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.

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.

Defining dignity in retirement quickly devolved into undignified politics about equity, greed and fairness and the purpose of the superannuation system.

The political right and left don’t matter anymore. The only thing that matters is what’s right.

Voters elected new independents in 2022 Australian who could redefine the shape of contemporary conservatism.

Australian election 2022 - the nation sleeps waiting for the big idea

A brief yarn about how we put together Australia’s first internet coverage of a Federal Election in 1996.