Archive for December 5th, 2008
Hard Going at Climate Conference
Posted by Charlotte Ramotswe, December 5th, 2008 - under News.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
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There are some grim faces at the UN international climate meeting taking place now in Poland. Read more here.
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Some Nuts Can be hard to Crack
Posted by jennifer, December 5th, 2008 - under Good Causes.
Tags: People
Comments: 7
Spare a thought for this scrub turkey unable to open that nut. I watched the bird struggle with it for quite a while at Alexandra Bay, Noosa National Park, on November 24, 2008.
If only I’d had a parang, I would have opened the nut for the turkey.
I try hard with this blog to open issues in [...]
The IPA Review & Articles by Jennifer Marohasy
Posted by jennifer, December 5th, 2008 - under Community, Good Causes.
Tags: People
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I have been a senior fellow with the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) for more than five years now. I have written a lot for the magazine, which used to be published by the IPA quarterly, but now comes out every two months. A year’s subscription is not that much - just $33 a year.
Anyway, Nichole Hoskin has [...]
Andrew Bolt on Robyn Williams on Nuance
Posted by Charlotte Ramotswe, December 5th, 2008 - under Humour, News.
Tags: People
Comments: 3
ABC [Australia's] Science Show host Robyn Williams says those who contradict him when he makes absurdly alarmist - and false - claims about global warming just don’t understand “nuance”. Read more here.


