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A Misplaced Purity: Democracies and Crimes Against International Law

May 23, 2024 - 11:27 -- Admin

The application for arrest warrants by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A.A. Khan in the Israel-Hamas War gives us a chance to revisit a recurring theme in the commission of crimes in international humanitarian law. Certain states, so this logic goes, either commit no crimes, or, if they do, have good reasons…

Climate Failure: Eraring Power Station to Stay Open Beyond 2025

May 23, 2024 - 10:51 -- Admin

Climate Council Media Release   The Climate Council has labelled the NSW Government’s decision to keep Australia’s largest coal-fired power station operating well past its scheduled 2025 closure date as a failure of climate leadership. Climate Councillor and Economist Nicki Hutley said: “This decision is a triple failure: it fails policy, it fails climate leadership, and…

Tin Pot Dictators and Tin Foil Hats

May 22, 2024 - 20:37 -- Admin

By James Moore   Another overwhelmingly White crowd of angry men held a pissy-fest outside the New York courtroom where Donald Trump is being tried for covering up financial crimes to pay off an adult actress. Usually, it’s just the mango man standing in the hallway whining to cameras about injustice and his treatment under the…

The Rages of Equivalence: The ICC Prosecutor, Israel and Hamas

May 22, 2024 - 11:42 -- Admin

The legal world was abuzz. The diplomatic channels of various countries raged and fizzed. It had been rumoured that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with his cabinet colleagues, had been bracing themselves for a stinging intervention from the International Criminal Court, a body they give no credence or respect to.  Then came the words…

Hancock Prospecting in Ecuador: Seven Years of Reported Violations

May 21, 2024 - 14:31 -- Admin

Melbourne Rainforest Action Group Media Release Research and advocacy organisation, Rainforest Action Group, has just released a new in-depth article covering Hancock Prospecting’s controversial activities in Ecuador since 2017. Hancock Prospecting, through its 100%-owned subsidiary Hanrine, is exploring for copper and gold in eleven mining concessions in northwestern Ecuador. Compiling seven years’ worth of frontline…

Renewable aviation fuels prepare for take-off in Australia

May 20, 2024 - 17:06 -- Admin

University of South Australia Media Release Aviation experts from the University of South Australia (UniSA) will work with their Chinese counterparts over the next two years to develop a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in both countries. The collaboration, announced by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on Saturday, comes on the back of…

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