Australia

Australia's obstructionist role causes developing countries to walk

Submitted by takver on Tue, 15/12/2009 - 12:26am

Copenhagen. Dec 14, 2009. Australia and Japan are currently blocking movement on legally binding emissions reductions for rich countries, which has precipitated in the G77 group of 130 developing countries walking out of climate negotiations unless talks on a second commitment period to the Kyoto Protocol are prioritized ahead of broader discussions under a second LCA track. A Flashmob of support by civil society for the African and island nations walkout was held in the convention centre.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
Copenhagen
COP15
G77

Australian presence in Gaza freedom March

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 13/12/2009 - 6:57pm

Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group member, Marlene Obeid, will be traveling on Christmas Eve to the Middle East to join a peace convergence - the Gaza Freedom March.

Ms Obeid and another 13 Australians will be part of a contingent of approximately 1,000 peace activists who have signed up to take part in this world event called in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to put an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
human rights

Climate justice fast - hunger striker hospitalised

Submitted by Flowerpower on Mon, 07/12/2009 - 10:03pm

One of the three people in Canberra who have been on a hunger strike since November 6th, calling for the Copenhagen Treaty to stabilise carbon levels at 350ppm, has been hospitalised after losing 20% of their body weight. The hunger strike is part of a network of hunger strikes happening around the world in the build up to Copenhagen under the banner of the "Climate Justice Fast".

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
climate change
protest
hunger strike

Union calls for 40% emissions reduction target and abandonment of CPRS

Submitted by takver on Mon, 07/12/2009 - 2:41am

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) which covers many of the researchers and academics who work in science, economic modelling and related fields, has called upon the Federal Labor Government and opposition parties to abandon the proposed Emissions Trading System, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation and instead develop a national pollution reduction strategy that does not primarily rely on market mechanisms.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
climate change
CPRS
union
ETS

WGAR News: Income Management to be extended to include Non-Aboriginal People (30 Nov 09)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 02/12/2009 - 2:20pm

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Income Management to be extended to include Non-Aboriginal People
Other NT Intervention Articles

INCOME MANAGEMENT TO BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE NON-ABORIGINAL PEOPLE:

- Media Releases

STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
New Intervention laws still breach RDA
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/new-intervention-law...

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
human rights
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
income management (IM)
welfare quarantining

Marine Scientists call for climate action over Ocean Warming and Acidification

Submitted by takver on Sat, 28/11/2009 - 9:42pm

A Marine Climate Change reportcard released by Australian Scientists has warned that: ocean temperatures have warmed; the flow of the East Australian Current has strengthened, and will likely increase a further 20% by 2100; Marine biodiversity is changing in south-east Australia in response; and declines of over 10% in growth rates of massive corals on the Great Barrier Reef are likely due to ocean acidification and thermal stress.

Geography: 
Brisbane
Australia
Keywords: 
climate change
ocean acidity
marine
ocean warming
coral reef