McDonalds in Australia: 50 years of fast food, slow litter
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Any breed of dog can hunt truffles a farmer from out Braidwood-way told me recently. It depends on whether you have…
AuSI updates Australia Transformation Map
In our first year, we were invited by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to co-curate the ‘Australia’ map as part of their ‘Mapping Global Transformations’ project. Experts from leading global…
Fitzgibbon’s retirement is a gift to Labor, but Albanese was steering to the centre anyway
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Conversation. One imagines the retirement of Joel Fitzgibbon simplifies things for Anthony Albanese as he crafts a…
Opinion: Hunt’s vaccine dawdle a national security failure
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Two huge stories relating to national security coincided last week and the comparison was not a happy…
Opinion: The perils of our pandemic politics
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. “He needs to define exactly what Labor stands for … post-Covid,” wrote one learned commentator this week…
Opinion: With the release of a terrifying IPCC report, Australia must face its wilful political blindness on climate
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. I remember the acute frustration of watching one of the US news feeds on September 11, 2001 — 20 years ago next…
Courage and vision, rarities in 2021
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. This Sunday, the country’s only federally funded university commences its 75th anniversary year. The milestone reminds us…