How will climate change skeptic Steve Fielding affect the passage of the emissions trading scheme in the senate? While other political parties have made specific demands to the government, Senator Fielding has gone back to the drawing board to ask the big question. Fielding, who returned from a self-funded trip to Washington attending a climate conference, is questioning the human impact on global warming. Critics say he is bringing back a debate about the very existence of climate change which has already been dealt with. The Wire’s Anne von Fehrn spoke the CEO of the Climate Institute John Connor. Also in this story: Bernard Keane, political commentator and CRIKEY correspondent

Shell has settled out of court for $15.5 million US, over a case involving human rights abuses in Nigeria. Shell has been active in ogoniland on the Niger Delta since the 50's and is responsible for egregious environmental destruction during this time. Perhaps the most tragic event during Shell's history in Ogoniland was the sentencing to death of the political hero Ken Saro-Wiwa. Apart from activism, Ken was also popularized via his prolific fictional writing and for writing what was thought to be Africa's most viewed soap opera. In this interview I spoke to Justine Nolan, a specialist in human rights law at the University of NSW and Jess Hill, who is a regular contributor for New Matilda.com and has followed the plight of the ogoni people since Ken's death.

A British political party dedicated to “reversing the tide of non-white immigration” has won 2 seats in the European Parliament. As the tally of the week-end’s vote comes in, far- right groups in the Netherlands, Austria and Denmark, many who campaigned on anti- immigration policies, appear to be winning seats. Commentators say that people used the election to send a message of dissatisfaction to their own governments, but what does the victory of the far right mean for the European Parliament? Featured in story: Philomena Murray- Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre at Melbourne University and Dr Juergen Broehmer - expert in the European Union at the University of New England.

Australian law groups are rallying the government for increased funding to legal aid. National legal bodies; The Family Court, The Law Council of Australia, Aboriginal law groups and many more are claiming that many Australians are not receiving fair access to the legal system. Australian lawyers are having to compensate for this by giving away tens of millions of dollars worth of free legal advice each year. - featured in story - Liz O'Brien, National Convener of the Association of Community Legal Centres and John Corker, Director of the National Pro Bono centre at UNSW.

For many years, Aboriginal workers effectively had their wages stolen from respective State government bodies. The money was invested in a trust, but there is still $21 million that remains unpaid in compensation. The Queensland Council of Unions are now proposing a legal challenge to the Bligh government, insisiting that the money belongs rightfully to workers and their families, not into the proposed educational scholarship fund, which, the government is currently offering.