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Buzz off honey industry, our national parks shouldn’t be milked for money
Picture: James Dorey, Author provided (No reuse)
Among the vast number of native species damaged by the recent bushfire crisis, we must not forget native pollinators. These animals, mainly insects such as native bees, help sustain ecosystems by pollinating...
The burn legacy: why the science on hazard reduction is contested
Jason Edwards/PR handout image
When it comes to reducing the extent of bushfires, scientists disagree on the best way to do it. Hazard-reduction burning (also known as “prescribed burning” or “controlled burning”) is controversial and,...
No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we’re only ever one step from...
Bushfires reveal a story we need to hear.
Picture: Australian Navy
This summer’s bushfires were not just devastating events in themselves. More broadly, they highlighted the immense vulnerability of the systems which make our contemporary...
Disaster hits small business in many ways. We need a national strategy to help...
The main street of Cobargo, NSW, Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
Sean Davey/AAP
When the central business district of Lismore was flooded in 2017, every small business owner in the northern New South Wales town had a...
We have the vaccine for climate disinformation – let’s use it
Exposing people to likely disinformation campaigns about bushfire
causes will help inoculate them. JASON O'BRIEN/AAP
Australia’s recent bushfire crisis will be remembered for many things – not least, the tragic loss of life, property and landscape....
Out of control, contained, safe? Here’s what each bushfire status actually means
We’re used to images of firefighters with hoses, but more of
the firefighting effort goes to clearing vegetation than spraying
with water. Dean Lewins/AAP
In this record-breaking bushfire season, notifications from emergency managers have become a...
Scientists hate to say ‘I told you so’. But Australia, you were warned
Without a radical change of course on climate change, Australians
Australians will struggle to survive on this continent, let
alone thrive. AAP/Dave Hunt
Those who say “I told you so” are rarely welcomed, yet I...
Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires – but we must not give up
Glossy black cockatoo populations on Kangaroo Island have been
decimated. But a few precious survivors remain. Flickr
That a billion animals may die as a result of this summer’s fires has horrified the world. For many conservation...
Might the bushfire crisis be the turning point on climate politics Australian needs?
The bushfire crisis is big enough to change the government’s
emissions policy, but it swill need more. Shutterstock
Countries have long periods in which policies change little, and only by increments.
Occasionally there are turning points, when...
What employers need to know: the legal risk of asking staff to work in...
Canberra streets, January 5, 2020. Employers can’t ask employees to
employees to turn up for work as normal without first asking
some questions. Picture: Lukas Coch/AAP
Amid thick bushfire smoke in cities including Canberra and...
