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Australia must put its money where its mouth is on human rights

Donald Trump makes obvious what Australia tries to hide, writes Fernanda Trecenti.

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“The Albanese government’s decisive victory creates a historic opportunity to shift thinking and acting from the short to the long term.”

Net zero has been ground zero for energy ambition. What a chance we have now

The Albanese government’s decisive victory creates a historic opportunity to shift thinking from the short to the long term on energy and climate policy.

  • Ross Garnaut

‘Very good advice’: At 50, Ross Garnaut received a game-changing tip from his GP

The economist and author on climate change, sexual politics – and keeping fit.

  • Benjamin Law
A new solar farm in Queensland supplying Glencore mines in Mt Isa.

Done right, the future is more than just wind turbines and solar fields

There are political and economic risks in pumping public money into new tech, but the payoffs are potentially vast for new and old industries alike.

  • Nick O'Malley
Ross and Anthony Garnaut, director and chief executive of Zen Energy, stand on either side of the WaterNSW chief Andrew George at the site of the proposed Western Sydney pumped hydro project.

Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0

A green energy company backed by WaterNSW plans to use an abandoned coal washery as the site for a pumped hydro scheme big enough to power a third of the city’s households.

  • Nick O'Malley
Private schoolgirls

Lesson in inequity

Whether it is Scottish castle libraries, plunge pools, executive trips to Henley regattas or the latest comparison between the obscene amount of money spent by a few private schools on capital works and entire state school funding, it is clear that the current funding model is failing students.

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Why fixing negative gearing would be a positive for our kids

Real estate agents and home building companies always claim getting rid of the tax lurk would do great damage to renters and buyers alike. Don’t believe it.

  • Ross Gittins
Professor Ross Garnaut.

‘One very big mistake’: Economist Ross Garnaut gives his verdict on Reserve Bank

The economist has urged the central bank to pause interest rates rises, and says it caused unnecessary unemployment and slow wages growth with its decisions last decade.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
What are we in for with climate change? Is it all bad news for the economy, or is there some upside?

Climate change will hurt. Fortunately for us, we can still be the lucky country

Dealing with climate change has some upsides for Australia’s economy – but they won’t come cheap.

  • Ross Gittins
Jim Pavlidis illustration for Peter hartcher Opinion on 17 December 2022.

Australia was always bullied by vested interests, until now

The Albanese government has broken the curse of a nation too timid to stand up to the might of industry. Can Perrottet follow suit with his push against pokies?

  • Peter Hartcher

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