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Bipartisan attack on democracy fails to protect whistleblowers, protesters
June 8, 2017: New legislation will cripple the ability of ordinary people to protest and fails to protect whistleblowers despite 60 recommendations by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.The recommendations were an attempt to mitigate the concerns of journalists and not-for-profits ahead of expected bipartisan support of the bill by the Labor Party…
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Equinor request to extend Bight deadline should be rejected because safe drilling is a fairy tale
May 24, 2018: Norwegian oil giant Equinor’s request for an extension on its Great Australian Bight drilling program has led Greenpeace to call on the Australian Government to reject the request and cancel the company’s permit as it is clearly impossible for fossil fuel companies to operate in this extreme environment safely.“There’s no way to…
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It’s official: Nothing will stop Liddell from closing, the age of coal is dead
May 21, 2018: AGL’s decision to close the decrepit Liddell power plant shows the business community recognise the age of coal is at an end and must serve as a lesson for Australian governments.AGL CEO, Andrew Vesey, has today refused an offer by Alinta Energy Pty Limited to acquire the Liddell Power Station, resisting pressure…
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Engineer quits Adani’s crumbling Carmichael coal mine, government must now join banks, industry in pulling the plug
Overnight AECOM revealed it was no longer working with Adani on the front end engineering and design work to build a rail line to its proposed coal mine in North Queensland’s Galilee Basin.
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SA community leaders message to Statoil: ‘No oil in the Great Australian Bight’
Adelaide, Australia and Stavanger, Norway, May 15, 2018: South Australian community representatives including Kokatha elder Sue Haseldine, lobster fisherman Kyri Toumazos, and local surfers have today told Norwegian oil major Statoil its oil rigs are not welcome in the Great Australian Bight. Standing outside the annual Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference on…
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Fantasyland budget ignores climate change but finally acknowledges death of coal
SYDNEY, May 8, 2018 – The Federal government’s 2019 budget pretends climate change isn’t happening by continuing to pour billions into fossil fuel subsidies, failing to allocate a single cent to renewable energy and taking a razor to the environment department.Treasurer Scott Morrison handed down his third budget at Parliament House this evening and was…
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Macron urges Turnbull to show leadership and fight climate change
SYDNEY, May 2, 2018 – French President Emmanuel Macron’s indictment of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to act on climate change should be a powerful motivator for Australia to get its act together. On the first day of his Australian trip Mr Macron told politicians, business leaders and journalists at a dinner at Sydney Opera…
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Rio Tinto to keep funding climate change-denying MCA despite its own beliefs and shareholder wishes
SYDNEY, May 2, 2018 – In a sign that the tide is turning on fossil fuels, almost 20 percent of Rio Tinto shareholders voted today for the company to review its membership of climate change-denying lobby groups such as the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA).The Australian-listed mining giant’s shareholders took the vote at its Melbourne…