Search Results: sustainability
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Christmas for crabs; their island blooms with a rare largesse of flesh mashed to pulp on rocks — such 'palatable human refuse'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tom Dreyfus
- 09 November 2011
15 Comments
Corporations treat social responsibility as a PR tool or a trade-off for financial success. The truth is that if consumers suffer, so too do the corporations that depend on them. Socially responsible initiatives such as the Carbon Tax will benefit society holistically.
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AUSTRALIA
- Paul W. Newbury
- 03 June 2011
12 Comments
The anniversary of the Mabo decision is significant enough to be made a public holiday. If it replaced the Queen's Birthday, this would reflect our maturation as a nation, as we grow away from Britain, and grow up by owning the past and our mistreatment of Indigenous Australians.
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MEDIA
- Tony Kevin
- 28 February 2011
32 Comments
At last, an Australian government has presented for public consideration an intelligently conceived framework for a national carbon emissions plan. Has Gillard broken her pre-election 'no carbon tax' promise? Does it matter?
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ENVIRONMENT
- Tony Kevin
- 22 November 2010
6 Comments
Australians can rejoice in the good year our farmers are having. But farming in southern Australia continues to be a high-risk business. Climate change is inevitably going to make it harder to sustain all kinds of agriculture in inland southern Australia.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 18 October 2010
7 Comments
Tony Windsor is proving himself to be a politician of integrity and tact, but has his work cut out for him in the case of the Murray-Darling Basin irrigators. Mary MacKillop was a champion of rural and regional Australians. It is worth considering her strategy in the context of the irrigators' struggle for survival.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Greg Foyster
- 13 August 2010
11 Comments
Every day, Australians face north and scan the horizon. Has another boat
arrived? But if our politicians and journalists want to see asylum
seekers living in poor conditions, they need to look closer to home.
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EDUCATION
- Stephen Elder
- 12 August 2010
26 Comments
I differ with Frank Brennan in his belief that there is no harm in voting Green. The Greens' policy on funding for Catholic schools will force closures, increase fees and change the ability of Catholic schools to be genuinely Catholic. Stephen Elder, Director of Catholic Education, Melbourne
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INTERNATIONAL
- Jack de Groot
- 09 July 2010
21 Comments
Julia Gillard said 'people like my own parents who have worked hard
all their lives can't abide the idea that others might get an inside
track to special privileges'. Managing similar perceptions in East Timor, where there is a tide of resentment against Australia among parts of
the population, will be a challenge.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Jeffrey Nicholls
- 09 July 2010
3 Comments
Every year we mine about a billion tonnes of iron ore. If we keep this
up for five billion years, we will have dug up the whole earth to a
depth of about 10 km. Here is a guide to how human existence might continue until the sun dies.
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AUSTRALIA
- Ruby J. Murray
- 01 July 2010
24 Comments
I don't know about you, but last time I got on an outrageously late,
over-crowded train at peak hour full of apparently longstanding Aussies
in business suits, the first thing I thought was: I really wish
Australia accepted fewer immigrants.
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AUSTRALIA
Hopefully the Government's delay in providing a comprehensive response is not a sign of lost momentum, but rather means it is going to work directly with disadvantaged and vulnerable people and the organisations that support them to determine how best to address critical outstanding issues.
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