Category Archives: economic restructuring

Strangled by cynicism and world-weariness

Posted on 25 October 2016 by Peter Boyer

Australia’s responsiveness to global problems has slipped badly Australia would rate pretty well as a citizen of the world if the sole measure of that was being open to the global market. With protectionism on the rise, fuelled by vanishing … Continue reading →

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As the government fiddles, the planet burns

Posted on 30 August 2016 by Peter Boyer

The Paris option of a 1.5C warming limit is ambitious beyond words, yet it’s looking more and more like the only sensible objective. Eight months ago Australia supported a global effort to hold global warming to “well below 2C”, and … Continue reading →

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How the Coalition is awakening to a changing climate

Posted on 19 July 2016 by Peter Boyer

The Coalition’s climate denial brigade should join the rest of the electorate and move on. “Why did we not run on the carbon tax?” asked Tasmania’s senior Liberal senator, Eric Abetz, in an ABC radio interview last week. It’s an … Continue reading →

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