The Current Political Climate – limited opportunities
One of the most valuable principles to have emerged from the 130-year history of sociology as an academic discipline concerns a causal...
Is our land in good hands?
Some survey findings should really make politicians sit back and take note – particularly when they concern farmers’ observations and...
Why unknown unknowns may save us yet
Donald Rumsfeld, when he was US Secretary of State for Defence, once famously stated: ‘There are known knowns. There are things we know...
The Power of New Technology
When Australia’s Chief Scientist presents his considered view on the future of artificial intelligence in Australia it is worth paying...
The Demise of Private Self
The recent theft and misuse of personal data by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook has stimulated public outrage about loss of ‘privacy’....
Breaking news on climate change
What a relief to see ‘Four Corners’ interview a wide range of business people talking about the realities of climate change...
Heading for the Hills
At a certain age courage is required – to carry on, to remain optimistic . . . and in our case, to head for the hills. I have this on...
I Told You So
One of the reasons I like Kim Stanley Robinson’s novels is he so often confirms my worst expectations of humanity. Take his latest novel,...
The Sad Passing of the News
At first I thought weeping after the PBS News Hour was just a response to American editorial manipulation. Then I realised my tears were...
Migration and climate change
Migration and climate change are connected in ways that politicians and journalists seem reluctant to acknowledge.
