Uber Xploitation: Uber’s secret settlement presages a wave of lawsuits.
Callum Foote. 8 February 2021 The Government’s fetish for deregulation plays right into the hands of predatory multinationals Uber and Deliveroo, which exploit Australia’s...
A rightful place, from colonisation to reconciliation.
Paul Wright. 8 February 2021 In the lead-up to Survival Day this year, three key reports have been released, the Interim Report to the...
Coalition’s political games don’t mix well with existential threat.
Ian Chubb. 8 February 2021 We could secure a spectacular future for ourselves and help the planet. Instead the federal government dodges the hard...
Rowan Ireland. Fratelli tutti: sisters & brothers all.
An urgent call to all people of goodwill to unite in a politics of brother/sisterhood. My title, I hope, captures the central concern of...
Peter Whiteford. Robodebt was a policy fiasco with a human cost we have yet fully to appreciate.
Peter Whiteford Crawford School of Public Policy Australian National University 1 December 2020. The Robodebt class action bought by Gordon Legal has been settled...
Richard Holden. Vital signs: a global carbon price could soon be a reality. Australia should prepare.
Richard Holden UNSW 1 December 2020. As well as restoring dignity to the Oval Office, another thing which will definitely change under a Biden...
Brendan Coates, Matthew Cowgill, Tim Helm. JobMaker is nowhere near bold enough. Here are four ways to expand it.
1 December 2020. The government has targeted its JobMaker Hiring Credit too narrowly. The scheme to go before the Senate this week will give...
Peter Whiting Editorial. Equality in our society & urgent action on climate change should be priorities for Australian governments.
The latest ACOSS/UNSW report on Poverty in Australia, released this year, makes for sobering reading. By the measures used in the report, over 3...
Giles Parkinson. Super power: here’s how to achieve 100% wind, solar, & storage by 2030.
1 December 2020 A team led by renowned Stanford University futurist Tony Seba says most of the world can transition to 100 percent wind,...
Sue Wareham. Let’s face it, Australia goes to war far too easily.
1 December 2020 The Brereton Report will shine a light on alleged war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan. It is expected that...
Peter Sainsbury. Does anyone really believe we’re going to avert a climate catastrophe?
1 December 2020. An energy transition is under way, but it is too slow to avert a climate catastrophe, and it ignores many other...