That a billion animals may die as a result of this summer’s fires has horrified the world. For many conservation biologists and managers, however, the unprecedented extent and ferocity of the fires has incinerated much more than koalas and their kin. By Stephen Garnett, Brendan Wintle, David Lindenmayer, John Woinarski, […]
Let’s be very clear about this. The rorting of the $100 million community sports grants program was flagrant corruption and Prime Minister Morrison and senior ministers were in on it up to their ethically-devoid eyeballs. By Michael Pascoe That’s why Mr Morrison can’t throw former Sport Minister Bridget McKenzie under […]
Ecologists have calculated that at least 6 million hectares of habitat that is home to at least 250 different threatened species has now gone up in smoke. By the ABC’s National Regional Reporting Team’s Ben Deacon and Rachel Carbonell Key points: About 70 threatened species lost more than half their […]
The resource giants who built the mining boom since 2000 earned $53.8 billion in revenues in the 2017-18 year without paying any tax, according to the Australian Taxation Office’s latest figures. By Rod Myer Overall, one-third of companies with revenues over $100 million, or 710 firms, didn’t pay any tax […]
We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday break, because TV is about to come back in a big way. We’re in the midst of a Peak TV era that shows no signs of slowing down, which means that 2020 will see the premiere or return of an astonishing number of shows […]
Australia’s fires this summer—unprecedented in the scale of their destruction—are the ferocious but inevitable reality of global warming. A hotter, drier climate means more and longer droughts and more and fiercer fires. By Malcolm Turnbull Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018 So if Australia is on the front […]
The budget surplus may remain, but the economy continues to struggle. The fires will have done nothing to improve that. Right now investors and economists are trying to work out just how badly the Australian economy will be affected by the bushfires – a task made slightly more difficult because […]
Blueberry growers on alternative water supply have had a reasonable season at Coffs Harbour, as seen with this fruit irrigated from recycled town water. However, those relying on rain have been punished by this record drought. By Jamie Brown Worst affected blueberry growers near Coffs Harbour, in the wettest part […]
A senior staffer at one of the nation’s most infamous city councils has described a culture of fear within the organisation where staff would either “adapt to survive or leave”. By Anna Hartley Ipswich City Council, west of Brisbane, was sacked in 2018 and replaced with an administrator following an […]
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Fox cited for ‘frustrating’ coverage of Australian bushfires Rupert Murdoch’s son has strongly criticised his family’s news outlets for downplaying the impact of the climate crisis, as bushfires continue to burn in Australia. By Jim Waterson James Murdoch and his wife, Kathryn, issued a rare […]