Climate Tasmania

As a global economic depression begins to look ever more likely, what are the prospects for redirecting our own economy? [24 January 2012 | Peter Boyer]
If there’s a single all-embracing emblem of what most of our political and business elite promote as an ideal economy, it has to be one of those floating fantasy-lands we [...]

The passing of the carbon pricing legislation was a history-making event, but it is just the start of a long journey. [15 November 2011 | Peter Boyer]
“Today we have made history,” Julia Gillard told a packed news conference in the wake of her government’s carbon tax victory last week. “After all those years of debate [...]

The passage of carbon pricing legislation through the House of Representatives is a big step forward. [18 October 2011 | Peter Boyer]
There are the optimists among us, and then there’s the rest. I’ve always considered myself optimistic, which is why I’m applauding the seismic shift that happened in Canberra last week.
I had thought I’d devote [...]