Jennifer Marohasy

UPON returning from an eighteen day cruise Sydney to Perth via the top end people have been asking me what was the highlight.  Well there were many highlights but one very memorable event.  My daughter Jennifer had asked me to send her a card from Broome and while buying one in ‘The Camel Shop’ we decided [...]

An Italian scientist, Gioacchino Giuliani, predicted Monday’s earthquake at L’Aquila, Italy, weeks ago but his warning were not taken seriously …  he based his forecast on concentrations of radon gas around seismically active areas.  Read more here.

Folks,
 
Please shake your head with me in wonderment at the continuation of a pernicious technique that was pioneered (I think) by Oxfam last year. Why do we give access to our schools to these people?
 
 http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Wwf-Canada-970669.html
 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/14881/
 
And I suppose that it is just a coincidence that these two ventures should be launched in the same week on [...]

GIVEN it is still really cold at the Antarctic, is it really very scientific to blame global warming for the likely collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf? How good is the evidence supporting this hypothesis as the possible cause of the possible shelf collapse, as opposed to say ice growth generating internal stress or undersea volcanic activity?

IT  is often stated that not only were the early European settlers in Australia hell-bent on making a little Europe/England, but also that the farming systems used since are still part of such an attempt and therefore should be abandoned…
[In fact] the settlers were quite prepared to use things native: local trees for timber and [...]