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During the much-awaited reveal of the 2024-25 federal budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to provide additional insights into the government’s ambitious Future Made in Australia initiative. This comprehensive plan aims to breathe new life into domestic manufacturing by ramping up investment in clean manufacturing, industry, and energy sectors, with a particular focus on renewable …
Last month saw the release of a new book exposing the ugly truths about the native logging industry. Written by Professor David Lindenmayer from the Australian National University, aptly named ‘The Forest Wars’, the book delves into the destruction of native forests, enabled by years of failed policy. Image: Photo by Yan Krukau: https://www.pexels.com/photo/pile-of-wood-in-a-forest-5215363/ Produced …
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Earlier this year researchers at the University of Western Australia’s Ocean Institute found global warming had already exceeded 1.5 degrees. The research found global warming had increased 0.5 degrees more than previously estimated and that the industrial-era warming began earlier than previously thought, in the mid-1860s. Story produced by RTRFM Image: Rising ocean tempratures and coral …
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According to the Australian consortium ‘The Cane Toad Coalition’, Cane Toads are invading at 50km per year across Northern Australia. They stated that Australia will never eradicate toads and killing single toads has little overall conservation effect due to high reproductive rates as a female cane toad can hatch up to 30,000 eggs per clutch …
Climate advocacy groups have uncovered the impacts of large-scale deforestation being undertaken throughout Australia without federal government approval. A joint investigation by three environmental organisations, including The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace and the Queensland Conservation Council, has revealed at least 6 cases where the habitats of threatened species were bulldozed without the appropriate assessments taken or …
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Last week, the Federal government released the first pass of the National Climate Risk Assessment, showcasing the risks Australia has in terms of climate change. The assessment identifies 56 nationally significant climate risks across different communities, including water security, food, and regional communities. But how will it benefit regional places such as Alice Springs? Image: …
Solutions to some of the planet’s biggest ocean challenges will be in the spotlight later this month, at the Blue Solutions Summit. The Summit, organised by the Volvo Oceans Lovers Festival is bringing entrepreneurs, scientists, and organisations together, to discuss collaboration in tackling issues like plastic, pollution and fishing. Image: Image: Pexels/ Belle Co Produced …
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Australians are bearing the brunt of climate change impacts while fossil fuel companies reap profits from them. Recent research by the Australia Institute shows that the public is frustrated with the lack of tax paid by the industry, with a majority supporting a climate damage compensation levy on fossil fuel exporters. Image: …