Are you consumed with rage when someone has left an empty room and not switched off the light? Perhaps you suffer from carborexia: read more here. … [Read more...] about Obsessed with Saving the Environment?
Opinion
Campaigning for National Parks is Against Australian’s Bush Ethos: Part 1, Buying Back Tooralee
THERE has been much written about Australia’s national character emerging from a bush ethos: the idea that a specifically Australian outlook emerged first amongst workers in the Australian outback. Banjo Paterson, perhaps more than any other writer, … [Read more...] about Campaigning for National Parks is Against Australian’s Bush Ethos: Part 1, Buying Back Tooralee
Thirty Years of Warmer Temperatures Go Poof: Lorne Gunter
It may be that more global warming doubters are surfacing because there just isn't any global warming? Read more here. … [Read more...] about Thirty Years of Warmer Temperatures Go Poof: Lorne Gunter
Peter Costello on the Kyoto Protocol and the Australian Greens
For nearly twelve years Australia was ruled by a Coalition government with John Howard as Prime Minister and Peter Costello the Treasurer. After their defeat in the election just last November, Mr Costello decided to write his memoirs. He said … [Read more...] about Peter Costello on the Kyoto Protocol and the Australian Greens
How to Save the Red Gum Forests: A Note to Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
Kelvin Thomson is the federal member for Wills, representing inner-city northern Melbourne. He was the Shadow Attorney-General in early 2007 when it was discovered that he had provided a notorious Melbourne gangster, Tony Mokbel, with a personal … [Read more...] about How to Save the Red Gum Forests: A Note to Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
How Melbourne’s Climate Has Changed: A reply to Dr David Jones (Part 2)
IT is generally believed that there has been a decline in rainfall across Australia and that as a consequence cities like Melbourne must suffer severe water restrictions. Indeed if you live in Melbourne you must get prior written approval to fill a … [Read more...] about How Melbourne’s Climate Has Changed: A reply to Dr David Jones (Part 2)