Climate crisis

Northern Territory Labor's claims that the Middle Arm Development Precinct will be sustainable and that it is not subsiding fossil fuels will now be scrutinised by a Senate inquiry. Josh Adams reports.

Climate protesters took their message not to frack the Beetaloo Basin to the NT Resources Week Conference at the Darwin Convention Centre. Stephen W Enciso reports.

Climate activists joined Gomeroi First Nations, farmers, unions, Knitting Nannas and the Country Women’s Association  to protest Santos’ expanded plans to mine coal seam gas  in the Pilliga. Jim McIlroy reports.

 

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Green Left journalist’s Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

Koalas are threatened by habitat destruction

NSW Labor announced it would stop logging in "high value" forests in the mid-north coast, but critics say logging must end across the entire proposed Great Koala National Park area. Pip Hinman reports. 

Supermarket price gouging, Labor’s dud housing deal & Fiji marches against nuclear waste

Green Left journalist’s Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

Farmers in NSW are furious that Scott Morrison’s gas-led recovery plan has been quietly continued by Labor, threatening the prime crop-growing soil and water of the Condamine Floodplain and Liverpool Plains. Elena Garcia reports.

The campaign to save the coastal Binybara/Lee Point site from being destroyed for a Defence Housing Australia project continues. Jim McIlroy reports.

Woodside and the WA government have stepped up their attacks on peaceful climate protesters with the help of Kerry Stokes’ media emporium. Binoy Kampmark reports.

 

“We need a powerful movement to make action on climate change unstoppable,” Alexa Stuart, a Rising Tide organiser, told a public meeting. Jim McIlroy reports.

Disrupt Burrup Hub staged a silent protest in front of Woodside’s headquarters in response to the West Australian government’s crackdown on protesters engaging in direct action. Nova Sobieralski reports.

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.