Peter Campbell's blog

The next federal election in Australia is approaching. The date is not set - it will be called at the discretion of Scott Morrison, the incu...

To the House Standing Committee on the Energy and Environment regarding the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation...

Open letter to: Josh Frydenberg , Member for Kooyong, Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia Greg Hunt , Member for ...

You recently voted against Australia's carbon tax. Please do not compromise Australia's RET. The RET is a very important and ef...

Open letter to Russian Ambassador to Australia, Morozov [link] On the morning of Wednesday 18 September two activists from Greenpeace In...

Open letter to Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia CC:  Mark Butler, Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong, Chris Bowen Dear Prime Minister, ...

Open letter to Minister Greg Combet.  I am writing to urgently draw your attention to research which has just been release by Southern Cros...

After three decades of scientific evidence - and warnings - that we are now experiencing dangerous climate change, I had some hope that the ...

Dear Premier Baillieu and Dr Lynne Williams, CC: Hon Michael O’Brien, Minister for Energy and Resources Hon Ryan Smith, Minister for Envi...

The minority government in Australia has delivered a reform that no "majority" government (Labor or Coalition) could or would deli...

During the "cut and thrust" of a close Australian federal election campaign in 2010, Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minister ...

Tropical cyclone Yasi is bearing down on far north Queensland.  The forecast predictions are for conditions that may be the worst (strongest...

Dear Minister Combet, I’m writing to urge you and your government to avoid giving the timber industries special conditions by creating mas...

We have recently seen the Murray Darling river system - Australia's greatest river system - drastically affected by reduced water flow d...

The Labor party is back in election mode and restarting their campaign after the campaign started by Kevin Rudd turned to custard.  Having d...

Subject: Congratulations on becoming Prime Minister - please take action on climate change and forest protection To: Julia Gillard MP De...

With the Federal election likely to be called this year, probably in August, the Rudd Labor government is now in campaign mode.  Consequentl...

Labor's fatally compromised emissions trading scheme has now slipped into political oblivion but climate change has not.  Kevin Rudd i...

I was not optimistic that a strong and binding global agreement would be reached at Copenhagen in December, but the so called "Copenhag...

The international negotiations at Copenhagen to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions have some significant hurdles to overcome. The gov...