After years of government mishandling and deliberate obfuscation, kowtowing to developers, ignoring the climate science, degrading our land, losing wildlife and habitat, it’s time to change our environmental laws. According to The Guardian Australia, The Morrison government must overhaul Australia’s environmental laws, including establishing new independent bodies to take on responsibility for monitoring the environment […]
Bulldozers destroy 500,000 hectares of forest every year.An area the size of the MCG is bulldozed every two minutes in Australia. Logging poisons our soil and water, suffocates the Great Barrier Reef, kills wildlife, drains our carbon budget, and leaves our towns, cities and suburbs hotter and less liveable. If we want to protect our […]
John Hewson In the last few days, there have been a number of significant statements on the climate challenge. US President Joe Biden moved decisively, rejoining the Paris Agreement on day 1, and appointing former secretary of state John Kerry as his climate envoy, and with cabinet status. Kerry, in turn, called on countries to […]
– Political Engagement and Saving the Planet Barry Jones Scribe Rrp $35.00 Part 2. Jones is puzzled that “there appears to be an inverse relationship between the number of graduates in parliament and the quality of political debate…it is now impossible to get a straight answer to a question, whether asked in parliament and the […]
A mother’s love never ends. . .
The brutal amputation to kill a wonderful old rainforest tree, carefully planted and landscaped by a forbear of Wingham at least 70 years ago, which was reduced to a stump is tragic to see. Yet again some of Council’s “rip ‘em up Joe” team of grave trashers and killers of cypress trees at the […]
Book Review Barry JonesScribe Rrp $35.00 In his preface, Jones lists “the four horsemen of the apocalypse that threaten humanity: . . . population growth exacerbated by per capita resource use; climate change; pandemics; and racism and state violence.” The lead horse is population, which pandemics might reign in. The latter two horses are mostly […]
…. the chirp of a newborn bird…. the flutter of a first flight A pair of Red WattleBirds made a nest in a hanging basket of geraniums outside my office door. We had wondered why the pair were hanging about, then I spotted Mum’s tail as she hunkered down in a neat little nest. […]
We face losing the last koalas to developers. . . on our watch, on our doorstep. The few remaining Koalas in NSW, far from being treasured and protected, are facing a full on disaster to their ability to thrive, given the watering down and manipulation of our environmental laws and the 2020 Koala SEPP, which […]
Some Manning Community News readers have asked what is happening with the logging in Bulga Forest? The local community recently found evidence that at least two Koalas had survived the bushfires which had burned all around them. The good news is that they have been given a one year reprieve! After weeks of frantic […]
The clear cool waters of the Manning catchment are home to our very own Manning River turtle. Around six years ago the public profile of this reclusive and ancient creature was promoted by Manning Clean Water Action Group as part of the protest movement against coal seam gas extraction at Gloucester. Soon turtle images […]
Sue Liu is an artist, author, communications professional, and community builder from Sydney. As an artist and communicator she wants to foster an enduring appreciation to help save Australia’s threatened wildlife and their habitats. She started drawing only in 2019 after scuba diving in Sydney, interacting with sea animals and discovering the beauty of so […]