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A short history of vaccine objection, cults and conspiracy theories
When we hear phrases like vaccine objection, vaccine refusal and anti-vaxxers, it’s easy to assume these are new labels used in today’s childhood vaccination debates. But there’s a long history of opposition to childhood vaccination dating back to 1796.
11 days ago | Echonetdaily | 3 Articles & Columns, Comment -
The new standard that could kill the home battery market
The battery storage industry is warning that the market for lithium-ion battery installations could be killed even before it has taken off if proposed new Australian standards do not fall in line with international installation guidelines.
17 days ago | Giles Parkinson | 0 Articles & Columns, Comment -
RMS builds ‘death traps’ for Ballina koalas
With the Ballina Pacific Highway Upgrade poised to begin operations, scientists, community organisations, and environmental groups are horrified by the devices put in place by the RMS to change wildlife behaviour.
21 days ago | Echonetdaily | 10 Articles & Columns, Comment -
SA set to announce winner of battery storage tender
The South Australian government is expected to announce the winner, or winners, of its 100MW battery storage tender in the next week, and will need to do if it is to have the equipment installed by the coming summer as planned.
24 days ago | Giles Parkinson | 0 Articles & Columns, Comment
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A short history of vaccine objection, cults and conspiracy theories
When we hear phrases like vaccine objection, vaccine refusal and anti-vaxxers, it’s easy to assume these are new labels used in today’s childhood vaccination debates. But there’s a long history of opposition to childhood vaccination dating back to 1796.
11 days ago | Echonetdaily | 3 -
The new standard that could kill the home battery market
The battery storage industry is warning that the market for lithium-ion battery installations could be killed even before it has taken off if proposed new Australian standards do not fall in line with international installation guidelines.
17 days ago | Giles Parkinson | 0 -
RMS builds ‘death traps’ for Ballina koalas
With the Ballina Pacific Highway Upgrade poised to begin operations, scientists, community organisations, and environmental groups are horrified by the devices put in place by the RMS to change wildlife behaviour.
21 days ago | Echonetdaily | 10 -
SA set to announce winner of battery storage tender
The South Australian government is expected to announce the winner, or winners, of its 100MW battery storage tender in the next week, and will need to do if it is to have the equipment installed by the coming summer as planned.
24 days ago | Giles Parkinson | 0 -
Lismore councillor explains opposition to Adani coal mine
Lismore City councillor Eddie Lloyd is continuing the fight to stop the Commonwealth Bank from investing in the proposed Adani Carmichael Coal mine, near the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. Check out what she has to say on the issue.
June 15, 2017 | Darren Coyne | 9 -
Finkel decoded: The good, the bad and the very disappointing
Giles Parkinson, RenewEconomy This is not Grid 2.0 In the first draft of the Finkel Review, chief scientist Dr Alan Finkel spoke of an ‘unstoppable’ energy transition, driven by new technologies and the role of the consumer. But he may... Read More →
June 13, 2017 | Chris Dobney | 0 -
‘Reputation clause’ may scupper govt loan deal for Adani
The federal government’s ability to hand Adani Energy a $1 billion loan to help finance the rail link for the Carmichael coal project in the Galilee basin have been dealt what could be a decisive blow by the emergence of a ‘reputation’ clause.
June 6, 2017 | Giles Parkinson | 0 -
Exploding the myth that Adani is good for Queensland
There are a whole bunch of reasons why the Adani coal mine does not make sense: for the environment, the climate and on basic economics. The latest results from Adani Power, revealing over the weekend a $US954 million loss ($A1.3 billion) for the last financial year, its fifth loss in a row.
May 30, 2017 | Giles Parkinson | 0 -
The great divide over Australia’s energy future
The CEO of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency has said it is clear that the technologies exist for transition to a renewables-based electricity grid. It is only old rules and regulations that are getting in the way and preventing it from happening.
May 23, 2017 | Giles Parkinson | 1 -
After ‘WannaCrypt’, should governments stockpile software vulnerabilities?
Greg Austin, Monique Mann & Robert Merkel The ‘WannaCrypt’ malware has disrupted vital infrastructure in almost 100 countries so far. Security analysts are concerned it may be part of a dump of security flaws a group called the Shadow Brokers claimed to have stolen... Read More →
May 16, 2017 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Death spiral for cars – by 2030 you probably won’t own one
By 2030, you probably won’t own a car, but you may get a free trip with your morning coffee. Transport-As-A-Service will use only electric vehicles and will upend two trillion-dollar industries. It’s the death spiral for cars.
May 12, 2017 | Giles Parkinson | 1 -
What is happening to the world’s bees?
Simon Klein & Andrew Barron Ten years ago, beekeepers in the United States raised the alarm that thousands of their hives were mysteriously empty of bees. What followed was global concern over a new phenomenon: Colony Collapse Disorder. Since then we... Read More →
May 9, 2017 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
How the politics of the budget could play out for the govt
Given months of polls that show Labor ahead and damaging internal disunity, the politics of this budget are extremely tricky for the government to manage. It is not just that Tony Abbott’s sniping is causing political headaches for prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
May 8, 2017 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Spooked nation
It was entirely appropriate that the Pirate Party said ‘told you so’ when the news came out last week that an AFP officer had accessed a journalist’s metadata without a warrant. Some days it’s hard to tell who are the pirates and who’s the law.
May 3, 2017 | Michael McDonald | 0 -
On the brink, at the mercy of a pair of mass-murderous buffoons
Three weeks ago videos were broadcast around the world of men, women and children gasping for life, or dying, from breathing in poison gas in the Syrian town of Khan Shaykhun.
April 26, 2017 | Phillip Frazer | 0 -
Why the gas industry should argue for a price on carbon
Australia’s gas industry is under scrutiny from the competition watchdog after apparently failing to deliver on its pledge to bring down domestic prices and ease the east coast gas supply crisis.
April 24, 2017 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
How to slash electricity prices … in just five minutes
Today the Australian Energy Market Commission – the national rule maker – is expected to deliver its initial verdict on a call to change the settlement period for Australia’s wholesale electricity market, a move its supporters say will lead to a significant reduction in prices.
April 11, 2017 | Giles Parkinson | 0 -
Endangered loggerhead turtle likely killed by shark nets
Kathrina Southwell of Australian Seabird Rescue recounts her horror at discovering a near breeding age, endangered loggerhead turtle dying on Lennox Head Beach yesterday afternoon, and her belief it drowned in shark nets.
March 30, 2017 | The Echo | 3 -
Drawings reveal refugee kids’ struggles and triumphs at school
Transitioning into high school can be overwhelming for any student, but for those coming from a refugee background, there are even more challenges.
March 27, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
‘Sun King’s’ ultra light, flexible PV to reshape solar market
Dr Zhengrong Shi, the founder of Suntech and the former UNSW PhD graduate known as the ‘Sun King’, is returning to the solar market with a newly developed lightweight, ultra-thin and flexible panel that he is hailing as the biggest change to the solar industry in decades.
March 20, 2017 | Giles Parkinson | 0 -
Trumpland #2: Who’s out to get him?
Trump’s been president for 45 days and there are now two powerful groups in the USA out to fire him, writes Phillip Frazer.
March 17, 2017 | Phillip Frazer | 2 -
The Channon remembers Fukushima
The haunting notes of a Native American love flute, played by Hiroshima artist Chikara Sueda, hovered in the air at the community gathering to express solidarity with the people of Fukushima at the Channon market on Sunday.
March 14, 2017 | The Echo | 1 -
Billionaire tweets signal end of the road for fossil fuels
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has long predicted the imminent end of the fossil fuel era. But it took a couple of tweets between him and another billionaire, Australia’s Mike Cannon-Brookes, on Friday to highlight just how close this is.
March 14, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
Why Trump and Brexit won’t kill globalisation
With Trump’s electoral victory, as well as the Brexit vote, many of the assumptions underlying the future of globalisation have been put into question. This indicates large components of the voting population want trade relations severed, borders enforced, and refugees more tightly screened.
March 6, 2017 | The Echo | 1 -
Satan’s good points?
While there’s plenty to be alarmed about with Drumpf (which is his German ancestors’ name), let’s examine some of the positives. There must be something good, right? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is dead, for now. For Australia, it was a... Read More →
February 15, 2017 | Hans Lovejoy | 0
