Climate change science is "settled," we are told by activists, politicians, media and official science bodies. It is our emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2) that is supposedly causing a climate crisis ...

There’s a great line from the comedy show Kath & Kim, where the very suburban Kim expresses her desire to be like affluent city people. “I want to be effluent Mum," she says. "You ARE effluent, Kim," ...

Since 2014, the Chinese and Russian central banks have tried to move out of US Treasury holdings, preferring the magic of gold. In 2022, the latter went so far as to link its currency, the ruble, to ...

In the eternal tug-of-war between fairness and standards, fairness has developed a neat little trick: redefine the standard.

Because California is an isolated energy island market with no incoming oil pipeline connections over the Sierra Mountains from other states, in-state refinery closures will increase importation to ...

When Labor unaccountably lost Election 2019, inhouse reviewers Craig Emerson and Jay Weatherill summarised problems in 500 words. Key message: Labor should position itself as a party of economic ...

Labor has recorded an historic federal election victory, and the Coalition an historic defeat with their leader, for the first time for an opposition leader in Australia’s history, losing his seat. If ...

While landlords in general are often begrudged, anybody owning more than one or two rentals is subject to even more venomous envy. (One gets the impression that someone who has a lot of rental ...