If you want to meet the best Australians, meet Indigenous men and women who understand this extraordinary country and have fought for the rights of … Time to celebrate real heroes, like the one just lostRead more
Australia
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The secret country again wages war on its own people
Australia has again declared war on its Indigenous people, reminiscent of the brutality that brought universal condemnation on apartheid South Africa. Aboriginal people are to … The secret country again wages war on its own peopleRead more
Posted inDemocracy / News / Politics / Protest
Climate Protesters Storm Australian Parliament
With the United Nations climate talks in Paris underway, hundreds of climate change protesters stormed the Australian Parliament House on Wednesday to demand the country’s … Climate Protesters Storm Australian ParliamentRead more
Posted inEconomics / Energy / Renewable / ToMl
Renewable energy now cheaper than new fossil fuels in Australia
Unsubsidised renewable energy is now cheaper than electricity from new-build coal- and gas-fired power stations in Australia, according to new analysis from research firm Bloomberg … Renewable energy now cheaper than new fossil fuels in AustraliaRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Global Warming / ToMl
Australia adds new colours to the temperature chart
Climate change produced a striking new image this week: Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology added two new colours to their temperature charts, as the top end … Australia adds new colours to the temperature chartRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Extreme weather / ToMl
Australia on Fire
Anna Rose talking: right now in Austria, we’re having record-breaking heat waves. There are fires burning in almost every single Australian state and territory. People … Australia on FireRead more
Posted inOccupy Wall Street / Politics
Occupy Sydney
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Eco-City Melbourne
A VISION for a suburb of the future with no cars, an 80 per cent reduction in carbon emissions and the ability to grow its … Eco-City MelbourneRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster
“The Big Dry” And “The Big Wet”
As Australia’s record heat waves during the last week of January and first week of February overloaded urban energy, water, and transport systems in the … “The Big Dry” And “The Big Wet”Read more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Global Warming / Wild Fire
The fires of climate change
Victorian taxpayers are about to fund a full-scale royal commission into the catastrophic bushfires of February 7 in which 208 people – probably more – … The fires of climate changeRead more