'Disaster Capitalism at Its Worst': Report Details Big Oil's Efforts to Cash In on Coronavirus

"Polluters fought hard for kickbacks in the first coronavirus stimulus package and they are undoubtedly up to it again."

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Recent lobby filings from major oil and gas paint a picture of "disaster capitalism at its worst."

So declares a report (pdf) released Tuesday by Friends of the Earth (FOE) showing how Big Oil is working to make sure the legislative response to the coronavirus crisis is beneficial to the industry.

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Research from employment website Seek has found WA and SA look to have experienced the smallest falls in job vacancies, while NSW and Victorian job seekers appear to be the worst-hit in the pandemic, but the availability of work may have started to turn the corner.

A Queensland beef company, which has been exporting beef to Wuhan in China for more than a year, says it is baffled by the sudden ban preventing it from processing beef for its Chinese customer.

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Migrating birds fly thousands of kilometers between their breeding and wintering grounds each year. And while millions pull off this spectacular feat, human activities are making their epic journeys more dangerous.

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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told 7:30 the Treasurer sounded "perfectly fine" when he spoke to him on Tuesday evening and that he had not been in contact with him.

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The federal government was criticised for not lifting Newstart before the economy-wrecking coronavirus, but it is now facing outrage for planning to revert to the basic payment after the pandemic passes.

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