A Christmas scandal sent scientists to war. Last week,they won
Analysis
Science

A Christmas scandal sent scientists to war. Last week,they won

New legislation passed last week marks the end of a saga kicked off by the axing of six research projects by the Morrison government.

  • byAngus Dalton

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Gen Z is the generation of protest,but we don’t always get it right
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Protests

Gen Z is the generation of protest,but we don’t always get it right

The biggest names of my generation – Malala Yousafzai,Greta Thunberg,Chanel Contos – are activists. But even I,as a teenager,feel alienated by the intransigence of most youth strikes.

  • bySaria Ratnam
After-school meetings,recycled signs:School climate strike returns to Melbourne

After-school meetings,recycled signs:School climate strike returns to Melbourne

Fifteen-year-old organiser Charlie Gallace described months of busy after-school meetings to wrangle permits and speakers ahead of the Melbourne strike,which drew thousands.

  • bySherryn Groch
The ‘sick note’ to get kids out of school for the climate strikes

The ‘sick note’ to get kids out of school for the climate strikes

Three climate professors have signed a climate “doctor’s certificate” which can be used by students if they attend their local climate strike on Friday.

  • byLaura Chung
Qld has almost hit its 2030 emissions goal. But hot air is rising
Perspective
Government

Qld has almost hit its 2030 emissions goal. But hot air is rising

While both major party leaders suggest they want a contest of ideas,a recent report highlights a gap in debate again descending into point-scoring and scaremongering.

  • byMatt Dennien
Push to follow overseas lead and lower voting age to 16 gains momentum

Push to follow overseas lead and lower voting age to 16 gains momentum

Australian academics are calling for the voting age to be lowered from 18 to 16 years of age,as the push for young people to have a say about issues like climate change gains momentum around the world.

  • byNajma Sambul
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School students stage protest outside Kirribilli House

School students stage protest outside Kirribilli House

Organisers estimate almost 2000 people attended Sydney’s School Strike 4 Climate rally out the front of Kirribilli House on Friday,one of 36 held around the country on a global day of action.

  • byDaniella White
Education system ‘failing’ children on climate as students set to strike

Education system ‘failing’ children on climate as students set to strike

Friday’s protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence is one of 36 being held across the country and more than 600 across the world.

  • byDaniella White
Can lawsuits,boardroom takeovers and protests save the planet?

Can lawsuits,boardroom takeovers and protests save the planet?

As governments lag on climate policy,people are looking to drive change in other ways. How does shareholder climate activism work?

  • bySherryn Groch
Young people turn to online climate strikes before COP26

Young people turn to online climate strikes before COP26

Restricted by COVID-safe rules around physical gatherings and public protests,concerned young people will take their demands for climate action online on Friday.

  • byLaura Chung
What about our future,Mr Morrison?

What about our future,Mr Morrison?

In 2030 – the year our planet is on track to tip over the crucial 1.5-degree global warming threshold – I will be 26.

  • byEva Rodgers