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title: Former Greenpeace crew showcased on Australian Story
description: Teenage activist and former Greenpeace staff Anjali Sharma didn't just enter the world of climate activism, she burst into it.
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# Former Greenpeace crew showcased on Australian Story
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
[Teen activist Anjali Sharma wages war on government climate inaction from dorm room](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/anjali-sharma-taking-government-to-task-on-climate-change/103410358)
Teenage activist and former Greenpeace staff Anjali Sharma didn't just enter the world of climate activism, she burst into it. At 14, she organised school climate strikes in her hometown of Melbourne; by 16, she sued the then-federal environment minister Sussan Ley in a climate change-related Federal Court case. Anjani features on ABC’s Australian Story last night - [watch the full episode here.](https://iview.abc.net.au/show/australian-story)
[Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421578-indigenous-australians-have-managed-land-with-fire-for-11000-years/)
New research suggests that a return to an Indigenous regime of more frequent but less intense fires could reduce the risk of catastrophic bushfires and improve environmental management.
[Jenny McAllister: Planning for changing climate doesn't mean giving up on emissions](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8552037/jenny-mcallister-planning-for-climate-change-isnt-giving-up/)
Australians know that the climate is changing. We can feel it on very hot days, farmers can see it in changed rainfall and soil conditions, and commuters feel the frustration when extreme heat delays trains. But planning for changing climate doesn't mean giving up on emissions, ALP Minister Jenny McAllister writes.
[The 11 'priority' climate risks Australia must prepare for](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8551710/albanese-government-releases-national-climate-risk-assessment/)
Intensifying climate events, such as bushfires and floods, threaten to overwhelm Australia's Defence Force in coming decades, a federal government report warns.
[New Tuvalu PM has first talks with Australia's Albanese](https://nit.com.au/11-03-2024/10192/new-tuvalu-pm-has-first-talks-with-australias-albanese)
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has spoken for the first time since taking office with Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, a Tuvalu official says, after the Pacific Island leader called for changes to a landmark bilateral treaty. Teo, announced as prime minister after a January election, has said he wants changes to some security provisions in the security and climate migration treaty signed in November.
[‘Tell him he’s dreaming’: Bowen rubbishes Coalition claim Australia could have nuclear power in a decade](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/10/tell-him-hes-dreaming-bowen-rubbishes-coalition-claim-australia-could-have-nuclear-power-in-a-decade)
The federal energy minister, Chris Bowen, has dismissed Coalition MP Ted O’Brien’s claim that Australia could develop a nuclear power industry within a decade, stating: “Tell him he’s dreaming.” The mocking comment on Sunday came as the government continued to pour scorn on the opposition’s speculative alternative plan to renewable energy.
[Studies still uncovering true extent of 2019-20 Australia wildfire catastrophe](https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/studies-still-uncovering-true-extent-of-2019-20-australia-wildfire-catastrophe/)
Australia’s 2019-20 bushfires burned with unprecedented intensity through a total of 24 million hectares (59 million acres), an area the size of the U.K. New research shows total costs incurred to the tourism industry from that single bushfire season may be 61% higher than previously calculated.
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