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Get Your Hand Off It! A message to PM Morrison on his first day.
This week we took a trip to Canberra to send an unmissable message to PM Scott Morrison and the coalition on their first day back in parliament. |Greenpeace Australia Pacific climbers have taken to the flagpoles outside the Parliament House in Canberra to send a message to new Prime Minister Scott Morrison as he returns…
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Victoria’s investment in renewables a positive step forward but more ambition needed for the planet and prices
SYDNEY, Sept 11, 2018 – The Andrews’ Government support of renewables will lead to the creation of four new wind farms and two solar installations across the state, creating jobs in construction and maintenance while reducing emissions and power prices.This morning Premier Daniel Andrews announced the projects, under the Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET), would…
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‘Get your hand off it Prime Minister’: Greenpeace send message to new PM to drop his coal-loving ways
September, 10, 2018: Greenpeace Australia Pacific climbers have taken to the flagpoles outside Parliament House to send a message to new Prime Minister Scott Morrison as he returns for the first day in parliament since taking over as leader of the country.The climbers unfurled a banner depicting the now infamous time Morrison brought a lacquered…
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Good job on Boe Declaration, now show us the policies to make it real
September 6, 2018: Foreign Minister, Marise Payne’s, signing onto the Boe Declaration at the Pacific Island forum in Nauru is a welcome step but Australia must now back this gesture with deeds by introducing policies that rapidly reduce emissions.Australia joined leaders from across the Pacific earlier today by signing onto the declaration that identifies climate…
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Another one Bights the dust: Port Lincoln the thirteenth council to move to oppose oil drilling in Southern Ocean
September 4, 2018: Councils representing one third of all voters in South Australia have now moved voted to ban oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight.Last night Port Lincoln council successfully moved a motion to oppose any drilling in the Bight, becoming the thirteenth council to do so. Their decision is yet another blow to…
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Melbourne artists carve ice sculptures of Australian PMs toppled over climate policy
MELBOURNE, Aug 29, 2018 – Melbourne artists commissioned by Greenpeace have carved a spectacular ice sculpture, displaying three large busts of the Australian prime ministers toppled by the fossil fuel industry for acting to prevent climate change.Groups of passers-by stopped to watch as two artists went to work transforming 1m-high blocks of ice, into busts…
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Emma Thompson: “If we want to save orangutans from extinction we need to save their home”
The first time I saw an orangutan in real life, I nearly peed with fright! I heard a great commotion in the trees above me and there he was, swinging through the branches, his huge plate-shaped face staring down. Rang-tan is the story of a little girl and her orangutan friend forced from her forest…
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Morrison’s Ministry: Friends or foes of the environment?
Over the weekend, we not only got a new PM – we got two new ministers for Environment and Energy. Here’s a rundown of who they are and what we can expect from them. Last week was chaos. Australia has yet again been thrown into turmoil and instability because the Government is not capable of…
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Who is the man who brought a lump of coal to parliament and went on to become PM?
Despite more than a decade in office, there are many Australians who still don’t know much about the man they call Scomo. | After everyone in Australia’s collective heads stop spinning at the assassination of yet another prime minister, thoughts may turn to the character of the latest man to step into the top job,…