THE BUREAU OF Meteorology and the CSIRO have teamed up for the latest biannual report on the climate, and the findings are clear: Australia is experiencing climate change now, and the warming trend is continuing. We are now up to 1.44 degrees Celsius of warming since 1910, plus or minus 0.24C,
Feature
Thanks Annabel for explaining what NSW government thinks “normal”
FOR MUCH OF [last] week, New South Wales has been struggling to incorporate a shocking rush of too-much-information about its Premier, Gladys Berejiklian. It might, at the beginning of the week, have been difficult to imagine that ICAC would be capable of genuine further surprise. The institution is known for its trophy
Libs and Nats stay true to form on climate inaction
FEW HAD HIGH hopes the latest federal budget would be a salve for Australia’s emission problem. But the papers unveiled on Tuesday by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg were dispiriting nonetheless. They also cemented this nation’s status as an international outlier on climate action. On energy, the Morrison government allocated money to upgrade
Tesla and EV going forward: the cars applaud, so does our correspondent
FOLLOWING HOT on the heels of an interminable Tesla shareholder meeting, remotely chairwomaned by Australia’s own Robin Denholm, the long-awaited YouTube Tesla Battery Day turned out to be a bizarre but very interesting event. Without a doubt, there was a lot of fantastic new battery tech introduced by Elon Musk and
Federal MP Kristy McBain on JobKeeper cutbacks: a lose-lose move
AROUND 21,007 WORKERS and 5,528 businesses in every corner of Eden-Monaro will be worse off following JobKeeper wind back, says Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain. “From Monday 28 September, cuts and changes to the JobKeeper scheme will see some local businesses and workers lose access completely, while others will have their
Electric vehicle budget impost, it’s a myth!
The Electric Vehicle Council has a new report that shows worries about electric vehicles and fuel excise tax avoidance are a furphy that masks hidden benefits to the Australian economy from switching to electric vehicles — if only Australian governments supported the move by lowering other taxes on electric. Read
Koalas over Barilaro any day
NSW PREMIER GLADYS Berejiklian will stand her ground and refuse the Nationals’ demands for an urgent cabinet meeting to debate planning policy relating to koalas. Her stance is likely to infuriate the junior Coalition partner, which has threatened to boycott a joint party room meeting next week ahead of a parliamentary
Lots of models, little monitoring: where is the MDB water?
Volunteers keep wildlife alive for months post fire
COVID-19 HAS CLOGGED the news and taken up just about all our interest and thoughts over the last several months. However, for many volunteers their work and minds are still heavily focused on help and care for wildlife since the ‘Black Summer’ fires (seen above). The effort by volunteer groups goes
Lethal management: 1080 poison — why do they use it and blur its horrendous impacts?
THIS YEAR 2020, the NSW government is undertaking a wide-ranging killing program that it is proud to call the “largest feral animal control program in the state’s history” following the 2019–2020 bushfires. This involves dropping poison baits disguised as food for hungry mammalian animals into 60,000 kilometres of the state’s