Energy
Phillip Coorey
Ranga energy drives day of authority and star exposure
Phillip Coorey JULIA GILLARD is on a mission.
John Williams
The Rio dilemma: how to generate green energy, and share it fairly
John Williams Lenore Taylor's recent articles raise one of the two critical decisions confronting humanity about the energy-climate change dilemma.
Ross Cameron
Good intentions but clean energy price too high
Ross Cameron There are few things more dangerous than a bad policy built on good intentions. Communism springs to mind ("commune" is such a lovely word).
Nick Minchin
All can agree on green energy, but the rest is alarmist
Nick Minchin When the film producer Simon Nasht approached me about taking part in a documentary on climate change for ABC TV, I was just a little sceptical.
Jerril Rechter
Call time on dangerous energy drinks
Jerril Rechter Why do alcohol companies continue to make high-potency alcopops that are marketed to appeal to those at most risk - young people?
Ban Ki-moon
Rio presents our chance to create a new energy future
Ban Ki-moon Next week, world leaders gather for a momentous occasion - the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Elizabeth Farrelly
Clean energy alternatives to allay Big Coal's flood of tears
Elizabeth Farrelly To blame Bob Brown is to shoot the messenger. As we ache for Queensland's losses and rightly look to recovery, we must also heed the cataclysm's larger lesson.
Geoff Strong
Too long the villain, nuclear industry needs to put some energy into PR
Geoff Strong What has gone so wrong that it's the byword for evil in popular culture?
Rudd keeps Wilde-est dreams to himself
Judith Ireland Irish author and poet Oscar Wilde wrote that ''life imitates art far more than art imitates life'', muses Judith Ireland.
Martin Ferguson's resignation speech
Martin Ferguson Martin Ferguson AM MP – Speech to the House of Representatives
The buck has to stop with the government
Peter Whish-Wilson The construction of the new ASIO headquarters has been dogged by controversy, including claims in the past week of Chinese espionage.
Making a poll win a breeze
John Warhurst Pressure groups and organised interests are the weathervanes of political shifts.
Gay marriage: the political knot it's impossible to untie
Jacqueline Maley Last week, I spied a peculiar photograph accompanying a newspaper story about the legalisation of gay marriage and adoption in France.
On King Island, the answers are blowing in the wind
Andrew Darby One of the better how-to guides for humble folk dealing with a big business promising great change is a 1983 film called Local Hero.
Abbott's new election effort is by the book
Jacqueline Maley All writers know that books are like children. So it was no surprise that when Opposition Leader and author Tony Abbott faced the media on Monday, he clutched his latest literary creation to his...
Plenty of decisions to be made and a bit of vision would help
James Brown, Rory Medcalf Fast, good, and cheap - the government unveils a defence policy on Friday aiming for all three.
Seven strategies to rally the nation's fortunes
Matthew Kidman Is Tony Abbott about to become the single most important driver of the Australian share market?
The Zone transcript: Mark Triffitt
Michael Short Michael Short speaks with Mark Triffitt, long-time politics and policy thinker.
Hugh Mackay
Nostalgia for Kevin 07 does not a mandate make
Hugh Mackay A political week that promised high drama ended in low farce. Rudd was denied his Second Coming.
Rudd tells China to be cautious of N Korea
Kevin Rudd has told officers at Beijing's main defence academy it's in China's interest to use its influence to quell North Korea's aggressions.
