There is a Climate Emergency According to the latest U.N. assessment, even if countries fulfil their current pledges to reduce emissions, the world is on track to warm by 3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century—a catastrophic result. In the face of this reality it is imperative that the language of a ‘climate emergency’ […]

The defeat of Shorten in Australia and Corbyn in the UK will lead many to call for social democratic parties to situate themselves more to the centre on economic policy and to remove any references in political language to the existence of economic elites. This approach overlooks the fundamental reasons why the economic nationalist Right […]

Following its review of the federal election loss, the Labor Party is to drop the term “the big end of town” because it is said to be divisive and not sufficiently appealing to aspirational Australia. The review stated: “Labor should position itself as a party of economic growth and job creation. Labor should adopt the […]

Harari- Globalism v Nationalism- the new political divide? Israeli Historian Yuval Harari says people make sense of the world, including politics, through stories. He says that for the last 20-40 years the most prevalent story in the West has been that economic globalisation and political liberalisation would lead to Nirvana. From at least around 2016, […]

It is normal to have a gut reaction to ‘7.30’s’ revelations of cruelty to horses at Meramist abattoir in Queensland and Burns Pet Foods at Riverstone, New South Wales. But some of the suggested policy responses seem not to have moved far beyond that same gut reaction. A preliminary issue is whether an ex-racehorse has superior claims […]