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UK climate secretary: How China hijacked Copenhagen »
In an op-ed for the Guardian , the UK’s climate secretary, Ed Miliband accuses China and other developing countries of hijacking negotiations at Copenhagen, preventing any substantial deal from being reached.
Copenhagen and the new global hierarchy »
Copenhagen has revealed the new world order in global politics: the US has lost influence, China is the big bully, Africa sticks together and small nations can veto anything they dislike, says Leslie Gelb .
Keneally’s desal claims don’t hold water »
In an effort to promote the new desalination plant, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally claims she grew up drinking recycled water. But a Daily Tele/em> investigation has found she’s stretching the truth just a little on her rural Ohio upbringing.
Give fixed four-year terms (and the NSW ALP) the flick »
Fixed four-year political terms should be booted. Scandal fatigue and political disengagement has set in for NSW voters and it’s time for a recall election, writes NSW Nationals leader Andrew Stoner .
Sheehan: Rudd just an environmental blowhard of hot air »
We can’t blame Kevin Rudd entirely for climate change and global warming. But we can blame him for making it even worse, writes Paul Sheehan . Rudd’s green credentials are disappearing faster than the Murray Darling Basin.
Send Conroy a lump of coal for Christmas »
A new website called The Gift Of Censorship is promising to deliver a bag of coal in a large red sack to Stephen Conroy and for every 1000 complaint letters sent to him through the site.
Garnaut: Thumbs up for the Obama Accord »
Copenhagen was a complete fiasco. However, the ‘Obama Accord’ that came out of it is a step in the right direction and probably the best we could have hoped for, writes Ross Garnaut .
Akerman: What part of the word “failure” doesn’t Rudd understand? »
Copenhagen was an “abject disaster, a dud, a dog, a bust” and a “flopperoo of grand proportions”, says Piers Akerman — so why is he still determined to push forward with an ETS?
Somalia: the real victim of Bush’s War on Terror »
Iraq and Afghanistan may have grabbed the headlines, but Somalia has been the real victim of the War on Terror, with the US inadvertently delivering the country into the arms of Islamic extremists with ties to al-Qaeda., writes Martin Fletcher .
The Israeli organ harvesters: stealing body parts from Palestinians »
In a move likely to throw fuel on an already volatile fire, Israel has admitted it harvested organs from dead Palestinians without permission. But, despite claims to the contrary, there is no evidence of Palestinians being killed for their organs.