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Climate Change: Stop doing stupid stuff
 • Chris Uhlmann and Bjorn Lomborg
4
The Pain in Spain
 • Chris Uhlmann
14
The Great Unravelling
 • Chris Uhlmann
21
The $50,000 Candlight Plan
 • Chris Uhlmann
20
When Science Becomes a Faith
 • Chris Uhlmann and Matt Ridley
4
Temperance preachers
7
Fighting Fires With Bureaucracy
Since the 2019 inferno, Victoria’s emergency services spending has soared — but not on trucks, managed burns or boots on the ground.
4
Energy is Power
Australia risks squandering its energy advantage as the world pivots to security.
 • 
Chris Uhlmann
13
31:05
Australia Is Running On Empty
In conversation with a former Australian Deputy Prime Minister on the dangerous delusions of our energy debate.
1
South Korea’s Energy Gamble
A new energy ministry risks trading prosperity for ideology.
1
The D.I.Y. Gas Crisis
An insider’s view on the good, the bad and the baffling in energy policy.
6
32:28
Temperance preachers
Net Zero is the Prohibition movement of our time — and everyone’s still drinking.
7
1:00:43
The Great Unravelling
As the world loses faith in Net Zero, Australia clings to the creed.
 • 
Chris Uhlmann
21
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Powerlines is about power, politics and passions. Join Chris Uhlmann as he explores the forces that drive our economy and the ideas that define our time.
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