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technology January 31, 2026
Is Sam Altman the world’s most dangerous man?
OpenAI founder Sam Altman is building a trillion-dollar enterprise that feeds on vast resources of water, energy and intellectual property – and may never turn a profit.
environment January 24, 2026
Murray Watt’s licence to kill endangered species
Murray Watt’s latest approval for Korea Zinc includes a table that explicitly permits the company to kill thousands of native animals a year, including critically endangered species such as the swift parrot.
resources December 6, 2025
Watt reforms leave door wide open to environmental carnage
ANALYSIS: Murray Watt’s environmental reforms will do little to protect the environment and a lot to benefit big business.
international relations November 29, 2025
Australia’s crude Russian oil secret
A shadowy network of ‘dark fleets’ is allowing Russia’s oil export market to escape sanction and threatens to undo any of the good Australia has done in supplying military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
environment November 22, 2025
Starvation threatens koalas on French Island
Starvation now threatens one of Australia’s few disease-free koala populations due to a lack of habitat, as wildlife rescue volunteers are overwhelmed with calls for help.
environment November 22, 2025
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
science November 15, 2025
As governments meet for COP30 in Brazil, the debate about the continuance of fossil fuels as a worldwide energy source threatens the very heart of the Paris Agreement.
environment November 8, 2025
Inside Labor’s plan to tax EVs
Labor’s plan to tax electric vehicles has stalled on the conflicting goals of budget repair and emissions reduction.
environment November 1, 2025
Watt’s race to environment law reform
Environment Minister Murray Watt tells The Saturday Paper he is convinced his reforms will pass before the end of the year, although the Greens and the Coalition are both wary of supporting them in their current form.
environment October 25, 2025
Labor’s environmental reform racket
Labor is hoping to push through its environmental reforms next week, seeking to pass them without revealing the national environmental standards on which they would depend.
environment October 18, 2025
How the fossil fuel lobby captured a landmark Labor policy
The federal government’s Future Gas Strategy, which backs extending production through to 2050 and beyond, is based on contested EY research commissioned by Australian Energy Producers.
