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Join GetUp! to keep the pressure on Coles to end Palantir Surveillance
The team at GetUp! just announced a major win with supermarket giant Coles agreeing it will not renew its facial recognition technology contact with artificial intelligence company Palantir Technologies. Help keep the pressure on Coles to ensure they keep their promise to end Palantir surveillance and follow GetUp!’s efforts to end the practise in stores…
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Demand your elected officials step up action to regulate single use plastic
The federal government announced in September 2026 it will shelve a 2023 promise to implement national packaging standards aimed to curb plastic waste, citing cost of living concerns. As Australia is the second-largest generator of single-use plastic waste per person in the world there is no time to waste. Please join the Boomerang Alliance and…
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First British council votes to recognise the rights of nature
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The 2026-27 budget and what to make of inflation
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With the Middle East conflict dragging on, the kick start to renewables makes more sense than ever
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The Goldman Prize selects its first all-female roster of winners in its 37-year history
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Two Indigenous solar projects receive funding to tackle diesel shortage concerns and reduce power bills
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A new collective is fighting for a sensible approach to managing Dingos
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How immersive reality is helping aged care residents travel the world
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Scientists report 64% increase in migratory monarch butterflies – WWF
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The Human Rights Law Centre wins important NDIS whistleblower protection reforms
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Coral colony could be world’s largest discovered by mother and daughter citizen scientists
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First British council votes to recognise the rights of nature
Britain’s Maidstone Borough Council recently voted to embed a “Rights of Nature” framework into its governing processes, becoming the first local authority there to formally recognise that ecosystems possess an intrinsic right to exist and thrive. The council insists the framework is more than symbolic. Rather than drafting a standalone declaration, it has woven nature’s…
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The 2026-27 budget and what to make of inflation
The Australian government entered this year’s federal budget with the confidence of a nation that had largely avoided recession, but not the anxiety of one that had escaped inflation. Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered a spending plan framed around “resilience” and “restraint,” even as households faced rising mortgage repayments, stubborn grocery prices and the prospect of…
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With the Middle East conflict dragging on, the kick start to renewables makes more sense than ever
The global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is usually framed as a slow, incremental process but the conflict in the Middle East is kick starting a transformational move to home-grown renewable energy and battery storage, with independent experts saying there is no going back. The war in Iran is redrawing the contours of…
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The Goldman Prize selects its first all-female roster of winners in its 37-year history
Six female environmental activists from across the globe were awarded the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize – known as the green Nobel Prize – in April, marking the first time in the award’s 37-year history that all regional winners were women. The recipients — from South Korea, Colombia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, the United Kingdom and…
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Two Indigenous solar projects receive funding to tackle diesel shortage concerns and reduce power bills
In the outback expanse of Australia’s Northern Territory, two remote Indigenous communities have received funding to take an unprecedented step toward energy independence, as they move to build locally owned solar farms and microgrids designed to reduce both costs and reliance on diesel fuel. Backed by $11 million in federal funding, the projects in Borroloola…
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A new collective is fighting for a sensible approach to managing Dingos
With news that at least six dingoes were euthanised on K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) after the death of a Canadian backpacker, a coalition of scientists, conservation advocates and Indigenous people – the Dingo Network – has formed to advocate for policy that ensures Australia’s dingoes thrive in protected areas. In January, after the death of…
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How immersive reality is helping aged care residents travel the world
In a sunlit recreation room in suburban Australia, residents of an aged care facility sip tea and settle into their seats as the scenery begins to move. Outside the “windows,” snow capped peaks rise in the French Alps, fields roll past in the English countryside and red desert unfurls across Central Australia. No one has…
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Scientists report 64% increase in migratory monarch butterflies – WWF
After decades of steep decline, the eastern migratory monarch butterfly is showing a rare sign of recovery. New scientific surveys by WWF-Mexico and its partners indicate that the population increased by an estimated 64% during the butterfly’s most recent hibernation season, offering cautious hope for one of the world’s most iconic species. The monarch population’s…
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The Human Rights Law Centre wins important NDIS whistleblower protection reforms
After two years of campaigning, Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) campaigners advocating to fix whistleblower protection within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to protect those who report wrongdoing have gained a significant win. In April, the Federal Parliament united to pass initial priority amendments to the NDIS Act, which they had developed together with…
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Coral colony could be world’s largest discovered by mother and daughter citizen scientists
What began as an ordinary recreational dive off the coast of far‑north Queensland by a mother and her daughter has become a striking reminder that the Great Barrier Reef still holds surprises. The pair, participating in a citizen science survey, say they have identified what may be the largest known coral colony on Earth — a…