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. Instead of rising to the challenge, the major parties are …
The issues | Let’s be honest. If we want to decarbonise the economy it will require making some hard trade-offs. Instead of rising to the challenge, the major parties are …
Is it political? Should political parties even have a stand and, if so, would carrots or sticks improve outcomes? Is there an epidemic? There is no doubt that as a …
The issues | Australia is a megadiverse continent supporting 7.8% of the world’s described species. More than 90% of our vascular plants, frogs, and reptiles, and more than 80% of …
Spending on the protection and restoration of nature isn’t just a nice-to-have item. More than half our GDP relies on natural systems and healthy nature is vitally important for the …
The issues | The Australian people have not agreed to proposed changes to the Constitution in more than three decades. Only eight of the 44 referendum proposals have been successful …
The issues | Australia’s defence strategy should be coherent and have our national interest at its core. We should not squander billions of dollars on doubtful long-range, long lead-time war-fighting …
Five state governments have now passed tough new laws with powers to put protesters in jail, such is the battle now raging between governments wanting to prop up the fossil …