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The election showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?

The next three years will be challenging economically and politically. But the transformation wrought by the election has opened up the possibility of a similar transformation of climate policy. With bold action, a bright future awaits.

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Biden’s Senate Majority Doesn’t Just Super-Charge US Climate Action, It Blazes A Trail For Australia

An aggressive US climate policy rollout could provide a much needed dose of reality to the climate discourse in Canberra. It may also prompt Australia’s major parties to acknowledge the inevitability of a transition to a zero carbon economy.

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We Have A Target, We Have A Plan, But We Need Your Help To Turn This Plan Into Law

Australia, here’s our chance to kickstart real climate action

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These Aussie Teens Have Launched A Landmark Climate Case Against The Government. Win Or Lose, It’ll Make A Difference

Such an approach to a climate change case has not been tested before in Australia, and would chart new territory if successful.

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With No Work In Lockdown, Tour Operators Helped Find Coral Bleaching On Western Australia's Remote Reefs

Significant coral bleaching at one of Western Australia’s healthiest coral reefs was found during a survey carried out in April and May.

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Time’s Up: Let’s Call Forth The Climate Warrior In All Of Us

I deliberately choose every single day to care about climate change, even though it would be easier not to. Because ignoring it won’t make it go away and honestly, I’m guilty of having ignored the issue for too long already.

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If We Could Design JobKeeper Within Weeks, We Can Exit Coal By 2030. Here's How To Do It

While the pandemic will pass, one way or another, the problem of global heating, and its many consequences, is going to be with us for the rest of our lives, and those of our children and grandchildren.

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These Young Queenslanders Are Taking On Clive Palmer's Coal Company And Making History For Human Rights

In a landmark case, 25 young people aged 13 to 30 are mounting a legal challenge to the massive, Clive Palmer-owned Galilee Basin coal project.

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Australia Listened To The Science On Coronavirus. Imagine If We Did The Same For Coal Mining

Australian governments listened to the science when it needed to flatten the curve of COVID-19. The same approach is needed if we’re to preserve the places we love and the ecosystems we depend on.

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