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Regulation
The Role of Performative Public Consultation in Political Greenwashing
Bulga Coal mine Panorama, near Broke NSW Australia As I write this article the time window for public comment on the draft National Environmental Standard for Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES Standard) has just closed. Justine Bell-James, Professor at the TC Beirne School of Law who reviewed the standards in detail after they were released 4 weeks ago, crystalised what many people who care about the environment intuitively know, “in essence – this will…
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New Thinking
Why Don’t You…Not Attend Davos Meeting
As a kid in 1970s Britain, the BBC’s children’s television series Why Don’t You Just Switch Off The Television Set And Do Something Less Boring Instead, with its corresponding theme…
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New Thinking
Slowing The Extinction Crisis For Less Than The Price Of A Second Hand Car
istockphoto.com In the last week a Mercedes-Benz W196 from 1954, once driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss sold at auction for €51.15million (US$52.5million). When you compare this to…
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New Thinking
The Leadership – Empathy Gap
istockphoto.com As billionaires are being invited by Trump to fill key roles, the result will be wealthiest administration in US history. So far, the combined wealth of the group has…
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New Thinking
Are We At An Ideological Breaking Point? Will We Breakthrough or Breakdown?
istockphoto.com The world stands at a critical juncture—facing systemic challenges that threaten the very foundations of our societies, economies, and environment. The question is: will we evolve to meet these…
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Regulation
MMT, Unproductive Money And Unnecessary Consumption
Wara1982 | istockphoto.com As the crises of global warming and biodiversity edge ever closer to collapse, I find myself thinking, why don’t the people traveling to event after event just…
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New Thinking
Broken Men With Power
Motortion | istockphoto.com Many years ago I first heard the phrase, “there is nothing more dangerous than a broken man with power”. This is confirmed by the numerous books written…
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Regulation
Is Moral Capitalism An Oxymoron?
The advisor demonstrates the shareholders rights book. A quote by Gus Speth, co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council and environmental lawyer, is often reiterated by those monitoring biodiversity collapse;…
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New Thinking
Can Australia Aspire To Be Average, OECD Tax-to-GDP Ratio Average?
Since moving to Australia from Europe, in the mid-1990s, I have always been baffled by the country’s mindset of financial anxiety. We are a wealthy country, yet we behave as…
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