The Middle Kingdom, the middle power and Middle America

Australia is undertaking a series of set pieces that capitalise on its role as an economically-advanced middle power, while aiming to continue record levels of exports to China and maintain a healthy strategic relationship with the USA.

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You can’t talk food security without talking farm sustainability

In recent years, the phrase “food security” has been widely used across agricultural conferences, government policy papers, and media headlines - particularly in the face of supply chain disruptions, extreme weather events, and global instability. But too

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It’s time to change the conversation on social and affordable housing

At a recent CEDA event, WA Housing Minister John Carey spoke candidly about the rise of NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) and, as he joked, even BANANAs (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.)

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The pathway not taken

Australia, like any other sovereign nation, has the capacity to choose its own pathway through the energy transition.

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Science-based targets in the power sector: Ambition meets reality

The draft Power Sector Net-Zero Standard from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) represents an important and necessary step in aligning the global power industry with the 1.5°C climate target.

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Community-led advocacy: Tips to deliver legislative change

As both a lobbyist and gay dad, I’m proud to have the opportunity to support the remarkable efforts of my community to remove discriminatory restrictions to Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) and surrogacy in Western Australia over the past eight year

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Reform is hard. Consensus is harder.

Last week’s Economic Reform Roundtable, led by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, was an ongoing step on Australia’s long journey to bridge our current economy to a future economy.

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Beyond the build: Integrating social performance into the lifecycle of major projects


Green Hydrogen: learning from the setbacks

In recent years, the advent of a domestic green hydrogen industry has been surrounded by an air of near-mythic expectation. Critics have pointed to the sector as a bubble, while most sensible players in the space acknowledge there has been a hype-cycle

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Zero sense in opposing net-zero

Last week provided a perfect example of how detached the political debate on energy can be from reality in Australia. While Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce sought to fan a new wave of division amongst the Federal Coalition over net-zero, the CSIRO’s late

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