The rampant expansion of the palm oil industry is having a devastating effect on the environment and is a disaster for global climate change. And it’s happening right on our doorstep.
Every day, huge areas of forest in our neighbouring countries are being cleared to make way for new plantations, causing greenhouse gas emissions to sky-rocket.
Clearing [...]

Terry Redman is Western Australia’s Minister for Agriculture, and he’s just gone against prevailing opinion by making a unilateral decision to lift the state’s ban on genetically engineered (GE) canola. He’s ignored consumer polls, food industry preferences and the recommendation of his own parliamentary review.

The state’s Opposition and the Greens have entered a ‘disallowance [...]

Shirley Atatagi, one of our Pacific-based political advisors, is currently in Tuvalu for the King Tides Festival. Here’s her second update.

Friday, 26 February

Today marks the first day of the Tuvalu King Tides Festival. The festival slogan is a call to arms: “Tuvalu e! The tide is rising”.

King tides are lunar phenomena that occur once a [...]