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Sarah Jacob

Sarah Jacob is a journalist and editor and is currently The Advocate's Deputy Editor. She has written for a range of print and online publications across Australia and internationally with a focus on the environment and human rights. Previously she worked in conservation science and protected area management, and has completed postgraduate degrees in journalism and marine science.

    spotted quoll
    Environment/Uncategorized

    Campaigners stop Tarkine destruction at new mine

    Conservationists have halted site works on the controversial Riley Creek mine site in takayna/Tarkine this morning, the Bob Brown Foundation said.…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
    216 views
    Swift parrot
    Environment

    Logging continues to threaten Critically Endangered Swift Parrot in Tasmania

    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…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
    319 views
    clothes on a rack
    Community

    Garment workers on poverty pay are left without billions of their wages during pandemic

    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.…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 17, 2020August 17, 2020
    116 views
    gas bottle
    Environment

    Chairman says COVID-19 Commission lobbied for gas industry expansion

    Neville Power has told a Senate hearing that the body lobbied the Prime Minister to use public money to expand the fossil gas industry.…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 13, 2020August 13, 2020
    173 views
    MITA
    Community/Health/Uncategorized

    Court orders cessation of detention of elderly man on COVID-19 concerns

    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.…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 12, 2020August 12, 2020
    220 views
    flying fox
    Environment

    Spectacled flying foxes and human settlements: problems and solutions

    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…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 11, 2020August 11, 2020
    269 views
    reef fish
    Environment/Uncategorized

    Cairns community members call for election candidates to support Reef safe jobs

    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.…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 10, 2020August 10, 2020
    194 views
    trees in Styx Valley
    Environment

    Temporary reprieve from logging for iconic Styx Valley

    The Tasmanian state government has intervened in Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s plan to close the Styx Valley for logging this month.…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 7, 2020August 9, 2020
    247 views
    child
    Community

    Victorian refugee and migrant children are missing out on school learning during lockdown

    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.…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 4, 2020August 5, 2020
    272 views
    homeless person
    Community

    New research shows huge economic costs of excluding people from support during pandemic

    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.…

    by Sarah Jacob
    August 3, 2020August 3, 2020
    189 views
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