Publications

Marine ecologist, Justin Marshall, who has been working on the Great Barrier Reef for 30 years, writes in The Guardian (7.6.16): ‘I am today still stunned, often

Nicole Hasham reports in the Brisbane Times (3.6.16) on assertions from the federal government’s Great Barrier Reef management authority that suggestions of the Reef’s total demise

Policy Online carries a link (31.5.16) to an Australia Institute report which outlines the advantages of battery storage technology for adding to the renewable energy mix.

Matthew Knott reports in the Brisbane Times (30.5.16) on federal Labor’s announcement of dedicated funding to underpin research and protection measures to safeguard the Great Barrier

The ABC’s Babs McHugh reports (27.5.16) on policy proposals from Labor and the Greens setting out stricter regulation of coal seam gas operations, aiming to better

LNP: Greg Hunt’s ‘glaringly obvious emissions trading scheme’ Lenore Taylor writes in The Guardian (27.5.16):  ‘For years Greg Hunt has been suggesting different things to different people

Turnbull Government asked that references to Australia be removed from UNESCO climate change report Michael Slezak reports in The Guardian (27.5.16) that ‘all mentions of Australia were removed

The ABC reports (25.5.16) on state Parliament passing laws to reinstate mining objection rights to landholders and other affected parties, reversing controversial changes to community rights

Amy Remeikis reports in the Brisbane Times (26.5.16) on the prospects of a new wind farm project in far north Queensland, which would add hugely to

Jorge Branco reports in the Brisbane Times (26.5.16) on the state government’s reinstatement of an ‘early’ closure for sand mining operations on North Stradbroke Island, after the

In The Conversation of 26.5.16  Karen Hussey, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Robin Smale, all from the Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, analyse the implications of the report

The ABC’s Stephanie Smail reports (25.5.16) on claims from a scientific taskforce that lack of coordination between the government agencies responsible for managing the Great Barrier