Coal-fired country

The Minister for Coal warned students that protesting for climate action would only lead to the dole queue.

Lecturing the next generation of Australian voters to ignore global warming really should be an express ticket to the back of that queue. Instead, it will probably lead to a lucrative minerals industry lobbying job.

Cartoon, Minister for Resources

John Quiggin has written on where we’re at in the long struggle over Adani’s plans for a giant coal mine in Queensland.

(The Canberra Times, 1 December 2018 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)