Jennifer Marohasy

Folks,
 
I have just received this notification.
 
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE – Australian Law and Policy
 
This book was launched at the University of Western Australia Co-op Bookshop yesterday.
 
It is by David Hodgkinson (Special Counsel, Clayton Utz; Executive Director, EcoCarbon) and Renee Garner (Solicitor, Freehills, member of Freehill’s National Climate Change Steering Group).
 
Described as ‘a comprehensive guide to [...]

Hi Jennifer,
 
This article disputing the percentage of Australian agricultural produce that is exported appeared on Agmates at the end of August. 
 
I feel it should have a wider airing, especially if we have all been misled about this subject. 
 
http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/08/29/myth-busted-australia-exports-just-22-of-ag-production-not-80/
 
The link to the original article is here
 
http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/01/01/report-into-ag-production-export-discrepancies/
 
You may like to consider it as a blog topic. 
 
Cheers, [...]

“Hundreds of new kinds of animal species, including 130 colourful corals, have been discovered.   The extraordinary creatures were found by researchers systematically exploring waters off two islands on the Great Barrier Reef and a reef off northwestern Australia.”   Read more from the UK Telegraph here.  

Hello Jennifer,
 
Humans have developed some curious rationales for various food taboos.  Now a Swiss restaurateur has been banned from serving dishes prepared with human breast milk.  This ban would seem to be the most convoluted and lacking in underlying principle. 
 
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/634151/breast-milk-delicacies-off-the-menu
 
On one hand we have most humans on the planet having consumed this product at some [...]