Press Releases
OPINION – When corporations back woke capitalism it means climate change action has gone mainstream
Jan 18, 2020
ABCNews
As Australia burned in catastrophic bushfires, luxury jewellery company Tiffany & Co placed a full page advertisement in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald demanding action from Scott Morrison on climate change.
With costs approaching $100 billion, the fires are Australia’s costliest natural disaster
Jan 17, 2020
The Conversation
It’s hard to estimate the eventual economic cost of Australia’s 2019-20 megafires, partly because they are still underway, and partly because it is hard to know the cost to attribute to deaths and the decimation of species and habitats, but it is easy to get an idea of its significanc
OPINION Class actions against negligent governments? It’s a burning issue
Jan 11, 2020
The Sydney Morning Herald
How are these oafs still in power? That’s the question exercising the country just now. But a deeper one underlies it. Our federal government owes us a duty of care. What should we do if they betray it?
Bushfire preparations stymied by climate change deniers in Government, says small business lobby
Jan 06, 2020
ABCNews
A key small business lobby group has urged any climate change sceptics on the Coalition frontbench to quit their ministries, arguing they stymied preparations for this bushfire season.