The lithium delusion: a big problem with big batteries
The development of lithium-ion batteries has changed the concept of energy storage. As their use expands, a potential downside is…
Has the education revolution failed Australia’s students?
World-renowned academic, Pierre Ryckmans, opined: ‘A university is a place where scholars seek the truth, pursue and transmit knowledge for…
Artificial intelligence: the next extinction?
With technology developing ever faster, a new threat is looming in the form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) potentially interacting adversely…
Children behaving badly
Something is going seriously wrong with our children. Standards are declining in education; manners and respect are forgotten; ignorance, expectation,…
The un-United Nations
The role of the United Nations in the modern world has fallen into disrepute; the recent elevation of Russia as…
The Hydrogen rainbow, hope or hopeless?
The hydrogen balloon may be deflating for mining companies. Twiggy Forrest touts hydrogen as some kind of saviour for the…
Are mobile phones our salvation or damnation?
The insidious spread of misinformation has revealed the dark side of communication; our increasing addiction to our devices puts us…
Lessons from Japan
Japan is Australia’s third largest trading partner and is involved with India and America in the quad strategic dialogue. After…
Submarines for landlubbers
Submarines, despite recent ill-informed comments from ex-Prime Minister Paul Keating, are currently a very expensive, ‘must have’, item in the…
The activism industry
The activist professional caravan has moved on. Hitting the social media headlines in 2017, the #MeToo movement disrupted the community…
How green was my valley? The changing face of the Green movement
How Green was my Valley? The 1939 novel and film of the same name, by Richard Llewellyn, was based in…
Productivity: are Australians working too hard, or not hard enough?
Productivity is defined as a measure of the efficiency of production of goods and services, in simple terms the number…
The Great Reset – have we been spared?
‘The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, re-imagine and reset our world’, thus spoke Professor…
Religious intolerance is alive and well
As the festive season goodwill fades, we can but hope that 2023 will be a better year for Christianity after…
China is on the march, but where is it going?
Re-elected Chairman Xi has (essentially) unlimited power. Addressing his fabricated version of the past and future is one of many…
Under-age voting is coming
The current push from the Greens to change the voting age relates to self-interest, rather than the interest of the…
Voluntary Assisted Dying is back on the agenda
The Covid pandemic brought into focus management of the elderly in nursing homes; those with dementia or with chronic morbidity…
Local government needs to wake up from Woke
The increasingly pervasive Woke activist agenda has escaped its confines in university and academia, and hit the mainstream. We have…
Environmental pollution, are we winning?
As the COP27 gabfest continues it is also appropriate to consider other aspects of the environment that perhaps need greater…
The Olympics and World Cup Soccer – can we afford it?
As the Tokyo Olympics wound down, enthusiasm for the Olympic Games persisted, but there is a downside to the acceptance…
Where are electric cars going?
Countries are keen to out-virtue-signal each other with electric cars and their contribution to reducing Climate Change; what is plainly…
Has Labor invited terrorism?
The threat of terrorism is returning to Australia. The impending release of convicted terrorists at the end of their sentences,…
Covid: it’s not over until the fat lady sings
The recent World Health Organisation (WHO) announcement that the Covid pandemic is coming to an end may draw down the…
Nuclear: our past or future?
As Australian electricity costs increase and the reliability of supply declines, the failure to use the country’s natural resources is…
Godzone is coming to Oz
Back in the 70s, I lived in New Zealand, (known locally as God’s own country, or ‘Godzone’ for short). A…
