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Net zero’s Groundhog Day –  ‘Doing our bit for the environment’ – is not going to work

Net zero’s Groundhog Day –  ‘Doing our bit for the environment’ – is not going to work

A constant flow of opposition politicians has used the phrase “doing our bit for the environment” when asked how they would approach net zero. This feels like Groundhog Day  — it has been happening for 50 years in my experience as an academic in the environmental space. In 1972, I was in Delft, The Netherlands, studying environmental science at one of ...
NSW’s waste infrastructure woes are not over yet

NSW’s waste infrastructure woes are not over yet

Penny Sharpe, NSW Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Heritage and the Environment, has a seat at the table when budgets that can help resolve the waste issues are decided. Heres some background she needs to make the right decisions. You may have heard about the New South Wales government releasing its new Waste Infrastructure Plan. You may have read ...
Indo-Oz treaty. Pandering to Prabowo, ignoring unrest, West Papua

Indo-Oz treaty. Pandering to Prabowo, ignoring unrest, West Papua

While Indonesians worry about President Prabowo’s undemocratic moves, the failures of his flagship ‘breakfast’ policy, and a faltering economy, Australia enters into another ‘treaty’ of little import. Duncan Graham reports. Under-reported in the Australian media, Indonesia has been gripped by protests this year, some of them violent. protests with grievances

Net zero’s Groundhog Day –  ‘Doing our bit for the environment’ – is not going to work

Net zero’s Groundhog Day –  ‘Doing our bit for the environment’ – is not going to work
A constant flow of opposition politicians has used the phrase “doing our bit for the environment” when asked how they would approach net zero. This feels like Groundhog Day  — it has been happening for 50 years in my experience as an academic in the environmental space. In 1972, I was in Delft, The Netherlands, studying environmental science at one of ...

NSW’s waste infrastructure woes are not over yet

NSW’s waste infrastructure woes are not over yet
Penny Sharpe, NSW Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Heritage and the Environment, has a seat at the table when budgets that can help resolve the waste issues are decided. Heres some background she needs to make the right decisions. You may have heard about the New South Wales government releasing its new Waste Infrastructure Plan. You may have read ...

Indo-Oz treaty. Pandering to Prabowo, ignoring unrest, West Papua

Indo-Oz treaty. Pandering to Prabowo, ignoring unrest, West Papua
While Indonesians worry about President Prabowo’s undemocratic moves, the failures of his flagship ‘breakfast’ policy, and a faltering economy, Australia enters into another ‘treaty’ of little import. Duncan Graham reports. Under-reported in the Australian media, Indonesia has been gripped by protests this year, some of them violent. protests with grievances