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Beyond greed
IS THIS WHOLE global warming scenario real or, as some newspaper columnists like to suggest, a massive conspiracy by...
Riding Australia’s big dipper
AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY DURING the past 150 years has often revolved around fossil fuels. They have affected not only daily...
Sunset ports on the new trade routes
WHEN ERNESTINE HILL, the pioneering Australian journalist, visited what she called the "ports of sunset" on the West Australian...
Overloading Emoh Ruo: the rise and rise of hydrocarbon civilisation
Shortlisted, 2006 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, Science WritingShortlisted, 2006 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, Literary Work Advancing Public DebateShortlisted: 2006...
Masters of the universe: How nigh’s the end?
AFTER LISTENING TO the eminent scientist cataloguing the ever-increasing evidence of significant climate change – rising temperatures, rising seas,...
Dangerous shoes
Selected for Best Australian Stories 2006"SENSITIVITY!" CRIES DONNA. "That's what I want us to be about." She cocks her...
Beyond the comfort zone
LAST WEEK I was on a train. In the same carriage was a collection of object studies for parental...
Making a difference
AMROZI. JUST SAYING his name dissolves the thin laughter lines that usually radiate out from retired teacher Maggi Luke's...
Just the way it is
"BUT THAT'S JUST how it's always been done," the grey-haired, tweed-trimmed headmaster said, somewhat mystified, somewhat incredulous and very...
Making the grade
PROGRESSIVES IN AUSTRALIA have generally adopted a conservative approach to reform of primary and secondary education. This would be...
Research to excellence
WHAT PETER DRUCKER described as the "knowledge economy" in 1969 is now a competitive global market, with higher education...
Amusing and stimulating small minds
EVERYONE KNEW HIS name was Michael, but no one whom he instructed in Latin would have dreamed of calling...
