(originally posted on The Conversation. The photo depicts two threats to the Great Barrier Reef: coal ships anchored near Abbot Point and a flood plume from the Burdekin River (February 2019); such plumes can carry pollutants and debris to the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Matt Curnock) After much anticipation, the World Heritage Committee on Friday 23rd decided...
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July 2021: Climate activists have disrupted work on Adani’s (Bravus) rail construction this morning, drawing attention to the role of global banking institutions in financing Adani’s Carmichael coal project.Just days after Adani announced it had struck coal for the first time in the Galilee Basin; Owen O’Reilly, Siobhan Neyland and Claudia Lang blocked traffic moving...
It is now officially Australian law that the Environment Minister has a duty to avoid causing personal injury and death to Australian children from carbon emissions when approving a coal extension project. This is just a part of the growing wave of climate litigation claims #ClimateCrisis Class action to stop planned coal mine extension filed by...
NAIDOC Week is an exciting time in our national calendar. It is an important week for all peoples of all cultures in these lands now called Australia to come together to celebrate and recognise the history and culture, achievements and contributions, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Weeks runs from the first to...
Biloela family: Temporary visa not all it seems South Australian refugee advocates are drawing attention to the recent actions of the Federal Government as it responds to the tide of national concern about the plight of the Murugappan family, who had been living in Biloela prior to being taken into immigration detention, and whose daughter...
Thursday 10th June updateHome Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has ruled out NZ or US resettlement for Biloela Tamil family, just days after New Zealand and the US were raised as options for the family’s future. Minister Andrews now says neither are possible. Marise Payne had also flagged both countries as options for the Biloela Tamil...
BREAKING NEWS 28 May 2021 Eight high school students have won a landmark climate case, which asked the court to recognise that Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has a duty to protect young people around Australia from foreseeable future climate change harms. The students claimed that approving a major extension to the Vickery coal mine in...
