KC’s environment reporter recently travelled through the Galilee Basin, not in the Holy Land but in sunny central Queensland, which … More
Category: Economy
Productivity Prolapse
The Magic Pudding report generated a keen response calling for more analysis of the unchallenged economic and social assumptions of modern society. … More
Double Irish Dutch Sandwich
What an irresistible menu item for multi-national corporations pushing national boundaries to avoid paying tax! The Google people may not be actually … More
The Magic Pudding
Norman Lindsay probably didn’t waste too much time studying economics in his young turn-of-20th century days, as the ‘dismal science’ hadn’t yet … More
Real World: Germany 20 v Australia 5
Just after Anzac Day is a good time to reflect on our collective failure to meet the challenge of altering Australia’s energy … More
Germany in Europe: Win/Win or No Win?
So much learned commentary on Germany’s role in Europe’s financial woes, that the simple mind is definitely boggling. And it … More
Getting Fracked
Sometimes you get a really disturbing feeling that our governments have stupidly declared war on the environment and the people … More
Parsing Pollution
We’ve probably all had that uncanny experience, while roaming and pillaging through this over-stuffed media landscape, of reading an article, essay, opinion piece … More
Banana Bending
As elsewhere Down Under, denizens of Kookynie are inveterate banana munchers, or were, until Cyclone Yasi wiped out crops and sent … More
Governor Glenn Gorges
Not gorgeous! Reporting of our erstwhile Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stephens is often deferential, maybe because he pulls the big … More
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