What the Brisbane greenslide reveals about protest politics, engagement theatre and state capture.
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Aircraft noise is usually dismissed as a mere annoyance – the sort of issue caricatured as NIMBY politics. Yet in recent years it has revealed something far more interesting: understanding its ...
A choice has been made to prosecute Ben Roberts-Smith and an Australian militant in Ukraine but not returning IDF soldiers involved in genocide. Andrew Brown reports. This publication raised an uncomfortable question in February. It went unanswered. This week, the Australian government made that silence considerably harder to maintain. On
International Criminal Court correspondence shows prosecutor dropped the war crime probe into Australia’s generals while under investigation for sexual abuse. A Stuart McCarthy exclusive. International Criminal Court correspondence obtained by Michael West Media reveals that the ICC declined requests to investigate high-level command responsibility for ...
Greedy fuel companies are taking advantage of war, while politicians tell us how they’ll deal with the greedy fuel companies, but don’t. Rex Patrick with the story. On March 4, five days after the first US bombs had dropped on Tehran, Treasurer Jim Chalmers stood up in the House of
BHP has won orders in the Federal Court to keep coal miner Simon Turner’s evidence suppressed. Coal miner to appeal. Stephanie Tran reports. A former coal miner has filed an appeal against a Federal Court decision striking out his case against BHP Group, arguing he was denied procedural fairness after
The ban on card surcharges comes into effect later this year, hailed a great relief for consumers, but small business will make them pay, and big banks will win. Michael Sainsbury reports. When the Reserve Bank of Australia announced last week that it would ban all debit and credit card
South Australia axes downsizer stamp duty
After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be axing stamp duty for downsizers.
The abolition will apply ...
As Max Chandler-Mather takes over at the Green Institute and Adam Bandt steps in at the Australian Conservation Foundation is this when the environment movement can finally get properly organised?
Even The Australian called former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather a “wunderkind” as he announced on Wednesday that, after being dumped by the electorate of ...
UK based engineers’ association CIBSE is known for its high standards and strong reputation, so taking the helm of this outfit was quite the challenge, you’d think.
Yet for Ruth Carter, who took over as chief executive officer five years ago, after a varied career that included an executive role with London’s Telegraph newspaper, there are all the ...
Curtin University’s Professor of Sustainability, Peter Newman, hit the airwaves on Wednesday night with his six-point plan for Australia to become independent of oil.
On the war
He told ABC Sydney’s evening radio program that while Australia was trying to get more oil, it was “not wrong”, but it was “not enough” either.
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University of Sydney’s Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott appointed a special advisor for the antisemitism training program, but forgot to tell anyone until months later. Cathy Peters and Wendy Bacon with the story. The person chosen for the role of Sydney University’s antisemitism chief is Michael Abrahams-Sprod, Chair of Hebrew, Biblical and
BOOKS: Nearly 10 builders are collapsing every single day; the fuel crisis didn’t cause this, it just made it impossible to hide, says Kurt Hegetschweiler, founder of Builders Coach and author of Million Dollar Builder 2.0. The book is available FREE to the first three new members to join TFE – from $10 a month. Following is an excerpt.
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What the Brisbane greenslide reveals about protest politics, engagement theatre and state capture.
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Aircraft noise is usually dismissed as a mere annoyance – the sort of issue caricatured as NIMBY politics. Yet in recent years it has revealed something far more interesting: understanding its ...
A choice has been made to prosecute Ben Roberts-Smith and an Australian militant in Ukraine but not returning IDF soldiers involved in genocide. Andrew Brown reports. This publication raised an uncomfortable question in February. It went unanswered. This week, the Australian government made that silence considerably harder to maintain. On
International Criminal Court correspondence shows prosecutor dropped the war crime probe into Australia’s generals while under investigation for sexual abuse. A Stuart McCarthy exclusive. International Criminal Court correspondence obtained by Michael West Media reveals that the ICC declined requests to investigate high-level command responsibility for ...
Greedy fuel companies are taking advantage of war, while politicians tell us how they’ll deal with the greedy fuel companies, but don’t. Rex Patrick with the story. On March 4, five days after the first US bombs had dropped on Tehran, Treasurer Jim Chalmers stood up in the House of
BHP has won orders in the Federal Court to keep coal miner Simon Turner’s evidence suppressed. Coal miner to appeal. Stephanie Tran reports. A former coal miner has filed an appeal against a Federal Court decision striking out his case against BHP Group, arguing he was denied procedural fairness after
The ban on card surcharges comes into effect later this year, hailed a great relief for consumers, but small business will make them pay, and big banks will win. Michael Sainsbury reports. When the Reserve Bank of Australia announced last week that it would ban all debit and credit card
South Australia axes downsizer stamp duty
After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be axing stamp duty for downsizers.
The abolition will apply ...
As Max Chandler-Mather takes over at the Green Institute and Adam Bandt steps in at the Australian Conservation Foundation is this when the environment movement can finally get properly organised?
Even The Australian called former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather a “wunderkind” as he announced on Wednesday that, after being dumped by the electorate of ...
UK based engineers’ association CIBSE is known for its high standards and strong reputation, so taking the helm of this outfit was quite the challenge, you’d think.
Yet for Ruth Carter, who took over as chief executive officer five years ago, after a varied career that included an executive role with London’s Telegraph newspaper, there are all the ...
Curtin University’s Professor of Sustainability, Peter Newman, hit the airwaves on Wednesday night with his six-point plan for Australia to become independent of oil.
On the war
He told ABC Sydney’s evening radio program that while Australia was trying to get more oil, it was “not wrong”, but it was “not enough” either.
Sign up for our free ...
University of Sydney’s Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott appointed a special advisor for the antisemitism training program, but forgot to tell anyone until months later. Cathy Peters and Wendy Bacon with the story. The person chosen for the role of Sydney University’s antisemitism chief is Michael Abrahams-Sprod, Chair of Hebrew, Biblical and
BOOKS: Nearly 10 builders are collapsing every single day; the fuel crisis didn’t cause this, it just made it impossible to hide, says Kurt Hegetschweiler, founder of Builders Coach and author of Million Dollar Builder 2.0. The book is available FREE to the first three new members to join TFE – from $10 a month. Following is an excerpt.
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