August 2023
- Opinion
- Forestry
Careful harvest of native forests is key to carbon capture
There is no rational reason to shut down native forestry – and a big bonus in carbon sequestration.
April 2023
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Penny Wong has joined up defence, foreign policy and trade
The foreign minister rightly says that defence underpins our foreign policy. That gives our diplomats more space to do their jobs.
February 2022
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Consumers caught in the AGL crossfire
Brookfield and Mike Cannon-Brookes have yet to explain how AGL’s great leap from carbon to clean power will be accomplished. Just blame the political class for creating such a wild west of an electricity market.
October 2021
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Forestry needs a place in the climate debate
The sector is good for the environment, good for jobs, and good for our economy. Why, then, does it receive little mention when we talk about climate change?
- Updated
August 2021
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Carbon capture critics put ideology before cooling the planet
Instead of pretending the CCS technology doesn’t work , anti-fossil fuel campaigners should support every mechanism that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, writes Joel Fitzgibbon.
July 2021
- Opinion
- Privatisation
Time to kill off Port Botany protection racket
Few now question the benefits of privatisation, but anti-competitive government-sanctioned deals that harm the economy should be unpicked by Parliament.
May 2021
- Opinion
- Labor in turmoil
Why Labor must not abandon the miners
To do so would send a terrible message to all blue-collar workers struggling to navigate a rapidly changing world.
May 2020
- Opinion
- China relations
Morrison is chasing votes at the expense of exports
We are a proud middle power. But it does us no good to bash our Chinese customer for political advantage.
October 2019
- Opinion
- Drought
The farm crisis needs a bilateral drought Cabinet
The prospects for rain are at best uncertain. We are at crisis point and need to take decisions as a nation on what needs to be done next.