UK failing to meet net zero targets, government’s own climate watchdog warns Ministers ignoring recommendations and heading off-track with climate, Climate Change Committee warns The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023
Time is short for Tories and Labour to show leadership on the climate crisis Neither party is showing much appetite for the hard policy decisions that are necessary to cut CO2 emissions – and time is running out The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023
UK missing climate targets on nearly every front, say government’s advisers Britain has lost leadership in climate action and political failure means progress has stalled, Climate Change Committee says The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023
Here is a radical new philosophy: making sport fun again England’s Test captain Ben Stokes turned his team around by prioritising fun and there are moves to do this in children’s sport The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023
Halt new roads and developments adding to emissions, advisers to tell UK government Committee on Climate Change report likely to recommend ending road-building programme The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023
Queensland corruption watchdog accused of undermining attempts to stamp out police investigating police Exclusive: The CCC has advocated for an integrity model that would only investigate the most serious complaints against officers The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2023
Warren Entsch denies he helped LNP donor get Pfizer vaccine during supply crisis Allegation raised in parliament that MP arranged for property developer Alex Sekler to travel to Torres Strait for Covid jab referred to state corruption watchdog The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023
Zimbabwe lawmakers back jump in candidate fees before August vote Presidential candidates will have to pay $20,000 and parliamentary hopefuls $1,000 to appear on the ballot. Al Jazeera · Jun 15, 2023
Lord Deben backs Labour’s plan to halt new North Sea oil and gas drilling UK’s most senior climate adviser says policy is ‘right thing to do’ and criticises government’s stance The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2023
WA Police officer engaged in serious misconduct during arrest of man in Mirrabooka, CCC finds WA's Corruption and Crime Commission finds a police officer engaged in serious misconduct by pulling, punching and swearing at a man during an arrest in Mirrabooka in Perth's north. ABC News · May 8, 2023
Jacob Daniel Anthonisz corruption charges dropped by prosecutors in massive WA fraud investigation The alleged accomplice of a corrupt WA public servant who defrauded taxpayers of around $22 million has all charges against him dropped, two months before Jacob Daniel Anthonisz was due to stand trial. ABC News · May 5, 2023
Does the UK really need to drill for more North Sea oil and gas? Ministers are weighing up a new gasfield but is more UK fossil fuel production necessary or desirable given its climate commitments? The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2023
Lack of NI government puts net zero targets at risk, UK climate adviser warns Climate Change Committee says little hope of getting on track if Stormont power sharing not restored soon The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023
Zimbabwe opposition tweet case fuels poll crackdown fears CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere convicted over tweet in 2021 as Zanu-PF accused of curbing free speech The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023
The Conversation · Apr 6, 2023 Winky D is being targeted by police in Zimbabwe – why the music star's voice is so important Winky D, a 40-year-old Zimdancehall artist, is hugely popular in Zimbabwe. He’s also increasingly in the news for the messages in his songs, some of which address social injustice and corruption under a regime that stifles freedom of expression. There have been threats to ban his music and claims that…
Al Jazeera · Apr 5, 2023 Opposition feels police heat ahead of voting in Zimbabwe With a presidential election expected in July, government critics report clampdown on freedom of association, movement.
The Conversation · Mar 29, 2023 Climate change is accelerating – and the UK government is 'strikingly unprepared' Read successive progress reports by the Climate Change Committee (CCC), the UK government’s statutory advisor on climate change, and you sense the growing frustration. Over the years, the CCC’s assessments of the government’s response to the climate crisis have become more critical, its recommendations more explicit and the tone more…
Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2023 London economy facing £2bn climate hit to economy London faces a near £2 billion hit to its economy if climate change causes temperatures to soar by 2 degrees by the end of the century, a new report has warned.
The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023 Government has failed to prepare UK for climate crisis, say top advisers UK ‘strikingly unprepared’ for looming threats, says Climate Change Committee
The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023 UK ‘strikingly unprepared’ for impacts of climate crisis Government’s official advisers point to ‘lost decade’ in efforts to protect lives and livelihoods
The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023 Seemingly ambitious Defra hedgerow targets actually due to typo Thérèse Coffey reveals proposals for England far less ambitious than those set out in first draft of environment document
ABC News · Mar 17, 2023 WA opposition blasts government after CCC investigation of Phil Edman's laptop ends without even a whimper Phil Edman's laptop was the most feared electronic device in WA politics — but the CCC quietly ended its investigation into it almost a year ago, and found it didn't live up to the hype.
ABC News · Mar 15, 2023 Corruption and Crime Commission slams WA Police use of dogs against young Aboriginal people The head of Western Australia's anti-corruption body criticises the police's use of dogs against young people, and says policies governing their deployment were not "racist in intent, but are racist".
ABC News · Mar 14, 2023 Corruption watchdog dismisses claims Rockingham hospital doctor tried to coerce colleague to alter death certificate date A Corruption and Crime Commission investigation is unable to substantiate claims a senior staff member at Rockingham General Hospital tried to coerce a registrar into changing the date on a patient's death certificate.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023 UK ‘must act now on renewable energy or risk being left behind’ Government needs to introduce new ambitious energy policies before next general election, advisers say