How removing invasive species helped restore an island.
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Exclusive: Green Party donation by major Labour funder has only just come to light
These factors do not exist in isolation but interact and act as force multipliers for each other and are ripe to be manipulated through identity politics
A Senate inquiry has failed to reach agreement on whether the Federal Government should spend A$1.5 billion on a major industrial hub in Darwin – spending critics say amounts to a huge fossil fuel subsidy. The project, known as the Middle Arm Industrial Precinct, involves developing a manufacturing and minerals hub on a peninsula at Darwin Harbour. Continue reading »
The scientific advice is clear; the world is tracking towards a climate catastrophe. Shamefully, the Australian government is contributing to the risk of a catastrophe with its support for fossil fuels, especially with its plan for a long-term expansion of gas production. This is a major policy failure. Australia is highly prone to extreme weather Continue reading »
A number of new studies highlight an embarrassing fact: Australia is playing a not insubstantial and growing role in slowing the reduction of global carbon emissions. By diligently increasing the development of unwanted new gas and coal fields we are only adding to Trump’s exhortation ‘drill baby drill’ with ‘drill mate drill’. Reversing these policies Continue reading »
Secretaries of State allow passenger numbers to soar by 38% at business airport, despite objections from locals and climate campaigners
An acoustic experiment reveals that spooky forest sounds may come from above.
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The five activists face the "longest ever" jail terms for peaceful protest, and international NGOs have rallied behind them
Tamsin Mather on her 3 greatest revelations while writing Adventures in Volcanoland.
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