Carbon divestment a legitimate strategy for positive change
Earlier this week it was ANU in the news for divesting itself of stocks in companies with a high carbon exposure. Today the Lego is making news following pressure from…
Australia a vision for 2040
On 28 October 2014 I am speaking at the Economic Development Australia national conference in Darwin. The conference is titled “Managing Population Growth and Regional Assets For Your Economic Sustainability.”…
Australia cannot give up ghost on climate action
Perhaps, now the sad sorry tale of the carbon tax has been put to bed, Australia can have an open and scientifically informed discussion about climate change and what should…
Queensland’s regions deserve a stronger pillar than high risk coal
Have you noticed lately how advocates for the coal interest in organisations like the Minerals Council of Australia and the Queensland Resources Council increasingly bemoan the damage being done by ‘radical greens’…
Australia’s biggest coal state plans for life beyond coal
Governments may talk up the future of coal, but it is a different thing when the community has its say. A world’s best practice exercise in community consultation the Queensland…
Saving the Future
Saving the future simply acknowledges the reality: if we wish to secure the future we want for our children and grandchildren, then it cannot be left to accident. We have to make the future through our personal initiative, commitment , energy, creativity and investment.
Real reform needed to make Abbott’s Australian ‘energy super-power’ more than a dream
Energy Systems, Resilience and Sustainability: the innovation imperative Post No 2 Reforms for Australia to be an ‘energy super-power’ need to be based on real choices Right now the Australian…
Energy, Systems, Resilience and Sustainability: the innovation imperative
This paper is presented as a series of blog posts. It has grown out of an address I gave at the Onsite Energy Conference, Hilton Hotel, Brisbane Tuesday 24 September…
