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The chips are down: Australia’s wet weather and supply chain woes causing potato supply issues
Growers say prices for fertiliser, fuel and transport have also skyrocketed because of Russia’s attack on Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/19/the-chips-are-down-australias-wet-weather-and-supply-chain-woes-causing-potato-supply-issues -
The first release of the Australian census data showed big increases in population in city suburbs and tree-change areas.
Now, with the second tranche of census data released on Thursday, we can see figures on internal migration – that is, where people are moving from, and to, in Australia.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2022/oct/13/where-are-people-moving-to-and-from-in-australia-2021-census-data-abs -
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that the Australian government violated the rights of people living on four islands in the Torres Strait and has ordered it to pay for the harm caused. The committee ruled last week that the country had failed to protect islanders from the effects of climate change, making their claim the first successful one of this kind.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03186-6 -
Two Extinction Rebellion activists glued themselves to a prized Pablo Picasso painting at the National Gallery of Victoria to draw attention to environmental causes ahead of the state election next month.
The protesters – who were arrested and later released without charges being laid – used superglue on Sunday to attach themselves to Picasso’s Massacre in Korea, which was on loan to the gallery as part of its Picasso Century exhibition. The NGV said in a statement the artwork, which was protected by a perspex glazing, was not harmed.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/09/prized-picasso-unharmed-after-extinction-rebellion-activists-glue-hands-to-painting-in-melbourne -
Australian workers with long commutes should receive tax breaks for buying electric vehicles, according to a new report into the technology.
The recommendation was one of three policies proposed in a study from KPMG Australia that investigated the uptake of electric vehicles in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/11/drivers-in-australias-outer-suburbs-should-receive-electric-vehicle-tax-breaks-report-finds -
Executives at Australia’s big four banks will face anger over funding fossil fuels this annual meeting season, with shareholder activists renewing efforts to force them to account for investments that increase global heating.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/11/australias-big-four-banks-face-shareholder-ire-over-funding-fossil-fuels
