Climate change science is "settled," we are told by activists, politicians, media and official science bodies. It is our emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2) that is supposedly causing a climate crisis ...

There’s a great line from the comedy show Kath & Kim, where the very suburban Kim expresses her desire to be like affluent city people. “I want to be effluent Mum," she says. "You ARE effluent, Kim," ...

Since 2014, the Chinese and Russian central banks have tried to move out of US Treasury holdings, preferring the magic of gold. In 2022, the latter went so far as to link its currency, the ruble, to ...

In the eternal tug-of-war between fairness and standards, fairness has developed a neat little trick: redefine the standard.

Because California is an isolated energy island market with no incoming oil pipeline connections over the Sierra Mountains from other states, in-state refinery closures will increase importation to ...

Labor has recorded an historic federal election victory, and the Coalition an historic defeat with their leader, for the first time for an opposition leader in Australia’s history, losing his seat. If ...

Ex-Loreto-Toorak and ex-Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil (MPP Harvard) epitomises Modern Labor's profound identification with ordinary citizens. A PM in waiting no less.

While landlords in general are often begrudged, anybody owning more than one or two rentals is subject to even more venomous envy. (One gets the impression that someone who has a lot of rental ...

One theory that is gaining traction is that Donald Trump caused this result. It’s an easy story to write, given some added credibility by the election result in Canada and doesn’t require tediously ...