The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed the introduction of environmental legislation by the Morrison government, which includes a framework for national environmental standards and a new standards assurance commissioner, but warned of key flaws in the bill. “We welcome the government’s small…
Great Barrier Reef campaigners are urging government officials not to greenlight Clive Palmer’s Central Queensland Coal Pty Ltd proposed mine as Queensland’s environment department announced on Friday, 26 February it was allowing the plan to move to the next stage of assessments. The Department…
A consortium of tradesmen and contractors, many of whom are providing their services for free, have been working round-the-clock throughout the pandemic to build a critical piece of infrastructure to support young people experiencing homelessness in Melbourne’s inner west. Together with the…
The Heart Foundation is urging the estimated 4 million Australians with cardiovascular disease to get vaccinated to avoid the risk of severe complications from COVID-19. Heart Foundation Chief Medical Adviser, cardiologist Professor Garry Jennings, said Australians should feel very confident that only…
In our new reality of a global health pandemic, we have turned to technology to keep agriculture open for business. Today, terms like physical distancing, lockdowns, and containment are more than just buzzwords. They represent a new, harsh reality for how organizations…
AUSTRALIA’S aged care sector has this week united under one banner to demand that big-picture reform follow the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety later this month. Launching the ‘It’s Time to Care About Aged Care’ campaign,…
The Australian Conservation Foundation has urged parliamentarians not to undermine Australia’s successful clean energy bank by changing its mandate to invest in dirty, dangerous energy options like gas, coal and nuclear. The government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Grid Reliability Fund) Bill…
A staggering 72 million children—17% of the 426 million children living in conflict areas, globally, or 1 in 6—are living near armed groups that perpetrate sexual violence against them, a new report from Save the Children reveals. Weapon of War: Sexual violence…
On Friday 22 January 2021 the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) comes into force, establishing a comprehensive set of international legal prohibitions on participating in any nuclear weapon activities. It does so without the support of Australia’s Federal Government. Australian…
A recent report from the World Wide Fund for Nature names eastern Australia among 24 global deforestation fronts – the only developed nation on the list. In 2015, WWF’s Saving Forests at Risk analysis identified 11 global deforestation fronts including eastern Australia. In WWF’s new report Deforestation…
