Keywords: Renewable Energy
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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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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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ECONOMICS
- Margaret Rice
- 16 December 2008
3 Comments
This time of year is marked by a fraught pre-Christmas anxiety, exacerbated this year by the economic crisis. My daughter Rachel lost her part-time job last week.
Her loss is slight compared to her employer's, a young mother who
works in the finance industry.
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ECONOMICS
- Colin Long
- 27 November 2008
20 Comments
The outcomes of the G20 meeting this month demonstrate the limited vision of many of the world's politicians in confronting the global financial crisis. If our leaders can't imagine a different future, it is up to us to do so.
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AUSTRALIA
- Bronwyn Lay
- 06 November 2008
6 Comments
If you see some Generation X’s out there in the street, smiling like drunk cats, forgive them their madness - it’s been a long time coming. We are letting our inner lives blend with the polis. We know it might all be fiction but like fiction; it makes us feel less alone inside.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 05 November 2008
13 Comments
After
America's worst president, Obama may prove its greatest.
Australians will have reason to celebrate his likely victory, although Obama has no
reason to be impressed by Australia.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 29 September 2008
1 Comment
Both candidates in Saturday's presidential debate came across honourably, with the right note of steel. Obama will have pleased younger Americans with his empathy with their concerns, McCain older voters for his reaffirmation of traditional values.
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ENVIRONMENT
Prepare for a lot of powerfully funded special interest lobbying against the Garnaut Report when it is issued next week, particularly from the coal industry. Those inconvenienced by change
will always shout louder than the majority who stand to benefit from it.
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ENVIRONMENT
- John Button
- 09 January 2008
No
wonder people hope for arguments which suggest climate change will go
away. The discussion about climate change has become increasingly
feverish, polemical and downright dishonest. From 13 June 2007.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 13 December 2007
8 Comments
Both the Bali Kyoto meeting and the Iran war risk scenario require immediate foreign policy attention. The new Rudd administration cannot afford to let itself be positioned in a similar public frame as its predecessor.
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ECONOMICS
- Anne Lanyon
- 05 September 2007
5 Comments
The APEC theme 'Strengthening our community: Building a sustainable future' is an honourable one. But look further, and you’ll get a glimpse of the priority the Australian Government has for things economic, and an acknowledgement of the role of business in shaping the agenda.
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ENVIRONMENT
In 1996, Lucas Heights was renamed Barden Ridge, in order to preserve property values. Few people enjoy living near a nuclear reactor. Many also doubt that building more nuclear reactors will provide an answer to our run away greenhouse gas emissions.
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