Water allocations may leave NT river high and dry according to a study
Tree ring analysis suggests strong flows in NT’s Daly River can’t go on forever and water allocation could lead to environmental and cultural damage. Plans to allocate water from the Northern Territory’s Daly River to cotton plantations could be based on overly optimistic expectations about streamflow, a new study of tree rings in the area […]
Cut emissions to protect farming, food supplies and create jobs, says farmer group
A farmer group is calling on the Federal Government to step up its game on emissions reductions and protect Australian farming families following the release of a new global report. The farmer group says the latest IPCC report shows Australian agriculture is already copping it and that without deep cuts this decade worse is to […]
Charity sector leaders welcome ways for charities, donors and volunteers to connect
Charity sector leaders have welcomed a new way for charities to connect with donors, volunteers and each other. Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commissioner the Hon Dr Gary Johns said enhancements to the Charity Register open a world of opportunities for the sector to connect, collaborate and innovate. “For the first time, new Charity Register search features allow […]
AWU says government must reverse decision to divert jobs to short-term visa holders
The Australian Workers’ Union is calling on Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews to reverse a farcical decision that will allow bosses in the dairy, fishing, and meat industries to hire short-term migrants without even having to prove they tried to hire locals first. Ms Andrews department has quietly made a decision to extend industry labour […]
Future Drought Fund selects the next generation of drought resilient leaders
The Australian Government continues to invest in the next generation of drought resilient leaders through the Future Drought Fund (FDF) by selecting 99 mentees and 66 mentors for round two of the mentoring programs. The mentoring program joins farmers with experienced industry professionals for a chance to learn about drought preparedness from those who have […]
Call for a strong policy to save ag from billions in bushfire costs
A report from researchers at the University of Sydney and WWF Australia confirms what farmers already knew: the Black Summer bushfires inflicted huge damage on Australia’s agriculture sector. The Fire on the Farm report estimates agriculture lost between $4 billion and $5 billion due to the fires, which came at the tail end of a […]
Computer generated bushfire uses virtual reality to study responses
Virtual reality experiment shows most people living in high-risk fire zones are “woefully unprepared” Allowing people to “safely” experience a raging bushfire from a 3D headset has exposed some harsh truths about Australians living in high-risk fire zones: most are woefully unprepared. By replicating a computer-generated bushfire using virtual reality, University of South Australia researchers […]
Climate Council says Australia should be cutting its emissions 21 times faster
According to the Climate Council the race is on to respond to accelerating climate change with rapid and deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions this decade, but the latest federal government data shows Australia’s pollution is only creeping down. Analysis by the Climate Council shows that Australia should be cutting its emissions 21 times faster […]
Will climate change inaction take down the Morrison Government
Very few would have expected Anthony Albanese to slam dunk our media savvy sitting prime minister at the looming Federal election but COP26 held in far-flung Glasgow has supplied all the ingredients required It appears the premise that most people do not believe enough is being done about climate change, something reinforced following all the […]
COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact showed significant gains with spotlight on fed gov
After six years, the Paris Agreement, a rulebook that can guide a transition to net-zero emissions capable of limiting average global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees, including the rules for global carbon markets, has been finalised. The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) welcomes this historic moment, and looks ahead to the much needed increase in ambition […]