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An interview is presented with climate change activist Tim Flannery, author of the books "Atmosphere of Hope" and "The Weather Makers." He discusses the potential for a greenhouse gas mitigation agreement at the planned December 2015 international climate change summit. Other topics energy and climate change mitigation policies in Australia and Canada and possible strategies for carbon sequestration.

This article notes that the singer Taylor Swift has been criticized by the Australian Department of Sustainability and Environment for feeding a wild possum in the country.

In this article the author discusses the rise of Australia's Liberal party leader Tony Abbott. The author states that Abbott was able to win the leadership position by highlighting the differences between the Liberal party and the more liberal Labor party, particularly on the issue of environmental regulations, which Abbot opposes.