Heatwaves and the spread of infectious diseases are likely to result from a business-as-usual approach to greenhouse gas emissions, a report by the world's leading health and climate experts has warned. "Climate Change and Human
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The government is taking an axe to too popular an institution in its attacks on the ABC. PM Howard and Senator Richard Alston's announcement of an "independent review", to be headed by Bob Mansfield, former chief executive of the
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Investigations by Greenpeace and Indian environmental group Srishti have revealed that, in the last two years, Australia has exported 9034 tonnes of toxic waste to India. This makes Australia the second highest exporter of toxic zinc
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The majority Australian peace and disarmament groups welcomed the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the threat or use of nuclear weapons breaches international law. However some took a more cautious position
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Australia, with the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the world, has lined up with the oil-producing nations of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria in refusing to agree to greenhouse gas reduction targets at a climate change
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The National Commission of Audit's report, released on June 21, provides the framework for the Coalition government's budget cuts. Just as most of the Liberal state governments commissioned an audit soon after
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Greenhouse: why Howard must set targetsThe federal Coalition government, in cahoots with mineral resources industry bosses, is running a scare campaign to convince the public that tens of thousands of jobs and Australia's economy
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Not since Mabo has there been such a campaign against native title. Recently, the West Australian devoted four pages to a supposed native title claim on an elderly couple's home in Boulder. According to Jesuit priest and lawyer
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The Northern Territory Environment Centre (ECNT) and the Australian Conservation Foundation have condemned ERA's plans to mill uranium from the Jabiluka mine at Ranger. Speaking after a week-long visit to the Kakadu National Park, ACF
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This year's film festival, June 7-22, promises some fascinating new films from countries not often represented. Apart from a range of films from Europe, Britain, the US and Asia, films from Iceland, Brazil and Vietnam will also
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Following the horrific killing of 35 people at Port Arthur on April 28, the establishment media have carried ghoulish accounts of the events and the aftermath. Given this and comparisons to the shootings at Dunblane in Scotland last
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"The death in custody of a 22-year-old man [on April 24] is further proof of the total disregard to implement all of the Royal Commission recommendations into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody by the Court government in Western Australia",