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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,…
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Liberals put coal hugger in the Lodge as Scott Morrison claims top job
SYDNEY, Aug 24, 2018 – The man who brought a lump of coal into parliament to berate those advocating the clean renewable energy Australians love has been elevated to the prime ministership.This afternoon the Liberal Party voted to install Scott Morrison as their new leader, after a right-wing push tore down former prime minister Malcolm…
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JOB VACANCY: PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA
The People of Australia Inc. Are looking for a full-time Prime Minister to actually lead the country. Job description: The People of Australia Inc. are urgently looking for a full-time Prime Minister to actually lead the country. In case you missed it: Australia is in crisis We’re experiencing one of the worst ever droughts. Extreme…
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The NEG is dead but Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership is not the only victim
SYDNEY, Aug 22, 2018 – The dogged resistance of ordinary Australians who love renewables has combined with Victoria and other state and territory Labor states to kill off Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s renewables-wrecking National Energy Guarantee (NEG).However, the debacle has also exposed the depth of climate denialism within the Coalition, which has once again torn…
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We did it! Together we have killed the NEG, and exposed the divisions in government
When Greenpeace launched its campaign to protect renewables by urging the states reject the National Energy Guarantee (NEG), the chances of victory seemed slim.
