Agriculture

New study: Just reading about reducing meat consumption actually works

3 Dec 2016 | New study shows just reading about the need to reduce meat consumption actually works! Dr Steve ...

Fuelling the fire: New coal technologies like UCG spell disaster for climate

26 Aug 2016 | Given UCG's disastrous history including Linc Energy's irreversible environmental damage in ...

Murray Goulburn milk saga has roots in deregulation

27 May 2016 | The University of Western Australia's Professor Tim Mazzerol investigates the current milk crisis ...

Eating less meat will reduce Earth's heat

21 May 2016 | Dr David Suzuki encourages us to do our bit to save the planet by at least cutting down on meat ...

Campbell’s will label GMOs — and the sky will not fall

17 Jan 2016 | As debate rages in the U.S. over labelling of GMO's, one major food company has broken ranks with ...

EPA confirms activists' longtime claims: Neonicotinoid pesticide threatens honeybees

11 Jan 2016 | Mike Ludwig from Truthout reports on the United States EPA's admission that neonicotinoid pesti ...

There's a way to save our future: It's under your feet

28 Dec 2015 | Transitioning to organic regenerative agriculture practices 'offers the best, and perhaps our ...

Santos CSG flaring on the Pilliga makes a mockery of 'total' fire ban

8 Dec 2015 | Did you know that Santos and all gas companies are not only allowed to flare CSG well during total ...

If the TPP was really about trade it would include China

12 Oct 2015 | The TPP agreement has little to do with free trade, but is more about creating an exclusive club ...

Another stab in the back for rural Australia. Thanks Mr Abbott!

11 Sep 2015 | Changes to Australia's working holiday visa scheme by the Abbott Government may see the end of ...

The Darling Downs coal seam gas bomb

28 Aug 2015 | Will this be the year the Darling Downs coal seam gas bomb goes up? Lachlan Barker reports.

Australia's complacency in the face of worldwide bee decline

1 Aug 2015 | Bee decline is now a global problem with up to 90 per cent of our crops at risk. Research showing ...

IA EXPLAINER: Ron Boswell, the Nats and northern hairy-nosed wombats

31 Jul 2015 | Managing editor David Donovan considers the appearance of former Senator Ron Boswell on ABC Q&A ...

Australia needs a truly independent Speaker

21 Jul 2015 | Bronwyn Bishop’s use of parliamentary entitlements have led to renewed scrutiny of the Speake ...

Coal vs Country: How Greg Hunt could have canned Shenhua to save the Plains

15 Jul 2015 | Greg Hunt’s claim that he could not have stopped the giant Shenhua coal mine due to its impacts ...

Greg Hunt approves disastrous Shenhua coal mine

9 Jul 2015 | The Abbott Government has confounded financial and environmental experts and betrayed the farmers ...

Are free range eggs a con?

19 Jun 2015 | Recent research shows that Australians are buying millions of 'free-range' eggs that aren't what ...

'Ag-gag' laws expose Coalition's freedom of speech hypocrisy

25 May 2015 | New laws proposing to fine and/or gaol animal welfare activists for exposing animal cruelty shows ...

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