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Extreme weather events, power outages and natural disasters can strike without warning, but being prepared is the best way to stay safe. Willoughby City Council, in partnership with Australian Red Cross, is encouraging residents to take simple, practical steps to be ready for anything by creating a personal emergency plan using the free Get Prepared … Continued
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15 September 2025 The release of Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) confirms what communities in hot homes and suburbs have been warning about for years: extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate risks we face, and without urgent national action, lives will be lost. Sweltering … Continued
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THE CLIMATE COUNCIL warns our first National Climate Risk Assessment released today is a horror story of rising costs and harm unless we cut climate pollution faster. If Australia and the rest of the world keep burning coal, oil and gas at the same rate, our government expects that at 3℃ of global heating: Sydney … Continued
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For Immediate Release September 14 A fuller response is also attached 38 FORMER FIRE AND EMERGENCY CHIEFS say the release of Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment, reveals extreme weather emergencies will continue to worsen without strong cuts to climate pollution. The Emergency Leaders for Climate Action say the assessment gives a confronting … Continued
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Tuesday 16 September will mark the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea’s independence from Australia in 1975. A Monash expert is available to discuss the nature of Australia’s colonial rule before 1975 as well as the post-colonial relationship Papua New Guinea has with Australia. Available to comment: Dr Nicholas Ferns, ARC DECRA Fellow, School of … Continued
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Australia can hit climate targets while slashing household bills by leaning in to electric vehicle incentives: Rewiring Australia Rewiring Australia is urging the federal government to extend and expand the Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) exemption for electric vehicles, with new research showing the incentive could halve vehicle emissions over 10 years, compared with ending … Continued
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Zali Steggall must renounce her support for political violence or resign from Parliament, Family First National Director Lyle Shelton said today. “As someone whose Canberra office was firebombed in an act of political violence in 2016 because my team and I were publicly advocating for the same things Charlie Kirk was killed for, I … Continued
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Saturday, 13 September 2025 Aboriginal leaders unite to push for real change on rights and justice In a moment of deep significance, Aboriginal leaders from across public institutions and political life have come together to issue a joint statement, calling on the Australian Government to act now on long-standing commitments to First Peoples. The … Continued
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The Alannah & Madeline Foundation is deeply disappointed at the report from the Standing Committee on State Development into the Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025. The government – led Committee received over 2,600 submissions and heard from over 20 witnesses, most of who provided strong evidence that this Bill is … Continued
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12th of September 2025 Woodside has accepted the conditions set by the government for the operation of its North West Shelf facility up until 2070 – but no condition can prevent the 4 billion tonnes of stored climate pollution that will be released over the lifespan of the project. The North West Shelf … Continued
