Australian governments have long waged a one-sided war on the continent's Aboriginal peoples, writes John Pilger. And now a new weapon has come into play: the starvation of the most remote, culturally intact communities. It's all part of a multi-faceted program of physical and cultural annihilation. And yet the world is silent.
… Starvation in Australia: Utopia's dirty secret John Pilger | 12th April 2016 Comment Australia Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Food Politics Genocide utopia.jpg Australian governments have long waged a …
For 80 years Australia's Aboriginal peoples have called for land rights and sovereignty, writes Harry Hobbs. And for 80 years they have been ignored or brushed aside. But now delegates meeting at Uluru have issued a 'statement from the heart' demanding constitutional reform to empower Indigenous people to take 'a rightful place in our own country'. Their call must be heard!
… Australia's time to recognise indigenous … Harry Hobbs UNSW | 26th May 2017 Comment Australia Indigenous Peoples Human Rights The Land Politics uluru-cut.jpg For 80 years Australia's Aboriginal peoples have called for …
In a radical departure from it's 'pro free speech' rhetoric, Australia's 'Liberal' government wants to ban environmental boycotts. But as Bill Laurance writes, eco-boycotts are not only an effective tool for reining in corporate excesses - they are also a key democratic right.
… Laurance | 7th April 2014 Comment Forests Australia Media Politics Campaigning … from it's 'pro free speech' rhetoric, Australia's 'Liberal' government wants to ban … critics - for helping it to see the light. Australia's response? Ban environmental …
A 350-member Citizens' Jury convened to decide on whether a massive nuclear waste dump would benefit South Australia just gave the plans a big 'No!', writes Ian Lowe. SA Premier Weatherill must drop his attempt to reverse that decision with a referendum, and accept the jury's well informed, democratic verdict.
… No means no! South Australia must dump the nuclear dump Ian Lowe … 16th November 2016 Comment Nuclear Waste Law Australia Indigenous Peoples Politics … nuclear waste dump would benefit South Australia just gave the plans a big 'No!', …
Political earthquakes in Canada and Australia have seen climate-sceptic leaders replaced by new ones committed to effective climate action, write David Konisky & Matto Mildenberger. It may be going too far to say that's why they were elected - but these elections do show that green policies are no electoral drawback.
… 2015 Comment Climate Change Politics Canada Australia USA trudeau-victory-cut.jpg … Political earthquakes in Canada and Australia have seen climate-sceptic leaders … comes shortly after fellow climate skeptic , Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, was …
Australia's Labor scored a big win in Victoria's election this weekend - and with the party's 'green' policies that's potentially good news for the state's exploited forests. Now's the time to keep campaigning for the early creation of a Great Forest National Park.
… Heather Keith | 1st December 2014 Comment Australia Politics Forests Biodiversity huge-mountain-ash-cut.jpg Australia's Labor scored a big win in … storage, potentially delivering about 8% of Australia's overall emissions reduction target …
Why does the fracking lobby refuse to engage in open, public debate? Because, writes Paul Mobbs, it has already got its way, with the uncritical support of all the 'mainstream' media and political parties. You and I simply do not matter. So what are we going to do about that?
… the USA, Canada, Poland, South Africa, Australia, etc.) we can conclude little else. … developments are making the opposite case: In Australia, the New South Wales Government … or uncertain impacts of these processes. Australia has seen some recent high-profile …
The world is in the grip of a massive wave of militarism of which most of us are blissfully ignorant, writes John Pilger. When did mainstream media last tell you about the US's $1 trillion nuclear weapon renewal? NATO's massive build up of military power on Russia's eastern frontier? The encirclement of China by nuclear-armed US bases? The world is at war. Pass it on!
… in the Marshall Islands, which lie north of Australia, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. … bombers. This lethal arc extends from Australia to the islands of the Pacific, the … media. In 2015, in high secrecy, the US and Australia staged the biggest single air-sea …
There's only one principle behind TTIP, CETA and other 'free trade' agreements, writes Conor J. Lynch. And no, it's not 'free trade' but 'corporate profit' - at the expense of consumers, taxpayers, environment, workers and democracy itself.
… a Hong Kong investor so that it could sue Australia through a 1993 trade deal between Hong Kong and Australia that included the ISDS provision. …
The successful conclusion of the TPP talks is a huge blow for social and economic justice, writes Nick Dearden in his twelve point summary. But it's not over yet: the long secret text must now be made public. And there's every chance it can be defeated in an increasingly skeptical Congress.
… Rim, including the USA, Japan, Canada and Australia - and collectively their economies …
The TPP - Trans-Pacific Partnership - is far more than just a trade agreement. It is a global-scale corporate power grab - anti-people, anti-environment and anti-democratic. And it must be stopped, writes Chris Lang.
… are: United States, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Chile, Singapore, Peru, …
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has just begun to take oral evidence from a very select group of witnesses, writes Paul Mobbs in this open letter. Sadly its choices betray a systematic bias to industry and establishment figures - while community groups are entirely excluded.
… available today, from USA, Canada and Australia, had been published - and their …
Mining and oil drilling are essential to the industrial world - but they are also linked with severe environmental and social damage, not to mention corruption. Clare Short, chair of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, spoke to Alex Stevenson.
… 'fair enough, we'll join' " , Short explains. Australia announced a pilot approach and then, …
Last election climate change was all the rage, writes David Williamson. But in the current campaign it's hardly getting a look in in spite of melting icecaps, collapsing glaciers, a wave of climate refugees fleeing Africa and serious weather events at home. Now it's up to us to force it onto the election agenda!
… to support action to curb climate change. Australia has abandoned its carbon levy and a …
Polish PM Donald Tusk is using the Ukraine crisis as a pretext to revive the EU's fossil fuel industries. His proposals spell disaster for EU emissions targets and the wider environment, writes Mark Siddi. Europe's energy future must be efficient and renewable!
… natural gas (LNG) from as far as the US and Australia. This is the fundamental flaw in … answer Tusk's suggestion of importing US or Australian LNG is no more …
A Senate vote yesterday to deny President Obama 'fast track' authority in negotiating TPP and TTIP looks like the beginning of the end for these trade deals and their secret corporate courts, writes Nick Dearden. Now it's up to Europeans to make sure the EU Parliament votes against TTIP in a crucial vote next month.
… sued for renationalising health insurance; Australia sued for mandating plain cigarette …
Theresa May's first big decision as PM was to duck out of a signing ceremony and review the Hinkley C nuclear project. But she will soon have to reach her decision. In this open letter Scientists for Global Responsibility set out six compelling reasons for her to let the whole monstrous white elephant go.
… benefit. Demand flexibility measures in Australia and the USA have enabled them to …
Fracking has no social licence in the UK, will contribute little to the economy, will have a huge adverse impact on other sectors, will be a disaster to climate and the environment, and won't even improve energy security, write Peter Strachan and Alex Russell. Do we really want to see 16,000 or more shale gas wells drilled in the British countryside? Let's FraXit now!
… overstated." In terms of impact on jobs, in Australia it has been found that for every 10 …
The love affair of the 'pro-nuclear greens' with a failed technology has paved the way to the UK's destruction of its renewable energy industry, writes Jonathon Porritt, and to the imminent deal with Chinese parastatal corporations to build a new fleet of already obsolete nuclear power plants at massive cost to us all.
… carbon-intensive horror stories of Canada and Australia. To be sure, that's primarily down …
The government's decision to cut support for domestic solar by 64% reflects antiquated thinking, writes Doug Parr. Just as the rest of Europe is shifting to ever-cheaper renewable, low carbon, decentralised, participatory, employment generating energy systems, the UK is stuck in a the dirty past of nuclear and fossil fuels.
… in the UK last year . In comparison, in Australia domestic solar power plus battery …
It's time for UK citizens to #takebackREALcontrol by challenging the anti-democratic powers that control our country, our economy and our lives, retiring Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett told her party conference this weekend in this barnstorming speech. And that's a challenge only the Greens are prepared to take on.
… governments than Angela Merkel's CDU. In Australia, the Greens won 10% of first …
Andrew Nikiforuk warns us that the Canadian pro-Bitumen lobby will stop at nothing - including ignoring democratic processes and barefaced lying - to promote the dirty, carbon-rich substance.....
… world-renowned oil spill expert, now works in Australia. The Harper government, which will …
There's strong public support for protecting marine wildlife, writes Horatio Morpurgo - so why aren't politicians championing the cause? Labour and Tories alike fear to challenge the big fishing companies that have come to believe they own Britain's offshore waters and seabed. Now it's up to use to prove they're wrong.
… an array originally developed for use off Australia, is 'flown' about one metre over the …
The UK Government policy on genetically modified (GM) crops is "precautionary, evidence-based and sensitive to public concerns". Lesley Docksey asks: who are they kidding?
… GM. New Zealand has a ban as does South Australia and Tasmania. Japan banned the …