The Indian multinational conglomerate Adani, which is set to build the biggest coal mine in Australia, was yesterday (Thursday) fined AUD20,000 after pleading guilty to providing false or misleading information to the […]
The Indian multinational conglomerate Adani has been given the final major environmental approval it needs to start constructing the massive Carmichael coal mine in Australia, but environmentalists say the battle to stop […]
This article has been updated to include the Land and Environment Court judgement issued on June 19. Controversial charges brought against the Wollar Three, who were arrested for protesting against coal mine […]
The rapid expansion of the coal seam gas industry in Queensland’s Darling Downs¹ has been accompanied by a dramatic rise in local hospital admissions for circulatory and respiratory conditions, according to report […]
As work starts on the railway line being built to transport coal from Adani’s planned Carmichael mine, protesters have been locking themselves onto construction machinery, and are vowing to do whatever it […]
Thousands of Australians protested today against plans by the Indian multinational conglomerate Adani to build the largest coal mine in Australia in the Galilee Basin in Queensland. The #Stop Adani movement organised […]
Update: The anti-protest charges brought against Bev Smiles, Bruce Hughes, and Stephanie Luke were dismissed by a magistrate in Mudgee on June 5, 2018. See new article for details. In Australia’s Hunter […]
The animal protection think-tank Voiceless¹ has just released a report that highlights the cruelty that is prevalent in egg farming across all production systems in Australia. The organisation has called for a […]
Habitat clearance, disease, dog attacks, car hits, and climate change are threatening the survival of Australia’s most iconic animal. The effects of climate change on koalas and the ravages of diseases […]
Delegates to the national koala conference in Port Macquarie in the eastern Australian state of New South Wales heard today (Saturday) about the plight of koalas who are displaced when blue gum plantations […]
Climate change was one of the main threats to the survival of the koala that were highlighted on the first day of a national koala conference that started in Port Macquarie in […]
The Australian Greens will introduce a Bill into parliament next month in a bid to prevent nearly one billion dollars of public money going to the Indian multinational conglomerate Adani for construction […]
Members of a traditional owners council in Australia have accused the national government of pandering to the interests of the Indian mining conglomerate Adani, and the mining industry in general, in its […]
Environmentalists battling to protect Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have condemned the decision by Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt to give the green light to the controversial expansion of the Abbot Point coal […]
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A new alliance has been launched to protect the koala. The National Koala Alliance (NKA) – which is a non-profit network of wildlife carers, rescuers, advocates, conservationists, and researchers – chose World […]
“Think Good Thoughts, Speak Good Words, and Take Good Actions.” Brisbane’s 2015 Buddha Birth Day Festival attracted hundreds of thousands of people, enlivened the city’s South Bank with parades and multi-cultural entertainment, […]
The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi during the G20 summit in Brisbane. Only invited guests and the media were allowed to attend the unveiling at Roma […]
As the leaders of the G20 countries met behind the Brisbane barricades, thousands of demonstrators marched through the sweltering and otherwise virtually deserted streets. Chanting “Genocidal 20”, the protesters walked from Roma […]
Scientists in Australia announced today that they have conducted the first successful field trial of a vaccine against chlamydia in koalas. Chlamydia is a main cause of koala deaths. It can cause […]
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