There are growing calls on Minister Tanya Plibersek to ensure the country’s main environment law takes climate change into account when assessing new fossil fuel and forestry projects. Pip Hinman reports.
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Pacific elders are speaking out against Australia’s bid to host COP31, scheduled for 2026, reports Pip Hinman.
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Grantley Ingram from the Demerge NSW Alliance said the 2016 forced amalgamation of councils has been a “failure” and called on NSW MPs to support binding plebiscites on council deamalgamations. Pip Hinman reports.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency’s in-principle agreement to Australia’s AUKUS nuclear submarines sets a risky precedent for ‘nuclear sharing’. Pip Hinman reports.
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A CFMEU initiative for a corporate super profit tax to fund social and affordable housing couldn’t have come at a better time. Pip Hinman reports.
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Against the backdrop of AUKUS, this year’s biennial Talisman Sabre war games in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales will involve the biggest number of countries yet. Pip Hinman reports.
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The suicide of a refugee at Villawood Detention Centre is the latest indictment of the bipartsian cruelty towards refugees in Australia. Pip Hinman reports.
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The New South Wales Teachers Federation has decided to deepen its stand against the AUKUS military pact. Pip Hinman reports.
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The Voice to Parliament bill has passed and Australians will vote on enshrining a Voice in the Constitution in the next six months. Pip Hinman reports.
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The spectacle of Coalition MPs weaponising Brittany Higgins’ allegation of rape in Parliament House is stomach churning. Pip Hinman reports.
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While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese talks up the AUKUS deal, opposition is growing among unionists and retired defence officials. Pip Hinman reports.
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While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese talks up the AUKUS deal, opposition is growing among unionists and retired defence officials. Pip Hinman reports.
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Labor and the Coalition voted together to block a bill that would mandate parliament to vote on whether or not to go to war, reports Pip Hinman.
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The Australian Council of Trade Unions and the NSW Teachers’ Federation are concerned about the rise in militarism linked with the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. Pip Hinman reports.
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In a significant development in justice and accountability, the first soldier to face war crimes charges for their alleged actions in Afghanistan is set to face court. Pip Hinman reports.
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Peace campaigners argue that engineering firms should instead be awarded grants to manufacture components for the climate transition. Pip Hinman reports.
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Reaction against the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal has been swift, with many pointing out that pouring billions of dollars into a new cold war means Australia will not meet the challenge of climate change. Pip Hinman reports.
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Activist Stephen Langford has been arrested for failing to adhere to draconian bail conditions, which prevent him from being in the Sydney CBD. Pip Hinman reports.
Anti-war protests outside MPs’ offices demanded that AUKUS be scrapped and the $170 billion allocated to nuclear-powered submarines be instead spent on human need, reports Pip Hinman.
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Those who thought the federal Labor Party supported reforming the antiquated war powers would be startled to hear Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong make it clear the government does not. Pip Hinman reports.
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Anti-war and peace networks are organising a national protest outside federal MPs’ offices, demanding an end to AUKUS and the billions being wasted on a new arms race. Pip Hinman reports.
Stop Wapenhandel (Stop the Arms Trade) and The Transnational Institute (TNI) co-produced an important dossier in November that details the enormous funds the West is spending on a new arms race, reports Pip Hinman.
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Raymond “Bubbly” Weatherall, who has been fighting the oil and gas giant for many years, said the fight for culture, land and water was far from over. Pip Hinman reports.
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Grassroots movements have gotten us to the point where governments can no longer deny climate change is happening. Pip Hinman argues that those movements have to grow to avoid being sucked into false solutions.
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Calls are growing louder for charges to be dropped against ADF whistleblower David McBride, who will face a criminal court next year, reports Pip Hinman.
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Danish multinational tugboat company Svitzer has threatened to lock out workers at 17 Australian ports, rather than negotiate an enterprise agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia. Pip Hinman reports.
“Australia is back as a constructive, positive and willing climate collaborator,” climate change minister Chris Bowen told the United Nations Climate Change Conference. But how true is this, asks Pip Hinman.
Australia lacks ambition and needs to do more in the global effort to stay below 1.5°C, the United Nations said on the eve of its climate summit in Egypt, reports Pip Hinman.
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