Coal price crash should derail Joe Hockey's railway to nowhere

27 August 15

Treasurer Joe Hockey Joe could be funding a railway to nowhere using vital Northern Australia infrastructure funding, writes ACF economist Matthew Rose

No Time to Waste on responsible radioactive waste management

21 August 15

As Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane prepares to announce a shortlist of possible sites to host Australia’s radioactive waste, challenges facing the goal of responsible radioactive waste management remain, writes Dave Sweeney

Government has backed a loser in coal

20 August 15

Cynically stripping away the rights of communities to defend a clean environment is not the type of behaviour we expect from the government, writes ACF President Geoff Cousins

Obama’s clean energy plan puts Australia’s ‘direct action’ in the spotlight

05 August 15

The Abbott government's efforts basically give a free kick to the dirtiest polluters, writes ACF president Geoff Cousins

There's an ill wind blowing from Canberra on renewable energy

14 July 15

The Abbott Government has taken its anti-renewables campaign to new levels, and is essentially sending a message that Australia is not open for business if you are a wind developer, writes Victoria McKenzie McHarg.

Extinction of more threatened Australian species is not inevitable

08 July 15

Extinction is not an inevitable consequence of Australian progress. How much we want to keep our native species is a choice we make as a nation, writes James Trezise

The heat is rising on Australia

06 July 15

All over the world we are seeing unlikely alliances form and voices of leadership cutting through as global communities rise up to tackle climate change - as we have seen this week through the Climate Change roundtable, writes Victoria McKenzie-McHarg

Abbott can't have it both ways on climate policy

18 June 15

When it comes to the Federal government promoting both coal and nuclear – they are wrong on both fronts. Neither coal nor nuclear provide the answer to future energy security and economic prosperity, writes Victoria McKenzie-McHarg