Environment
‘Our waste, our responsibility’: Combatting plastic waste
Australia must find new ways to address the disposal of plastic waste and keep it out of our oceans, writes Naomi Ferreira. […]
Climate change
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Eco-anxiety and how Indigenous psychology can help you
Feeling stressed about the sorry state of the planet? Juliane Lehmayer on how you are not alone and it IS a real problem. […]
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Bushfires spewed 900m tonnes of CO2 into air
The Climate Council report on Australia’s worst bushfire season makes grim reading and finds carbon emissions were almost double Australia’s yearly average, reports Charlie Bullis. […]
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Teens disrupt rush hour commute with climate change protest
Jodie Wolf reports from an early morning climate change sit-in by student protesters for Extinction Rebellion. […]
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Dragged, beaten, sprayed: protesters slam police
A global mining conference has wrapped up in Melbourne after days of protests that sparked duelling claims of police brutality […]
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Freedom fight goes on, activist vows
A prominent campaigner for West Papuan independence say the activist community in Australia will continue to spread awareness despite recent […]
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Climate strike draws 80,000 protesters in Sydney
A sea of banners, posters and home-made signs filled the Domain in Sydney today (Friday) as protesters sent Scott Morrison’s […]
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‘The end of the world is more important than school’
Melbourne’s CBD came to a standstill when a crowd estimated at more than 100,000 joined the Global Climate Strike. Genet […]
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How our farmers have been milked dry
Dairy farmers are facing the toughest of times – but some are putting their hopes for survival in innovation, reports […]
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Budget 2019: What’s in it for young voters?
The Morrison government has splashed the cash in a pre-election federal budget – but what’s in it for young people? […]