It’s been a big year, especially the second half. An election where they disinvited Kevin Rudd, the Republicans rolled the Democrats, and now Julian Assange rolls everyone. Plenty for bloggers to blog about, and we're hunting for the best of … [Read more...] about Nominate a Best Blog: Graham Young
Snowy Hydro Still in Denial: Ben Glover
SNOWY Hydro has denied playing a role in exacerbating this month’s devastating floods despite a leaked document which appears to show that the authority released almost 7000 megalitres from Eucumbene Dam on December 8 – causing water levels to rise … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Still in Denial: Ben Glover
Market Research and Unhealthy Rivers: David Boyd
The market researchers/analysts tell me that you wont win a "counter-intuitive" argument. Because people have been conditioned by repetitive claims of a particular point of view, to forthrightly state the opposite is likely to be dismissed out of … [Read more...] about Market Research and Unhealthy Rivers: David Boyd
The Whole Truth: Water Deliberately Dumped into Flooded Area
SNOWY Hydro chief executive, Terry Charlton, recently confirmed that water was dumped into the already flooded Murray-Darling Basin, but said the authority had little choice (The Australian, December 15, 2010, page 7). A real time operational … [Read more...] about The Whole Truth: Water Deliberately Dumped into Flooded Area
Government to Finally Act on Bureaucratic Flooding
FINALLY, last night, the NSW government agreed to change Snowy Hydro Licence conditions which required water to be released into the already swollen Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers –exacerbating the current flood crisis. The article in today’s … [Read more...] about Government to Finally Act on Bureaucratic Flooding
How Much Should One Frog Eat?
THE green tree frog, with the white lip, that I fed last night is currently asleep outside my kitchen window. Last night she - I call her Emily - ate four grasshoppers, two moths, one bush cockroach, one click-beetle, but refused the squirming … [Read more...] about How Much Should One Frog Eat?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
