Exploring other solutions to tackle climate change

Governments on state and federal level have the opportunity and obligation to act on climate change. Laurence Strano identifies a couple of areas where we could tackle the issue more decisively.

It’s time to close the dairy loophole

Unlike animals sent overseas to be slaughtered for their meat, those exported for breeding purposes are not protected by the Government. Eleanor Nurse from Voiceless says it’s time to end the cruel live export trade in dairy cows.

Trees are life personified

For millions of years trees have been acting as earth’s atmosphere filters. Bill Boyd urges us to get out, plant a tree and start the reversal of climate damage.

Old King Coal was once a merry old soul!

Once upon a time, coal delivered a fine service to Australia’s industrialisation. Angus M Robinson tells the story of the rise and inevitable decline of an antiquated energy source.

Political climate change

Will Malcolm Turnbull have the political courage and skill to break our bond with carbon? Max Thomas on climate change, economics and old jokes.

Climate Change: a systemic view and the one question every leader will have to answer

We are launching our Climate Change featured forum with a call to action from Ingrid Messner. She says we all need to ask ourselves how we are contributing today to solving the global challenge of climate change.

Establishing a consensus of what’s fair and reasonable for all

Probably no politician would explicitly advocate unfairness – but what exactly is fair, just and equitable? Dr Neil Byron says we need a broad-based discussion of what we want our society, economy and environment to look like in the next 50 years.

No more porkies: Calling for a real legal ban on sow stalls

Pigs are social and intelligent animals who naturally live in family groups, yet on factory farms they are treated like machines on a production line. Elise Burgess from the animal protection institute Voiceless challenges Australians to speak up and call for a national legal ban on sow stalls.

The need to design social policy for climate change refugees

So far the Australian government doesn’t seem to regard climate change as a primary issue. Elisabeth Stafford says we need a national conversation to pressure the Australian government into action to create social policy on a variety of climate change fronts.

How Greek philosophy can help us

Dialectic viewpoints are useful in complex issues like renewable energy and energy security, but rarely encouraged in the Australian public policy debate. Lindley Edwards supports so-called ‘skyhook’ ideas that bridge current realities and future possibilities.

Climate change dialogues: denialists and the disadvantaged

Many individuals and communities feel disempowered or ignorant when discussing climate change. Megan Bonetti says we need to foster a non-judgemental culture of awareness to make key stakeholders sit up and listen.

The Future of Coal Seam Gas after the NSW Election

The New South Wales state election will be held on Saturday 28 March. James Horne discusses the future of coal seam gas, one of the major issues in this campaign.