James Fernyhough
How big tobacco hopes to get you hooked on vaping
As you read this article, lobbyists from big tobacco companies are stalking the corridors of Parliament House trying to persuade federal lawmakers...
Govt answers charges of lying with ‘nonsense’ explanation
After days of evasion and apparent deception, and faced with the charge that it was lying to the Australian people, the federal...
This one chart shows how terrifyingly urgent the climate situation is
The dire effects of global warming will be worse than previously thought, and radical, unprecedented and immediate action is needed to protect communities...
Where the major parties really stand on climate change
A damning report, an attempted cover-up, and an epic prime ministerial fib have thrust Australia’s rising greenhouse gas emissions into the headlines this...
Morrison’s willingness to tell brazen untruths proves he is just like Donald Trump
Australia’s new prime minister Scott Morrison showed this week he has mastered one of US President Donald Trump’s most amazing tricks: the ability...
Scott Morrison is either lying about carbon emissions, or just plain ignorant
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia is on track to meet its 2030 emissions reduction target “in a canter”. But it’s not, and...
Shamed banks meekly accept inquiry’s findings of greed-fuelled misconduct
Australia’s disgraced banking sector has made no effort to defend itself against the royal commission interim report’s scathing assessment of its culture...
Hayne blasts ‘greed’ of big banks in royal commission report
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has issued a blistering take down of Australia’s banking industry, accusing banks and wealth management firms of putting profits ahead...
The Australian super funds that still invest your money in tobacco
Australian superannuation funds have led a push at the United Nations to starve tobacco companies of the finance needed to run their businesses, but a...
Calls for second Brexit vote get louder as British PM Theresa May cops humiliating rejection
For the first time since the shock result in the 2016 referendum, a second popular vote on whether or not the UK stays...