by Jack | Oct 3, 2024 | Climate, Local Government
Community engagement key to climate action in upcoming Council elections JACK MEEHAN Residents in the leafy inner-east suburb of Kew were jolted awake when a “big boom” echoed through the neighbourhood in October 2022. What sounded like an explosion was actually the...
by Jack | Oct 8, 2023 | Energy, Environment
Gas Health Impacts with Dr Genevieve Cowie JACK MEEHAN What 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...
by Jack | Oct 8, 2023 | Energy, Environment
It’s time to go electric JACK MEEHAN It 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...
by Jack | Nov 2, 2022 | Media
Issues around media concentration in Australia JACK MEEHAN What 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...
by Jack | May 24, 2021 | Local Government, Politics
Free our friends: activists keep up the fight for release of Medevac refugees JACK MEEHAN 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...
by Jack | May 24, 2021 | Energy
Simon Holmes à Court 2021 Update Highlights JACK MEEHAN 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. The transition is...
by Jack | Jan 2, 2021 | Climate, Energy, Environment
Australia’s Choice: Carbon Crunch or Renewables Superpower? JACK MEEHAN Five years after the Paris Agreement we have failed to begin to reduce emissions, with the world facing the possibility of societal collapse within our lifetimes. In Australia, with...
by Jack | Nov 11, 2020 | Climate, Energy, Politics
AWARD WINNER: Australia’s gas-fired recovery: Does it stack up? JACK MEEHAN Is the Government’s plan for a gas-fired recovery really “essential?” Experts and community leaders weigh in. Jack Meehan reports. Article published at The Junction: Australasia Pacific Winner...
by Jack | Oct 22, 2020 | Energy, Environment, Politics
Questions about the Narrabri Gas Project JACK MEEHAN 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,...
by Jack | Oct 13, 2020 | Art
Characters, skulls and making art JACK MEEHAN 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. “I’m not interesting!” Zoe Meehan says...
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