Artigas Day Uruguay
Independence Day Kuwait
Juneteenth (Milwaukee, Wisconsin & Texas) United States of America
Labour Day Trinidad & Tobago
Righting Day Algeria
Emancipation Day (Texas) United States of America
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-sickle-cell-awareness-day/
Garfield The Cat Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/garfield-the-cat-day/
Refugee Week http://www.refugeeweek.org.au/
World Continence Week http://www.continence.org.au/
More about Jun 19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_19
Climate Change
Paris was never the answer
Bjorn Lomborg
What does it matter that Trump took the US out of the Paris climate agreement? Not a lot.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/paris-was-never-the-answer-to-warming-concerns/news-story/2e275daa70fb36f9e229ad6026dcc24a
Grenfell Tower fire an apt metaphor for climate change alarmism
Rowan Dean
THE towering, deadly inferno in London is an extreme, but apt, metaphor for climate change alarmism and progressive politics.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/grenfell-tower-fire-an-apt-metaphor-for-climate-change-alarmism/news-story/698fcdd6ac7e1d85401a5f3f95185f37
National
Power hikes spark $8b energy boom
Soaring electricity prices and a settled renewable energy target have sparked $7.8 billion in solar and wind projects.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/electricity-hikes-spark-8bn-boom-in-renewables/news-story/7a33298dd1a7f7070e8d4f1b5dae070f
Energy policy ‘can’t be rushed’
Josh Frydenberg has refused to guarantee the Coalition will have an energy policy in time for COAG next month.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/finkel-energy-review-no-guarantee-of-coalition-position-in-time-for-coag/news-story/70fb028d79f6d8a47323c2afb74a946e
‘What’s being done to stop cladding use here?’
BILL Shorten will demand an urgent public inquiry into whether Australians are living in death traps similar to the shocking Grenfell Tower inferno.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/labors-bill-shorten-to-call-for-public-inquiry-into-building-codes/news-story/58f8460469fe3ebf8586cecf9215bd9b
Frydenberg lashes states over power prices
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/mindless-state-government-policies-to-blame-for-rising-power-prices-frydenberg-20170618-gwtckn.html
Politicians protecting coal industry at our expense
Andrew Bray
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4736285/politicians-protecting-coal-industry-at-our-expense/?cs=97
Finkel numbers don’t add up
Paul Kerin
Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s report on the national electicity market is shambolic and misleading.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/finkel-numbers-dont-add-up/news-story/6ccc0f3fc6ed4ce67dd58037e4d70eec
Uncertainty is the new black
Peter Van Onselen
Our politicians are out of touch with business and unaware of the damage uncertainty creates for the economy.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/peter-van-onselen/policy-uncertainty-is-the-new-black-thanks-to-the-coalition/news-story/a3333c9326747d8c5397a39abe4c0ab9
Growth risks choking capitals
Tim Smith
Pressures on the fast-expanding capital simply serve to reinforce the need to take advantage of the regions’ potential.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/melbournes-growth-is-unsustainable-while-regions-must-expand/news-story/89977930ec6c1d6cc200a5522c05d3f8
Breathe the hypocrisy of environmentalists
Tim Blair
IT may be only a matter of time before progressive types urge us to reject air as an inhalable option in preference for some new system
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/tim-blair-breathe-the-hypocrisy-of-environmentalists/news-story/ebecf075ce883c4888cb562ab0c44b57
Ignorance is not a virtue — listen to our experts
Karen Brooks
IT’S a sign of worrying times when the tendency to mock, denigrate or ignore experts is growing
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/ignorance-is-not-a-virtue-listen-to-our-experts/news-story/61068b9c574ba99a8598980659076468
Why you’re about to pay through the nose for power
Ian Verrender
Tony Abbott’s decision to remove the carbon price and wind back the Renewable Energy Target was a disaster. Rather than reducing energy costs, it has brought our electricity generation industry closer to crisis point
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-19/why-youre-about-to-pay-through-the-nose-for-power/8629090
Regulation needed to prevent repeat of Grenfell tragedy
Canberra Times editorial
The deadly fire should start a conversation about building regulation in Australia.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/ct-editorial/regulation-audits-needed-to-prevent-repeat-of-grenfell-tower-tragedy-20170616-gwsvmy.html
Victoria
City ‘may become unliveable’
Tax incentives, economic zones and faster rail links proposed to draw people out of Melbourne and into the regions.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/report-finds-melbourne-fast-becoming-unliveable/news-story/b238d5931a9b475ada247341dfe8d1dc
Trams on track to get with the times
MELBOURNE’S decades-old trams are set to undergo a hi-tech overhaul with a new system that will make public transport more user-friendly for commuters.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbournes-old-trams-to-be-fitted-with-upgraded-information-system/news-story/c02fac2318a1f7c9c7fd234838bb6338
Heyfield mill rescue bill to cost more
THE Victorian government could be forced to increase by millions of dollars its offer to buy the Heyfield mill, following an independent valuation of the Gippsland
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/heyfield-mill-jobs-rescue-cost-increased-by-millions-after-independent-valuation/news-story/b766e68f19a5335924a9814c4ef2ffcb
Pay up to ease traffic: experts
USER-pays roads system must be considered if Melbourne is serious about easing congestion, according to infrastructure bosses and Australia’s largest toll-road
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/future-melbourne/userpay-road-system-suggested-to-ease-congestion/news-story/ce6ef734ad9e697dd39f06685e6ae0be
ACT
Seed dating: Branching out in the search for love
In the world of seed dating you can expect to get down and dirty with a partner within the first six minutes, including at the Landcare for Singles tree planting event.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-18/seed-dating:-branching-out-in-the-search-for-love/8627672
Queensland
Rally sounding alarm over future of Reef jobs
GROUP of scientists, doctors and reef conservationists claim a controversial coal mine destined for Central Queensland will negatively impact the Cairns economy.
http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/claims-that-adani-coal-mine-will-threaten-future-tourism-jobs-in-far-north/news-story/2bab121ae006fd55b7eb0120bf13054c
Coal-fired station mooted for north
A NEW coal-fired power station in north Queensland could be built by the Federal Government to help ease the cost of power.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/federal-government-considers-coalfired-power-station-for-north-queensland/news-story/080d5f70e5a375bccec3c43e1ba08cae
Mining companies slam ‘enviro-cops’
A QUEENSLAND minister has backed his bureaucrats after claims from business leaders that they had been acting like environmental police.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/government-defends-bureaucrats-labelled-envirocops-by-mining-companies/news-story/3bf6922b06c751707a48111ee8b9bfaa
Land clearing rates in Queensland on par with Brazil: study
Land clearing in Queensland is the highest it has been in the last 10 years, researchers say, with the issue set to be a major battleground in the state election.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-19/land-clearing-rates-qld-need-to-be-lowered-new-study/8628524
South Australia
Renters burned by solar scheme
RENTERS and apartment owners are “shouldering the burden” of huge power bill increases because of a policy that punishes households without solar panels, the St Vincent de Paul Society says.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/st-vincent-de-paul-society-calls-for-fairer-use-of-solar-feedin-tariffs/news-story/9023ee59762ea946a1f1c23d7f6357de
Tasmania
Float Mo anti-salmon farming protesters take to Hobart’s streets and water
People on land join with those in a variety of water craft to demand an end to salmon farming along Tasmanian eastern coast at a protest rally in Hobart.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-18/tas-float-mo-protest-against-tassal-salmon-farming/8628724
Big flotilla protest against fish farm
Hundreds of people have lined Hobart’s docks to protest a fish farming development planned for Tasmania’s East Coast.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/politics/hundreds-turn-out-to-protest-against-tassals-okehampton-bay-salmon-farm/news-story/547c433f84cafc8fb658401eecfd5e7b
Statewide fight for land rights
SOPHIE Underwood is leading 40 groups statewide to campaign for greater community input into planning laws that could affect everything from national parks to your backyard
http://www.themercury.com.au/lifestyle/tasweekend-statewide-fight-for-land-rights/news-story/ac09a5ba21cb83184435ff009d94d575
Liffey area reopened for falls walks
The picnic area and walk were damaged during the June floods and have been undergoing repairs.
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4736884/liffey-area-reopened-for-falls-walks/?cs=5312
TasWater dispute is problematic
Ruth Forrest
IT IS a sure sign we are heading down the wrong track when disputing parties summon lawyers.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/drop-the-alpha-male-schoolyard-bid-in-taswater-takeover/news-story/9e78389d7248368b7360fffe4dbdb228
Research shows love for places
Jamie Kirkpatrick
PEOPLE fall in love with places. Politicians and planners who ignore these love affairs do so at their peril.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/developers-and-politicians-cant-ignore-peoples-love-for-a-place/news-story/0086ac14960cfb0b5052e56b6ea77832
Western Australia
Roe 8 protesters hit back at ‘wetlands junk’ accusations
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/roe-8-protesters-hit-back-at-wetlands-junk-accusations-20170618-gwtbzq.html
Land use threat to WA ecosystems
Urgent changes to the State’s regional land management policies must occur to prevent the loss of WA’s diverse ecosystems.
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/land-use-threat-to-wa-ecosystems-ng-b88510346z
Numbats get cracking on termite treat
Today, it has 36 and runs a successful breeding program that has put another 220 numbats in the wild.
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/numbats-get-cracking-on-termite-treat-ng-b88505112z
Sustainability
Monsanto spin doctors target cancer scientist in flawed Reuters story.
In a well-orchestrated and highly coordinated media coup, Monsanto Co. and friends this week dropped a bombshell on opponents who are seeking to prove that the company’s beloved Roundup herbicide causes cancer
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468977903
Have you ever taken a bath in a forest?
Tired? Stressed? The Japanese art of forest bathing or “shinrin yoku”, which involves slow and tranquil walks through pristine wilderness, may be the cure for the ills of your urban life.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-18/shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-experience-to-help-with-stress/8626042
Nature Conservation
Who shot Kuki Gallmann? The story of a Kenyan conservationist heroine.
There is thunder and the equatorial rain falls perfectly straight, drenching the lawn and a pair of towering candelabra trees that frame the driveway which leads to a two-storey, colonial-era house. Inside, logs burn in the grey stone fireplace, worn kilims are spread on the parquet floor and Kuki Gallmann – 74 years old and recovering from two bullet wounds in her abdomen – sits regally upon a chair of wrought iron and stained glass shaped like a resting bird
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468977913
Q&A: Envisioning nature-rich cities.
Homes destroyed by mudslides, villages flattened by hurricanes, glaciers melting into the sea, land cracked by drought: Such images of the effects of climate change fill social media feeds and television screens. These images may spur awareness and prompt declines in fossil fuel use, but they don’t encourage us to envisage a hopeful, green future.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/2460133000468977907
Is the world running out of water?
“OUR planet, the human family and life in all its myriad forms on Earth are in the throes of a water crisis”
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/conservation/the-approaching-crisis-is-the-world-running-out-of-water/news-story/8d48f0cce7b33bc7b480d8e6f1e9152b
Maelor Himbury