WEEK 10, SEM 1 2022 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
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Duty of care: cultivating a court for our climate By Zara Zadro
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n early March of this year, the full bench of the Federal Court unanimously ruled that Australia’s Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley, did not have a duty of care to protect young people from the harms of climate change. The decision quashed the landmark victory of eight highschool students that established this duty in May last year, specifically with regards to Ley’s approval of the
Vickery coal mine extension in NSW. The novel duty of care was a mammoth achievement for the climate movement, despite the extension going ahead. It was the first time climate science was accepted uncontested in the Federal Court in a case concerning a particular class of individuals (young people under 18).
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NEWS, CULTURE & ANALYSIS
Farewelling Frankie’s: Between a rock and a hard place
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t’s Thursday, early afternoon. A bar feigning as a pizza shop turns on its neon sign and ‘Frankie’s Pizza’ lights up the CBD. Seccies stand and chat at the door, faces aglow with red fluorescence. Outside the enclave of peeling posters and red carpet, commuters drip past...
Elizabeth Pike writes - p. 14
ALSO IN THIS EDITION: USU Candidate Interviews - p. 6-7
Education in a changing climate - p. 11 Poetry on the 2022 Stella Lineup - p. 15 The struggle for the Italian Forum - p. 19
