Opinion 
Populate and perish(0)
by Professor Ian Lowe
I urge everyone to get involved with the public population/growth forums taking place in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast in the lead-up to Anna Bligh’s ‘Growth Management Summit’ at the end of March.
The decisions being taken in the next few months will literally shape our future. If we want to protect [...]
A time to unite
Anyone who has attended meetings will know — the greater the number of people, the less chance there is of obtaining an outcome.
Therefore the outcome of Copenhagen should come as no surprise. Governments from wealthy countries know that voters are easily swayed by economic arguments. Poorer countries want more for their people. While we all [...]
And the winner is … clean coal
By Guest Writer, Lindsay Holt
Federal Environment and Climate Change Ministers jointly announced that there was less than 8 hours to submit solar rebate applications before they were stopped 3 weeks before schedule. Environment Minister, Peter Garrett is now clearly in the running as the most disappointing and underachieving environment minister in recent years.
The rationale for [...]
A time for decency
What does the global economic crisis and the violent religious extremism, recently on display in Mumbai, have in common? People can so easily be led by the nose. And, become tied to one way of thinking, even if it is destructive and lacking in common human decency.
Capitalism was hailed as the victor after Gorbachev brought [...]
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