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Offsetting up for failure: Northern Territory Climate Offsets Policy

October 19, 2021

Media Release

Tasmanians support stronger action on climate change

October 17, 2021

Opinion

We need a plan for Glasgow that isn’t a fraud

October 16, 2021 by Ebony Bennett in The Canberra Times

Podcast: Follow the Money

The AUKUS pact and China

October 13, 2021 featuring Allan Behm and Ebony Bennett

Upper House Now Final Barrier Against SA Gov’s Misguided EV Tax

October 13, 2021

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Climate Change, Energy from Fossil Fuels, Fossil Fuel Mining

Offsetting us up for failure

Submission on the Northern Territory draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Offsets Policy and Technical Guidelines

October 18, 2021 by Mark Ogge, Polly Hemming and Rod Campbell

Climate Change, Electricity Markets & the Grid, Energy from Fossil Fuels, Fossil Fuel Mining

Climate of the Nation 2021

Tracking Australia's attitudes towards climate change and energy

October 13, 2021 by Audrey Quicke

Climate Change, Employment & Workers' Rights, Energy from Fossil Fuels, Fossil Fuel Mining, Governance & Government Agencies

We can work it out: Lessons from Germany’s Coal Commission

October 8, 2021 by Rod Campbell and Tony Shields

Climate Change

Government not on track for net zero by 2050

October 8, 2021 by Rhiannon Verschuer

Employment & Workers' Rights

Shock Troops of the Pandemic

Casual and Insecure Work in COVID and Beyond

October 4, 2021 by Jim Stanford

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India Rising?

Aarti Betgeri, Professor Michael Wesley, Allan Behm

Thu, Oct 21, 2021 11:00 am Zoom

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Poll Position

Katharine Murphy

Tue, Oct 26, 2021 1:00 pm Zoom

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Electrify SA: Putting EVs on the Fast-Track

Sun, Nov 7, 2021 11:30 am Victoria Park Grandstand, Eastern Parklands