A decision made in Cambodia in June by the United Nation’s World Heritage committee could add 172,000 hectares of forest to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Gillard government is seeking to have the deal sealed without proper … [Read more...] about Undemocratic Politics Again Determines Land Use in Tasmania: Alan Ashbarry
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The Great Barrier Reef: Have we Really Lost Half of It? [Part 1: Water Quality]
IT was all over the news again this morning, that unless action is taken to improve water quality the Great Barrier Reef could be placed on the World Heritage list of sites in danger and by the way, there has already been a 50 percent decline in … [Read more...] about The Great Barrier Reef: Have we Really Lost Half of It? [Part 1: Water Quality]
Greg Hunt’s Carbon Buy-Back Scheme for Australia
THE Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Greg Hunt MP, was in Brisbane yesterday explaining the Coalition’s plan to tackle climate change post September 14, 2013. You can download the manifesto as presented at the seminar here: The Coalition's … [Read more...] about Greg Hunt’s Carbon Buy-Back Scheme for Australia
Sarah Ferguson Defends Abattoir Footage of Dubious Origin
IN June 2011 the Australian government halted all live cattle exports to Indonesia after ABC Four Corners broadcast disturbing footage of Australian cattle being mistreated in Indonesian abattoirs. As I wrote in May 2012, Australians were lead to … [Read more...] about Sarah Ferguson Defends Abattoir Footage of Dubious Origin
The Apple on the Banana Again: Marcott Admits Temperature Spike Not Robust
IT is terribly unfashionable to admit it, but I’ve just never been able to believe that the late 20th Century was particularly warm. This admission despite ‘the hockey stick’ graph that featured so prominently in the United Nation’s third IPCC … [Read more...] about The Apple on the Banana Again: Marcott Admits Temperature Spike Not Robust
Climategate 3: Thank you Mr FOIA
SOMEONE hacked into the Climatic Research Unit, CRU, at the University of East Anglia and published thousands of confidential emails between leading climate scientists online in November 2009 [1]. Many of the emails showed that leading proponents of … [Read more...] about Climategate 3: Thank you Mr FOIA
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
