First Nations ambassador a voice from elite’s utopian vision
Old ambassadorial postings were made to real places in the interest of promoting Australia’s national interest, not the narrow agenda of the anointed.
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Why California dreamin’ is a renewables nightmare
Forget California — our new climate pact with the state won’t help our transition to renewable energy. It’s Wyoming Australia needs to model to have any hope of reaching our renewable targets.
Labor’s ideological obsessions foiled by cost-of-living reality
The chance that Albanese may preside over a single-term government may be less remote after the potential punishment of losing the voice referendum.
Our political class can’t dodge renewable flaws
Sooner or later, the political class must temper its enthusiasm for renewable energy and accept that the laws of physics and economics are not optional.
Claims of ‘united’ voice silenced by vested interest
Those with more experience of Aboriginal culture than Anthony Albanese have learned to be cautious in picking Indigenous leaders.
Is Chalumbin set to become our new Franklin Dam?
A wind turbine development at Chalumbin could mark a pivotal moment in Australia’s political and environmental history. But this time there is hardly a tree-hugger in sight.
Renewables vision is blind to the cost of calamity
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.
US ruling exposes folly of entrenched division by race
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.
Why ACMA can’t be trusted to police ‘fake news’
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’.
Transition furphies won’t stop our energy woes
Daniel Westerman’s appeal for urgent investment in firming technology suggests the naysayers’ concerns about weather-dependent technology weren’t that stupid after all.
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