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Love songs for nature to inspire climate activism

Australian musicians are using their work to raise the profile of climate change and environmental issues, including through an annual competition.

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Fossil fuel industry labelled 'a criminal enterprise'

Australia's future will be determined by what happens in the nation's "Great North", says Midnight Oil frontman and former environment minister Peter Garrett.

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'We dissent': NIH workers protest Trump policies that 'harm the health of Americans'

Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health on Monday openly protested the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency.

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‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’ - Roll Call

In a letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on Monday, NIH workers said they felt “compelled to speak up" about research cuts.

Roll Call

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?

The Guardian - AU

Peter Garrett: ‘This is the worst deal ever done by a sovereign Australian government’

The Midnight Oil frontman, former Labor MP and conservationist muses on politics, prescient lyrics, and whether the Rolling Stones should give up touring

The Guardian - AU

Courts, politicians and police in the sea: the many battles for climate activists at NSW’s Rising Tide protest

Experts say moves to stop the protest come amid an escalating crackdown on activism across the country

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Three charged after activists disrupt coal ships

Protesters have been arrested and charged after allegedly paddling into ship lanes and disrupting coal vessels in the Port of Newcastle.

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Climate protest flotilla descends on biggest coal port

A sea of kayaks has entered the water at the Port of Newcastle as climate activists protested over ongoing approvals for fossil fuel projects.

AAP

Arrest threat for protesters who block major coal port

Plans by climate protesters to hold a floating blockade of a major coal port have been deemed unlawful by the NSW Supreme Court, but organisers vow to fight on.

AAP

Defunct power plant electrified as arts festival venue

A Perth-born artistic director heralds a new direction for the city's arts festival with a takeover of its long-neglected power station for outdoor concerts.

AAP

Police oppose major protest to block crucial coal port

Thousands of people, including musician and ex-environment minister Peter Garrett, are expected to attend a blockade of the Port of Newcastle

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Are market giants endangering Australia’s live music scene? Industry veterans and local artists are worried

Multinational concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment has come under fire, with an ABC Four Corners investigation saying its unprecedented market power is open to abuse.

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Peter Garrett to conduct review into cancelled concert

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's managing director has left the organisation as former arts minister Peter Garrett leads a review sparked by a cancelled concert.

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The Guardian - AU

Disastrous, dark shadow, destroys our economy: five climate elders on Peter Dutton’s emissions stance

From Peter Garrett to Lesley Hughes there is frustration, despair and ‘a towering sense of anger’ over the opposition leader’s shift on the 2030 target

AAP

Celebrities hit icy water for Daniher's Big Freeze

AFLW and basketball legend Erin Phillips has stolen the show as a plethora of sporting greats slid down a slide into icy water to raise funds for MND research.

The Guardian - AU

The power and passion of Midnight Oil: the inside story of the band that changed Australia

A new documentary – more than five years in the making – follows the unforgettable trajectory of one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, who are still radical decades later

The Canberra Times

Midnight Oil star's silver lining among the chaos

Jim Moginie's memoir tells of finding his birth family in Goulburn.

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Newcastle Herald

Midnight Oil muso Jim Moginie's memoir is much more than a tribute

The Silver River is also journey self-discovery to find his birth family.

Newcastle Herald

Music legend Peter Garrett's daughters to open his show tonight

Newcastle Town Hall show starts at 8pm.

The Guardian - AU

The Silver River by Jim Moginie review – a Midnight Oil memoir tinged with sadness

Moginie’s book may not scratch every itch, but it is a sometimes lyrical and moving look at how one of Australia’s biggest bands became a beast of burden

Newcastle Herald

From surfing legends to Peter Garrett: Weekender reads to feed your brain

Newcastle Herald Weekender March 2: 8 unmissable reads

The Guardian - AU

‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging

Robert Hill, Peter Garrett and former state ministers back teal MP Sophie Scamps’ call on all governments to work together on transition

The Guardian - AU

‘History is truly calling’, Burney declares as tens of thousands march for the voice across Australia

Minister for Indigenous Australians told Melbourne crowd she was almost crying when she saw the turnout for the rallies

The Guardian - AU

Burney tells pro-voice rally crowds ‘history is truly calling’ – as it happened

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