Opinion Archives

Can roads have a positive effect on nature?

Roads can be good for the environment despite their bad reputation, says Professor Bill Laurance.

Wildlife

It may be time for us to reconsider our long love affair with cats, says John Pickrell.

Canberra’s centenary is an opportunity to re-establish what’s important about Australia’s identity, says Robyn Archer.

The myth that tornadoes don’t occur in Australia should be debunked, says Hamish Ramsay.

Unprecedented heat and bushfires are a wake-up call, says Tim Flannery, but we’re running out of time.

Mines proposed in north-west Tasmania could devastate populations of undiseased devils, says Hamish McCallum.

Aboriginal objects have no place in museums, and should be returned to the living cultures that still mourn their loss.

Just what is the deal with coal seam gas? Is it safe and it is all it’s cracked up to be?

Flawed water-trading systems are choking our formerly mighty river systems to death, says Mike Young.

Wildlife

A new ruling solves a complex problem with the conservation of this iconic Aussie species, says Chris Johnson.