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Monday, 29 July 2024 Farmers for Climate Action has thanked outgoing Agriculture Minister Murray Watt for his constructive approach to sustainable agriculture and pollution reduction. Farmers for Climate Action represents 8300 farmers across the nation. Farmers for Climate Action CEO Natalie Collard said Minister Watt listened to and understood the challenges farmers’ … Continued
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UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL Wednesday 31 July 2024 BUSHFIRE SURVIVORS FOR CLIMATE ACTION (BSCA) will deliver a petition signed by more than 11,000 Australians to the office of the federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, at 10am on Wednesday July 31, calling on the government to ensure climate impacts will … Continued
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A new plan to drill and frack six oil and gas wells in the heart of the Kimberley’s National Heritage-listed Martuwarra Fitzroy River catchment will face fierce widespread community opposition in the Kimberley to the environmentally destructive plan. The fracking project plans were released on 24th July by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Department of Climate … Continued
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The House Standing Committee on Economics will hold a virtual public hearing tomorrow, 30 July, as part of its inquiry into insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims: Tuesday 30 July 2024By videoconference9.45 am to 3.30 pm The Committee will take evidence from Sydney Water, the Australian Building Codes Board, Standards Australia, Engineers Australia and the NSW Reconstruction … Continued
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The peak body representing independent Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) has welcomed the Hon. Andrew Giles MP to his role as federal Minister for Skills and Training. “Around 4,000 independent RTOs support around 89% of the 4.5 million students in skills training across Australia, so Mr Giles’ appointment is … Continued
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Ahead of their appearance before the Senate inquiry into stage 2 of the Nature Positive bills, leaders of national environment groups will join together to urge the Albanese government to push ahead with the reform of Australia’s nature laws. The groups have long advocated for an independent EPA to fix enforcement failures and remove the … Continued
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The national youth housing campaign Home Time has released an exclusive YouGov poll showing that 9 in 10 Australians want the Federal Government to make housing for unaccompanied children with nowhere to live a national priority. These results come ahead of an impending announcement of a new National Housing and Homelessness Plan. The representative national … Continued
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The national youth housing campaign Home Time has released an exclusive YouGov poll showing that 9 in 10 Australians want the Federal Government to make housing for unaccompanied children with nowhere to live a national priority. These results come ahead of an impending announcement of a new National Housing and Homelessness Plan. The representative national … Continued
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Kimberley fracking proposal referred to Commonwealth: Minister Plibersek must assess Global tourism destination and nature and cultural icon, the Kimberley, is now in the sights of US oil and gas company Black Mountain Oil and Gas owned by Texan billionaire Rhett Bennett. The company, via subsidiary Bennett Resources Ltd, has just referred a proposal for … Continued
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Two senior members of the government, Linda Burney, the Minister for Indigenous Australians and Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor, have announced their plans to retire at the end of this term of government. Both will step down from their positions as ministers immediately, with the Prime Minister expected to announce his new ministry on … Continued
