ADANI
Interactive: Everything you need to know about Adani – from cost, environmental impact and jobs to its possible future
ABC News: Nationwide, a majority of voters are against building the Adani coal mine
The Morrison Government gave it the final federal approvals before going into caretaker mode, reportedly after pressure from some Queensland Liberal National MPs, leaving the future of the project in the hands the State Labor Government, which is still mulling over approvals for Adani’s groundwater and black-throated finch management plans.
The level of opposition in the Vote Compass results was consistently high across most demographics: men, women, level of education, income, language spoken at home and religion. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-16/federal-election-vote-compass-adani-mine-response/11110408
Support for the Adani mine is strongest in rural Queensland, but even there it’s not a majority
Proportion of Vote Compass responses to the statement: “The Adani coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin should be built,” by Queensland region.
Murray Darling
Media freedom is at risk when Nine hosts a Liberal fundraiser
The money-raising hosted by Nine had none of the sleaziness and claimed illegality of the $100,000 donation a Chinese property developer allegedly delivered to...
Democracy’s danger hidden in plain sight
We obsess over our pollies’ private flaws and peccadilloes and call this politics when actually it’s just gossip.
But when it comes to researching...
Murray-Darling Basin (SA) Royal Commission Report
It is not sufficient to make broad comments and recommendations about what should be fixed without recognizing and taking into account why and how...
The Great Artesian Basin – Rivers in crisis
The environmental and ecological disasters occurring at the Murray-Darling Basin are driven by capitalism, writes John Passant.
ABOUT 2.6 MILLION Australians live in the Murray-Darling...
Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission Report
South Australian report also finds negligence and unlawful actions in drawing up multibillion-dollar deal to save river system Let's go through the responsible ministers' responses,...
Murray Darling & Great Artesian Basin are dying
Talk about killing your darlings.
Our habitual Australia Day flags-and-dates furore tells more
about our insecurities than we’d like.
Easy solutions to both dilemmas present themselves.
Lose the...
Infographic: here’s exactly what Adani’s Carmichael mine means for Queensland
Infographic: here's exactly what Adani's Carmichael mine means for Queensland A waterhole in the Great Artesian Basin in the area of the proposed Carmichael mine.
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Is this the end of the road for Adani’s Australian megamine?
Adani’s operations in Australia appear to be hanging on by a thread, as activists prove effective at undermining the company’s chances of getting the...
Don’t be fooled by the ‘Gas Crisis’
In the next few weeks there will be an announcement that a large, gas-intensive Australian manufacturer is to lay off about 1000 workers. The...
The Coalition says the silliest things about economic management
Riddle me this:
if “free market” politicians think that the role of governments is to get out of the way,
then what do they do all...
‘Staggering’: $90 billion lost in resources tax
'Staggering': $90 billion lost in resources tax
By Eryk Bagshaw 12 March 2018 — 3:47pm An Oxford University expert says Australia would be $90 billion better off if...