In this speech to the Climate Change and Business Conference in February 2006, Clive Hamilton argues that powerful lobbyists are using methods both subtle and brutal to advance their interests in relation to climate change. He describes these lobbyists and how they influence Australian government policy.

Drawing on a Newspoll survey of 1200 people, Emma Rush and Andrew Macintosh show that over 50 per cent of Australians receive unwanted Christmas presents and that 21 per cent of Australians will give presents to people they don’t want to during the festive season. Nearly three quarters of those surveyed said they would be...

Andrew Macintosh and Debra Wilkinson argue that the deal agreed by the National Party in return for its support for the sale of Telstra is remarkably similar to the deal made between the Australian Democrats and the Howard government over the Goods and Services Tax. That experience suggests that the Nationals' Telstra agreement is likely...

Deb Wilkinson and Andrew Macintosh consider the effectiveness and propriety of the Howard government's administration of the new federal heritage regime. In particular, they examine the way in which the government dealt with the nomination to include Sir Donald Bradman's birthplace on the National Heritage List and its decisions to distribute heritage funding to Bradman-related...

Using a large database of self-completion interviews with 24,718 respondents aged 14 and over, compiled by Roy Morgan Research, Michael Flood and Clive Hamilton identify the extent of homophobia in Australia, according to factors including location, age, gender and educational attainment. In this study homophobia is identified as a belief that homosexuality is immoral.