A new report on unconventional gas development from the federal .
Its stated aim is 鈥渢o ensure the responsible development of coal seam, shale and tight gas resources for the benefit of Australians and position Australia to remain an energy superpower鈥.
In order to achieve this, the report notes at the outset that state governments, and Indigenous landowners will need to be dealt with 鈥 though the report uses prettier words.
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In 2013 the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics (OCAE) was commissioned by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and Cruelty Free International to produce an independent review of the ethics of using animals in research.
The BUAV is not a neutral bystander in the debate about animal testing, but it was prepared to commission independent academic research on this topic.
OCAE was founded in 2006 to pioneer ethical perspectives on animals. The centre is independent, and is not under the aegis, control or sanction of the University of Oxford.
The Socialist Alliance stands in full solidarity with the burgeoning movement against the forced closure of remote Aboriginal communities in WA.
Two examples of development proposals that put profit before people and the environment in Far North Queensland appear to have suffered defeats.
NSW Liberal Premier Mike Baird is likely to be called before the parliamentary inquiry into the state government's proposed privatisation of the "poles and wires" of the state's electricity industry in May.
Baird will be questioned over allegations of government tampering with an expert report on the planned leasing of the power industry before the recent March state election.
Greek prime minister and leader of Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Alexis Tsipras, released the statement below on April 20, which is abridged from
A central pillar of the Spanish economic and political establishment came crashing down on Paril 16.
Rodrigo Rato, former deputy prime minister in the 1996-2004 People鈥檚 Party (PP) government of Jose Maria Aznar and head of the International Monetary Fund from 2004 to 2007, was detained on suspicion of tax evasion, concealment of assets and fraud.
Australia has again declared war on its Indigenous people, reminiscent of the brutality that brought universal condemnation on apartheid South Africa. Aboriginal people are to be driven from homelands where their communities have lived for thousands of years. In Western Australia, where mining companies make billion dollar profits exploiting Aboriginal land, the state government says it can no longer afford to "support" the homelands.
The second national day of action against the WA government鈥檚 policy of closing remote Aboriginal communities will take place on May 1.
The State Bank of India had reneged on a $1 billion financing agreement for Adani鈥檚 Galilee Basin coalmine.
The loan was agreed to five months ago to help finance mining giant Adani鈥檚 plan to develop the Carmichael mega coalmine in Queensland鈥檚 Galilee Basin. This is the 12th global investment bank to publicly walk away from the proposal in recent months.
Politicians, both Labor and Liberal, have spent years defending this county鈥檚 pitiful efforts on tackling climate change with the excuse that Australia 鈥渃an鈥檛 go it alone鈥 鈥 it has to wait for other countries to commit to action on climate change. The same excuse was often echoed in the media.
In particular, the lack of action by the US and China were cited as the reasons why Australia should commit to doing little or nothing.
Maria Voukelatos, a passionate socialist and animal liberation activist, died suddenly and unexpectedly on March 26. Nothing suggests she took her own life. While the cause is still unknown, her death at home in Sydney was likely quick and painless. She was 37.
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