The Great 2015 Ham and Bacon Panic

2 Nov 2015 | Oh no! Now ham and bacon are going to kill us all. Nicole Scott, the daughter of a fine upstanding ...  

The sorry state of our children's nutrition education

17 Jul 2015 | Many Australian schools are falling short in providing appropriate food and nutrition education to ...  

Global water woes: Australia's looming water crisis

28 Mar 2015 | With the world facing a 40% water shortfall by 2030 threatening Australia's food and water secu ...  

Think For Yourself: Diets

23 Jan 2015 | IA critical thinker, John Turnbull, takes a look at the multi-million dollar weight loss industry ...  

Shop Small! The duopoly of Woolworths and Coles is killing small business

17 Jan 2015 | If the Americans are screaming blue murder because Wal-Mart and its competitors have 23 per cent ...  

Raising and extending the GST: Another brilliant Coalition plan for families

15 Jan 2015 | In another move sure to thrill Coalition candidates in marginal Queensland and NSW seats, moves ...  

Respect for farmers and a fair price for food

1 Dec 2014 | We are awestruck by writers, politicians and B-grade celebrities, writes Sophie Love, yet farmers ...  

Think for Yourself: Vitamins

8 Aug 2014 | Resident IA critical thinker John Turnbull takes a look the multi-billion dollar vitamin industry ...  

As Australian as ‘spag bog’ and ‘special fried rice’

27 Jul 2014 | Jetsetting Raffaele Piccolo has been overseas recently, which has made him think about the true ...  

Penfolds Grange: Australian icon

12 May 2014 | Penfolds Grange was the wine at the centre of the scandal that saw the end of Barry O'Farrell; it ...  

'Personal responsibility' won't solve Australia's obesity crisis

4 Mar 2014 | The argument for personal responsibility as the obesity solution falls down pretty quickly when we ...  

Food waste and hunger side-by-side

10 Feb 2014 | Up to half of all the food produced in the world each year never makes it to a plate, but ends up ...  

Think for Yourself: Aspartame

15 Jan 2014 | In the first of a new series examining popular misconceptions, myths and conspiracy theories, John ...  

The Great Theme Park Scam

6 Jan 2014 | While Sydney’s new Wet ’n Wild is getting media brickbats daily, the established Gold Coast ...  

The humble gardener’s revolution

1 Dec 2013 | Instead of trying to control nature, how about a system of farming that works with nature? Dr ...  

The new industrial revolution: Manmade meat

2 Oct 2013 | Industrial innovations, such as the lab grown burger, have the potential to drive human develop ...  

Land grabs — the new global oil and gold rush

14 Jul 2013 | Deputy editor and environment editor, Sandi Keane, takes a look at what is driving global specu ...  

Is Monsanto killing our bees?

28 May 2013 | Many thousands of people gathered in 436 cities around the world on the weekend to protest against ...