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‘A recipe for corruption’ Researcher warns of the risk gas-stacked Covid-19 Commission poses to Australia’s democracy
SYDNEY, Aug 5 2020 – A Melbourne University researcher has sounded the alarm on the Prime Minister’s National Covid-19 Commission (NCC), warning that handing power to a cabal of unelected business leaders could pose risks to Australian democracy that will endure well beyond the pandemic.The allegations are contained in the Private Actors & Crisis; Scrutinising…
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‘No gas, no cash’. Taylor threatens states in the middle of Covid-19 crisis
SYDNEY, March 27, 2020 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific condemns Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s threat to hold states under siege from the Covid-19 crisis to ransom over climate-wrecking fossil fuels.In a media release published today, Mr Taylor said “no gas, no cash” unless state governments fast-track approval of fossil gas projects despite Australia being the world’s…
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Why we HAVE to make the stimulus sustainable
A conversation starter This Covid-19 stimulus must be delivered in such a way as to keep as many people as possible healthy, safe, and certain of their future – that means safeguarding our planet as well. |Wizard Power is the company commercialising the “Big Dish” solar thermal technology that has been developed at the Australian…
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Global study shows climate change a huge factor in Black Summer bushfires
SYDNEY, March 5 2020 – Climate change is driving longer, hotter, more severe bushfire seasons in Australia, groundbreaking international research from World Weather Attribution published today shows.The report, an attribution analysis to assess the role of climate change in the 2019-20 bushfires in Australia, has also found the risk of dangerous fire conditions has been…
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Labor targets net-zero emissions by 2050, highlighting Morrison Government’s refusal to adopt a climate policy
SYDNEY, Feb 21 2020 – The Morrison Government’s climate policy void has again been called out as Labor announced a policy of net-zero emissions by 2050. However, immediate and sharp emissions reduction are required to prevent a repeat of this summer’s unprecedented bushfires.Labor Leader Anthony Albanese made the announcement during a speech at the PerCapita…
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Melting tennis ball in Melbourne’s Fed Square a reminder climate change threatens Aus Open’s future
Coal-fuelled climate crisis threatens Australia’s summer of sport A giant melting tennis ball reminds Melbourne commuters and tennis fans about current threats from climate change. Tennis fans in Melbourne have been greeted by a 1.5m-high sculpture of a melting tennis ball with the words ‘climate crisis’ on it. The artwork, installed in Federation Square by…
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Fed Square’s ‘giant melting tennis ball’ a reminder that climate change threatens the future of the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Jan 30 2019 – On a day tipped to reach 37-degrees, tennis fans heading to the Australian Open have been greeted by a 1.5m-high sculpture of a melting tennis ball with the words ‘climate crisis’ on it.The artwork, installed in Federation Square by Greenpeace Australia Pacific volunteers, draws attention to the imminent threats that…
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The Last Australian Open?
'Climate inaction is an unforced error' Australia cannot sit on the sidelines any longer. We must take action to reduce our emissions in this coal-fuelled crisis.
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Tennis fans call out Scott Morrison’s climate inaction as bushfire smoke and extreme heat interrupt Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Jan 27 2019 – Spectators at the Australian Open have displayed banners calling out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s failure to reduce the carbon pollution that has exacerbated the bushfire crisis and disrupted play at the Open.Earlier today during the men’s doubles third-round match that pitted Simone Bolleli and Benoit Paire against Henri Kontinen and…
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Confirmation of 2019 as hottest, driest year proves climate change has exacerbated Australian bushfire tragedy
SYDNEY, Jan 9, 2019 – The Bureau of Meteorology’s announcement that 2019 was the hottest and driest year on record provides further evidence that climate change has turbocharged the bushfires devastating large parts of Australia.Earlier today the agency revealed that across 2019 temperatures were 1.5 degrees Celsius above average while average rainfalls were also at…