Author Archives: Peter Boyer

Our leaders’ coal addiction is looking increasingly exposed. Australia’s leaders are facing a policy choice: allow the business-as-usual, politics-as-usual bubble to grow until it bursts, with messy consequences, or pop it now, face reality and lead accordingly. Established economical and … Continue reading →

Booting Indigenous Australians off their land wasn’t such a good idea after all. Cultures and traditions are like forests. Their big, structural elements need to be left undisturbed for long periods, with small, frequent changes here and there to stimulate … Continue reading →

With temperatures rising at a fearsome rate, we need our political masters to cede policy power to real authorities. As if the ructions caused by the global pandemic and political mayhem in the US weren’t enough, last week we were … Continue reading →