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Think again, minister, on uranium deal with Emirates - May 13, 2013
Dave Sweeney

It might surprise many Australians to know that Foreign Minister Bob Carr is moving forward with a deal to sell Australian uranium to the United Arab Emirates – a country with an illiberal government situated in one of the most volatile and insecure regions in the world.
Forests deal the only solution - May 10, 2013
Don Henry

The Tasmanian Forests Agreement is an attempt to resolve entrenched conflict differently from the way it is usually done in Australia says Don Henry.
Dear Richard: I don't agree - May 6, 2013
Jessie Borrelle

Vica Bayley, Tasmanian campaign manager at The Wilderness Society, responds to Richard Flanagan's commentary on the Tasmanian Peace Agreement.
Uranium: dividing communities as well as atoms - April 23, 2013
Dave Sweeney

Uranium mining may be attractive to those seeking to boost state coffers, but it leaves the land poisoned and communities divided.
Browse Basin decision a win for all (Australian Financial Review) - April 17, 2013
Don Henry

The decision of Woodside and the Browse Joint Venture Partners not to proceed with the industrialisation of James Price Point is a welcome and responsible move.
Woodside – time to go with the float (Online Opinion) - April 12, 2013
Wade Freeman

The fight to oppose the development of the Kimberley has spread from the red sands of James Price Point to capture the attention of the whole nation.
Container deposit schemes work – and that's what matters - March 26, 2013
Jessie Borrelle

Why are the beverage giants fighting tooth-and-nail to stop the spread of container deposit schemes – arrangements that are proven to cut down on litter and increase recycling rates?
Let the river run - March 19, 2013
Don Henry

It's time to raise a glass to the people up and down the Murray who worked hard to make sure enough water was returned to the river system for it to survive
Climate change will dampen Abbott's northern Australia plans - March 18, 2013
Wade Freeman

There has been enough written about the cyclical history of developing the north and the northern food bowl, motivated by knee jerk responses.
Fukushima's dark legacy - March 8, 2013
Dave Sweeney

March 11 marks an occasion the global nuclear industry would much rather forget but one that holds a particularly dark relevance for Australia.
Qld logging threat another reason why approval powers should stay with Federal Government - March 8, 2013
Andrew Picone

The Queensland Government has decided to re-open State Forests to logging without public consultation, notice, or regard for ecological values that underpin a $2.3 billion nature based tourism industry.
Environment is too precious to leave in hands of states - March 8, 2013
Saffron Zomer

If you need evidence that state governments should not be trusted to make decisions about developments that can do long-term environmental damage, look no further than the Queensland Government.
WA should leave its uranium in the ground - March 6, 2013
Dave Sweeney

The uranium industry promises big and delivers little.