As President Donald Trump delivered his expected announcement in June 1 of withdrawing the United States from Paris climate agreement, environmental group 350.org laid out steps for an energised people's movement that could “rise up like never before” and stop the anti-science White House from destroying the planet.
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Youth survey on pollies
A nationwide AGB Mcnair survey, commissioned by ABC TV's youth current affairs program Attitudes, gives a big thumbs down to the federal government and politicians in general.
Only 2% of the 750 respondents aged
Ain't it the truth
By Brandon Astor Jones
Three years ago a small group of prisoners here joined forces to form what was then The Teddy Bear Project (TTBP). I designed while others crocheted hundreds of cute little stuffed animals. The
National day of action against skyrail
By Lynda Hansen
BRISBANE — April 11 was a national day of action against the proposed construction of a skyrail from Cairns to Kuranda in Queensland's far north. Activists here from the Queensland
ADELAIDE — The United Trades and Labour Council has voted unanimously in support of a trade ban against Papua New Guinea until the blockade of Bougainville is lifted. The resolution includes a demand that the federal government end military aid.
By Jo Obronschka
NEWCASTLE — Environmentalists and concerned residents are outraged at a proposal to allow a new township of 17,000 people to be built on a coastal dune area at Fern Bay, 15 kilometres north of here.
The council has asked
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — "Let's get angry about racism; let's also get angry about the public service cuts and unemployment that cause racism." These were the words of Frank Barbero of the Ethnic Communities Association, speaking to a
Kurt Cobain
By Sean Healy
On April 9, Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the rock group Nirvana, killed himself with a shotgun. A suicide note, found next to his body, said, "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
Cobain had only just
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, has surely drained the last drop of patience from those here who wanted to believe he could be convinced to accept a peaceful settlement.
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — Every day, there are fewer people in Russia. The country has been seized by an unprecedented demographic decline. For the first time since the second world war, the number of deaths substantially exceeds the
