Australia’s ongoing debate about reforming the Goods and Services Tax might not be relevant to the overflowing garbage dumps of Lagos, the Pacific Ocean trash patch, or the massive electronic graveyard of Guiyu in China. These three far-flung locations are proof of the incessant global habit of purchasing stuff and then throwing it away later Read More

All of us are familiar with statistics that we see every day: statistics on sport, weather and stock market. The sort of thing that could appear in The Age or The Sydney Morning Herald’s number crunch. Statistics is all about data. It’s the art of designing methods to gather, summarise and visualise data, as well Read More

Australia and China are taking a very different approach to the treatment of jobs and industries that provide goods and services in environmental protection. Major investors in Australia are planning for the potential impact of the Coalition winning power. They plan to axe the carbon price and demolish the clean energy finance system. Due to Read More