653,600 jobs at risk from net zero emissions target: IPA Report
Coal miners, farmers, and steel and iron workers hold the majority of the 653,600 jobs which could be destroyed by the adoption of a net zero emissions target in Australia, according to new research released by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs.
Bushfires – Learning lessons from the past with the Inquiries and Reviews Database
Australia has had hundreds of inquiries into natural hazards, but how can policy makers ensure that lessons from the past are not forgotten?
Marine permaculture base for SE Queensland
Malcolm Prowse. World leading mariculture expert, Dr Brian Von Herzen has just been granted a special talent visa to Australia and has set up his organisation's focus of operations in South East Queensland.
Statement by NFF CEO Tony Mahar on agriculture and emissions
The NFF’s climate policy is clear: farming and agriculture cannot be worse off going forward with any carbon commitments or emissions reduction schemes. The NFF has a clear climate change policy that supports an economy-wide NCZ 2050 target with two clear caveats – that there is an economically viable pathway forward and agriculture is not worse off.
Bureau of Meteorology – climate driver update
The 2020-21 La Niña is likely to have peaked with respect to atmospheric and oceanic patterns in the tropical Pacific. However impacts associated with La Niña, such as above average rainfall in eastern and northern Australia, are expected to persist into early autumn, with climate outlooks indicating above average rainfall is likely for parts of these regions, particularly over northern Queensland ...
Bureau of Meteorology – climate outlooks
February to April rainfall is likely to be close to or above average for much of Australia, particularly for Queensland and northwest Western Australia.
Pinetrees Lodge is carbon neutral
Pinetrees Lodge has just received carbon neutral certification under the Climate Active Program of the Australian Government. We're the first full-service hotel in...
Clancy pushes for acknowledgment that CVC investments are having adverse impact on climate change
Geoff Helisma
At Clarence Valley Council (CVC), the lone Green (and only politically declared councillor), Greg Clancy, has regularly brought up a concept he put...
