Australia’s year of the skidmark
This was the year that started with a bushfire crisis that sent the prime minister scuttling to Hawaii - telling his staff to lie about it if anybody asked. This…
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Australia’s year of the skidmark
The Australian Government (left)
2020 has been bad for democracy, but look what might be coming next.
OH 2020. What a year you have been. Bushfires, drought, Covid-19, President Trump’s mind-boggling swansong, the non-declaration of a new cold war between the West and China: you brought so…
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2020 has been bad for democracy, but look what might be coming next.
photo from the Greenpeace website.
Young people are right to be anxious
“I want children growing up in Australia to feel positive about their future, and I think it is important we give them that confidence that they will not only have…
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Young people are right to be anxious