The earth has moved under our feet, and our massive security gamble is crumbling, but the government pretends nothing has happened, writes Michael Pascoe. Tits on a bull, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, all same same. The
The media maelstrom over travel expenses proves again how politicians hide behind “independently determined rules” while rorting the system. Former senator Rex Patrick explains. In my 4.5 years as a senator, I used the family reunion travel scheme on three occasions to allow my daughter to travel with me while
The official DFAT country brief on Israel omits any mention of regional conflict, while Penny Wong defends Australia’s cybersecurity cooperation with Israel. Stephanie Tran with the story. In Senate Estimates last week, Greens Senator David Shoebridge questioned Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and senior officials on why DFAT’s Israel Country
The media pile-on over Anika Wells’s excessive expenses has again underlined mass media and political hypocrisy. Andrew Gardiner exposes the triumph of politics over policy. Communications Minister Anika Wells spent $120,000 on a trip to New York in September, to spruik our “world’s first” social media ban at the UN
Our last event of the year was a firecracker. Probably one of the most stimulating and contentious we’ve had for a long time, or ever.
Sparks flew equally from the passions among the presenters and the audience but the discussions were respectful and adhered to the facts, as far as we understand about this material.
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Fossil fuels are turning to funding education to downplay climate change
Analysis by Comms Declare has found that children as young as 9 are being taught about climate change that is shaped by the fossil fuel industry. The advocacy group found that Shell’s Queensland Gas Company has provided more than $10 million to Queensland Museum since 2015 to ...
The Big Debate: Timber is the sustainability solution of our dreams, on Tuesday, kicked off with the passion and nuanced debating points we have come to expect from this important material for the sustainability industry.
We took pre-polls in the weeks leading up to the debate to see how people felt before hearing the arguments, then from the audience ...
How to build a better world podcast: Infrastructure work is going regional – in water, sanitation, roads and bridges – says Kaushik Chakraborty, senior vice president, Asia Pacific & Japan with Bentley Systems in this podcast. It’s part of the big global drift out of cities and into towns and smaller cities that was bolstered by Covid. The trend is ...
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is refusing to tell the Senate whether she disclosed she was a senior official of a pro-Israel lobby group before taking the role.
The post Jillian Segal shuns Senate over lobby group ties appeared first on The Klaxon.
As we near the end of the year, I thought I’d share my biggest lessons from 2025:
1. Good companies don’t necessarily make good investments
You can’t go wrong investing in good companies, right? It turns out, you can.
Globally, so-called quality stocks - characterised by high return on equity, stable earnings growth and low debt levels - have had one ...
Governments are becoming architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account, say Australian university experts.
The post Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you appeared first on The Klaxon.
With the e-bike market exploding in Australia, record numbers will be found under the Christmas tree this year. But how safe are they? Andrew Gardiner asks. If our epidemic of e-bike accidents exasperates you, chances are you’ll want to blame someone. Those looking to cast a ‘villain’ for this tragedy
The earth has moved under our feet, and our massive security gamble is crumbling, but the government pretends nothing has happened, writes Michael Pascoe. Tits on a bull, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, all same same. The
The media maelstrom over travel expenses proves again how politicians hide behind “independently determined rules” while rorting the system. Former senator Rex Patrick explains. In my 4.5 years as a senator, I used the family reunion travel scheme on three occasions to allow my daughter to travel with me while
The official DFAT country brief on Israel omits any mention of regional conflict, while Penny Wong defends Australia’s cybersecurity cooperation with Israel. Stephanie Tran with the story. In Senate Estimates last week, Greens Senator David Shoebridge questioned Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and senior officials on why DFAT’s Israel Country
The media pile-on over Anika Wells’s excessive expenses has again underlined mass media and political hypocrisy. Andrew Gardiner exposes the triumph of politics over policy. Communications Minister Anika Wells spent $120,000 on a trip to New York in September, to spruik our “world’s first” social media ban at the UN
Our last event of the year was a firecracker. Probably one of the most stimulating and contentious we’ve had for a long time, or ever.
Sparks flew equally from the passions among the presenters and the audience but the discussions were respectful and adhered to the facts, as far as we understand about this material.
Sign up for our free ...
Fossil fuels are turning to funding education to downplay climate change
Analysis by Comms Declare has found that children as young as 9 are being taught about climate change that is shaped by the fossil fuel industry. The advocacy group found that Shell’s Queensland Gas Company has provided more than $10 million to Queensland Museum since 2015 to ...
The Big Debate: Timber is the sustainability solution of our dreams, on Tuesday, kicked off with the passion and nuanced debating points we have come to expect from this important material for the sustainability industry.
We took pre-polls in the weeks leading up to the debate to see how people felt before hearing the arguments, then from the audience ...
How to build a better world podcast: Infrastructure work is going regional – in water, sanitation, roads and bridges – says Kaushik Chakraborty, senior vice president, Asia Pacific & Japan with Bentley Systems in this podcast. It’s part of the big global drift out of cities and into towns and smaller cities that was bolstered by Covid. The trend is ...
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is refusing to tell the Senate whether she disclosed she was a senior official of a pro-Israel lobby group before taking the role.
The post Jillian Segal shuns Senate over lobby group ties appeared first on The Klaxon.
As we near the end of the year, I thought I’d share my biggest lessons from 2025:
1. Good companies don’t necessarily make good investments
You can’t go wrong investing in good companies, right? It turns out, you can.
Globally, so-called quality stocks - characterised by high return on equity, stable earnings growth and low debt levels - have had one ...
Governments are becoming architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account, say Australian university experts.
The post Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you appeared first on The Klaxon.
With the e-bike market exploding in Australia, record numbers will be found under the Christmas tree this year. But how safe are they? Andrew Gardiner asks. If our epidemic of e-bike accidents exasperates you, chances are you’ll want to blame someone. Those looking to cast a ‘villain’ for this tragedy
