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Third time unlucky – still no funds applied to waste crisis
Tue 27 October 2020Almost a year since it was revealed that the Morrison Government’s signature election funding commitments on waste and recycling had gone nowhere, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has again confirmed in Senate Estimates that the so-called $100m Recycling Investment Fund (RIF), which was simply re-labelled CEFC funding, has not advanced a single dollar.
Read more...Thank you, anti-nuclear campaigners
Mon 26 October 2020The only way to be sure that we avoid nuclear devastation is to see the abolition of nuclear weapons. Every normative and every practical step we take in that direction is hard one, precious and it’s vital.
Read more...Reach out for mental health support
Mon 26 October 2020Too many of us think I’m not doing that badly, or I don’t want to bother someone, or even I’m not the kind of person that experiences mental ill-health. And of course, that’s a big part of the problem. The truth is, we’re all that person.
Read more...Morrison budget: weak, warped, wasteful
Thu 22 October 2020I defy anyone to point to one notable reform or lasting achievement of this Coalition government. They were elected as the masters of negativity, they set one task for themselves, which was to reduce debt and they’ve comprehensively failed to do that. They doubled it before the pandemic, it will quadruple by the time we get through the pandemic.
Read more...Recycling and Waste Reduction Bills 2020
Thu 22 October 2020It’s easy to pretend that waste is not a massive environmental problem and a massive market failure. And to pretend that in any case, we’ll deal with it by a few nifty innovations, by asking business nicely, and perhaps, in some cases, treating business to a few stern words of encouragement. But we also know what’s hard. And what is hard is to plan and deliver serious and meaningful progress through reform on a national scale, because that requires leadership and action at the national level. And it means substantial change to the way we do things now.
Read more...Morrison’s cuts eroding our social safety net
Tue 20 October 2020If you want to meet what should be the core responsibility of the Australian government and guarantee there’s a high-standard and high-quality social safety net for all Australians, as the foundation of our fair and egalitarian way of life, then you have to focus on what effective care and support actually means, and you need to make sure the people who deliver that care and support are valued. That’s not what is happening at the moment.
Read more...Aviation workers deserve our support
Mon 19 October 2020There’s no doubt that aviation is facing some of the sharpest impacts of the present crisis, but whatever happens we cannot allow Australian aviation to be jeopardised. It’s essential to our social and economic wellbeing. That means we must have a clear plan for the survival and revival of Australian aviation, a clear plan that protects air services and protects the workers who deliver those services.
Read more...It’s the waste that needs recycling, not the announcements
Thu 15 October 2020The truth is that plucking numbers out of the air is easy. Making the changes required to address Australia’s waste crisis requires leadership, effective policy, and programs that are actually implemented.
Read more...Budget fails the environment
Tue 13 October 2020It is startling that despite racking up a trillion dollars in debt the Government has failed to address the biodiversity crisis which threatens our precious natural environment and our prosperity.
Read more...Blindspots in Morrison recession budget will hurt Fremantle
Wed 7 October 2020This is no ordinary Budget. It comes at a time when Australia is caught in the turmoil of a global pandemic with severe impacts on our economy and our way of life. We now face the first recession in 30 years and we do so from a weak foundation as a result of stagnant wages, low productivity, under-investment in education, and galloping debt.
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