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26 Jun 2013 4 minute read

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Australia: fresh hope in heading off conservative politics

Kevin Rudd is back as Labor leader, pushing Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of the driving seat. Brian Loffler...

When will the world’s financial powers learn?

7 Jun 2013 3 minute read

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When will the world’s financial powers learn?

Conditions imposed by the IMF and World Bank increase inequality and show little regard for marginalized people, writes...

22 May 2013 3 minute read

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Australians Lock the Gate on mining

A movement that began with a call for stronger property rights, could offer radical solutions to the climate crisis, writes...

1 Nov 2012 2 minute read

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Australia: gas hub threat

A divided community weighs up whether to protect aboriginal lands or opt for $1.3 billion in compensation.

Meet Australian climate activist Daniel Spencer

26 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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Meet Australian climate activist Daniel Spencer

Inspired by music, driven by campaigning, the 22-year-old is fighting for solar thermal energy in Port Augusta.

16 Aug 2012 5 minute read

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Store and deliver, governments tell web firms

Forget about data protection – spies are demanding our elected leaders and private companies serve up everything we do online...

1 Jul 2012 2 minute read

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Australia puts a price on carbon

Climate campaigner Anna Rose welcomes the new levy on big polluters, saying it will push Oz into a far greener framework.

25 Jan 2012 4 minute read

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‘Democracy does not apply to Aboriginal people’

To mark Australia Day on 26 January, talks to Aboriginal rights activist Michael Anderson about past and...

20 Oct 2011 1 minute read

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The biggest leak in the world?

Howls of protest follow approvals for the expansion of the leaking Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia.

Aboriginal resistence and flawed rhetoric in James Price Point

14 Jun 2011 3 minute read

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Aboriginal resistence and flawed rhetoric in James Price Point

Nishma from Topsoil investigates the James Price Point liquid...

1 Jun 2011 3 minute read

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Tea and paranoia

Politicians in the US and Australia play the anti-immigration card.

28 Sep 2010 6 minute read

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Students revive CSR principles

An interview with Bec Taylor, Social Justice officer from the University of Adelaide, on what Australian universities are...

21 Jul 2010 3 minute read

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Deemed dispensible

We allow animal species, languages and customs die out at our peril.

1 Jun 2010 5 minute read

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Moving on from hate

Prominent Australian barrister Julian Burnside explains how the government has moved the asylum system in a fairer direction...

13 May 2010 5 minute read

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The hardest journey

Mirzeta Trnka, now settled in Australia, fled Bosnia during the country’s war in 1995. Her story has a happy ending, but for...

2 Apr 2010 1 minute read

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Samson and Delilah

This is a haunting and sometimes upsetting film – with little dialogue but great authenticity and power.

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