Ross Garnaut
- Opinion
- Political leadership
100 days in, how does PM measure up? Voters are harder judges second time around
First-term governments are granted some leeway, but then the electorate expects life to improve.
- Sean Kelly
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First, she quit sugar. Now, she’s ditched ‘hopium’: Sarah Wilson’s urgent new mission
The self-described renegade’s career has taken her from teen model to magazine editor to bestselling author. Her new focus: civilisational collapse.
- Gay Alcorn
The PM talked up green steel. But is it even a thing?
Green steel could boost Australia’s export earnings, reduce emissions and hedge against declining coal exports in a cleaner world economy. If a lot of things go right.
- Nick O'Malley
Australia must put its money where its mouth is on human rights
Donald Trump makes obvious what Australia tries to hide, writes Fernanda Trecenti.
- Opinion
- Energy
Net zero has been ground zero for energy ambition. What a chance we have now
The Albanese government’s decisive victory creates a historic opportunity to shift thinking from the short to the long term on energy and climate policy.
- Ross Garnaut
- Dicey Topics
- Good Weekend
‘Very good advice’: At 50, Ross Garnaut received a game-changing tip from his GP
The economist and author on climate change, sexual politics – and keeping fit.
- Benjamin Law
- Analysis
- Renewables
Done right, the future is more than just wind turbines and solar fields
There are political and economic risks in pumping public money into new tech, but the payoffs are potentially vast for new and old industries alike.
- Nick O'Malley
Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0
A green energy company backed by WaterNSW plans to use an abandoned coal washery as the site for a pumped hydro scheme big enough to power a third of the city’s households.
- Nick O'Malley
Lesson in inequity
Whether it is Scottish castle libraries, plunge pools, executive trips to Henley regattas or the latest comparison between the obscene amount of money spent by a few private schools on capital works and entire state school funding, it is clear that the current funding model is failing students.
- Opinion
- Property prices
Why fixing negative gearing would be a positive for our kids
Real estate agents and home building companies always claim getting rid of the tax lurk would do great damage to renters and buyers alike. Don’t believe it.
- Ross Gittins