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newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jun 30, 2008
In an attempt to catch the Labor Party off-guard, on 3 February 1983, Malcolm Fraser called an early Federal election for 5 March. Labor replaced Bill Hayden with Bob Hawke as its leader on the same day and quickly …
Also tagged: wilderness, tasmania, australian politics, greg buckman, franklin dam
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jun 30, 2008
Twenty-five years ago, in 1983, the people of Australia saved a wild river in a struggle that went down in Australian history. That same year, my parents brought into the world a kicking, screaming, bald baby girl: me …
Also tagged: activism, global footprint, anna rose, australian youth climate change coalition, franklin river
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 14, 2008
I’d like Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan to spend today with a friend of mine, Fawzia, in Bangladesh. Fawzia is, like me, a young woman with her whole life in front of her. She’s a new mum and a successful environmental …
Also tagged: global warming, water, climate change, oxfam, clean coal, solar energy, budget 2008, australian politics, wayne swan, anna rose
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Apr 10, 2008
"Welcome to The Isa," reads a sign on the highway. "Now you’re a real Aussie." Three smokestacks of varying sizes appear from the ruddy hills, and then the small town famous for its mine and rodeo. A town where …
Also tagged: pollution, water, featured, mining, xstrata, global footprint
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Mar 26, 2008
There was 200 kilometres worth of banked traffic on either side of Sydney over the Easter weekend as holidaymakers made for coastal retreats. Some of these drivers were doing an additional annual duty for their …
Also tagged: climate change, cars, featured, earth hour, global footprint, fringe benefits tax
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Mar 11, 2008
It might be called a cautionary tale against letting someone have too much free time. We didn’t give Peter Garrett enough to do, and inevitably he started getting ideas and formulating proposals and considering …
Also tagged: ban, featured, satire, supermarket, levy, plastic bags, peter garrett, australian politics
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 25, 2008
All of a sudden, without many people realising it was happening, Ross Garnaut has become one of the most powerful people in the country. The ANU professor and mining corporation chairman is now also the key advisor to …
Also tagged: climate change, hero, global footprint, australian politics, garnaut report, ross garnaut
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 25, 2008
Like many people, Brett Robertson believes that economic development is the culprit behind environmental degradation and climate change. It’s an accepted part of contemporary environmental debate: we need to downsize …
Also tagged: climate change, economics, featured, environmentalism, global footprint, business and consumerism, garnaut report
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 22, 2008
Before the Bali Conference last year, the world’s early warning system on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released their latest report. It was their most alarming yet. read more
Also tagged: climate change, economics, featured, recession, global footprint, business and consumerism, garnaut report, climate change review
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Feb 12, 2008
For people of a certain age, his visage is an enduring childhood memory - a pop-culture icon, no less. How could he be anything less, with his facial features holding a distinct resemblance to Tom Cruise; skin glossy …
Also tagged: climate change, television, children, featured, pop culture, global footprint, captain planet, media and culture