Tag: John Quiggin - article author
Do vaccination passports take away freedoms? It depends on how you frame the question
Picture: Dave Hunt/AAP
You may have already downloaded to your phone a digital certificate proving you have received one or two doses of a...
‘Backwards’ federal budget: Morrison government never fails to disappoint on climate action
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When it comes to action on climate change, Tuesday’s federal budget delivered by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was a real – though not unexpected –...
Forget JobSeeker. In our post-COVID economy, Australia needs a ‘liveable income guarantee’ instead
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There are now less than three months to go before the expanded JobSeeker payment is due to end.
As a result,...
Humans are good at thinking their way out of problems – but climate change is outfoxing us
In some areas of human activity such as farming, we are exhausting
our capacity to adapt to climate change. Daniel Mariuz/AAP
There is growing evidence that Earth’s systems...
BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what’s next
BlackRock matters because it is big. Its decision raises
questions about the soundness of smaller firms that remain
committed to coal. JUSTIN LANE/EPA
The announcement...
Adani beware: coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable
Insurers have to protect themselves against foreseeable risks.
For insurers of fossil fuel projects, those risks are growing. Shutterstock
The announcement by Suncorp that it will no...