Grandfathering The Australian Dream

Grandfathering The Australian Dream

Australia's young people have been unfairly targeted by policies that have loaded them up with uni debts, locked them out of housing market and crippled them on the 'flexible' job front, and any changes that might address this imbalance are 'grandfathered' in so that they don't affect anyone who is presently in a position of power, that's what our Chief Economist Richard Denniss argues in his essay for the June edition of The Monthly - called

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Dead in the Water

Dead in the Water

A new deal to save the Murray-Darling basin has been brokered by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, following another mass fish kill, and a survey finding not a single adult Murray Cod in t...

6 Sep 202320min

An Eventful Trip to Fiji

An Eventful Trip to Fiji

The Labor Government has been campaigning for Australia to host COP31, the UN climate conference, in partnership with a Pacific Island nation. But Pacific Islanders have several concerns, mainly due t...

30 Aug 202320min

The Environmental Fight you probably haven't heard of

The Environmental Fight you probably haven't heard of

While you might not think native duck hunting is a big issue in Australia, it actually has extensive detrimental effects on our ecosystems. And it isn't even that popular among Australians.  This was ...

22 Aug 202321min

What Transition?

What Transition?

The lifecycle emissions resulting from Tamboran Resources’ proposed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) processing and export facility in the Northern Territory would be equivalent to 12 coal-fired power stat...

16 Aug 202326min

A Trojan Horse for Fossil Fuels

A Trojan Horse for Fossil Fuels

The Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill currently before Parliament sounds promising. But as it turns out, the name of the bill is hidi...

11 Aug 202326min

Ending the ‘Jobs for Mates’ Culture with Dr Sophie Scamps [Webinar]

Ending the ‘Jobs for Mates’ Culture with Dr Sophie Scamps [Webinar]

Restoring trust and integrity in Australia’s democracy was a key issue in 2022 federal election. In March, independent MP Dr Sophie Scamps introduced a new bill designed to end the ‘jobs for mates’ cu...

2 Aug 202353min

The Shell Game Behind Carbon Credits with Nick Feik [Webinar]

The Shell Game Behind Carbon Credits with Nick Feik [Webinar]

In his new essay “The Great Stock ‘n’ Coal Swindle” for The Monthly, Nick Feik takes a deep dive into Australia’s carbon offsets industry and its links to fossil fuel expansion. This was recorded on W...

26 Jul 202357min

The 'Tassie Tiger of the Sea' is on the brink

The 'Tassie Tiger of the Sea' is on the brink

The Maugean Skate, nicknamed the 'Tasmanian Tiger of the Sea,' is on the brink of extinction, with salmon farming in the region threatening its natural habitat. So will Federal Environment Minister Ta...

18 Jul 202318min

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