“What is clear is that Mr Milner is familiar with the revolving door between politics and lobbying. He spent 18 months as Bill Shorten’s chief of staff — helping hone the strategy that nearly carried Labor to victory at the
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Community action at parliament member’s Geelong office
On 21 November 2017, over 50 people gathered for a ‘Generations Against Adani Community Action’ at Labor’s member of federal parliament Richard Marles’ electoral office in Geelong’s CBD. The politician’s office was presented with another letter and petition indicating strong
#StopAdani from above: Seeing is conserving
Aerial landscape photographers and traditional land owners join forces to #StopAdani As new coal mines are opened up in Queensland, a collaboration of one of the best landscape photographers in this part of the world with a traditional land owner
Geelong joins the #StopAdani ShakeUp
Newsletter No 13 from #StopAdani Geelong: Community Meeting 6 November @6.30pm GENERATIONS AGAINST ADANI ACTION 21 NOVEMBER 11AM What: Peaceful protest out the front of Richard Marles’ office Who: Anyone who wants to take a stand to Stop Adani from
Geelong says #StopAdani
What a turnout down Eastern Beach for our StopAdani Geelong human sign! Over 200 people showed up to help us form a human sign, above and beyond all expectations. Protests all over Australia showed similar levels of engagement and popular
Geelong group joins campaign to stop Adani coal mining madness
Newsletter No 11 from Stop Adani Geelong: Big Day of Action Saturday 7 October 2pm Join us on Saturday 7 October at Eastern Beach, Geelong, from 2pm to make a huge human sign spelling out STOP ADANI! BIG DAY OF
Community in the offing to stop Adani
Stephen Higgs, former principal of Ballarat Grammar, explains why he and the newly formed community alliance #StopAdani Geelong has set a goal to stop the construction of Adani’s $16 billion dollar coal mine in Queensland. But this is not just
Journeys to eco-solutions
Our clever and creative guests in the sustainable studio on 28 June 2017 are: Dr Mazher Iqbal Mohammed, known by friends and colleagues as Iqy, a Research Fellow at School of Engineering at Deakin University, who explains to us how
War on plastic, coal and climate disaster
Joining us in the sustainable studio on 21 June 2017: David Spratt, co-author of the new report ‘Disaster Alley: Climate change, conflict and risk’, for a talk about the publication and a new Senate inquiry, and as Plastic Free July approaches,
The slow fashion revolution of a creative city
Swap til you drop! On 7 June 2017, The Sustainable Hour goes in creative city mode and opens the door to an exciting new world of slow fashion: The latest trends in clothes upcycling, swapping and repairing. Conscious consumerism with