by Peter Purcell Michael Shellenberger, a Time magazine “Hero of the Environment” and an environmental activist of international standing, has apologised for the lies and scaremongering he and his colleagues have been spreading for years. His apology is given full voice in his newly published book, Apocalypse Never, which Shellenberger recently précised in Forbes magazine.…
SURVIVING THE FUTURE: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy by David Fleming and Shaun Chamberlin Chelsea Green Publishing, Hartford, Vermont Paperback: 304 pages Price: AUD$30.95 Reviewed by Brian Coman “Examine everything,” writes St Paul in his first letter to the Thessalonians, “hold on to that which is true.” Now, of…
For pundits who had hoped that the Eden-Monaro by-election would provide some clear markers on the current mood of the Australian electorate, the confusing result will be disappointing. Labor went backwards but won. The Liberals moved forward but lost. The result, in fact, was a political stalemate. Though Labor narrowly retained the seat vacated by…
by Peter Westmore The second wave of covid19 infections in Victoria, alone among the states of Australia, is a direct consequence of the Victorian Government’s failure to administer hotel quarantine properly, which allowed the disease to spread into the community and spiral out of control. This failure led directly to the number of cases in…
