Q. Which are the three most important issues in deciding how you would vote at a Federal election? Total Labor Liberal/ National Green Management of the economy 61% 60% 76% 28% Ensuring […] Read more

Q. And which party would you trust most to handle the following issues? Labor Liberal Greens Don’t know Management of the economy 29% 47% 3% 22% Ensuring a quality education for all […] Read more

Q. Do you support or oppose the Government’s recent announcement to introduce a carbon pricing scheme from 1 July 2012, which will require industries to pay a tax based on the amount […] Read more

First published on The Drum: 12/04/2011 The Prime Minister has been dedicating a significant slice of stump time in recent weeks to explaining the differences between the ALP and the Greens, how […] Read more

First published on The Drum: 22/03/2011 Beyond its gob-smacking human tragedy and the looming economic catastrophe, the Japanese tsunami has thrown a radioactive wildcard into the global debate over climate change. The […] Read more

First published on The Drum: 15/03/2011 Context is everything. All of a sudden Labor’s political predicament does not seem as dire; no-one is dead or missing; nuclear reactors aren’t melting down; the […] Read more

First published on The Drum: 08/03/2011 The media works in eight-hour news cycles, politicians live and die by three-year cycles, while the planet’s climate is working on a significantly longer time frame. […] Read more

First published on The Drum: 15/02/2011 That philosopher to the common-folk, Tony Abbott, is this week dealing with his own slings and arrows as he enters the political twilight zone of disapproval […] Read more