GAVIN COOTE The newly-elected Industry Minister Ian MacFarlane is stepping in to fast-track coal seam gas project approvals in New …
Activist-turned educator empowering concerned communities
GAVIN COOTE He’s helped organise some of the country’s most significant social movements in one capacity or another over the …
Abattoir secures $23m for world-first biofuel system
GAVIN COOTE They’re described by the Australian Financial Review as an economist’s poster child of the carbon tax. Bindaree Beef …

Ben Scott’s political talking points
The Source political editor Ben Scott covers some contentious talking points with just under a week until the Federal election. …
Researcher soon to release findings on CSG mental health impacts
GAVIN COOTE A psychology researcher is nearing completion of a comprehensive study into the mental health impacts coal seam gas …
Rally for the Reef attracts thousands in Brisbane
GAVIN COOTE AND TESS HAINING More than a thousand people rallied in Brisbane’s Queens Park on Sunday for long-term protection …
Tecoma protestors to visit McDonald’s US headquarters
GAVIN COOTE Residents opposing a McDonald’s development in the Victorian community of Tecoma plan to travel to the company’s Chicago …
Farmers call for more input on animal welfare regulations
GAVIN COOTE Livestock producers are calling for more input on animal welfare legislation as uncertainty looms over the agriculture sector’s …
NTEU backs Greens on tertiary funding policy
GAVIN COOTE The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) this week launched a $1million campaign encouraging Australians to vote for the …
Shelved referendum ‘a sad day for local government’
GAVIN COOTE The Redland City Council Mayor says she is ‘bitterly disappointed’ the referendum on constitutional recognition of local government …