Australia is campaigning for a UN Security Council seat on a promise to uphold international law and defend middle powers. Its record on Gaza, Indigenous rights, military alliances and international r...

Mark Latham’s bid for an independent inquiry into NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling was defeated 19–14. But the allegations aired in Parliament – and Labor MLC Stephen Lawrence’s criti...

Podcast Episode · 7am · 16 September · 18min

Tomorrow, Thursday 17 September, I’ll be outside Australian Parliament House creating a new performative, participatory and ephemeral artwork: “Climate Crisis. Extinction Crisis”.Over the course of th...

In detention centres around Australia, scores of refugees are facing the threat of being on the next plane to Nauru.

Less than 0.1% of Australian tax dollars are spent on nature. It’s nowhere near enough. Australia is the only wealthy country on the global list of deforestation hotspots. No other country has sent more mammals to extinction. Our iconic animals like Tasmanian devils and quolls face growing threats like habitat loss, invasive species, and bushfires. The Government’s commitments to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030 and to prevent

Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’

Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian

Add your name if you agree with the following statement? We call on the government to release the full cost of the proposed Mac Point stadium to Parliament and the public

Like all the privatised care services, the business of aged care is about property, cheap labour and public money

AI has broken the economic bargain behind the web, and everybody is losing.

It didn’t take the titanic corruption and clown-car incompetence around Trump to tell young people that death-throes capitalism is a...

Last Sunday, I had the privilege of leading a group into one of the ACT’s most remarkable, and perhaps least appreciated, natural places: Nursery Swamp in Namadgi National Park.The walk was part of Br...

For the people of Nepal, climate change isn't just an environmental issue. When a glacier collapses, it's a question of who lives, who dies, who has water, who has a home and whether an entire communi...

A NSW Supreme Court judge has demolished the politically convenient lie that criticism of Israel is hatred of Jewish people.Almost four in every five Australians view Israel unfavourably. Are we all a...

Climate denial used to be easy to recognise. It told us global warming was a hoax, scientists were conspiring for grant money and a day of snow disproved decades of evidence. It sounds just like Donal...

Did you know that nature gets less than 0.1% of the federal budget? That’s nowhere near enough to protect our landscapes, wildlife, and way of life for future generations. Australia’s nature is in cri...

While Gaza and the West Bank remain under siege, settlement and violence, Australia’s repeated support for a two-state solution sounds increasingly hollow without action.

The Australian Government has listened to island communities, and just announced plans to massively expand marine sanctuary protection around the stunning Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. But before it becomes a reality, the government wants to hear from YOU on the proposed expansions, AND on what other improvements are needed across Australia’s offshore marine parks.  […]

Volunteers have been a mainstay of conservation in Australia. As bird flu spreads, they must be supported – and kept safe.

Digital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’