The Great Barrier Reef is a priceless and fragile site of significance, and not just to Australia. The Great Barrier Reef is oone of the seven natural wonders of the world was declared a World Heritage Site in 1981 is home to a wide diversity of life is a popular destination for tourists, an important [...]
If you don’t actively participate in religion on a regular basis, mark “No Religion”. As the next Australian Census approaches (9 August 2011), all freethought groups are encouraging individuals and families to think about the impact of their answer to the Census question ‘What is the person’s religion?’ For example, if you were brought up [...]
An estimated 10,000 people rallied in Melbourne this afternoon as part of a national climate-change campaign urging the federal government to set a carbon price. Momentum is building in a community campaign for a carbon tax as thousands of people rallied in support of putting a price on pollution. The big polluters and their supporters [...]
A rice crop in Deniliquin, from Life magazine. Right now the Murray Darling Basin Authority is in the final stages of recommending how to deal with the water crisis in the Murray Darling. But shockingly, scientists tell us that the Authority is preparing to announce environmental water flows so low they won’t save our nation’s [...]
Sadly, the situation in Fukushima now appears to have crossed the point of no return: Fukushima now appears lost due to the radioactive core of Reactor No. 2 melting through the containment vessel. At this point, far larger releases of radiation into the ocean or the air now seem inevitable. A former General Electric nuclear [...]
Treasury Place from 11.00 am Ultra-right politicians and radio shock jocks are trying to create their own ‘people’s revolt’ for climate action – a page straight from the Tea Party’s playbook in the US. They say putting a price on pollution will send our economy back to the Stone Age. They say they represent the [...]
