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Energy Poverty versus Moral Cowardice
What’s worse? Chris Bowen plunging Australia into energy poverty in order to reach an unattainable goal which, even if it were reached, would make no difference to the climate. Or Australia voting at the UN to condemn Israel to a continuation of horrific attacks on its people. I argue in a Quadrant Online piece that…
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Open Thread – Weekend 16 Dec 2023
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Building Hamas
On the 8th of October, an angry article appeared in The Times of Israel. For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces, or so ran the headline. One has to read some way into the article to discover that it was not only Netanyahu-led governments that followed the policy of…
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Open Thread – Fri 15 Dec 2023
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Open Thread – Wed 13 Dec 2023
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Open Thread – Mon 11 Dec 2023
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Politicians vote unanimously to screw NSW electricity users
A Bill passed the NSW parliament on 30 November. Reportedly, it was unanimously supported by Labor, the Greens, the Liberals and National Party. Was it about helping widows and orphans? Come on. What these days makes bedfellows of the main political parties? So-called climate change of course. The Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Bill 2023…
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Open Thread – Weekend 13 Dec 2023
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Open Thread – Wed 6 Dec 2023
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The Packham Williams Medal
The press cover of energy issues is deplorable and consequently it is practically impossible to have an informed public debate. This is no small thing. A functioning democracy must have some fairly high proportion of voters who are well informed about the most important. On energy maters, sins of commission abound when unhelpful information is…