Monthly Archives: January 2023

Our new national hero puts her body on the line

The path of choosing an Australian of the Year has been an undulating one since the award’s inception in 1960, but I’m sure no-one would question the suitability of this year’s winner, Taryn Brumfitt. Rosie Batty’s selection in 2015 expressed … Continue reading

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Home truths from a classic tale of dispossession

This new year is starting to look just like the old, crisis piled on crisis, misery on misery. It’s time we got our heads around what is important and what isn’t. Where better to start than The Grapes of Wrath, John … Continue reading

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The confusing world of carbon offsetting

First the good news. After a functioning carbon price was killed off in 2014, and after then being allowed to pollute at will, big industry is again going to be made to account for the carbon it puts into the … Continue reading

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