Category Archives: Politics

Parallels between seal and kangaroo slaughter

Written by Steve Jacobs. Published May 28, 2012 in Sydney Morning Herald The slaughter of kangaroos in Australia is going largely unnoticed when compared with Canada’s widely condemned annual seal hunt, a prominent Canadian animal rights lawyer says. Lesli Bisgould is embarking … Continue reading

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Greenhouse gas emissions still on the rise, data shows

Source: Sydney Morning Herald written by Environmental Editor Ben Chubby. AUSTRALIA’S greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise last year, driven by an increase in vehicle use and gases leaking from coalmines, federal government data show. The nation released 546 million tonnes … Continue reading

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Abbott-proof fence around clean-energy funds

Source: Sydney Morning Herald by David Wroe THE Gillard government will fireproof its $10 billion green technology fund against an attack from any future Coalition government by forcing Tony Abbott to repeal legislation in order to shut down the flow of money. … Continue reading

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