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Nothing in Australian politics has caused so much controversy since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2000. What is it? The recent announcement of a blueprint for carbon tax by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Although the tax will not become effective until July 2012, the opposition […]

The European Union is big. When it comes to electricity, it consumes almost 3 billion MWh/ year, less than China and Russia, yet far more than any other country in the world. But is it really clever? Despite its fundamental flaw – which is that it cannot be stored easily […]

      It is an underappreciated fact that government, campaigners, scientists and our brightest business minds do share a consensus on one issue; that Australia is ideally situated for a green energy future. Our treasure trove of wind, wave, sun and geo-thermal heat has the capacity to supply us […]

Natural Resources are supposed to be the greatest gift a country could discover. Undoubtedly, Australia takes advantage of this gift they have discovered. You can “discover” land and resource, but are you really “discovering” it or just finding it again? In a world where everything is about ‘getting rights to […]

The World Commission on Dams is one of the first examples of a broad-based, consensus-seeking project on a global issue. Read more