Richard Barnes
Richard Barnes is a medical practitioner (paediatric anaesthetist), working in the Victorian public hospital system.
He has a passionate interest in environmental issues and is terrified by the worsening climate crisis, and ashamed of the disaster which his generation is leaving for those to follow.
Richard's recent articles
14 April 2025
The RBA should not be giving support to the Centre for Independent Studies
In February, I and eight others from around Australia wrote to the Reserve Bank board to “urge the RBA to sever its relationship with, and support of, the Centre for Independent Studies”.
7 September 2024
Land Forces comes to Naarm
Next week, Land Forces 2024 will take place in Naarm. “Land Forces 2024 International Land Defence Exposition” to give its full, rather innocuous title, is the largest land-based weapons expo held in the Southern Hemisphere and — as its website proudly announces — “the premier gateway to the land defence markets of Australia and the region, and a platform for interaction with major prime contractors from the United States and Europe.”
14 January 2023
Devastation and blindness in our High Country
One can only hope that the day is not too far away when I was only doing my job will be no more a defence against climate crimes than it is against war crimes.
29 July 2022
The maths of 43%...
Labors commitment to reduce Australias emissions 43% by 2030 is hotly debated. It is important that we understand what that 43% means; what it includes; and, crucially, what it excludes.
27 June 2022
The Greens are our best hope for the urgent climate action we need
The Greens have the right and the duty (a mandate if you will) to use the numbers in which they were elected by Australian voters, to go hard on getting the climate policy outcomes they proposed.