Jennifer Marohasy

Register here.  Other speakers include Graham Young, Chris Hodendyk, Mark Poynter, Max Rheese and Gerhardt Pearson.

Professor Jak Kelly will present ‘Science then and now: What will 100 years have done for science?’ as it was delivered 100 years ago to a meeting of the Royal Society of NSW, in the now heritage-listed Science House in the Rocks (Sydney) on Saturday September 6, 2008.
According to the latest newsletter from the Royal [...]

A highlight of the last year’s conference for me was meeting Helen Mahar. I will be at the conference again this year. You can also register at www.aefweb.info

Caroline Marohasy, a reader of this weblog and my daughter, makes her debut in a new Australian revenge thriller ‘The Horseman’ that will premier at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Caroline Marohasy and Peter Marshall in The Horseman
If you like this genre of movie you can watch the trailer; but be warned there is lots of [...]

The Institute of Public Affairs invites you to the third Brisbane Club Lecture for 2008. Entitled ‘Prescribing the right medicine for a city choked with congestion’ the lecture is on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 5pm in The Brisbane Club’s The Oak Room (241 Adelaide Street, Brisbane CCBD).
After the talk, attendees are invited [...]

“It can be quite tricky traversing a car dominated city by bicycle, particularly when you need to travel an unknown route to a new destination.
“But the chances are, someone has cycled that way before you. Bikely.com makes it easy for him or her to show you the best way.
“Put very simply, www.bikely.com helps cyclists share [...]

I took this slightly out-of-focus photograph from the verandah of my living room, four days ago and in doing so, formally began to re-establish my collection - hopefully, all is not lost.
By way of perspective, I have long suspected that one of the many benefits of living in tropical wilderness is the luxury of going [...]

Lord Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, prominent commentator on the Stern Report, and key member of the 2006 UK House of Lords Economics Committee Report into the Economics of Climate Change will speak on:
‘The Politics and Economics of Climate Change’
Monday, November 26, 2007
12:00:00 PM - 2:00:00 PM
Four Seasons Hotel, 199 George Street, Sydney
$235 [...]

Queensland Democrat Senator, Andrew Bartlett, and I don’t agree on a lot…
Except the power of the internet, the importance of free speech and that the Australian environment is unique and precious.
Anyway, Andrew recently sent me a note including comment that:
“While most people assume the [federal] election will not be called before mid-September at the earliest, [...]

Hi Jennifer,
The Australian Environment Foundation’s second conference will be held in Melbourne on September 8th and 9th 2007 with the theme “People and their Place in the Environment”.
You can download conference details and the registration form here:
http://aefweb.info/data/Website%20flyer%20&%20Registration%20Ver1.pdf
Registration closes on July 30th.
Topics covered will include global warming, nuclear power, water, forestry, GM crops, environmental impact [...]