Peter Whiting Images of the devastating bushfires which ravaged the Eastern States over summer have been seared into the Australian consciousness. The spontaneous generosity of Australians not directly affected by the fires is testimony to the empathy evoked by the disaster. Millions of dollars in donations have been raised to help those who have lost […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full.Download a printable version of SPC News. Editorial. The human cost of bushfires Peter Whiting Images of the devastating bushfires which ravaged the Eastern States over summer have been seared into the Australian consciousness. The spontaneous generosity of Australians not directly affected by the fires is testimony […]
Michael Mazengarb Posted 10 March 2020 Federal Labor’s renewed commitment to a net zero emissions target has ignited a new front in climate wars that have plagued Australian politics for more than a decade – but it has shown that the Morrison government now stands alone in opposing progress towards the decarbonisation of the Australian […]
Stefan Gigacz 26 January 2020 Catholic Outlook ParramattaPosted 10 March 2020 On 27 January this year, the world will commemorate the liberation by Soviet troops of the infamous camp at Auschwitz, where so many people perished during the Second World War. Sadly, this was not the end for all camps. Many people would continue to die […]
Hal PawsonJudith YatesVivienne Milligan Despite two years of housing market cooling in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia stayed near the top of the global unaffordability league in 2019. And with prices rebounding in our two largest cities, that status is likely to be reinforced in 2020. Australia’s 30-year housing affordability decline has been among the worst […]
Tony Wood Posted 10 March 2020 Opposition leader Anthony Albanese sought to claim the climate policy high ground last week with his commitment to a net-zero emissions target by 2050. But figures on Australia’s emissions from the Department of the Environment and Energy help frame the political debate, and put the policies of both Labor […]
Bruce Duncan Posted 10 March 2020 Many parts of Pope Francis’s response to the recent Amazon Synod could have been written for Australia, especially about European colonisation of the New World, the destruction of indigenous peoples and their cultures, the appropriation of their lands and the despoliation of natural resources. Francis urges renewed efforts to […]
Reviewed by Augustine Doronila Posted 10 March 2020 Up to 700 million people could be obliged to leave their homelands during the next three decades because of increasing desertification in the landscapes where they live. In the opinion of many scientists, there is only one hope: to convince local farmers of ‘sustainable land management’. The […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a printable version of SPC News. The fires foreshadow our future with global warming Bruce Duncan Many Australians are very angry about the government’s failure to prepare for the fires or respond adequately. Astonishingly, Mr Morrison took holidays in Hawaii in January, without publicly announcing […]
30 January 2020 It’s when prime minister Scott Morrison thinks he’s being really clever that he reveals the true level of his ignorance. Remember how pleased Morrison was with himself when he brought in that lump of coal to parliament, thoughtfully provided (and lacquered) by the principal coal lobby, whose top two executives now serve […]
