Jennifer Marohasy

“The controversial Icelandic whaling fleet captain, Mr. Kristian Loftsson, has stated that whale hunting is a matter of independence.
Some government ministers have as well claimed that whale hunting is an internal affair and not any other nation’s business. Many people, however, believe that such talk is nationalistic nonsense.
http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/search/news/Default.asp?ew_0_a_id=251371
The whaling issue has split Iceland into almost [...]

“On 24 April 2007, the Manado court [in North Sulawesi, Indonesia] handed down a decisive, unambiguous verdict clearing my Dad [Richard Ness] of all charges and declared that Buyat Bay was never polluted, the fish are safe for human consumption and the people are fine.
Now let’s rewind almost two years back to 27 April 2005. [...]

Last night the Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, handed down the budget for the nation for the next financial year (2007-08).
There were tax cuts, big increases in spending on higher education, but surprisingly little in response to all the community hysteria over climate change.
There was not a word on a possible carbon tax or emissions trading [...]