EVs to grid – it’s happening
Your electric vehicle, if you have one, may soon be able to sell its stored power to the National Electricity Market. It’s already working in other more enlightened countries but …
Join a campaign team
Interested in education or social services? If yes, you may like to join campaign teams for one of these important portfolios. Our Agriculture and Rural Matters Team is well underway but looking for a couple …
Good news/bad news on job payments
JobKeeper and JobSeeker supplement ‘extensions’ to end December are welcome but what is the rationale for reducing the payments, particularly halving the JobSeeker supplement? Part-time workers will have their JobKeeper …
Palace letters reminder monarchy still in charge
Sir John Kerr’s letters to the Queen are a not-so-quaint reminder that Australia is still an infant nation that apparently can’t be trusted to make its own decisions as to …
NSW ups the ante on renewables
We are pleased to see the NSW State Minister for Energy, Matt Kean, today announced plans for an 8,000MW renewable energy zone in the New England region – a follow …
Police lockdown intimidating
500 armed Victorian police officers stopping 3,000 residents in nine public housing towers from leaving is, to say the least, heavy-handed. It must be confusing and terrifying time for many …
Government incompetence on the environment – EPBC update
Last Thursday, the Federal Auditor-General handed down a damning report into the Referrals, Assessments and Approvals of Controlled Actions under the EPBC Act 1999. Here’s a summary of what was …
EV Strategy – still waiting
With much of the world powering on with electric vehicle targets and Australia an embarrassing laggard, the Government finally agreed late last year to release an EV strategy in June. …
Collaery update
Professor Spencer Zifcak explains today in The Conversation why the Bernard Collaery case is one of the gravest threats to freedom of expression in this country. It is a careful …
Missile madness
Australia should not be spending $270 billion more on arms. With the world awash with weapons that could wipe out the planet many times over, it is absurd to say …