Deb Forster - @Oliveforster - has posted another short story on her website, called Butter Menthols. It's a story about a mother who takes her kids to a refuge to escape a violent drunk, for a better life. It's great. deborahforster.com.au
In this week's ABC column I preview the Government's 2035 emissions reduction target: if it's worthwhile, we'll need a carbon tax, and probably nuclear generation as well. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Deborah Forster (@Oliveforster) has published a new work of fiction on her website. It's called "Ozone", a story about a girl growing up. deborahforster.com.au/stories/cate...
My wife Deb has decided to post some of her fiction for you to read. The first is a short story called Ada Sharon Adams, and like most of her work is about the lives of girls and women. deborahforster.com.au
This week's column for ABC News - In the early 1980s, Australia had as big a trade deficit as the United States has now — around 3 to 4 per cent of GDP. But the two solutions to the same problem could not be more different. Read on... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This morning's column for the ABC: Australia's illegal tobacco problem has made the proverbial transition from tragedy to farce. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
My video piece for last night's @abcnews: we're not going reach net zero by 2050 and we won't prevent global warming in time. It's China's fault. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This morning's @abcnews column, in which I discuss how AI has become part of the geopolitical contest between China and America, not just a race to AGI among a few billionaires. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
"Real men burn stuff": America's acts of self-harm while China - a ruthless autocracy - builds the future. This week's column for the ABC www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
My column for @abcnews - where are we going to find 34 sq kms of land per year in the suburbs to build houses? Golf courses? Parks? Race tracks? Boosting supply alone is not the answer to affordability. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Deb's @debfor.bsky.social winter solstice column: Our new garden is a bog, the dullness of puddles has taken it and sunken it into wet grass, but there are three foxgloves shooting up and two pink dogwoods and a crab-apple all doing well. So come on spring! deborahforster.com.au
Last night's @abcnews piece on the transmission cost blowout, and the need to shift the energy transition to more rooftop solar, with batteries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjb...
Last night's TV piece for @abcnews, in which I wonder who pays tax ion an automated world, and suggest that the extra tax on $3m+ super balances is a toe in the wealth tax water. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
My column for @abcnews : history is repeating on housing. Interest rates are coming down, affordability is improving and prices are rising. Accessibility is getting worse. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
