EV Strategy – still waiting

With much of the world powering on with electric vehicle targets and Australia an embarrassing laggard, the Government finally agreed late last year to release an EV strategy in June. …

Collaery update

Professor Spencer Zifcak explains today in The Conversation why the Bernard Collaery case is one of the gravest threats to freedom of expression in this country. It is a careful …

Missile madness

Australia should not be spending $270 billion more on arms.  With the world awash with weapons that could wipe out the planet many times over, it is absurd to say …

Wrong way on Arts funding

The Government’s $250 million package will breathe some life into the ailing arts sector but $90 million is for loans, not grants and government will decide who gets it, not …