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We live in a time when faith is ridiculed, history is rewritten and the foundations of democracy are dismissed. But some truths cannot be killed. They can be crucified. But they always rise.
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What hope in world of plunging trust
The big parties are exhausted. Their membership has collapsed. But the worst of it is they have lost the trust of a large part of the population and that will be hard to recover.
Maybe the liberal world order was always an illusion
The fundamental ideas that grounded us are shifting, for better or for worse. What is for sure; we will miss America when it is gone.
Nuclear will rise on the rubble of flawed policy … but not before damage is done
Energy ministers, and the uncountable legions of advisers, agencies and advocates responsible for the grid under construction, are inflicting the greatest act of self-harm in our nation’s history.
We may have hit peak wowser, but they can’t force us to conform
The vitriolic reaction to Peter Dutton’s declaration he won’t stand in front of the Indigenous flag reveals exactly how progressives gaslight dissent.
The German chancellor’s nightmare revisited
Since 2000, Germany has spent $1 trillion shutting fossil fuel and nuclear generation and replacing it with wind and solar energy harvesting. It is an unmitigated disaster.
Bowen’s energy plan threatens to leave us in the dark
Australians were given a glimpse of the future this week when the call went out for NSW consumers to cut their electricity use to stop the grid from collapsing.
Fossil fuels are coal comfort for the energy illiterate
There is more than a casual link between widespread, affordable electricity and the increase in life expectancy.
Politics and the great power disconnect: ‘After this bill, I’m left with $71’
Belinda Jones is a Canberra mother of three and full-time carer for her husband. The chasm between her life and political platitudes is written in her latest electricity bill.
The astonishing cost of our net-zero delusion
It is impossible to overstate the stakes if our energy transition runs off the rails. Red lights are flashing here and around the world.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/chris-uhlmann