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New approach vital to address climate change
2016 set new global temperature records, showing that the Earth is continuing to warm as a result of the burning of fossil fuels for …
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Hazelwood power station finally set to close
Engie, the majority owner of the brown coal-fired Hazelwood power station in Victoria’s La Trobe Valley, have said that the plant will close in …
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Defend the CSIRO!
Text of a Socialist Party leaflet circulated at the April 2 rally to save CSIRO jobs in Melbourne. No more cuts! No more job …
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Energy industry: The privatisation scam
Private companies in the energy industry are charging consumers an average of $600 for “retail competition” expenses per year according to a recent report …
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Climate talks: 25 years of hot air
For 25 years, establishment politicians have talked about tackling global warming – since discussions held in the run-up to the Earth summit of 1992. …
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Paris Climate Summit: Another conference that promises nothing
Representatives of world governments will meet on November 30th for a UN Climate Summit in Paris. These summits have never produced adequate action before …
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Still no plan to address climate change
Earlier this year former Prime Minister Tony Abbott claimed that Australia “doesn’t get enough credit for the emissions reduction work that we have already …
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Renewable Energy Target Cuts
On June 23, the government voted to reduce the Renewable Energy Target (RET), from the original 41,000 gigawatt hours target to 33,000 gigawatt hours. …
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Obituary: Gough Whitlam, 1916-2014
Former Labor Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam has died. He was 98. Whitlam served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 5 December …
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NSW: Scrap the Maules Creek mine
Australia’s largest coal mine currently under construction in the Leard State Forest near Maules Creek, New South Wales is mired in controversy. By Conor …
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Oppose the Maules Creek mine!
Australia’s largest coal mine currently under construction in the Leard State Forest near Maules Creek has been the site of many protests recently. These …
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Environment: Profit-fuelled global warming
To develop a carbon-neutral global economy, economic and political power must be taken out of the hands of the ‘noxious 90’ Predictably, empty words …
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Labor approves WA’s first uranium mine
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke gave the go ahead to Toro’s $270 million uranium mining project in the Wiluna region of Western Australia last …
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Stop mining in the Tarkine region
Around 450,000 hectares of rainforest in the Tarkine region, in north western Tasmania, is under threat from the mining industry. For the first time …
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Doha climate talks dead-end
The latest UN-sponsored climate talks in Doha in December ended in total failure – just as previous summits have. Friends of the Earth called …
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Capitalism to blame for “Frankenstorm” disaster
The gigantic “Frankenstorm” Hurricane Sandy has put thousands out of their homes, millions out of power, and claimed 59 lives across the Northeast of …
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Tasmanian Greens & ALP support electricity privatisation
The Tasmanian Greens are pushing for the partial privatisation of the state-owned power industry. Their approach shows once again that the Greens have no …
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Carbon tax set to be a major boost to big polluters
New figures have emerged showing that the carbon tax pushed by Labor and the Greens is set to be a major boost to Australia’s …
