Economist Rod Campbell, who found himself in the middle of South Australia's high-stakes nuclear waste battle, reflects on how different the state - and country - might be today if ordinary South Australians hadn't said a resounding 'no' in 2016.
Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan recently claimed that 'our partners will simply look elsewhere' when supply of coal is reduced. However, this claim is contradicted by recent examples.
A federal Nationals MP from Queensland has expressed concern about changes to state mining and environment laws proposed by the state Liberal National Party Government. A controversial Crisafulli government proposal would restrict landholders’ rights to information and to challenge mining projects affecting their communities.
The NSW Government has just approved production from a huge new coal project out to 2045. The conditions placed on the approval would be funny if catastrophic climate change wasn’t so alarming.
Blue Mountains City Council is the latest local government to call for big polluters to pay for the costs of global warming. The council unanimously passed a motion earlier this week urging the Albanese Government to introduce a levy on fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate-fuelled natural disasters.
The cost of Fuel Tax Credits is controversial because Australians have been told that the government can’t afford the NDIS, but can afford billions in subsidies to BHP, Rio Tinto, Gina Rinehart and friends. Aside from the cost, there is the climate impact. Making diesel cheaper for coal miners and other major users encourages increased greenhouse gas emissions and discourages miners from switching to cleaner equipment.
The NSW Government says the Great Koala National Park is “dependent” on money from carbon offsets. Media headlines suggests the offsets are “worth hundreds of millions of dollars”. One supporter of offsets says that this is “Real money to manage the forests for a hundred years. It's a really fantastic proposal. It's a fantastic scheme.”
In late 2025, the long held promise to build the Great Koala National Park became “dependent” on the NSW Government being able to sell carbon offsets relating to the founding of it. But is this money necessary to create the park? No, it isn't.
Private schools are literally sending parents broke, with Financial Counselling Australia (FCA) labelling them as “emerging users of bankruptcy”. Astonishingly, private schools and training colleges file more bankruptcy cases than banks, insurers, and local governments…combined, according to FCA’s data.
In an interview with ABC Perth, PM Anthony Albanese defended his decision not to tax gas exports, made claims about gas company tax payments and called on The Australia Institute to be 'fair dinkum'. But, is he being 'fair dinkum' too?
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