Monthly Archives: November 2025

When people describe themselves as agnostic we take it to mean they don’t know what they believe. The dictionary tells us it comes from the Greek “agnostos”, which means not knowing. Now the word has crept into Australia’s climate debate. … Continue reading →

In a meeting with Nick Duigan, Tasmania’s Minister for Energy and Renewables, a few months ago a member of the advisory group Climate Tasmania asked the minister if he would care to say anything about the need for Tasmania to … Continue reading →

The eleventh day of the eleventh month used to just mark the day World War I ended. In 1975 Remembrance Day became something else: the day a governor-general sacked Australia’s elected leader and replaced him with his opponent. I apologise … Continue reading →