women describe their fears of retribution and torture by the Taliban, while others in Pakistan hope to be granted asylum by the Australian government.
The bottom line is simple: the longer Australia takes to reduce emissions through policies such as fuel efficiency standards, the greater the costs will be.
Two weeks of talks aimed at securing an international consensus on a phase-out of fossil fuels have ended with a statement that critics say does little to advance the urgent work of averting a climate catastrophe.
Woodside and Santos are considering joining forces to create an Australian behemoth in a deal that could amount to a lifeline for the country’s big polluters.
A pandemic-related visa class devised and extended by the previous government created an enormous pool of unskilled workers who were left open to exploitation and overwhelmed the immigration system.
