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Grow your own
Australia’s high rate of urbanisation means that most people experience a significant disconnect between their food production and consumption. Over several decades, suburban gardens have ceased to be major sites…
Australia is about to get ripped off by the gas industry, and it's not the first time
…about now? Sadly, a pattern of waste is emerging with desperately needed government spending, and it’s no accident. This week the ACCC also released a report showing that 18 LNG…
The Australian government's decision to cut benefits is based on feelings, not facts
…almost universally accepted, economists do like to argue about the long-run consequences of changes in government spending. It is obviously possible for governments to waste money, and for governments to…
Putting the 'net' into net zero targets: it’s time to start doing things that work. Now
…between continents without fossil fuel in 2050. But that uncertainty should drive us to do simple things we do know. The less oil we waste moving inefficient cars around our…
Coal-station rorts are Coalition's new pork
by Richard Denniss [Originally published in the Australian Finacial Review, 24 Feb 2020] If you think Ministers handing out sports grants to marginal electorates is a waste of taxpayer money,…
47 Experts Urge NSW Government to Defend NSW Law and Climate
…up on supply chain that have serious externalities. Just as Australia cannot export toxic waste overseas and can no longer dump plastic waste into external markets, Australia is now coming…
What's 'left' and 'right' in Australian politics today? The lines are shifting
…built to create regional jobs were around back then, and the vast majority of them were barracking for Kennett. We waste our money subsidising industries that contribute little tax and…
Here's why Australia needs to keep subsidising renewables
…no longer free to dispose of its waste into our rivers, and anyone with an old TV knows you have to pay someone to take it off your hands. But…
Nuclear Dumps
How much is a hole in the ground worth? Australia has considered building a nuclear waste dump many times over the decades. Each time, the proposal has fallen through. This…
40 years on, Whitlam's vision under threat
…Australia Poverty is a national waste as well as individual waste (Gough Whitlam, 1969 election campaign). With the passing of former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam this week it is…