Mathew Abbott is a lecturer in philosophy at Federation University Australia. He is a member of the Victorian Socialists and the National Tertiary Education Union.

02.04.2021

• Mathew Abbott
• Steven Chang

The Victorian “Green New Deal” Is Really an Exercise in Greenwashing

At the end of 2020, Victoria’s parliament passed a motion calling for a Green New Deal. But the plan drawn up by Australian Labor premier Daniel Andrews is market-driven and won’t come close to achieving the kind of large-scale public transformation that we need to avert disaster.

06.13.2020

• Mathew Abbott

In Australia, the Ecological Crises Are Escalating

Australia has been hit by one ecological disaster after another this year: first the devastating bushfires, then the COVID-19 pandemic. Both are part of the same rising environmental crisis, and without meaningful action, we’re headed toward dystopia.