If the ABC didn’t exist, conservatives would have to invent it
Originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald If the ABC didn’t exist, conservatives would have to invent it. It provides two vital functions to the right side of politics: it is the foe which unites the army, as well as a decoy which distracts progressives from the main game. The ABC once again […]
The secret to winning over conservatives on climate action
Originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald Regardless of whether you believe it is soon enough, visionary enough or fast enough, it looks like Australia will now follow through with the attempt to reduce emissions and replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. But public acceptance of this process is fragile and, as we […]
Now isn’t the moment for utopias
The COVID-19 pandemic is a wet market for central planners. But road maps for exiting the crisis are meaningless when there are no perfect or final answers. Originally published in The Australian Financial Review Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman famously said, “I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers […]
Lockdowns will kill people too
There is a tipping point at which suicide, alcoholism, and domestic violence becomes too high a price in an all-out fight against COVID-19. Originally published in The Australian Financial Review When Greta Thunburg told us “I want you to panic”, she wouldn’t have imagined that on the anniversary of her Davos appearance […]