As Prime Minister Rudd heads to Washington today, the Australian Greens have announced they will not support Senator Fielding's move to set up a select committee into whether President Bush knew what the G20 group of nations was.
If the Senate is to pick a constitutional showdown with the executive and the House of Representatives, this is not the right issue, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.
"The only barbeque stopper in town is what Australia and the US will do about climate change." Read more »
Senator MILNE (Tasmania) (10.50 am)-I rise today to comment on the National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 and the National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, which concern the Fuelwatch scheme. I note that the basis on which Fuelwatch was proposed was increased petrol prices in Australia. For the 20 years that I have been in politics, every time fuel prices go up governments rush around and announce yet another inquiry into fuel prices, and that inquiry comes out with a whole range of recommendations and very little ever happens. Read more »
Walk the walk for renewable energy and a safe climate future for our children. Join thousands of families, workplaces and communities across Australia in this year's Walk Against Warming on 15 November.
This year's walk comes at a critical point, with governments around the world deciding how they will respond to the climate crisis ahead of the Poznan UN Climate Change Conference in December. Read more »
Australia should recognise climate change refugees as a legitimate category of humanitarian refugee, according to Australian Greens Leader Senator Brown.
"Without changing the number of refugees accepted into Australia, a simple broadening of the definition of humanitarian refugee, can hold the door open for refugees from low-lying countries affected by rising sea-levels." Read more »
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