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This very self-explanatory graph (thanks to Graham Readfearn, The Guardian) is something that Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor and current Prime Minister Morrision would prefer you didn't see. For the sake of the environment and our children's futures, hopefully, by this time next week, it won't be Taylor making [CLICK TO READ MORE]
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY IS ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE – WHY AREN’T THE MAJOR PARTIES LISTENING? When dealing with climate change issues, one leader is blissfully ignorant and pretending not to be a climate change denier, and the other [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Would you like to know how your sitting Federal politician votes in Parliament? This website - https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people - lists HR and Senate members and attendance and voting records.
The long awaited introduction of legislation for a Commonwealth Integrity Commission (CIC) has again been stalled, or perhaps a better description is stymied as a majority in the government have “prevented or hindered the progress” of the bill or in fact any discussion. The government has never wanted an [CLICK TO READ MORE]
A battle looms for the Federal seat of Hume in the forthcoming Federal election. Hume is currently held by Angus Taylor Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, and it comes as no surprise that an independent will contest the seat. Penny Ackery, a long-term Goulburn resident and former teacher is [CLICK TO READ MORE]
It becomes tedious when the same bloke is in the news almost every day because he's said or done something to upset yet more people. Unfortunately that is the case with our Prime Minister Morrison and this time he's really TRUMPED it! Not in response to the ugly scenes, [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Morrison has backed a Senate inquiry into the ABC’s handling of complaints. The enquiry was instigated by Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, possibly at the behest of a disgruntled Fox News after the ABC decided not to act on any of Fox’s complaints about the Four Corners program about Fox News. [CLICK TO READ MORE]
It’s a poor reflection on the knowledge that Scott Morrison has on the climate crisis, and if Angus Taylor has any more clues as to what the problem is, he’s certainly not letting on. After scorning most of the developed world with his half-baked ideas at COP26 Morrison has arrived [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Lobbying UNESCO in an attempt to remove any reference to 1.5C global warming Australia is trying to block a UN recommendation that countries should try to keep global heating to 1.5C to protect world heritage sites from the impacts of the climate crisis. The Australian government says that major [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Most of us become dissatisfied with the behaviour and decisions of our elected federal representatives at different times and sometimes over different issues, so, I’m here to tell you that there is something you can do about it. The first step is to do some research on your local member. [CLICK TO READ MORE]