Net Zero Australia’s report constructs a teetering tower of assumptions to conclude that the government can meet its goals. It assumes $1.5 trillion will blow our way in the next seven years in a highly competitive global capital market.
The PM has said we should vote Yes because it ‘will make us feel better about who we are as a nation’. But what worries many Australians is the voice will make a great country much worse.
The arrest of a pregnant woman for a Facebook post during lockdown is a small taste of what might happen if the Australian Communications and Media Authority is granted the power to enforce ‘the code’.
Daniel Westerman’s appeal for urgent investment in firming technology suggests the naysayers’ concerns about weather-dependent technology weren’t that stupid after all.
Lurking behind the equity movement is the dangerous delusion that its goal is to achieve equality of opportunity. Its effect is the reverse, since inclusivity grants privilege to some and excludes others.
A comparison can be drawn between Chris Bowen’s 2030 target and the arrogant folly of Chairman Mao’s attempts to mobilise the Chinese population.
The embarrassment sweeping PwC is a manifestation of the global crisis in woke capitalism; its claim of higher ethical standards exposed as a sham. No amount of rainbow-washing will remove the stain.
If Labor’s Climate, Clearing and Cows push becomes government policy, graziers and croppers will find themselves in the corner with coalminers facing unreasonable regulation, restricted capital and heavier taxes.
When activists start veering off on moral tangents it’s a sign they’ve given up arguing the facts. The policy choice at the next election will be between a clean-energy future founded in reality or one infected by wishful thinking.
The renewable industrial complex and the ideological intransigence of the left, are the biggest obstacles to lifting our nuclear moratorium.
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