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Nick Cater is senior fellow of the Menzies Research Centre and a columnist with The Australian. He is a former editor of The Weekend Australian and a former deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph. He is author of The Lucky Culture published by Harper Collins.

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26/06/2016: Hundreds of people attended a protest in Double Bay calling for more action on climate change, organised by GetUp!, Greenpeace and NSW Nature Conservation Council. Former Liberal party leader John Hewson spoke with CSIRO climate scientist Dr Michael Borgas, Airlie Beach dive instructor Tony Fontes and medical doctor Kate Charlesworth, an expert in climate health impacts. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

How eco-anxiety preachers prey on ‘generation unwell’

It is time to stand up to the wellness gurus and therapists responsible for the most unwell generation in recorded history.

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St Mary's Cathedral SydneySunday 3rd January 2021. Rain tears on Saint Mary of the Cross.Looking for church goer's wearing masks - it's now mandatory for all inside venues. PictureÃs Darren Leigh Roberts

Christian schools on the nose amid PC’s green faith

For the sake of the Productivity Commission’s reputation, the commissioners should find the courage to send its philanthropy report back to its authors and ask them to start again.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos MARCH 02, 2024 : Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Labor candidate Jodie Belyea speak to the media at Derinya Primary School in Frankston South, on polling day for the Federal seat of Dunkley. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Climate policy puts brake on Albanese’s Dunkley joy

Albanese will claim the Dunkley win was an endorsement of his government. Yet Labor MPs in marginal seats have been rattled.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 14, 2024: Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Nuclear, gas fuel Dutton’s tilt at green madness

So much for Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s claim that the opposition is using nuclear power as a culture-war distraction. His argument collapses at the first brush with reality.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 8, 2024: Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Unaffordable green dream blacked out by reality

One hates to be the bearer of bad news to the Tesla drivers of Mosman, but around 80 per cent of your electricity on Saturday night was produced from black coal.

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Adam Bandt is the new leader of the Australian Greens, elected unopposed after Richard Di Natale resigned.Senator Larissa Waters has been appointed Senate leader and co-deputy, while Nick McKim was voted as deputy Senate leader and co-deputy after the 10-member Greens party room met to elect a new leadership team this morning. Senator Rachel Siewert, Party Whip, joined the trio at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Right-to-disconnect debacle will only fuel anti-work culture

The right to disconnect hinges on the seductive narrative of restoring the work-life balance supposedly disrupted by the pressure of modern life.

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For The Weekly Times AgJournal November. Differing opinions on the use of prime agricultural land for the purpose of energy farming. Simon Barton has a property at Badangora near Wellington NSW, which has energy producing wind turbines installed for added income. Simon rounding up sheep on a quad bike. Picture by Dean Marzolla

‘Engagement’ a lost cause: regions fed up with green fantasy

If Chris Bowen attends a protest rally in Canberra on Tuesday, the reception will tell him more about the country’s mood on renewable energy than any number of engagement reviews.

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11/01/2024: Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen with Tattarang Chairman Dr Andrew Forrest at Uungula Wind Farm in central west NSW. Picture: Supplied / Squadron Energy

Climate of naivety our greatest danger

Andrew Forrest’s hubris is laid bare in declaring that investing in wind and solar would make us safer in a world where bad actors want to control fossil fuel supplies.

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24-01-2023 - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Pat Dodson (L) and Linda Burney (R) meet with community groups, local council, the NT Government and frontline services in Alice Springs to discuss crime in Alice Springs. Picture: PMO

Spinning platitudes as Alice burns

If Anthony Albanese were to return to the Northern Territory town this week he would discover youth crime has not declined while government-funded programs have proliferated.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 12, 2024: Woolworths stores have withdrawn the sale of Australia Day merchandise. Pictured is a Choice store with merchandise. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Woolworths needs to rethink its half-baked Australia Day ban

Peter Dutton captured the popular sentiment by suggesting customers boycott the store until the decision is reversed. When our shared sense of national pride is being eroded, we need leaders who are prepared to shout ‘stop’.

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