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Articles by Maddie Grounds
Australia’s Toondah Harbour wetlands are under serious threat from development
A proposed development at Toondah Harbour, in the Moreton Bay area of Queensland, would devastate crucial breeding habitat for birds, argues Melody Kemp As the story goes, in 1842, Britain’s appointed governor to Queensland, Sir George Gipps, visited Cleveland in Moreton Bay to formally announce the town as Queensland’s capital. At that stage it was already considered the commercial capital, off the back of convict and Aboriginal labour.
Drought may pose a bigger threat to Australia’s forests than bushfires
Recent research finds that climate change-induced drought is having a noticeable effect on the mortality rates of forests, even more so than recent bush fires Extreme heat, drought, and bushfires are inextricably linked in a destructive sequence. It is no coincidence that the year Australia experienced its hottest temperatures on record it also recorded rainfall levels at 40 per cent below average, and found itself battling the worst national bushfire season of all time.
How AI and tech can be a force for good during Coronavirus pandemic
Maddie Grounds, a features writer for the Immigration Advice Service; an organisation of immigration lawyers in Ireland, the US and the UK, discusses how although technology can have its faults, AI can be a force for good as the world battles COVID-19.
Kayaking a Queensland wilderness: Noosa River
Laura Waters paddles from ocean to source on the Noosa River in southeast Queensland, leaving behind a glitzy coastline for a wild environment of rolling sand dunes, mirrored waters and Australia’s own Everglades Erica Hamp squints into the morning sun towards the river mouth, taking in the wind, the tide, and the way they play on the maze of sand drifts and shallow waterways. She’s plotting a route for us, applying her years of experience paddling here.
Engage: Migrant care workers to be displaced by immigration rules and by robots
Although seemingly a distant memory amid the coronavirus pandemic, the UK’s post-Brexit immigration vision continues at speed with only a handful of months left to enjoy Free Movement across the continent. This is because as of 31 December 2020, EU entrants will be subjected to the same immigration rules as their non-EU counterparts, meaning they will need higher-paid salaries and job sponsorships to find a job in the UK.
Systemic prejudice in the UK, and visa refusals for African academics
Accusations of institutional racism continue to be directed towards the United Kingdom’s Home Office following a parliamentary inquiry concerning disproportionate denials of visit visas for African applicants.
Lawful migrants penalised by hostile Britain
Legal immigrants are continuing to feel the full force of the UK’s ‘hostile environment’ policy, says Maddie Grounds from the Immigration Advice Service (IAS). ‘What we don’t want is a situation where people think they can come here and overstay because they’re able to access everything they need’. Those were the words that marked the beginning of Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ back in 2013.
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