The FAQs about climate change
The emperor is in denial Chris Mulherin I grew up fascinated with Hans Christian Andersen’s story about an emperor in denial who was duped...
Trust the biggest casualty of the budget
Bruce Duncan The Abbott government has deeply shocked many Australians for the cavalier way it reneged on its many promises not to cut welfare...
Evaluating the Budget
Read this article in full. Bill Frilay Prelude – is there a fiscal emergency? Was the pre-Budget hype about a fiscal emergency justified? I...
10 checkpoints for urban planning in an Age of Disruption
‘The Great Disruption’ is Paul Gilding’s perceptive description of the current phase of global society’s perverse development, a phase that has already commenced but...
Minimum – or is that minimal? – wages
Tony French You have to hand it the right wing Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) and their ability to grab a headline, the latest...
Minimum wages a guarantee of poverty?
Kate French Most of us have heard of the Minimum Wage which is set annually after a ‘wage hearing’ before the Fair Work Commission...
Australians & war: Anzac Day
Bill Frilay Anzac Day is nigh. We are 99 years on from the original Anzac Day, yet crowds at the Dawn Service seem to...
Climate change coming, ready or not.
Bruce Duncan Australia has long known droughts and floods, but they are becoming increasingly frequent and extreme. Since 1950, temperatures in Australia have risen...
Climate change threat grows dire.
Colleen O’Sullivan. The leaders of internationally-renowned brands Virgin and Apple recently made it clear they would no longer accommodate the views of climate-change deniers...
How are we going with reconciliation & Indigenous Aussies?
Michele Harris of ‘concerned Australians’. “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” Benjamin Franklin. ...
Foreign aid a budget casualty
Bill Frilay Read this article in full. The Coalition Government has made, or is making, major changes to our foreign aid policy. The changes...