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In July, the federal government commenced its first clothing product stewardship scheme: a plan to reduce the 200,000 tonnes of textile waste Australia sends to landfill each year by discouraging over-production. For the scheme, called Seamless, major retailers including Big W, Cotton On, David Jones, Lorna Jane, Rip Curl, R. M. Williams and the Sussan […]
Emergency services are attending the wreckage of a fatal plane crash at two sites in Sydney’s south-west. Two light planes are understood to have collided and crashed before midday on Saturday at Belimbla Park near The Oaks, in Sydney’s outer south-west. Police have described the crash as fatal but have not yet confirmed how many […]
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size How can our prime minister claim to want action on climate change at the gathering in Samoa when our environment minister has approved multiple expansions of coal mines, allowing coal mining and exports to continue long after 2050? (“Pacific leaders blame Australia on climate”, October 25). Australia […]
Jack Dikian’s reminisces (C8) have Seppo Ranki of Glenhaven and Dave Horsfall of North Gosford feeling hoodwinked, with Seppo explaining “I think you’ll find that the P76 did not have a hood. Leyland was a British company, and I’m pretty sure that their cars had bonnets.” Still on “the wedge”, Greg Oehm of Western Creek […]
A person who allegedly tried to rape a woman outside St Mary’s Cathedral in central Sydney was released by the courts just weeks ago. But Benjamin Charles Jones, who is transgender and goes by the name Willow, cried out in court that they “had nothing to do with it”. Benjamin Charles Jones allegedly attacked a […]
“Saturday’s Herald reported that the photo montage on the Opera House sails was delayed by a tardy cruise ship,” notes Roger Bendall of Darling Point. “It failed to mention that the ship was the Queen Elizabeth. Upstaged by Mum again?” For Vince Russo of Woonona, “a recent article on cicadas brought back memories of when […]
Enter Jacqui Scruby in Pittwater, the only teal MP in the state parliament. The new member for Pittwater is a just one example in a long-running and profound change in Australian politics. Loading Minor parties and independents have, since the advent of the Democratic Labour Party in the 1950s, all but taken the two-party DNA […]
New Sydney University chancellor David Thodey says he’s committed to working with vice chancellor Mark Scott, who has faced intense political pressure and calls for his resignation following controversial protests on campus. In his inaugural address on Monday night after beginning his role in July, Thodey said he was “fully committed” to working with Scott, […]
Nuclear power has indeed become “politicised”, but this is not the reason Australia has never developed it as a source of electricity (“Pity nuclear energy is powering politics rather than our homes”, October 13). Generations of engineers, scientists and economists have always been technology neutral, but most have concluded that nuclear power in Australia has […]
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Waleed Aly (“The hard battle for the truth”, October 18) reminds us of a need to be sceptical of any story that confirms narratives we already believe. Our minds cannot escape the confirmation bias that pre-disposes us to focus on confirming evidence. Not even scientists are immune […]