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December 2024

Australia’s traffic fine system is unfair – is it time to implement proportional fines?

December 11, 2024 by Olivia Chollet

How is Australia’s system unfair? If you get caught speeding in Australia, you will be fined with a flat-rate traffic fine. Exceeding the speed limit by 12km/h in New South Wales earns you a $361 fine, whether you are on government benefits or a billionaire. This is not a fair system. What about the principle:

April 2024

Opinion
WA

WA’s gas shortage is a joke – at the public’s expense

April 30, 2024 by Mark Ogge in WA Today

Can you imagine Qatar or Saudi Arabia panicking about a gas or oil shortage?

September 2018

Article
WA

An Open Letter to the Western Australian Government calling for permanent ban on fracking

September 18, 2018

PDF of Open Letter can be downloaded in full here. Full text of open letter and list of signatories below. Dear Premier and Ministers of the Government of Western Australia — Unconventional oil and gas development in Western Australia should not go ahead under any circumstances. The consequences of global warming are already extremely serious;