National affairs
21 August 2018
The reckoning has arrived for a party — and its Coalition partner — long riven by cultural fixations
National affairs
16 August 2018
Electricity-hungry aluminium smelters continue to push for more coal-fired power stations
National affairs
6 August 2018
If the government offers Labor a deal it can accept, it will be rejected by the Coalition’s backbench. It’s hard to escape the obvious conclusion
National affairs
3 May 2018
Macronmania came to Australia this week, but back in France the president might be facing his “Thatcher moment”
National affairs
8 March 2018
The Sunshine State continues to make its mark in Melbourne’s closely watched federal by-election
National affairs
30 December 2017
Despite the US and Australian governments, attitudes and technology are driving change
National affairs
18 October 2017
The Turnbull government’s pledge could leave Australia as one of the G20’s biggest per capita polluters — and with prices as high as ever
National affairs
23 June 2017
What are the consequences of choosing a second-best scheme?
National affairs
10 June 2017
The chief scientist’s energy report is a political document, which might, or might not, be its strength
National affairs
27 April 2017
Diary of a Climate Scientist | What happens when a scientist is about to become a parent?
National affairs
5 April 2017
It’s almost certainly too late for any leader to derail progress towards a decarbonised global economy
National affairs
17 February 2017
Malcolm Turnbull is staking his government on policies that are widely opposed and hard to defend
National affairs
10 February 2017
The Coalition is chasing the wrong target, despite all the evidence
National affairs
6 October 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist | Assessing the contribution of climate change to the South Australian storms isn’t straightforward
National affairs
2 September 2016
What if we took the leaders at their word? Tim Colebatch looks at the initiatives that might result
National affairs
31 August 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist | If the new One Nation senator wants empirical evidence, he can take his pick from 150 years of research, says Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
National affairs
4 August 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist | Record-breaking “heat index” scores highlight the growing impact of climate change, writes Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
National affairs
3 June 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist | Autumn could scarcely have been hotter, says Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick in this overview of a record-breaking season
Essays & reportage
2 June 2016
Labor seemed the obvious place to mobilise broader support for strong climate change policies, writes former Wilderness Society staffer Felicity Wade
National affairs
20 May 2016
The second week on the hustings revealed false conflicts and unspoken truths, says Tim Colebatch
National affairs
28 April 2016
By taking the initiative on the dreaded three-letter word, Labor has scored an important win, argues Peter Brent
National affairs
27 April 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist | With much of the Earth covered by oceans, a different kind of heatwave is attracting attention, writes Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Essays & reportage
23 March 2016
A coalition of organisations forced the hands of the world’s major polluters
National affairs
22 March 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist | El Niño is only part of the explanation for a record-breaking February, writes Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Books & arts
21 March 2016
Kerry Ryan keeps his options open at WOMADelaide
National affairs
25 February 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist | Cutting funding at this stage of climate change research comes with enormous risks, writes Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
International
21 December 2015
Carbon trading might have been given just a small part in the Paris agreement, writes Rebecca Pearse, but it was already time to move on
National affairs
17 December 2015
By making climate science one of its chief targets, the right set itself up for failure, writes John Quiggin
International
14 December 2015
How did we get from there to here? In Paris Giles Parkinson looks at how the momentum built for climate action
International
11 December 2015
Without a credible mechanism for intensifying climate action over time, the Paris agreement will do nothing to bridge the chasm between what is possible now and what is needed in…