Thought Leadership

Much of real action to avert environmental disasters is a matter of political will. In this section we track, assess and comment on constructive and destructive actions of governments relevant to environmental protection.

This is one of those topics that can and does quite neatly fit into the themes of science, humanities and current affairs, if not other categories. Peak Oil is a current affairs issue in the context of what is going on in the world today, and so much of its discussions will most likely happen in this category. However, there will be science-specific

The 2007 Federal Elections will be a turning point in Australia's history- one that exposed the shameful authoritarian John Howard-led Coalition government, to a very clear mandate to the new Kevin Rudd-led Labor government.

The mandate is one of returning Australia to Australians.

Dr Haneef's case shows in a very unambiguous way, that the Australian Migration Act needs reform and the Anti-Terror laws requires complete review.