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Townsville s road to Paris moment: the slow greening of an Adani stronghold

Townsville’s ‘road to Paris’ moment: the slow greening of an Adani stronghold Ben Smee © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian “Adani was about the here and now for the community,” says Townsville’s mayor, Jenny Hill, reflecting on a decade spent championing the thermal coal project as a way to reduce the city’s high unemployment rate. “There were no jobs. There was no interest in manufacturing. It was important to give the community hope for the future.” Townsville’s place at the forefront of the coal wars have made Hill, who is a member of the ALP, a prominent figure in the party’s schism over coal and climate. In 2019 she told a forum run by Labor’s Chifley Research Centre that the city’s mantra was “we stick to our guns: we support mining”.

Scott Morrison was so keen to own a successful vaccine rollout he forgot about the risk of overseeing a debacle

Scott Morrison was so keen to own a successful vaccine rollout he forgot about the risk of overseeing a debacle Katharine Murphy © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian It’s not entirely clear how encouraging words cleared the gritted teeth of the New South Wales health minister, Brad Hazzard, this week, but he managed it. The precursor to Hazzard gritting his teeth was Scott Morrison dropping a statement to media outlets on Tuesday night declaring the national cabinet would resume meeting twice a week to deal with the mess of the vaccination rollout. Morrison was rewarded with amplifying headlines on Wednesday morning about the country returning to a “war” footing – whatever that meant. It was unclear whether Australia (led by new defence minister Peter Dutton) intended to invade Europe and storm the factories of Big Pharma to commandeer some jabs, but in any case, Hazzard responded to his conscription to national service by

WWF Australia creates legal fund to fight projects threatening forests after Black Summer bushfires

WWF Australia creates legal fund to fight projects threatening forests after Black Summer bushfires Lisa Cox © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian WWF Australia is setting up a legal fund for community groups to challenge development decisions in forests they say are under threat from land clearing in the aftermath of the 2019-20 bushfire disaster. The funds will pay for legal firm the Environmental Defenders Office to represent communities in areas such as the South Coast of New South Wales, where the destruction of habitat that could provide refuge to threatened wildlife has been fiercely contested since the Black Summer fires.

Morrison asks national cabinet to meet twice a week after Covid vaccine program flounders

Morrison asks national cabinet to meet twice a week after Covid vaccine program flounders Katharine Murphy and Paul Karp © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian Scott Morrison has asked the national cabinet to meet twice a week “for the foreseeable future” in an effort to get the Covid-19 vaccination program back on track. Last Thursday, Australia’s vaccine rollout was thrown into disarray after an advisory was slapped on the AstraZeneca vaccine warning people under 50 it may cause extremely rare but potentially deadly blood clots. On Tuesday, health authorities concluded a second case of a rare blood clot syndrome in Australia was “likely” linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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