In my last column on these pages for the time being, it gives me great pride as a West Australian to talk about the incredible success of Telethon over the years.
Daniel Smith
The only major peak body that appears to have a problem is WA Cricket, which recently went from having three women among its 10 directors to only two.
As someone who has helped all sorts of industries argue their position with government, I have a little bit of sympathy for lobbyists representing social media.
In this case, awarded to those of us who take issue with sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and religious discrimination.
As Robert Harris wrote in Imperium, A Novel of Ancient Rome, you can always spot a fool, for he is the one who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.
I can’t think of a good reason for the Federal Government not to bring forward its proposed production tax credits for critical minerals processing. Not only would it be good policy, it’s also good politics.
One of the less reported commitments in Peter Dutton’s Budget reply speech in May, was to water down mandatory climate reporting obligations for large Australian companies.
My first reaction to Friday’s global IT outage was that the millennium bug had finally struck.
Holidaying in Tasmania over the school holidays revealed a beautiful and unique part of Australia to us. But sadly we couldn’t take a holiday from climate change.
With Perth finally drenched and my six-year-old thrilled to be able to use her wellies and umbrella, I’ve been reflecting on what our record-breaking dry spell has taught us.
I have some sympathy for moves to reduce migration on environmental grounds, and to allow investment in housing to catch up. But, moves to cut skilled migration and discourage international students worry me.
Peter Dutton’s opposition to the Albanese Government’s production tax credits for critical minerals processing projects confuses me.
Government agencies and project proponents need to work harder to bring local communities on the offshore wind journey, because there are some disingenuous actors doing their best to bring the industry undone.
I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone as excited at the prospect of rain, as my six-year-old was last week.
We’ve long debated the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on jobs. Will these continually advancing technologies destroy jobs, or will they lead to a whole range of new opportunities?
The start of works to remove 180 Hyde Park trees infested with the polyphagous shot-hole borer is an emotional experience for locals.
With the AFL season now well underway, I’m reminded of how much work Australian sporting codes must do to catch up to some of their international counterparts on climate change.
It was encouraging to see New South Wales Police officers maintain a presence in this weekend’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, even if it was out of uniform.
When Australia’s car manufacturing industry collapsed on the watch of the Abbott Government, we lost tens of thousands of skilled jobs and a strategic industry.
Suburban bushfires in spring, 45C and freak storms in summer — not to mention rising humidity up north, perpetual flooding over east, and slowly rising sea levels everywhere.
But, growing income and wealth inequality in industrialised economies such as Australia over the past 50 years has been a far bigger driver of distrust in the system than broken promises.
Australia Day is broken. Broken, when the date is hurtful to many First Nations Australians.
When I worked in government in the noughties, daylight saving and trading hours were debated almost every January, as politicians and pundits took a break from more serious political programming.
One of the biggest conundrums we face in WA’s clean energy transition journey is the tension between global and local gas supply projections.
