Melbourne’s population has expanded by around 2 million people this century. Melbourne’s population is projected to grow by another 3.5 million during the next 31 years, reaching 9.0 million by 2056. This implies that Melbourne will add 5.5 million people in just 56 years. All Melburnians have felt the negative consequences of this population explosion.

Four years ago, a fresh-faced Max Chandler-Mather spoke passionately about his '18-year plan for a Greens government'. 

The former union organiser and Greens firebrand said his ambitious plot relied on a simple equation: you get one vote for every three meaningful conversations you have with Australian voters. 

UK news sources on Monday reported that Westminster lobby journalists were handed a guidebook aimed at addressing their failure to adequately cover the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The handbook, distributed by the Independent Alliance group of MPs, seeks to confront mainstream media's failure to hold the UK government accountable for its role in "Israel's" assault on Palestine.

Controversial new changes to the federal Environment Protection & Biodiversity Act could have important consequences for renewables.

Dartmoor National Park is not dying; it is being killed, and these are the killers.

By George Monbiot, adapted from a Bluesky thread, 11th May 2025.

This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity.

Those of you paying attention might recall I set my kitchen on fire about a year ago, or at least I set the roast pork loin in the oven on fire… somehow. We finally had the oven replaced last week, and having a baker in the house meant that the first thing out of it were these amazing cinnamon scrolls.