From energy politics to global security, here are my big predictions for 2025
Forecasting is an inexact science. Writers who succumb to the temptation can expect to dine on broken glass by the year’s end.
Our Team
Latest
‘Gunna-do’ PM’s grandiose plans vanish in the wind
Future Made in Australia plan was never about creating jobs. The primary goal of these Orwellian-named schemes is to misallocate public funds to dubious projects to tackle climate change.
Bowen’s response to nuclear plan proves his irrational mind
Australia muddles along, shackled to a 34 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 that it cannot possibly meet under a Luddite government fighting a rearguard action against nuclear energy that defies rational explanation.
PM’s moral vacuum fuels Jew hatred at home and abroad
Donald Trump’s “hell to pay” rhetoric signals the decisive action against anti-Semitism that has been missing for four years
Trump’s big reset has already hit corporate America
Donald Trump does not deserve all the credit for the decline of woke corporatism, but his election has undoubtedly accelerated the trend. Woke will be starved of federal funding, and universities will be pressured to roll back initiatives.
Future Fund raid a shameless cover for Labor’s renewables deceit
No one in this devious and duplicitous administration is prepared to say how much money the government will need to plunder to pay for the energy transition.
COP this, PM: zero chance of zero emissions
The rush towards renewables is driving a dangerous new dependency on China – it’s cornered 80 per cent of the global solar market.
Are you ready for Australia’s next ‘Brexit moment’?
Anthony Albanese’s terminal inability to rise above his character failings has raised conservative hopes that the next Brexit moment may be a matter of months away. Trump’s victory in the US has raised conservative morale.
Broken Hill’s power outage can’t just be swept aside
The anti-nuclear left is immune to contrary facts, paying homage to ‘the science’ while disregarding the laws of physics.
Even with a price tag, our renewables future is already broken
Broken Hill plight exposes the gap between the promise of renewable energy and what it actually delivers.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/nick-cater/page/2