by admin | December 30, 2020 | Australia's move to the Right, Bushfires, Corruption, Environment, Political issues
January 2020 Horrendous fires ripped through eastern Victoria. This led to the logging industry opportunistically asking for government money (its second favourite activity) to log vital habitat and carbon stores (its first). Insanely, it even wanted to...
by admin | December 20, 2020 | Animals domesticated and free, Australia's move to the Right, Bushfires, Environment, Political issues
When it comes to threatened species, charismatic animals usually get the most attention. But many of Australia’s plants are also in grave danger of extinction, and in many cases, the problem is getting worse. New Australia-first research shows the population sizes of...
by admin | January 13, 2020 | Australia's move to the Right, Bushfires, Corruption, Environment, Political issues
(Image: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) While Scott Morrison deserves to bear the brunt of criticism for the bushfire catastrophe, it is a disaster a generation in the making – Bernard Keane Bernard Keane Jan 13, 2020 Politics For decades, Australia’s governing...
by admin | January 8, 2020 | Australia's move to the Right, Bushfires, Environment, Political issues
Hi Twitter, A general thread about a group calling themselves NSW Volunteer Firefighter’s Association. (Website) They have been spreading the “Greens to blame for fuel reduction” myth as well as claiming climate change has nothing to with increased...
by admin | December 24, 2019 | Australia's move to the Right, Bushfires, Environment, Political issues
Scott Morrison must face up to the challenge of climate change A haze of smoke has made the skies over Bondi Beach look more like those in New Delhi. The death toll has risen. Bushfires have raged across Australia amid a heatwave that has sent temperatures...
by admin | December 21, 2019 | Australia's move to the Right, Bushfires, Corruption, Media, Pensions and unemployment benefits, Political issues
December 21, 2019 As one of the longest and hottest days of the year dawned, Australians woke up to the news that two volunteer fire fighters, Geoffrey Keaton and Andrew O’Dwyer, are dead. The photos, published by the NSW Rural Fire Service, of each man smiling...
by Mick Lawless | December 7, 2019 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Bushfires, Environment, Military, Political issues, Religion
– The Train – I drive the train I’m proud of thatA silver streak against the blackPast empty towns, some levelled flatLevelled flat The train is long a metal snakeFilled with the water that we takeTo keep the coal mines...
by admin | December 2, 2019 | Bushfires, Environment, Indigenous affairs, Political issues
At a time when Australian State Government’s are failing to take advantage of Indigenous local knowledge the African Government of Botswana turned to Australian Indigenous knowledge to assist them in managing their bush fire risk. FISH – Foundation...