July, 2010

Journalists often get criticised for oversimplifying the science with climate change, but it’s not always so easy to understand the easy when you’re, um, not a scientist.

As Julia Gillard and her Cabinet colleagues discuss climate change policy today, they might want to pay attention to yesterday’s announcement by the Western Australian Environment Minister of the approval of three new coal power stations, and the recommissioning of two 1960′s coal plants. The proposed new plants (Aviva’s Coolimba project and Griffin Energy’s Bluewater [...]

By now, Julia Gillard has been well warned of the perils of ignoring climate change. So far, her comments have been carefully crafted to obscure her intentions and to push the issue beyond the election. However, after years of overwhelming public support for action on climate change, it is odd for her to be speaking [...]

Crikey intern Ben Hagemann writes: I am only a young man, but I make myself feel old when I talk about certain things, like how I can remember when Coca-Cola came in one-litre glass bottles that you could use to kill a man with a swift blow to the skull. I never actually did that, [...]

Population policy is one of those deeply vexed issues that often seems to bring out the worst in political discussions. Too often it is used as a cypher for racist politics. Too often, those who are honestly trying to grapple with the issue sensibly are labelled racist by association. I wish I knew which of [...]