News & Views Davos and brutal inequality: Top 1 percent own 22.2 percent of Australia’s wealth Oxfam releases starling statistics to show the top 1 percent, about 250,000 people in Australia, own roughly USD $1.6 trillion.
News & Views A note to Federal Cabinet: Meet Matt Kean. He’s the environment minister in NSW ‘Matt Kean doesn’t know what he’s talking about, & most of the federal cabinet wouldn’t even know who Matt Kean was,’ according to Scott Morrison.
News & Views In this new world of bushfire terror, I question whether I want to have kids Studies show having one less child is one of the most effective individual actions to mitigate climate change, writes Melissa Pappas.
News & Views No more time for climate deniers says Minister Karen Andrews As Minister for Science and Technology Karen Andrews prepares to lead a roundtable of scientists in Canberra, she’s said they won’t be debating whether climate change is real or not
News & Views Bushfires bring the refugee crisis to Australia For the first time, Australians are being forced to acknowledge that climate change is a humanitarian issue that can intrude on developed countries.
News & Views We’ve faffed long enough. We don’t have time for Scott Morrison’s policy evolution in the ‘years ahead’ We’ve faffed about long enough. Now the PM’s suggesting climate policies could evolve in the “years ahead”.
News & Views ‘You’re a climate denier’: Craig Kelly gets the schooling he deserves “You are burying your head in the sand. You aren’t a climate sceptic you are a climate denier,” Laura Tobin schooled Craig Kelly this morning.
News & Views How do we tell our children that our country is burning? I can only hope that maybe, our government will take stronger action against climate change. So that we can stop dodging the questions our children ask.
News & Views Your Christmas shopping could harm or help the planet. Which will it be? But amid the spending spree at Christmas time, many consumers are becoming more concerned about environmental impacts of their shopping.
News & Views Scott Morrison, How can you talk religion while the country’s burning? Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison is under fire for holding a press conference on religious freedom in Sydney as the city was suffocated by smoke.
News & Views Expect family talks about climate change this Christmas? Take tips from Greta Thunberg Climate change is shaping as a likely topic of conversation at the family dinner table this Christmas. We can learn much from Greta Thunberg.
News & Views Human rights concerns grow as country burns & the smoke pollution increases: Amnesty As Australia continues to experience bushfires, Sam Klintworth writes that our government needs to acknowledge climate change is a human rights issue.