Apologies for unintentionally giving you guys a holiday - I keep forgetting to chuck content up here on Wednesdays but things should be more regular in the lead up to the exams (and there also might just be some practice exams in the works in case you want even more material to work with
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This week's is pretty straightforward - just a single letter to the editor to ease you back into things. The context should be fairly obvious from the material itself, and it's relatively short, so don't stress about finding a tonne of devices or sub-arguments to unpack. Maybe just pick out on three or four key language features and then concentrate on the quality of your explanations. I'll swing by at the end of this week to mark any left over pieces
The PM is no innovatorMalcolm Turnbull wants to be known as an innovator but is turning his back on the most important innovation needed this century – clean energy for a world threatened by the disastrous consequences of old "fossil" energy. By cutting $1 billion in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, he is telling the world that Australia is not interested in leading the way to a future powered by safe renewable energy. How shortsighted, given that Australia probably has the world's best chance of capturing the vast energy available from the sun and wind.
We have some of the world's leading scientists and the infrastructure and wealth needed to develop the required technology. But the signals from this government threaten to undermine this advantage. The world of the future is going to be powered by clean energy. We must not waste this chance by bowing to the ideological ratbags who can't see beyond the immediate dollar signs.
- Keith Burrows, Fairfield