Hi Jennifer, The former Premier of NSW, Bob Carr, has made the following claim in a Daily Telegraph Editorial: “ONE of my first acts as premier in 1995 was to introduce controls on the clearing of native vegetation. It was controversial and it … [Read more...] about How Many Trees Did Bob Carr Really Save? A Note from Cinders
Archives for November 2006
Scientific Facts Irrelevant: A Note from Eric Ness
Hi Jennifer, I’m sure you have heard the old saying that rules are made to be broken. In most instances this is a relatively harmless idea if you are talking about a group of middle school children who fail to follow the instructions of their … [Read more...] about Scientific Facts Irrelevant: A Note from Eric Ness
Possums Killing River Red Gums: A Note from Michael O’Brien
Dear Jennifer, I was reading your blogs criticising the misrepresentation of the facts surrounding the Murray river floodplains and death of river red gums. I own a property on the Murray river floodplains, downstream of Echuca. My property has … [Read more...] about Possums Killing River Red Gums: A Note from Michael O’Brien
Who’s “Utterly Wrong” on The Murray?
In the December 2004 issue of Quadrant magazine I had an article published entitled ‘Why Save the Murray’. It began: "I WAS SURPRISED when I learned that the Australian [newspaper] was running a "Saving the Murray" campaign. I realised that … [Read more...] about Who’s “Utterly Wrong” on The Murray?
Mine Your Own Business, But Don’t Miss the Movie
Mine Your Own Business is a powerful film about the hopes of people living in poverty and about misguided environmentalism. Directed by former Financial Times journalist Phelim McAleer, Mine Your Own Business exposes the motivations of those … [Read more...] about Mine Your Own Business, But Don’t Miss the Movie
Coffee Cats & Clouded Leopards
I was fascinated to read last Friday in the Courier-Mail that the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms in North Queensland have started selling $50 a cup Kopi Luwak coffee. The coffee is expensive because the coffee beans are retrieved from the poo of … [Read more...] about Coffee Cats & Clouded Leopards
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
