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From burned-out psychiatrists to disengaged students and collapsing social bonds, Australia’s many crises share a hidden common cause: a deep, systemic exhaustion born of long-running exploitation and denied meaning.
Net zero zealotry favours costly wind and solar, risking blackouts while billions lack power. Reliable electricity, not virtue signalling, is the fastest path out of poverty.
South-east Australia is heading into another fire season dangerously underprepared, with high fuel loads, minimal mitigation, and communities and firefighters exposed to avoidable risk.