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British High Commissioner: We’ll all live with the consequences of Copenhagen failure »
We will all live with the consequences of our government’s failure to achieve a legally binding agreement at Copenhagen, writes British High Commissioner to Australia Valerie Amos .
Shanahan: Rudd stuck between a rock and a hard place »
After failing to achieve agreement in Copenhagen, Kevin Rudd has to balance the Greens and Tony Abbott to try and pass his ETS. Rudd’s now the diplomatic middle child, both domestically and internationally, notes Dennis Shanahan .
Is no one allowed to question the government? »
Anyone who dared question the government’s ETS plan, like Senator Barnaby Joyce, was declared a climate change dinosaur and destroyer of our future. When will the magic ride of Rudd rhetoric end? asks Malcolm Colless .
America’s secret war in Pakistan »
Elite helicopter-borne US forces have been conducting clandestine raids into Pakistan at night as part of an ongoing secret war near the country’s Afghanistan border, according to a former Nato officer.
Sheehan: Rudd just an environmental blowhard of hot air »
We can’t blame Kevin Rudd entirely for climate change and global warming. But we can blame him for making it even worse, writes Paul Sheehan . Rudd’s green credentials are disappearing faster than the Murray Darling Basin.
Send Conroy a lump of coal for Christmas »
A new website called The Gift Of Censorship is promising to deliver a bag of coal in a large red sack to Stephen Conroy and for every 1000 complaint letters sent to him through the site.
The whimper that was Copenhagen »
The failings at Copenhagen are not the end of the world, since at least the urgency of the problem has been acknowledged. But a Tony Abbott-led Opposition is not going to make things easier for Australia.
Copenhagen will lead 3C rise »
A confidential UN document obtained by the Guardian says the emissions cuts offered in Copenhagen so far will lead to a 3C rise in global temperatures. Despite a $100b pledge by the US last night, talks are still at a standstill.
Protest mars Wong’s emissions speech »
Copenhagen delegates clapped protesters who interrupted a key speech by Climate Change Minister Penny Wong.
Towns brace for cyclone’s fury »
RESIDENTS told to seek shelter immediately as cyclone with 285km/h winds heads their way.