Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade Wildfires tore through central Chile last year, killing 133 people. In California, 18,000 buildings were destroyed in 2018 causing US$16bn (A$24bn, £12bn) in damage. Portugal, Greece, Algeria and Australia have all felt the grief and the economic pain in recent years. As the headlines, the death tolls and the billion dollar losses from wildfires have stacked up around the world, so too have the rising temperatures – fuelled by the climate crisis – that create tinderbox conditions. Continue reading...

Document outlines negotiations over contentious extension of gas giant’s development after conditional approval in May

PETITION FOR REFORM IN AUSTRALIA'S FASHION AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY

Last week, rallies were held under the banner of “March for Australia.”

Here we are. Trapped between those who flirt with far-right ideologies for political gain and those unwilling to make the stand it demands.