The other Covid plague that devoured our brains
The authors of the Covid-19 inquiry have done a good job, but the best disinfectant for this disease would have been a harsh dose of sunlight.
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Stretched US can’t carry us in a world of chaos
Australia should be urgently developing the capability to defend itself, understanding that the US is not going to be able to take care of us as well as everyone else.
No more bureaucrats ‘protecting’ free speech
Free speech is hard. It means tolerating intolerable views in the hope that robust debate is the best defence of democracy.
It’s not easy being green. But only if you are a blue collar worker
Meanwhile, the cafes of the eco-aristocracy glow warm with smug satisfaction, as they rest easy on a biofuel cocktail of lies.
Will it take an energy crisis before we act?
In coming weeks journalists would do well to ask Energy Minister Chris Bowen his own questions and expect that he has some concrete answers.
Big business flirtation with Labor seems to have come to a rather sticky end
After years of championing every progressive cause, the peak industry bodies are unmuzzled and letting the PM have it.
Eco heroes leave reality to ‘someone else’
Those calling for ever higher emissions targets don’t seem to care that this is literally impossible for Australia right now. As long as they get to fly home feeling smug at the end of a sitting week.
Noble ideas that get mugged by reality
The list of drugs that now attract a (possible) small fine in Canberra includes amphetamine, methylamphetamine (“ice”) and cocaine. What could possibly go wrong?
Fossil fuel bans are hazardous to our health
A group of doctors who condemn coal, oil and gas might be surprised to learn almost nothing in modern medicine would be possible without fossil fuels. And medicine saves a lot of lives.
In this polarising age, what hope is there for the broad church?
Centre-right parties are in trouble, and the Liberals in Australia are no exception. Dutton is a fighter, but much more will be needed to get the party back into government.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/chris-uhlmann/page/2