COVID-19 – A Journey without Maps
By Dr John Töns Politicians around the world are treating the COVID-19 as a short-term crisis – the economy will go into hibernation and once […]
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Is a Food Crisis the next big hit for humanity?
By Julian Cribb As the world reels under corona virus and the resulting economic meltdown, another crisis – far more serious – appears to be […]
The state and the economy
By Evan Jones Right-wing governments splashing the cash in gay abandon – what gives? Sydney Morning Herald journalist Matt Wade finished a recent article with: […]
Death of a Princess
By Graham Nowland From the car park on the roof of Coles in Fremantle shoppers can see the MV Artania. It’s on the old Passenger […]
Doing a Wuhan
By Graham Nowland Only when COVID-19 testers get to test more widely do we stand a chance of avoiding the worst this virus can dish […]
The chickens are coming home to roost
By 2353NM Apart from the creation of a futures market in toilet paper, pasta and rice, the Coronavirus may also have a few positive political […]
Call for a Global Plan for Human Survival
Media Release from the Commission for the Human Future Canberra, March 28, 2020: A group of Australian scientists, business leaders, public servants and academics has called for […]
The great awakening
By Ad astra No sooner had I completed a piece titled: How would YOU revive the economy? than it became redundant. A quick glance through it will […]
Home Alone – Punishment or Privilege?
By Elizabeth Dangerfield A question of attitude In our extraordinary full lives, we rush headlong from one event or task to another with no time […]
There is a silver lining to the Coronavirus Cloud
By Dr John Töns I received my Telstra account today. Irritated that they were asking me for money I rang their number to dispute the account. […]
You can’t discuss an idea with an ideologue
By 2353NM Recently I watched an episode of Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery where she ‘delivered’ Gillian Triggs back to her high school and university while discussing various elements of […]
If you do what you’ve always done
By 2353NM Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus is attributed with the maxim that ‘change is the only constant in life’. If he came back to life now, […]
Rising Health Costs in the COVID-19 Era
By Denis Bright Can the federal LNP ignore the problem of rising consultation costs for routine medical consultations and associated diagnostic services in these difficult […]
Designing a city without cars – for the sake of the kids
UniSA Media Release More than half of Australian households own two or more motor vehicles, while only seven per cent own none – we are, […]
We’re living in dangerous times
By Brett Flower This week, the Australian government claimed it does not owe welfare recipients a duty of care over the RoboDebt scandal. Only weeks before, documents […]