Drew Hutton proposes that leftists who care more about the loss of coal mining jobs than reducing carbon emissions can place themselves alongside the climate change denialists, the right-wing think tanks and the fossil fuel lobby as the enemies of sustainability.

Kenneth Davidson provides some reasons why we need a carbon tax: to make the polluters feel the cost of their polluting; to finance a massive increase in spending on green infrastructure; and fund a massive green “Marshall plan”, funneling aid to developing countries to help them find green ways to support the level of development necessary to reign in their population growth.

Michael Pusey wants climate change to drive a meaningful consensus for new politics, policies and programs. He urges us to ground the narrative in concrete, accessible, and arresting visual images; in real, living memories; in terms that emphasize the interconnections between the problems and also the solutions; and calls for coordinated systemic action.

David Ritter argues that climate change and environmental degradation have no value-neutral solutions, and that each potential policy prescription is necessarily founded in some broader concept of the 'good society'.

Ian Dunlop makes the case for science-based climate policy

Ben Eltham says that while we may have a new defence minister in John Faulkner, our thinking about defence is stuck in a bygone era

Miriam Lyons took a look at what the election of Obama means for Australia in Crikey