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Lower the voting age to 16
The evidence shows elsewhere that [young people} have been taking up the vote when they have the opportunity to do…
Standing with First Nations
Successive Governments have failed our First Nations People. In 1992, Paul Keating in his Redfern speech called on us to, in essence, participate…
Early Childhood Education and Care
The issues Every child deserves the best possible start in life. Where you live and your parent’s cultural heritage should…
Youth Mental Health
A world-first review into youth mental health describes a lack of action as a “scandal” that is having big implications…
Decarbonising the power sector
The issues | Let’s be honest. If we want to decarbonise the economy it will require making some hard trade-offs….
The Arts
The issues | The arts have a long tradition of shaping our society and have an important part to play…
Biodiversity
The issues | Australia is a megadiverse continent supporting 7.8% of the world’s described species. More than 90% of our…
The Environment
Spending on the protection and restoration of nature isn’t just a nice-to-have item. More than half our GDP relies on…
Reforming the Constitution
The issues | The Australian people have not agreed to proposed changes to the Constitution in more than three decades….
Lobbying
The issues | Anyone is free to lobby their local member, the parliament or even the Prime Minister. Lobbyists and activists…
Schooling
The issues | Most young Australians receive a good education and perform above the OECD average for mathematics, reading and science….
Securing the Nation
The issues | Australia’s defence strategy should be coherent and have our national interest at its core. We should not…
The DRILL. Obesity epidemic, a weighty problem
Is it political? Should political parties even have a stand and, if so, would carrots or sticks improve outcomes? OverviewSo, the DRILL has looked at nuclear small modular reactors, vaping and EVs and lithium batteries this year – all topics that have had plenty of political input. But obesity? It’s…
The Drill – Are EVs really the green future
By Grahame Elder Before we start a quick recap. Last episode, the DRILL wrote about vaping and the proliferation of tobacco outlets. Subsequently the DRILL contacted local organisations and the Hornsby Shire Council, who recommended: THAT Council write to the (NSW) Minister for Planning and Public Spaces requesting changes to planning controls…
Insights
A Trojan Horse to a Surveillance State
The Albanese government is attempting to introduce legislation that will ban social media for anyone under the age of 16, and provided a 24…
Reflecting on our democracy
Protesters criminalised but who’s at fault?
Five state governments have now passed tough new laws with powers to put protesters in jail, such is the battle now raging between governments…