National News
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Adani caught out drilling at mine site without permission
Indian-owned mining corporation Adani, which just this week was fined by the Queensland Government over its massive spillage of coal laden water into the Great Barrier Marine Park, has been caught flouting environmental laws again.
9 days ago | Chris Dobney | 8 National News -
Independent investigation exonerates Greens MP
An independent investigation has cleared Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham of any wrongdoing after a complaint was lodged in May 2018 alleging inappropriate behaviour dating back to August 2011.
10 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 National News -
Greenpeace tells PM to ‘get your hand off it’
Greenpeace Australia Pacific climbers have taken to the flagpoles outside Parliament House to send a message to new prime minister Scott Morrison as he returns for the first day in parliament since taking over as leader of the country.
11 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 National News -
Newcastle youth puts future on the line to end coal exports
Early this morning Ballyn Teagle, a 17-year-old from Newcastle, put his freedom on the line to take a stance against the coal industry. He is currently in a ten-metre-high tripod, blocking coal trains entering Newcastle coal port.
16 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 National News
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Adani caught out drilling at mine site without permission
Indian-owned mining corporation Adani, which just this week was fined by the Queensland Government over its massive spillage of coal laden water into the Great Barrier Marine Park, has been caught flouting environmental laws again.
9 days ago | Chris Dobney | 8 -
Independent investigation exonerates Greens MP
An independent investigation has cleared Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham of any wrongdoing after a complaint was lodged in May 2018 alleging inappropriate behaviour dating back to August 2011.
10 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Greenpeace tells PM to ‘get your hand off it’
Greenpeace Australia Pacific climbers have taken to the flagpoles outside Parliament House to send a message to new prime minister Scott Morrison as he returns for the first day in parliament since taking over as leader of the country.
11 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Newcastle youth puts future on the line to end coal exports
Early this morning Ballyn Teagle, a 17-year-old from Newcastle, put his freedom on the line to take a stance against the coal industry. He is currently in a ten-metre-high tripod, blocking coal trains entering Newcastle coal port.
16 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Adani protesters throw black confetti over Qld politicians
Anti-Adani protesters this morning threw piles of black confetti over politicians during Queensland Parliament’s question time. The action was to remind Queensland Labor they have only three days left to prosecute Adani.
17 days ago | Echonetdaily | 1 -
A peek at Rupert Murdoch’s revised walking dead cabinet
Good riddance Turnbull, a PM of massive wealth and ego who left office without much record of accomplishment. Remember when the Libs scoffed as Labor tore itself apart?
23 days ago | Hans Lovejoy | 14 -
Scott Morrison elected next prime minister
Update: P Scott Morrison has been elected Liberal Party leader in a 45-40 vote.
28 days ago | Chris Dobney | 2 -
Holiday letting legislation passes NSW parliament
A new law passed in NSW parliament last week that aims to regulate the holiday letting industry. Yet it comes incomplete, with major elements such as proposed changes to the SEPP and a code of conduct still to be finalised.
August 22, 2018 | Hans Lovejoy | 0 -
Public land being sold under market value
The sale of land significantly under its market value by the NSW coalition government in 2015 has lead to questions over its continuing sale of public land.
August 17, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Turnbull Government secures savage cutbacks to Australia’s marine sanctuaries
The Turnbull government have halved the protection that was provided to Australia’s original network of marine parks set up in 2012
August 17, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Federal integrity commission needed: Labor
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus QC stopped by the region last week to spruik Labor’s plans to establish a National Integrity Commission (NIC).
August 15, 2018 | The Echo | 0 -
One in seven students are literally starving to study
One in seven Australian university students regularly go without food and other necessities because they cannot afford them, a new survey has found. The figure is higher for Indigenous and regional students.
August 14, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
NSW land-clearing rises 800 per cent
The annual rate of land-clearing soared 800 per cent in the three years before the Liberal-National government downgraded environmental protections further and made it easier for clearing to occur, new data show.
August 8, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
New gas fields won’t cut gas prices
ACCC report reveals that gas exporting companies are sucking up a lion’s share of Australian gas and continuing to charge Australian gas users through the nose.
August 3, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Santos ‘ignores Pilliga wildlife in CSG plans’
Santos has failed to address questions about endangered species that will be impacted by its controversial Narrabri coal seam gas scheme in the Pilliga Forest, according to two new reports by ecologists.
July 31, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 3 -
New figures reveal ‘woeful results’ of drug dog program
Data obtained by the Greens shows the continued failure of the drug dog program with false positive outstripping ‘successful’ searches two to one.
July 31, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 3 -
New app helps ecologists rapidly map ecosystems
A mapmaking app created by UNSW scientists harnesses the power of Google and NASA to empower ecologists to create a view on ecosystems without any specialist equipment.
July 27, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Australia’s coal power stations ‘at the end of the line’
Australia’s coal power stations are not fit for a 21st century power system with almost 100 breakdowns at fossil fuel power stations in the seven-month period to the end of June 2018, according to a new Climate Council report.
July 25, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Greens condemn Coalition’s ‘law and order auction’
Expanding Berrima prison by 500 beds and making it women only is an admission of failure from a Liberal National government addicted to a law and order auction, the NSW Greens say.
July 24, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Nats set to lose Page: poll
Nationals member for Page Kevin Hogan could be looking for a new job next year if the results of a Fairfax/Ipsos poll, announced today, were replicated at the upcoming federal election.
July 9, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 6 -
Coral bleaching could happen every two years: report
Under current greenhouse gas pollution levels the Great Barrier Reef could be hit with catastrophic bleaching every two years by 2034, according to a new report.
July 5, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 1 -
US Republican renewables visionary set to inspire Australia
The Republican mayor who transformed his struggling Californian city into the ‘solar capital of the universe’ has just been confirmed to visit Australia to inspire local councils to join the global renewable energy revolution.
July 3, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Melbourne men drop daks in ‘cheeky’ coal protest
As part of a 30-hour demonstration at the Flinders Street Station intersection, members of Frontline Action on Coal Melbourne bared their backsides under the clocks at Flinders St Station.
July 2, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
CSIRO gene discovery ‘unlocks mystery of immunity’
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has identified a new gene that plays a critical role in regulating the body’s immune response to infection and disease.
July 2, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Calls for ‘incompetent’ environment minister Upton to be sacked
The state opposition has called for environment minister Gabrielle Upton to be ‘stripped of her duties’ following a damning report on the state of the Environmental Protection Authority by the auditor-general.
June 29, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 1
