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Posted inPublic/social/ethical

Time for a global wealth tax anyone? Why life is a lottery

by Stephen Dark 6 April 20217 April 2021

As a nation, we have, for what seems like the longest time, wrestled with issues like truth, justice, and equality as central and sustainable edifices of an egalitarian society, let alone as a planet.  An egalitarian society, lest we forget, actively strives to sustain equality of welfare and equal opportunity as a first priority.  In […]

Posted inSpinifex

Is the EU’s carbon levy the moment of truth for our political leaders?

by Stephen Dark 16 March 202116 March 2021
Posted inPublic/Community

Britain was the first to appoint an official minister for loneliness in 2018 – what’s going on?

by Stephen Dark 8 March 20218 March 2021
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Liberalism: the other pandemic

by Stephen Dark 23 February 202123 February 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Exposing a brotherhood of BS

by Stephen Dark 7 December 202017 December 2020
Posted inClimate Change

When the birds stop singing and the roads begin to melt

by Stephen Dark 30 November 20201 December 2020
Posted inClimate Change

The truth about emissions targets

by Stephen Dark 10 November 202010 November 2020
Posted inSpinifex

Doing what you love is the best form of welfare

by Stephen Dark 20 October 202020 October 2020
Posted inSpinifex

AI is looming – do we travel through time or end in an algorithm?

by Stephen Dark 8 October 20209 October 2020
Posted inEnergy

A “Frydenberg slip”, then another furphy that leaves everyone flabber-gas-ted

by Stephen Dark 29 September 202030 September 2020
Posted inSpinifex

Millennials in the age of “neo-miserabilism”

by Stephen Dark 21 September 202024 September 2020
Posted inGovernment/Regulations

Cruising down the road to Donald Horne’s Lucky Country

by Stephen Dark 15 September 202017 September 2020
Posted inEnergy

Nikola Tesla dreamed of free electricity; what happened?

by Stephen Dark 7 September 202012 January 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Gucci and Oscar Wilde were right: the truth about fashion

by Stephen Dark 31 August 20201 September 2020
Posted inBusiness & Politics

How sustainable is our shiny new normal?

by Stephen Dark 20 August 202028 August 2020
Posted inGovernment/Regulations

Jobs of the future, miracles and messing with our university education

by Stephen Dark 18 August 202026 August 2020
Posted inBusiness & Politics

To solve our problems, we should be free of ideologies, right?

by Stephen Dark 12 August 202026 August 2020
Posted inFinance

Is it time for a universal basic income?

by Stephen Dark 30 July 202026 August 2020
Posted inSpinifex

Social housing is not a bloody-minded numbers game

by Stephen Dark 27 July 202027 July 2020
Posted inClimate Change

We need 3 things to deal with coastal erosion

by Stephen Dark 23 July 202027 July 2020
Posted inSpinifex

Zombie apartments: The new face of inner-city living

by Stephen Dark 20 July 202023 July 2020
Posted inClimate Change

Breathing space and life after climate change

by Stephen Dark 9 July 20209 July 2020

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