Conservationists have halted site works on the controversial Riley Creek mine site in takayna/Tarkine this morning, the Bob Brown Foundation said.…
Last week the Tasmanian government announced a stay of execution on the logging of 10,000 hectares of the Southern Forests of Tasmania, while at the same time, 58,000 hectares more is targeted for logging. This is one step forward and five steps…
Millions of garment workers around the world have not received their regular wages, or have not been paid at all, for months since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, shows a new report by Clean Clothes Campaign, launched last week.…
Neville Power has told a Senate hearing that the body lobbied the Prime Minister to use public money to expand the fossil gas industry.…
Yesterday, the Federal Court of Australia ordered the Minister for Home Affairs to release an elderly man suffering multiple health conditions from Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA), citing the serious risk of infection from COVID-19 in the centre.…
Plans by Cairns City Council to move on a spectacled flying fox camp in the area has thrust the species into the spotlight again. Do dispersal techniques work, and why should we take an interest in the fate of this often maligned…
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and supporters have called on Cairns candidates to kick start the economy with Reef safe clean energy jobs this state election.…
The Tasmanian state government has intervened in Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s plan to close the Styx Valley for logging this month.…
Right now, hundreds of kids from refugee and migrant backgrounds across Victoria are locked out of remote learning because they don’t have the technology and internet access they need at home, according to the Refugee Migrant Children Centre.…
New research released last week indicates that excluding refugees and people seeking asylum from financial support could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and exacerbate the nation’s health and homelessness crises.…