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UN climate talks tasked with curbing the threat of global warming are backsliding, delegates said at the close of a week-long session in Bonn.
Record global temperatures, forest fires in Russia, lethal floods in Pakistan “are all consistent with the kind of changes we could expect from climate change, and they will get worse if we don’t act quickly,” said US negotiator Jonathan Pershing.
Government defends pulp mill pipeline decision ABC August 6, 2010, 7:26 pm The Tasmanian Government has defended allowing a pulp mill pipeline to be built in the state’s north, on land acquired for a road bypass. The Government acquired the land in question for the Dilston bypass; it has now admitted part of the Continue Reading →
Xenophon wants penalties for misleading campaigning Posted 2 hours 21 minutes ago Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says he will introduce a private member’s bill to remedy misleading political advertising. Federal Sport Minister Kate Ellis wrongly stated in an election flyer that pensioners would get a significant increase in their fortnightly payments under Labor. Ms Ellis Continue Reading →
GetUp! has scored an unexpected victory in the High Court, giving an extra 100,000 people a chance to vote on 21 August and opening up the debate about the right to vote, writes Graeme Orr
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IN 2006, in controversial circumstances, the Howard government legislated to close the electoral roll significantly earlier once an election was called. After the election campaign formally began, new voters had only until 8pm on the day the electoral writ was issued to lodge their enrolment form. Those voters who needed to update their addresses were allowed a bare three days. Given that our quaint Westminster heritage gives prime ministers the right to call an election when it suits them, it was hardly a democratic measure. New Zealand electors, for instance, can enrol up until polling day. Canadians can enrol on polling day.
Dear NEVILLE,
We won!
Late last night the Coalition announced it won’t be voting for an internet filter that censors the web. This comes after the Government responded to our campaign by deferring the filter until 2012 (with the likelihood that the filter will never come back in its current form).
With independent Senator Nick Xenophon, the Greens and now the Coalition all walking away from the ineffective policy of censoring the internet, there is now no way for the Senate to pass this scheme.
This is your victory. Thank you!
Check out what we did together — and hear about the ongoing global fight here:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet&id=1274
We’ve known all along that a system of internet censorship that missed the vast majority of unwanted content, would encourage the outsourcing of parenting and limit our online freedoms.
And we’ve been joined in these endeavours by our friends at Electronic Frontiers Australia and literally thousands of campaigners in a grassroots movement.
But firewalls, monitoring and governments blocking websites was never just an Australian problem. With our victory comes the realisation that social movements in Iran, China and Burma are still fighting for their political freedoms online. In fact, 30% of the world’s population live in regimes that block access to parts of the internet.
Greens announce Indigenous Hearing Plan Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson for Health andAboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Issues has announced the Greensplans to address the crisis in Indigenous ear and hearing health. Senator Siewert says that hearing problems has been linked to pooroutcomes in education, employment and general health in Aboriginalcommunities. “We still don’t Continue Reading →