Public anger is not a threat to activism, but a measure of its impact.
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Our new research identifies four ways these protests are being criminalised and repressed.
Police have warned climate protesters could face up to 14 years in jail for ‘endangering transport’ – longer than the maximum for serious crimes like ram-raiding.
The horse race is likely to be disrupted by activists from the Extinction Rebellion offshoot.
The 1982 Franklin Dam protests were a defining moment in the history of Australia’s social movements. But such campaigns may well be impossible today.
People want to shoot the messenger, but they do hear the message.
It might be provocative but this sort of direct action is important.
From protest marches and fundraising to parliamentary petitions and talking with friends, there are many ways to make your voice heard.
Direct action can make the demands of a mainstream movement seem reasonable.
Resurgence of SUV sabotage highlights the failure of climate policy and an evolving protest strategy.
Climate activists don’t have to be popular to achieve their goals.
A web of local environmental action campaigns launched against oilsands pipelines a decade ago helped bring an end to Keystone XL.
New research shows changing your lifestyle for environmental reasons can lead you into political action.
XR has the nation’s attention, but to build on this momentum its purpose must not become overshadowed by its tactics.
Scott Morrison’s pledge to spend billions on a Climate Solutions Fund is a thinly veiled rehash of the widely criticised Emissions Reduction Fund, which had much of its work undone by fine print.
Politicians assume that voters cannot face the financial truth. To democracy experts this is just wrong. Involving voters results in better budgets as shows history from ancient Greece.
Managers from carbon intensive companies are holding off on long term emissions strategies because of uncertainty around regulations and policies, new research finds.
Australia is pumping 6.5 times more carbon into the atmosphere than the land can absorb.
New research has found that carbon intensive companies have lost focus on reducing emissions under Direct Action, when compared with the carbon tax.
Malcolm Turnbull returns to the helm with a wafer-thin majority and a significant element in his government who still oppose climate action - can he defy the odds and serve up some credible policy?
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Political Sociology, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in International Public and Social Policy, University of Bristol
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Sustainability, University of Manchester
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Professor of Political Sociology, Keele University
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Climateworks Centre CEO, Monash University
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Lecturer in Accounting, RMIT University
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Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne