Josh Frydenberg and Malcolm Turnbull would like us to believe that if only recalcitrant states could sign on to the Commonwealths National Energy Guarantee, energy policy will be set on a stable path. A more realistic view is provided by the World Economic Forum, which, in ashort and hard-hitting while paper, warns that tsunamic forces could swiftly upend businesses and also profoundly alter the outlook for how energy systems affect emissions and sustainable development in all countries.

Never let good policy or consistency get in the way of a donors dollar or some leadership undermining writesCrispin Hullon the misnamed Monash Forum. He compares the demise of coal-fired electricity with the demise of the film camera.

Whats keeping the lid on wages growth in Australia? Writing in the Fairfax press Jessica Irvine has ashort articleon the confounding situation of low unemployment and low wages. A decline in union membership stands out as a compelling explanation.

In the_New York Times_Michelle Goldberg hasa short reviewof Madeleine Albrights bookFascism: A Warning. Goldberg supports her review with reference to surveys byFreedom House, which reported that 71 countries suffered declines in political rights and civil liberties last year, while only 35 saw improvements. Rather than standing against this trend, America under Trump has become part of it.

James Comey has a story to tell and it is very persuasive - New York Times

Donald Trump has spent his whole career in the company of grifters, cons and crooks. Now that hes president, that strategy isnt working for him or for the country - New York Times editorial.

US taking the world to the brink - Rick Sterling, Consortiumnews.

Winning slowly(on climate change) is the same as losing Bill McKibben, Rolling Stone.

Malcolm Turnbull didn’t walk away from his believes because he never had any - Peter Lewis, the Guardian.

Frydenberg takes the low road: Its a weak NEG or nothing - Giles Parkinson, RenewEconomy

Anne Aly and Jacqui Lambie tell compelling stories about life before politics - Brett Evans, Inside.

Murray-Darling - when the river runs dry - the Guardian.

Beating the khaki drum: how Australian identity was militarised - Paul Daley, the Guardian.

How Alinta turned into Australia’s most aggressive energy business- the Canberra Times.

The Tesla big battery is changing the way people think about the grid - RenewEconomy

On Saturday Extra with Geraldine Doogue this April 14th, marine heatwaves and what they mean to our ecosystem; a MSF doctor returns from Yemen where even before the war the healthcare system was lacking; what can leaders learn from Dwight Eisenhower with Louis Galambos, Professor of History at John Hopkins University; what does the Trump and Bezos stoush tell us about progressive liberals in the US with Thomas Frank , US political analyst and how the 1918 Spanish Flu changed the world with science journalist Laura Spinney. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/