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August 2026
More Fool Me: How the gas industry tricked Australia
The global gas industry has pulled off the greatest con in Australia’s history, and we’re living with the consequences. Australia is one of the richest countries in the world, but we have been made to feel so poor that we no longer even expect the high quality, freely available public schools and hospitals we used to have. But while
Dr Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture 2026 | Shane Rattenbury
Join us at the 2026 Dr Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture, featuring former ACT Minister, Greens Leader, and long‑serving parliamentarian Shane Rattenbury. This special evening will be a reflection on how the ACT turned climate ambition into action, and what its experience reveals about democracy, power, and people‑driven change. The ACT has gone from setting bold
Policy School – What makes you feel like you’re losing in this economy?
For more than 40 years, governments and the media, besotted with neoliberalism, have spruiked the need for greater company profits rather than stronger wage growth and household income. This has driven the push for a smaller government with lower taxes, less government spending and more vital services being delivered private-for profit companies. In boom times
Politics in the Pub: More Fool Me
Join Dr Richard Denniss and Ebony Bennett as they discuss Richard’s new Vantage Point Essay, More Fool Me: How the gas industry tricked Australia. The global gas industry has pulled off the greatest con in Australia’s history, and we’re living with the consequences. Australia is one of the richest countries in the world, but we
Richard Denniss – More Fool Me
Seize the Moment with Bernard Keane
Australia is surviving the second coming of Trump, but our economy and our social cohesion are under pressure, and our political landscape is being reshaped. How do we turn this time of international crisis into a launchpad for success? At the first-quarter mark of the 21st century, giant forces are reshaping our world. This Trump
September 2026
Climate Integrity Summit 2026
The age of fossil fuels is ending – what will the exit look like for Australia? “There isn’t one country in the world that’s said, ‘you know what this fuel crisis reminds us, is we need more fossil fuels’.” — Hon. Chris Bowen, Climate Change and Energy Minister The age of fossil fuels is coming to
Politics in the Pub: Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
In April 2026, 57 countries gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia for the first-ever intergovernmental conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF), a new plurilateral process built to do what the UNFCCC COPs have failed to: turn the promise to phase out coal, oil and gas into a concrete pathway to action. Tuvalu, one of