Hot August Night is now an Aussie experience. Our climate has changed over 50 years, but there is a real danger our conversation about it are as obscure as the lyrics on Neil Diamond's iconic album.

As voters, we are embedding a cabal of political eunuchs, neutered by our inability to aspire beyond the trivial, the expedient and our endless ambition to extract and consume all within our reach.

There is a growing need for politicians who see laughter, warmth and engagement as their trademark. Leadership that leans into humour, without being seen as a buffoon without substance, can be very powerful. It fosters engagement, relatability and therefore loyalty.

We need to work collectively, or our individual capacity and desire for greater control of our lives will ultimately be capped by a never-ending sequence of conflict, catastrophe, the demise of social cohesion, our health and our wellbeing.

Trump’s reckless policy to ‘Drill. Drill. Drill.’ must and can be counterbalanced by international action at government, investment and community levels.

We need positive action on climate and biodiversity, a new construct for living as part of rather than in conflict with nature, in order to meet our responsibilities for the health, wellbeing and, yes, even prosperity of future generations.

Sometimes you can find wilderness, peace and wonder right on your doorstep. You just have to pay attention and be present for those special moments.

Public expenditure and debt have become the cornerstones of the economic management credentials for political parties. But government must take on some level of risk to invest in new ventures and infrastructure to support future generations.

Attribution of emissions outputs to climate change and specific environmental impacts is a nonsense legal view setting an unfortunate precedent for expansion of fossil fuel extraction and export in Australia.

Ecosystem protection and restoration more likely to become a byproduct of government policy and budget priorities in the transition to renewable energy than clear commitment to environmental preservation.

Climate change and biodiversity are flip sides of the same coin – one interacting and ultimately dependent upon the other. From a human perspective, this makes it impossible to divorce climate action and mitigation from biodiversity protection.

A civilised and prosperous society has a huge responsibility to ensure the welfare of all the ecosystems within which it presides — and of which we are now we are effectively architect and master.

Scientists are slugging it out with ‘people like me’ as our most trusted source of information according to the 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer. That position comes with a lot of opportunity and responsibility.

What if dinosaurs wore shoes? Its scarily easy for our perceptions to be shaped on scant evidence, or just a mental flight of fancy.

Why adopting the weird title of Human API in an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up made sense.

Staff commitment to the cause in not-for-profits and charities is something worth bottling, but ultimately the head must rule to ensure sustainable organisations.

How do you meet the challenge of advocating for climate action is when people’s personal experience of the weather often seems to contradict the science. A cold day in Melbourne had me pondering this.

Small not-for-profit organisations should not underestimate the power of community goodwill to achieve outcomes beyond the scope of their finances.

The ‘firehawks’ of The Kimberley opened my eyes to the fact that there is plenty about indigenous knowledge that meets the formal method of western science and the two have more in common than they differ.

It’s something I wouldn’t have been game to do at the start of my career, but now … what the hell … I’ll ask ChatGPT to decide whether you should hire me as a writer or not. The answer? It depends.