Labor has got its comeuppance in the Northern Territory, losing power in a double-digit swing to the Country Liberals. With a first-ever seat for the Greens, it sets a pattern that could carry through all the way to Canberra and the Federal Election due by September next year. Among the unseated ALP luminaries was Chief Continue reading »
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Readers of P&I understandably want to hear about possible solutions to the ‘polycrisis’ that defines our era. There are some plausible possibilities, it’s just difficult to imagine them ever being implemented, not least because of our continuing faith in market forces to solve the world’s problems. Continue reading »
Australia punches well above its weight when it comes to global fossil carbon emissions. With less than one-third of one percent of the world’s population, we are responsible for about 4.5 percent of fossil carbon emissions globally, and around 80 percent of this comes from our fossil fuel exports. Our nation is thus responsible for Continue reading »
A Senate inquiry has failed to reach agreement on whether the Federal Government should spend A$1.5 billion on a major industrial hub in Darwin – spending critics say amounts to a huge fossil fuel subsidy. The project, known as the Middle Arm Industrial Precinct, involves developing a manufacturing and minerals hub on a peninsula at Darwin Harbour. Continue reading »
These massacres bring us closer to the central questions that the inquiring mind might ask about the Gaza genocide. Every genocide is different from the one before. Organised extermination is their similarity, but no two genocides are the same. They are not unique except in themselves. In fact, history is in part a running sequence Continue reading »
As China commemorates the 120th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s birth, the Post examines his legacy across generations. In the first of a three-part series, we look at Deng’s continuing resonance with the ruling Communist Party’s leadership. Chairman Mao Zedong called him the “steel factory” for his uncompromising resolve. Yet he was also a master of Continue reading »
The excitement that radiated through the Democratic National Convention was the other side of what had until recently been a deep despair.
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton seems bereft of the qualities required in a leader, so it’s worth pondering how he and those who support him could show leadership. There’s no fixed prescription for leaders, but imagination, vision and a concern with altruism are invaluable, as long as those traits are augmented with touches of humanity, as Continue reading »
How comfy the throne, how rapid the change; a humble Republican from a riverbank shack is plotting to be King of Indonesia surrounded by his regal family of political courtiers. Young Indonesians have had enough of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s blatant nepotism, the rise of dynastic politics and a return of the oligarchs. Furious Continue reading »
In many ways the American capitalist economy has been a remarkable success story. But is it any longer compatible with environmental or social stability. Should countries like Australia be so closely connected to it? Continue reading »