Goodbye, Murray Darling
The latest installment in Professor Ross Garnaut’s tortuous journey through the travails of climate change…More
Author: Ben Eltham
Ben Eltham
Ben Eltham is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent.
The Myth of "Carbon Leakage"
In 2007, the ABC screened the British documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle, perhaps the…More
Useless Pack of Bankers
As any decent PR hack will tell you, if you want to get your brand…More
Population Games
Matthew Connelly is an historian at Columbia University whose new book, Fatal Misconception, looks at…More
The Art of Taxation
It was Jean-Baptiste Colbert who first uttered the immortal words, "The art of taxation consists…More
Energy Efficiency: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
The Australian climate change debate chugs on. While the Government meets hundreds of lobbyists arguing…More
Why Are Rents Going Through the Roof?
Last Thursday, Wayne Swan and Tanya Plibersek launched the National Rental Affordability Scheme. The $623…More
No Polluter Left Behind
Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong’s Green Paper is out. The starting point for Australia’s response…More
An ABC of the CPRS
What’s covered under the Scheme? The big three: power stations are IN, transport is IN,…More
This Time the Sky Really Is Falling
It’s a "diabolical" policy issue which presents possibly the greatest challenge Australia has faced since…More