Search Results: electricity
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ENVIRONMENT
- Greg Foyster
- 28 October 2009
12 Comments
This Friday, proponents of clean renewable energy will gather to try to rally government support for Solar Systems, Australia's world-leading developer of solar energy technology, which went into receivership in September. They face an uphill battle.
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INFORMATION
- Michael Brull
- 27 October 2009
4 Comments
Everyone progressive, liberal and leftwards breathed a sigh of relief at the end of two long Bush Administrations. I too share the hope for change from the Bush era. Sadly, Obama's not the change we're looking for.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 07 September 2009
2 Comments
Last week's sex scandal provides lessons for leaders on both sides of politics. Those energised by quality 'open-source' conversation will speak to
the electorate more effectively than those who derive their
inspiration from behind the closed doors of either the faction meeting
room or the bedroom.
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AUSTRALIA
- Munyaradzi Makoni
- 26 June 2009
2 Comments
Yesterday's political archrivals are today's strange bedfellows. The coalition government of Mugabe, Tsvangirai and
Mutambara has halted Zimbabwe's hemorrhaging. Now that a veneer of progress exists, can Zimbabwe heal itself?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 17 June 2009
1 Comment
The mysterious stain on the kitchen floor was evoking obscure feelings of unease and
danger. What was happening in the cosmos that could be making me feel that way? A hell of a lot, as it turned out.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 11 May 2009
3 Comments
The community is divided over the Government's revised climate change strategy. Australia has the most visible evidence of climate change, which makes it all the more urgent for us to provide leadership on the world stage.
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MEDIA
- Jan Forrester
- 20 March 2009
Tolo TV is the most popular network in
Afghanistan. A young population enjoys its Indian soap
operas, racy by conservative Afghan mores. The Government tried to censor Tolo and another leading network. The latter bowed to pressure. Tolo refused.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 March 2009
17 Comments
A business-friendly carbon emissions reduction
scheme is an oxymoron. The draconian action which the Government must
take will lead to further unemployment and short-term damage to the fabric of society. But there is no choice.
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RELIGION
- Steven Douglas
- 05 March 2009
9 Comments
Catholic and Anglican Churches are relatively recent converts to religious environmentalism. The rhetoric of the Catholic Church on Creation-care remains
largely an optional extra for its organisations; economic and
institutional gains take precedence.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Malcolm King
- 21 January 2009
1 Comment
Adelaide has a large, country-town feel about it. Sputes (sports utes) abound and the word 'bogan' is a term of endearment. The mullet hair cut, check shirt and ugg boots have never really gone out of
fashion here. These are my people.
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AUSTRALIA
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 04 June 2008
8 Comments
Jimmy Carter's meeting with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Masha'al contradicted US policy of not negotiating with terrorists. Hamas carries a popular mandate to establish Palestine as a sovereign state. Peace is not going to reign in Palestine or Israel if Hamas is excluded from negotiations.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Today I returned from one of the areas most affected by the cyclone. I have seen the suffering of the graceful people who live in these parts.
Burma is in deep mourning, but we are doing what we can to help.
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