Billion dollar boost to country’s roads
The Albanese government has pledged to make regional roads safer, after a week full of criticism for its infrastructure reforms.
Climate Change
Kids chuck sickie for climate protest
Schoolkids across Australia have ditched the classroom in favour of climate change protests, including a group who held a sit-in outside the environment minister’s Sydney office.
$250k worker in hospital over hunger strike
Ambulances were called to Parliament House just hours after a climate activist on hunger strike wrote that his body was “starting to eat itself.”
Oil slips as renewables step up
Oil prices have slid a little over recent weeks, which is good news for Aussie consumers. And so is the rise of renewable energy in the eastern states.
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Bold message for Barnaby on climate change
The Nationals have been warned to stop “selling fantasies” to regional Australians.
‘Your mob’: Barnaby blows up at ABC host
Deputy Prime Minster Barnaby Joyce fired up at ABC Breakfast host Michael Rowland in a heated TV interview about net zero.
Barnaby’s big call: ‘Not be held hostage’
Barnaby Joyce and the Nationals have met for major discussions that could change the future of Australia, but there’s a way to go.
‘There’s a future in mining but it has to change’
Those from the Upper Hunter in NSW know there is a change coming. But miners need to know their jobs have a future.
Vic workers ‘want real jobs, not token retraining’
The CFMMEU is backing an energy transition and isn’t against a net zero by 2050 target, but they have concerns about how it would happen and create jobs.
Scomo’s surprising climate backflip
After weeks of uncertainty as to who would represent Australia at the global climate conference, the PM has confirmed he will head to Glasgow.
Virus forces school strikes online
Aussie students are rallying in public and online today for the fifth School Strike 4 Climate ahead of a global summit.
Coles, Woolies, Qantas’ low price move to help Aussies
Australia’s biggest companies will make buying groceries, boarding a plane or heating a home more sustainable without the bigger price-tag for customers.
BHP secures key investor support over climate plan
BHP will work on a green strategy with one of the world’s largest steelmakers but has cautioned the road to net zero emissions for steelmaking remains uncertain.
‘Basically junk’: Aussie companies busted for dodgy climate claims
Australia’s corporate cops are reviewing whether big businesses’ climate change claims really stack up and are taking misleading ‘greenwashing’ claims to court.
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