E-scooters and e-bikes are on the rise. Will we ever walk again?
In 2022, Utrecht (Holland) was ranked the world’s most bike-friendly city. Australia seems keen to compete, with the number of…
Marriage – a fading institution
‘Dearly beloved, we are gathered together in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join…
The war on drugs is a shambles
The introduction of new legislation in the ACT means those found in possession of minor amounts of illegal drugs will…
Cyclones are not evidence of a climate apocalypse
The damage from recent Cyclone Jasper has taken many, including the Bureau of Meteorology, by surprise. The failure to predict…
Volcanoes, another end-of-the-world scenario
Those who think we can control the power of nature are deluded. The latest threat comes from Iceland. After a…
Days of empire lost
What hope for the snowflake generation?
Single-sex schools – are they a thing of the past?
Regensburg Cathedral School in Bavaria was founded in 975. For a thousand years, it only admitted male pupils. In 2022,…
Desalination… Will it work this time?
With the return of Premier Palaszczuk, overdue decisions will need to be made about water supply for the South-East corner…
Concussions are killing players and the game
The rulers of footy codes have, for years, adopted a head-in-the-sand approach to the management of concussions, but the tsunami…
Nuclear panic and radiation risk: reality or ideology?
We were recently reminded of the horrors of war by the anniversary of the 200,000 lives lost in August, 78…
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…