What is divestiture and how would it stop insurance companies ‘ripping off’ customers?
A Coalition government would tackle surging insurance premiums by breaking up monopolies to make the industry more competitive.
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Imagining what the world could look like without fossil fuels spurs people to action
When people spend time thinking about what a sustainable world can actually look like, they’re more likely to work towards that outcome.
Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay
Artists are some of the poorest people in our community, and yet are prepared to forgo their limited income to support fellow artists from other countries – in this case Palestine.
Global warming below 1.7°C is ‘not plausible’, reveals our study of the social drivers of decarbonisation
Our team of 40 researchers combined natural and social sciences to assess the plausible limits of future climate change.
How media framing limits public debate about oil exploration
Researchers find that mainstream media in New Zealand tend to present fossil fuel development as positive for the economy, while framing opponents as irrational and extremist.
Why the push led by South Africa to revoke Israel’s AU observer status is misguided
Just as Algeria and South Africa could not stop Morocco’s entry into the AU, neither can they stop Israeli accreditation.
Coal, capitalism and intergenerational justice
The ANU’s recent decision to stop investing in companies it judges to have behaved in an unsustainable manner environmentally or even socially has attracted a great deal of attention. The overwhelming…
Gaza campus protests: what are students’ free speech rights and what can universities do?
Universities have a difficult balance to strike between protecting student speech rights and ensuring campus safety.
In a win for Traditional Owners, Origin is walking away from the Beetaloo Basin. But the fight against fracking is not over
It’s great news Origin is walking away from fracking and gas. But other companies are still keen to frack the Beetaloo despite climate and environment concerns.
Energy markets: the planet’s unlikely new ally in the emissions effort
Energy companies are realising that, in light of the Paris climate deal, the economics are starting to line up in favour of climate action, not against it.
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