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We’ve crossed four of the nine boundaries supposedly separating us from planetary destruction
Posted Jan 28, 2015
The question is, what will we do about it? ...more
Groups slam Trans-Pacific trade deal as talks resume in New York
Posted Jan 27, 2015
CCJP joins public health, environment, union, and other church groups to slam Trans-Pacific trade deal as talks resume in New York As secret Trans-Pacific (TPP) trade talks resume in New York, an unusually diverse mix of 47 Australian community groups including public health, environment, union, church, development aid and other groups ...more
Have your say about the TPP
Posted Jan 27, 2015
Tell the Senate why Australia’s trade process should be more open and democratic! The ALP and Greens have responded to community concerns and have initiated a Senate Inquiry into Australia’s trade agreement process. Currently all trade negotiations are secret and we don’t see the details until after they are signed. The terms ...more
Manus Island: What will it take to shock us?
Posted Jan 26, 2015
The reports coming out of Manus Island right now should be enough to shock us, but they aren't. What will it take? Barrister Julian Burnside has some ideas. ...more
Press freedom needed: give access to detention centres
Posted Jan 26, 2015
On 22nd January 2015 The Guardian reveaked that government agencies have been referring journalists to the federal police - for reporting the truth. GetUp reports that: "When claims that asylum seekers on Manus Island were on hunger strike, sewing their lips and had even swallowed razor blades, first surfaced, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton ...more
Six things Queensland's next government must do to save the Great Barrier Reef
Posted Jan 22, 2015
With only a fortnight of campaigning left before Queenslanders go to the polls, both the Liberal National Party (LNP) and Labor have targeted dumping of dredge spoil as a high-profile problem. Labor has also raised the stakes with ambitious targets for improving water quality. But the current promises from the ...more
ACOSS proposes alternative evidence-based and equitable savings to health services
Posted Jan 18, 2015
Friday January 16, 2015 The Australian Council of Social Service called on the Federal Government to heed the growing community concern about affordable, accessible universal health care; and to focus on evidence-based solutions to pull back wasteful spending in the health Budget. “We know that our health system faces increasing costs with ...more