Given that two of the largest emitters, China and India, along with the US, do not accept the pressure to achieve net zero, the likelihood of reaching global net zero by 2050 is close to zero.
The last week of this year in parliament signalled that a possible Labor-Greens minority government in 2025 would be a retrograde step and soon have the nation in decline in real terms.
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Among the first actions Peter Dutton should carry out if elected to government must be a formal withdrawal of support for the two UN resolutions shamefully supported by Australia a fortnight ago.
Welcome to the world of Chris Bowen’s renewables superpower fantasy, where Sydneysiders are asked to switch off electrical appliances between 3pm and 8pm, exactly when they are most needed.
Was Chris Bowen a script writer for Yes Minister in a past life? I ask only because he appears to be channelling Sir Humphrey Appleby in blaming the current power crisis in NSW on a lack of coal.
Are we now banning people from coming to Australia for being conservative? The government is sending a strong message to anti-Israel agitators: “We hear you, keep going.”
China has been suggesting that when faced with Trump’s policy of tariffs, Australia can rely on the newly forged ties with the Xi Jinping government, despite the recent trade bans it imposed.
China has shown that it is perfectly happy to use trade as a weapon of foreign policy, as it has recently done to us. And it routinely subsidises its own exports.
The socialist-leaning Labor government of big spending, big ideology-based ideas devoid of proper due diligence, and a glorification of the trade union movement has failed.
The Treasurer has the economic gearstick jammed in reverse. He needs to flick it into neutral and then forward.
The government is trying to control every aspect of our lives, thoughts and actions. The social media law will be a backdoor introduction of a digital ID for everyone, including adults.
Rabbi Benjamin Elton’s concerns about Anthony Albanese’s weak comments and actions on anti-Semitism – or let’s call it what it is, Jew hatred – are well placed.
I hope members of the federal government read Monday’s heartfelt plea from Rabbi Benjamin Elton concerning Anthony Albanese’s ‘very mild’ approach to widespread anti-Semitism.
There is a problem with private health, but finding who is to blame is complex.
Chris Bowen’s implausible justification that solar worked better in Australia, because London had 1633 hours of sunshine in an average year while Melbourne had 2362 hours, was just embarrassing.
Following the ICC’s issuing of warrants, Australia should now aim to undermine the court’s legitimacy by withdrawing from the treaty that established the court.
One wonders how the ICC would have treated Messrs Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and Eisenhower for the assault on Berlin during the dying days of WWII.
The aim of the Future Fund was to ensure a safe stewardship of taxpayers’ funds. Government interference in the fund’s investment decision-making is tantamount to mismanagement.
Every government and every political party must remember that the Future Fund is essentially other people’s money – they have to be mindful of how they express their plans for its use.
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