This includes articles about coal mining and CSG, mining the Galilee Basin, dredging, and Abbot Point. It also contains articles on sandmining on Stradbroke Island. Other, related articles, can be found under 'Environment: Great Barrier Reef'.
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TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (22.6.22) about the benefits of nationalising the country'... More » |
Now is the perfect time to increase coal royalties to fund Australia’s energy transition TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, comments in The Guardian (17.6.22) on the Palaszczuk government's move to raise royal... More » |
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (31.5.22) about the likelihood that climate action will be... More » |
Euan Ritchie comments in The Guardian (17.5.22) on the lack of action to conserve Australia's natural environment. Yet, despite the magnit... More » |
Time's up: why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (6.4.22) about the need for immediate action on limiting h... More » |
Energy transition will test Queensland's resilience like never before - we need to act now Anne Tiernan and James Boyle write in The Guardian (22.3.22) about the momentum for a shift to producing 'green energy'. The authors ... More » |
Jodie L. Rummer and Scott F. Heron write in The Conversation (21.3.22) about the latest bout of coral bleaching to strike the Great Barrie... More » |
One in 1,000 years? Old flood probabilities no longer hold water TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (10.3.22) about the recent devastating floods to hit south... More » |
Brendan Mackey and colleagues write in The Conversation (1.3.22) about the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate C... More » |
Between the lines, Morrison's plan has coal on the way out, with the future bright TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (26.10.21) about the federal Coalition government's net-ze... More » |
Bill Hare writes in The Conversation (16.10.21) about the federal government's shortcomings in reaching Australia's emissions targets, arg... More » |
Yes, it is entirely possible for Australia to phase out thermal coal within a decade TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (9.9.21) explaining how Australia is capable of phasing ou... More » |
Michael Grose and CSIRO colleagues write in The Conversation (9.8.21) about the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's... More » |
The Great Barrier Reef is a victim of climate change – but it could be part of the solution TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Peter Thomson comment in The Guardian (26.7.21) on the impacts of... More » |
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (13.5.21) about the Coalition government's failure to offe... More » |
TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (6.4.21) about former chief scientist Alan Fink... More » |
Chris Biggs writes in The Conversation (12.3.21) about the coming closure of Victoria’s Yallourn coal-fired power station, crit... More » |
A major report excoriated Australia’s environment laws. Sussan Ley’s response is confused and risky Peter Burnett writes in The Conversation (29.1.21) about the release of a damning report into Australia's management of its natural enviro... More » |
Punching above our weight looks like getting us knocked out TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in Inside Story (14.12.20) about the Australian government being snubbed by in... More » |
Angus Taylor's gas plan is an astoundingly bad idea, on so many levels Simon Holmes à Court comments in The Guardian (17.9.20) on the federal government's 'gas-fired recovery' plan to underpin the econo... More » |
Peter Burnett writes in The Conversation (20.7.20) about the Coalition's worrying push to change Australia's environmental law framework.<... More » |
We just spent two weeks surveying the Great Barrier Reef. What we saw was an utter tragedy Terry Hughes and Morgan Pratchett write in The Conversation (7.4.20) about their latest research on the health of the Great Barrier Reef, ... More » |
Labor’s climate policy is too little, too late. We must run faster to win the race Will Steffen writes in The Conversation (24.2.20) that 'simple maths' reveals Labor's newly announced policy on emissions reduction, if re... More » |
Australia is 'ground zero' in climate crisis and must show leadership, top researchers say Lisa Cox reports in The Guardian (29.1.20) on an open letter signed by 80 of Australia's leading researchers - including TJ Ryan Foundatio... More » |
Inaugural John Sinclair Memorial Lecture Dr John Sinclair AO, founder of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO), died on 3rd February 2019. FIDO is honouring the outstanding contr... More » |