by MURRAY HOGARTH | May 15, 2025 | Nuclear power, Opinion, Politics
In good news for Australia’s democracy, it turns out that money really can’t buy everything, and the Americanisation of our politics is not a one-way street. Mega-rich people and powerful industry lobbies trying to buy votes and influence results to capture...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | May 9, 2025 | Nuclear power, Opinion, Politics
Think of the Liberal Party’s election implosion as a major nuclear accident — a Chernobyl of political arrogance and incompetence; a Fukushima of policy misdirection and fantasising; a Three Mile Island of strategic self-delusion and stupidity. Nuclear accidents have...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | Dec 16, 2024 | Analysis, Nuclear power
Four conservative middle-aged white men in dark suits gathered in Brisbane a few days ago to sell their pre-election version of The Block’s “big reveal” — the federal opposition’s climate and energy plan was finally unveiled. A retro plan plucked from the 1950s...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | Nov 26, 2024 | Analysis, Nuclear power
This week the quickfire Senate inquiry into a social media age ban has been hit with 15,000 submissions in a bit over 24 hours. Meanwhile, the months-long House select committee inquiry into nuclear energy is yet to hit 300. Sure most of the social media age ban...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | Nov 14, 2024 | Nuclear power, Opinion
The earth moved for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton this week. And maybe a seismic penny dropped too. When Dutton announced his seven hand-picked and non-negotiable locations for nuclear power stations on June 19, without providing costings and with scant details, had...
