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…
It’s said that every generation has misgivings about the next. I know I do. It’s probably a natural part of growing older. Not only do the young seem younger than ever before, but those in charge,…
At about the same time, in 1992, the government's inquiry into ecologically sustainable development (ESD) released its final reports. The ESD inquiry, while wide-ranging, was focused on specific econo…