The 2010 Budget and Taxes… all serious stuff
Hey everyone It has been a crazy few weeks and I have not had a chance to keep up with the various things that have been happening! Rather than going back to try and catch up, I thought I would list...
View ArticlePopulation… size does not matter
For those of us who feel that Australia is at a crossroad on issues around sustainability the debates related to this topic have been more than a little disappointing – and I am not just talking about...
View ArticleOn knowledge, progress traps and water
Whenever I write an article about the importance of acting on climate change or point out flaws in sceptic arguments, I receive a barrage of abusive emails or twitter messages. Not sure why people seem...
View ArticleThe greening of hate
A number of years ago I read an interview in the New Scientist titled ‘the greening of hate’ with Betsy Hartmann, a leading feminist and academic. In this interview, Hartmann warned that...
View ArticleTime for some big ideas
I wrote a recent article for The Punch on the need for some new ideas to confront the emerging challenges of the twenty-first century. It is available here… It provoked some interesting discussions...
View ArticleThe 2011-12 Budget Commentary
Well, the 2011-12 Federal Budget has come and gone. Despite promises of a ‘tough’ budget, it was actually not that tough at all. Though there are many policies that this government has implemented that...
View ArticleSustainability before profits
Last week in Papua New Guinea (PNG), an important court case came to a conclusion which most of us in Australia did not hear about. It was based around an application for an injunction to stop mining...
View ArticleHomelands and Land Rights
Recently, the Papua New Guinea parliament replaced its Prime Minister. For those with an interest in the Pacific nation, such changes seem far too regular. What caught many of us by surprise, however,...
View ArticlePopulation control: Disastrous policy solutions
One of the fundamental environmental challenges that we are confronting is the growing population of this world. In 2011, the world population reached 7 billion people and it is predicted to grow in...
View ArticlePoverty and ‘natural’ disasters: arsenic in Bangladesh
Every year we witness dozens of ‘natural’ disasters from all over the world which are usually accompanied by a devastating loss of life, the displacements of thousands and the loss of livelihoods that...
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