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- Government Federal
- 29/10/2025
- 12:01
You can’t go forwards on nature by going backwards on climate.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER, 2025 You can’t go forwards on nature by going backwards on climate. With the Coalition still questioning Australia’s commitment to net zero, any deal between theAlbanese Government and the Coalition on national environment law reform is likely to be a disaster for the climate, the Climate Council warns. New research from the Climate Council shows that abandoning net zero and Australia’s other climate targets, as advocated by members of the Federal Coalition, could unleash 6.3 billion tonnes of climate pollution, and aligns with 3°C of global heating. The analysis finds under this 3ºC scenario, Australia…
- Industrial Relations, Youth
- 29/10/2025
- 12:00
Great Ocean Road Co-operative charged with alleged child employment breaches
A fishing co-operative on the Great Ocean Road has been accused of multiple child employment breaches. Wage Inspectorate Victoria (WIV) has filed charges in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria against Apollo Bay Fishermen’s Co-Operative alleging the business contravened the Child Employment Act 2003. The co-operative allegedly employed multiple children under the age of 15 without a licence, failed to ensure the children were supervised by an adult with a current Working with Children Clearance, breached various conditions attached to their employment, including performing work beyond the maximum hours permitted during and outside the school term, and failed to keep records…
- Science
- 29/10/2025
- 11:58
‘Broken’ genes a common factor in marsupial fur colour
The distinctive coloured fur of two of Australia’s rarest marsupials could be caused by ‘broken’ pigment genes, new research from La Trobe University has…
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- Environment
- 29/10/2025
- 11:33
Fighting native species extinction with Land for Wildlife
Key Facts: - Victorian conservation organisation Trust for Nature will be delivering iconic conservation program Land for Wildlife - Land for Wildlife is a voluntary wildlife conservation program founded in the 1980s - Over 5,000 landholders have registered their property through the program - Trust for Nature works with landholders on private land to protect habitat forever Victoria’s iconic voluntary wildlife conservation initiative Land for Wildlife is officially transitioning to Trust for Nature. The Victorian Government is supporting private landowners across the state who are fighting native species extinction, with the historic transformation of one of the state’s oldest private…
- Technology Innovation
- 29/10/2025
- 11:12
AWS Providers Help Asia Pacific Firms Modernize Operations
Organizations turning to expanding AWS ecosystem as they accelerate GenAI adoption, cloud integration, ISG Provider Lens® report says SYDNEY–BUSINESS WIRE– Enterprises across Asia Pacific…
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- CharitiesAidWelfare, Environment
- 29/10/2025
- 11:01
A person in Australia’s richest 0.1% produces more carbon in a month than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year
The climate pollution of Australia’s top 0.1% is 23 times larger than the emissions from the entire population of Vanuatu The emissions of Australia's top 0.1% is equivalent to emissions of 2.5 million cars in a year Average Australian billionaire’s annual investment emissions equivalent to flying around the world 6757 times in a private jet Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam analysis finds that a person in Australia's richest 0.1% by income produces more carbon in a month than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year. Data-crunching also uncovers that the climate…
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- Government SA, Youth
- 29/10/2025
- 10:53
Removing court discretion in South Australia harms vulnerable young people and fails to keep the community safe
The South Australian Government’s proposed reforms under the Young Offenders Plan — including removing court discretion in sentencing and introducing a presumption against bail for some young offenders — risk pushing more children deeper into cycles of incarceration. Justice Reform Initiative Executive Director Dr Mindy Sotiri said plans to bypass court discretion is a policy misstep that will entrench disadvantage and patterns of reoffending. “If our goal as a community is fewer children committing crime, the answer is not to remove judicial discretion and double-down on an approach that drives re-offending,” she said. “The research is very clear that the…
- Political
- 29/10/2025
- 10:49
Health care must be colour-blind, say Family First candidates
Family First’s Victorian Upper House candidates Bernie Finn and Jane Foreman have condemned St Vincent’s Hospital’s decision to fast-track Indigenous patients in its emergency…
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- Political
- 29/10/2025
- 10:42
Family First to preference against Liberals and Labor MPs who put grease on euthanasia’s slippery slope
Politicians who vote to make it easier for doctors to kill patients via euthanasia can expect Family First to preference against them at next year’s state election. Family First’s Victorian upper house candidates Bernie Finn and Jane Foreman have condemned the Allan Government’s latest moves to make it easier for vulnerable people to be wrongfully killed via lethal injection along with Liberal leader Brad Battin’s support for it. “Allowing doctors to suggest euthanasia to patients fundamentally changes the doctor–patient relationship,” Mr Finn said. “No one should underestimate the power of a doctor’s suggestion. When a person is sick, frightened or…
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