2026-07-02
It’s the budget season at both Federal and State levels, producing plenty for the Greens to critique. In the Federal budget, while the Greens applaud tentative steps towards a fairer taxation system they lament the many shortfalls in progress towards a fairer society, such as the drastic cuts to NDIS. And our state MPs are far from happy with the WA budget.
In recent months the political landscape has dramatically changed, with the rise of One Nation, mainly at the expense of the Coalition. We include an analysis of One Nation’s recent meteoric rise, particularly from the point of view of young people.
Although LNG is spruiked by governments and fossil fuel companies as a transition fuel out of coal and towards renewable energy, a closer examination of life cycle emissions data suggests otherwise.
Agriculture presents a notorious source of difficulty in abating greenhouse gas emissions. One avenue for emissions reduction is electrification of agricultural machinery. However, there are many challenges to providing adequate renewable energy to meet the demands of high energy consuming agricultural machinery.
And, we include an intriguing story linking a childhood playground to the ancestral inhabitants of that land.
Finally, we present a fascinating insight into the multitude of tasks being tackled by our MPs, with updates from Senator Jordon Steele-John and state MLCs Brad Pettitt, Sophie McNeill, Tim Clifford and Jess Beckerling.
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