Documents tabled in the US congress show Chevron plans to run its Gorgon gas plant in Western Australia until at least 2056, exploiting other companies’ transitions to cleaner energy.
The government’s strategy on vaccines and antivirals has not been updated since the beginning of the pandemic and must change to prepare for worse variants of Covid-19, according to a previously unreleased report.
While Vladimir Putin stunned the world with his war, a chancer was ditched, the Queen died, crypto choked, Neil Young’s Harvest turned 50 and ‘goblin mode’ had a moment.
With the Albanese government having moved so quickly and decisively on a number of major policy fronts since it was elected in May, next year is shaping up as one of consolidation, to demonstrate the substance of what has been achieved.
Australia’s leading India think tank, based at the University of Melbourne, is facing criticism over academic interference and pressure from the Indian government.
Two agencies have created a duopoly across live music, controlling ticketing, promotion and in some cases the venues themselves. The losers are audiences and the artists they are paying to see.
