Overall, from the vantage point of April 2021, Australians are in a self-congratulatory mood about the national response to COVID-19. Are we being realistic, or a touch hubristic? Infection rates h…
I was walking home from the shops the other day, when I encountered a man using a leaf blower to eject leaves from his driveway onto the road. The leaf blower was an electric one, so at least the nois…
While the ACT has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic well, it is unusual for a week to go by without the ACT's most prominent health institution, the Canberra Ho…
As we walked in Namadgi National Park towards the end of last year, the terrifying dryness of the bush was everywhere apparent. Everyone in the group was thinking the same thing - please, may there no…
The remarkable thing about the COVID-19 pandemic was not that it happened, but that no country on earth, with the possible exception of Taiwan, was prepared for it. This was despite the fact that medi…
It's time to take the environment seriously, and I don't mean climate change. Climate change is a significant threat, but it can be tackled only at the global level, with each country contributing its…