Quarterly Essay 88: Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics by Katharine Murphy
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A portrait of a leader in the making, and a nation on the move. In this perceptive, compelling essay, Katharine Murphy offers a profile of Anthony Albanese in motion - a piece about character, the balance of forces, and the mood of the nation. Are Albanese and his party up for change? Are Australians u ...Show more
Man's War Against Nature (Penguin Green Ideas series) by Rachel Carson
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Category: Magazines | Series: Penguin Green Ideas
Here, with the precision of a scientist and the simplicity of a fable, she reveals how man-made pesticides have destroyed wildlife, creating a world of polluted streams and silent songbirds.
Meanjin Vol 82, No 4
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Summer warms us, brings us together, opens our hearts. Meanjin's writers began 2023 imploring us to get our house in order and prepare for what comes next. At the end of this momentous year, Australia's journal of record offers that perfect art-fiction focus to accompany all your summer adventures. We b ...Show more
Fortune's Fool: Australia's Choices by Satyajit Das
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Category: Magazines | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Australia’s prosperity relies on the continent’s extraordinary natural — primarily mineral — riches and good fortune. But economic, financial, environmental, geopolitical and societal pressures now threaten the nation’s high living standards. The COVID-19 pandemic is the first of many trials to come. La ...Show more
There Is No Point of No Return by Arne Næss
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Category: Magazines | Series: Penguin Green Ideas
Emphasizing joy in the world, human cooperation and the value of all living things, this selection of his writings is filled with wit, learning and an intense connection with nature.
Quarterly Essay 85: Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia by Sarah Krasnostein
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How can we mend Australia's broken mental health system? Around one-fifth of Australians will suffer from mental illness in any given year. And the pandemic is making things worse, especially in schools. Our mental health system is under stress and not fit for purpose. What is to be done? In this brilli ...Show more
Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency by Gareth Evans
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Category: Magazines | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Why should we in Australia, or any country, care about poverty, human rights atrocities, health epidemics, environmental catastrophes, weapons proliferation or any other problems afflicting faraway countries, when they don’t, as is often the case, have any direct or immediate impact on our own safety or ...Show more
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
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Category: Magazines | Series: Penguin Green Ideas
The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her history-making address to the United Nations Everything needs to change. And it has to start today. In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided no ...Show more
Dark Star: The Political Turning of Elon Musk: Jewish Quarterly 255 by Richard Cooke
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Elon Musk - head of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of Twitter - has become a neo-reactionary online troll. What has caused his troubling political transformation? This issue of The Jewish Quarterly explores the troubling political evolution of Elon Musk. In a captivating essay, Richard Cooke explores Musk's ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 89: The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal by Saul Griffith
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A compelling vision of green energy at a local level. In this inspiring essay, inventor, engineer and visionary Saul Griffith looks at the wires that bind us. He reveals the world that awaits if we make the most of Australia's energy future. Griffith paints an inspiring yet practical picture of empower ...Show more
Australia on the Brink: Avoiding Environmental Ruin by Ian Lowe
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Category: Magazines | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In 1996, the first independent national report on the state of Australia’s environment found that we faced serious problems. With increasing urgency, five subsequent reports declared those problems were all getting worse, each calling for immediate action to protect our future. The 2021 report determine ...Show more