Andrew Giles lets criminals, abusers make themselves at home
Direction 99 seems to suggest any undesirable citizen can stay simply by being here long enough and spinning a convincing hardluck story to a hard-pressed, unelected bureaucrat.
Nick Cater
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Transition to our very own energy omnishambles
The message from overseas is that nuclear must be part of the mix for reliable power in Australia.
Clean, Green nuclear power a lesson for Labor
Chris Bowen should spend a few days in Finland. He might realise almost everything he says about nuclear is nonsense.
Surely this is the most powerful interest group we’ve ever seen?
The environmental movement is a mercenary force that stands ready to fight, unconstrained by disclosure rules that tie the hands of political parties.
‘Decoherence’ marks Labor’s quantum leap into future
For all the future-facing, science-fiction rhetoric, Anthony Albanese’s legacy will be a quantum leap back to the past.
Albanese’s subsidy crusade may be another car crash waiting to happen
Bob Hawke eschewed industry protectionism to make Australia globally competitive, but governments still don’t realise that grants are no substitute for economic discipline.
Zombies cast fear across renewables dreamscape
For the wind industry, Tanya Plibersek’s rejection of Chalumbin is its Franklin Dam moment. It was a test case that failed.
Labor’s ‘Future Made in Australia’ will end in tears
The PM’s attack on one of the country’s finest public policy thinkers offers little hope the Future Made in Australia Act might one day be seen as more than a slogan.
Ardern’s zero Covid madness comes home to roost
Ardern’s blunders mean the New Zealand economy will be burdened with the long fiscal tail of the 2020-2022 pandemic for years, if not decades, to come.
Renewables’ welfare dependence leaves us in China’s shadow
Renewable energy is welfare-dependent and weather-dependent. It suffers from a condition a psychologist might recognise as Dependent Personality Disorder: a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of.
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