Dateline: Adelaide 2018 Labor Conference OVER THE PAST few days, relentless young people have been out in force at the Labor Party’s National Conference putting climate action and stopping Adani front and centre on the political agenda. And boy, did we we achieve our goals — I am so bloody proud. On Sunday,
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Hunting like a Teddy Bear’s Picnic?
HuntFest: undemocratic Eurobodalla history THE EUROBODALLA SHIRE Council has ignored or trivialised community attitudes towards the leasing of land in the heart of Narooma to the local Shooters Club for the purpose of a HuntFest. There was very little initial publicity and people who were alarmed by the decision in 2012 to
Colonial mindset on kangaroos: land and tourism’s loss
Comment on "Kangaroo killing for farmers: Counterpoint" AS AN INDIGENOUS Woman, an Initiated Teacher I’m sickened and appalled at the level of unsustainable farming fuelled by greedy Colonialism engulfing Country. Farming is a gift not a right and we Indigenous People farmed for thousands of years co-existing with The Dreaming of Country
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Kangaroo killing for farmers: Counterpoint
Greyhound racing: NSW Coalition latest bid for votes?
IN ANOTHER POLICY backflip, the NSW Liberal-National government is tossing $500,000 of public funding towards a major greyhound racing event dubbed the ‘Million Dollar Chase’. While political backflips by the NSW government have become commonplace in the run up to the March 2019 state election, this latest announcement is surely among
Canberra cull 2018: early end and damned lies
THE ACT GOVERNMENT has claimed that it has killed 3,200 kangaroos across ACT reserves in one of its largest annual kangaroo massacres ever. Opponents of the slaughter claim the government is lying – again. Spokesperson for the Animal Protectors Alliance, Robyn Soxsmith explains. “It would be nice to think Canberra was
Tongue-tied horses
THE WIDESPREAD USE of tongue-ties in horse racing in Australia has recently come under fire. Proponents of the tongue-tie – a strap that immobilises a horse’s tongue – argue that it prevents breathing issues during races, increasing performance and improves the rider’s control of the horse. Over 20% of Australian horses race
NSW Government — what have they got right?
By Tony Morrissey. IN THE DAILY Telegraph article on 21/3/2018 “A year of living on the hustings” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian believes that over the past seven years her government has got the bread-and-butter issues right. But failure to maintain a reliable NSW power system; blocking access by our youth to affordable
Day of shame for South Coast Forestry over destructive logging
SOUTH COAST conservationists have declared the UN International Forests Day [21 March 2018] as a day of shame for the NSW Forestry Corporation and the NSW Government because of the systematic destruction of South Coast forests. Coastwatchers President Mr Noel Plumb said, “The NSW Government and its irresponsible forestry agency should