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Community engagement key to climate action in upcoming Council elections
Councils are the layer of government closest to our daily lives, and they have the power to help us to go electric, improve our health, transport and protect biodiversity and the environment. It’s time to step up – interviews with sitting Councillors and candidates before the October 2024 elections.
Gas Health Impacts with Dr Genevieve Cowie
JACK MEEHANWhat risks do we run with household gas? Check out this highlights video from Dr Genevieve Cowie, Convenor of Doctors for the Environment Australia’s Research, Education and Advocacy Committee and public health physician. You can watch the video here. Dr...
It’s time to go electric
JACK MEEHANIt has been a rewarding experience to work with Electrify Boroondara to create engaging promotional videos and help grow the group's profile. Electrify Boroondara Expo Electrify Boroondara is hosting a huge electrification Expo today, with experts panels...
Issues around media concentration in Australia
JACK MEEHANWhat stands out when looking at journalism in Australia? If looking first at print, the answer is clear. Australia has one of the most concentrated news-media industries in the world, dominated by just a small handful of companies, consolidating their power...
Free our friends: activists keep up the fight for release of Medevac refugees
A group of passionate protesters have become regulars at Carlton’s Park Hotel, which has become an inner city jail for asylum seekers brought to Australia because they need medical care. Jack Meehan and Alessandro Rosini report.
Simon Holmes à Court 2021 Update Highlights
Energy expert Simon Holmes à Court explained that we are at a tipping point in the clean energy transition of the electricity sector, with the coal sector rapidly becoming unprofitable.
Australia’s Choice: Carbon Crunch or Renewables Superpower?
Five years after the Paris Agreement we have failed to begin to reduce emissions, yet in Australia, we could become a clean energy superpower. Why is Australia still clinging to fossil fuels?
AWARD WINNER: Australia’s gas-fired recovery: Does it stack up?
Is the Government’s plan for a gas-fired recovery really “essential?” Experts and community leaders weigh in. Jack Meehan reports.
Questions about the Narrabri Gas Project
The Narrabri Gas Project was recently approved by the Independent Planning Commission under NSW’s new, accelerated timetable of 90 days. The project was strongly contested, with an unprecedented 23,000 submissions, 98% of which objected to the project.
Characters, skulls and making art
Zoe Meehan’s art is all-consuming – an intense world of character, form, colour, and stories, as well as growing technical skills. Words and photographs by Jack Meehan.