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“The problem with Australia is that we’re probably more prone to these disasters than many other countries but we’re probably one of the least-prepared simply because we don’t have this overarching government framework that’s needed to help us plan,” he … Continue reading →

“They should be looking at these scooping aircraft because Croatia, Italy France, Portugal and Canada have all got them and they are all in mothballs in winter. There are dozens of them and they are cheaper than jets. Where the … Continue reading →

Measure championed as “visionary” way to reduce inequality and better serve everyone in the community. — Read on http://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/06/now-lets-do-everywhere-kansas-city-missouri-approves-free-public-transit-all

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So yes, plant the lakes, beautify them. But don’t think these flooded pits give coal some kind of retrospective redemption. Better than planting anew is not clear-felling in in the first place. And better than filling holes with water is … Continue reading →

At any level of Australian government, there is little so divisive as suggesting that a climate emergency be declared — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/30/you-have-utterly-no-clue-why-climate-emergency-is-australias-ultimate-outrage-trigger

Cr White, a grazier and long-term resident of the area, said he had never seen East Gippsland so dry. “We’ve never ever had all of our surface water disappear as it has,” he said. — Read on mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-30/victoria-braces-for-day-of-extreme-bushfire-danger/11831632

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, the government is there to pour fossil fuel on the bushfires. — Read on http://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6558856/it-turns-out-morrison-doing-nothing-on-climate-was-the-best-case-scenario/

Fourteen oil and gas companies are funding a website that attacks scientists and undermines their work. — Read on m.huffingtonpost.com.au/