Hannah Arendt published Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil in 1963. Over the next two decades alone, it would be republished some 30 times, first in the United States and then Britain, as debate swirled around both its arguments and its author. (more…)
Peter Christoff
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Teetering on a tightrope: Labor, the Teals, and tactics
The rise of the Teals and Greens represents a structural shift in Australia’s political landscape. This shift reflects deep-seated electoral disaffection with both major parties. In 2022 around 33 percent of the primary vote went to minor parties and independents rather than Labor and the Coalition. Yet Labor continues to behave as if the last election was a ‘business as usual’ change of government. This is a misreading that leaves it teetering on a tightrope. (more…)
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The new climate challenge: toughening targets, avoiding new conflicts
To stick rigidly to the 43% target will prove infeasible in the short term and politically self-harming in the longer term. Tougher targets are inevitable. (more…)
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If I were the Prime Minister – Taking the climate emergency seriously
The Black Summer bushfires, the Millennium Drought, the dying Great Barrier Reef, this year’s floods. Australia has experienced unprecedented environmental disasters in recent times. Each was amplified by global warming. Scientific reports indicate worse may still to come. (more…)
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Australia is undermining the Paris Agreement, no matter what Morrison says
We need new laws to stop Prime Minister Scott Morrison undermining the international treaty central to combating climate change.