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The Trump effect: How far back has he pushed us?
The election of Donald Trump to the U.S. Presidency in November 2016 threw a lot of people into a tailspin, and the actions out of the White House since he took office in January have been cause for concern on a number of fronts. On the 100th Day of the Trump Administration, we are in…
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Our oceans are under attack; How can you help?
"We are here today to take decisive action to nurture and protect the lifeblood of our planet. Oceans and seas cover two-thirds of our home," explains Guterres.
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If You Think The Turnbull Government Is Populist, Then You Don’t Understand Populism
It’s tempting to brand Malcolm Turnbull a spineless populist. While the first bit may be right, the second clearly isn’t. This piece was originally published on New Matilda. In the wake of a shock pro-Brexit decision and Donald Trump’s election win large sections of the global intelligentsia were quick to announce the arrival of a…
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You’re winning against CommBank!
Commbank has today released its notice of annual general meeting. They have devoted an entire three pages out of the fifteen substantive pages of the document defending their woeful climate change policy and multi-billion-dollar support for fossil fuels. This is despite the fact that they also had to address their money-laundering lawsuit and the fact…
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Female focus: Why women are more impacted by climate change
Climate change is a non-negotiable fact. We’ve heard the scientists, we’ve seen the data and we’ve begun to see the harrowing changes to our environment. Local villagers celebrate the Government’s decision to stop Mahan coal block from mining. Saving the forests and livelihoods of thousands was celebrated by people from 20 different villages at a…
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Australia’s Plastic Problem: What, why & how?
There are many complex, nuanced issues in today’s world – banning single-use plastic products isn’t one of them. | In order to curb the exorbitant amount of plastic pollution in Australia, we need to stop relying on plastic products with such a short life-span. Consider this: Recent Greenpeace analysis found that Australians alone use over 9.7…
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The trouble with conflicts of interest in coal is … troubling
The board of the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) has been rocked by a leak of information showing “critical shortcomings” in the way it handles and secures sensitive information. This piece was first published on The Fifth Estate. The information in the leak also revealed potential conflicts of interest for the board of the NAIF,…
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Standing together for peace: a message to Julie Bishop
At 7am this morning, 149 origami peace doves carrying thousands of messages for peace took flight in front of the Sydney Opera House. Here’s what it looked like: Over the past month, thousands of us have spoken up for a peaceful world without nuclear weapons – even though our government hasn’t. Julie Bishop had a chance…
