Soap better for your gut than sanitiser
The CSIRO warns our gut microbiome is at risk from too much alcohol-based sanitiser. So, where possible, wash your hands with soap and water. Our gut has a strong interaction with …
He was alright, Jack
Vale Jack Mundey – the unlikely greenie who saved The Rocks, among other heritage icons in Sydney with his green bans. He was more articulate than most and would have …
Mental health plan no answer to surge in youth job losses
The Federal Government’s National Mental Health and Wellbeing Pandemic Response Plan, announced on Friday 15 May, is grand enough in its rhetoric but the money on offer is peanuts, given …
Alan Jones
Racist, sexist, opinionated, offensive and contemptuous. Worse, Jones is a bully who wielded power over politicians, incited hatred and violence, promoted our most base instincts. Who could forget his vicious …
Energy at the crossroads
This is the right time for governments to reshape the economy so it’s fit for purpose for at least the next few decades. Australia is at the energy crossroads. The …
Select committee no substitute
It is somewhat reassuring that a Senate Select Committee has been established to ‘inquire into the Australian Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.’ However, it is still preferable for Parliament to sit.
Lockdown working
We can take some comfort in the considerable drop in new cases of Covid-19 in Australia so far in April but the question is: how long will it last? Most …
George Pell conviction quashed by High Court
At 12.30pm Tuesday George Pell was released from Barwon Prison, the High Court saying there was “a significant possibility that an innocent person has been convicted
Defend democracy
Barry Jones says 40 years ago he feared it would require a great crisis to bring a more rational, evidence-based approach to long term problems.
Our ABC …
It is now more important than ever to ensure that Australian institutions like the ABC are protected and adequately funded so that they can continue to provide, independent and fact-based news to Australians.