FORMER Labor leader, Mark Latham, is clearly not an empiricist, though he claims to be and he claims that another leading Australian advocate for anthropogenic global warming, Robert Manne, is also an empiricist and always quick to change his mind … [Read more...] about When The Facts Change: Mark Latham and Robert Manne are Stuck
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Brown Leaves Greens
ON Friday, the leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown, announced he was stepping down and also retiring from Australian federal politics. Miranda Devine has a piece in today's Herald Sun that begins: "THE intergalactic phones still … [Read more...] about Brown Leaves Greens
Why the Lower Lakes are Important to the Proposed Basin Plan
OVER the last decade, the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, and other groups, have successfully lobbied for the environmental needs of Australia’s river systems to have a guaranteed first priority call on water. This became reality with the … [Read more...] about Why the Lower Lakes are Important to the Proposed Basin Plan
Murray Darling Carbon Tax Link: Josephine Kelly
TWO of the most controversial issues that will face the Gillard government in the coming months -- the allocation of water in the Murray-Darling Basin and the carbon tax -- have something in common. They arise from legislation based on the … [Read more...] about Murray Darling Carbon Tax Link: Josephine Kelly
But Jonathan Holmes: Your Report Has Not Been Peer-Reviewed and It’s Wrong
LAST Monday on ABC TV’s Media Watch the sniggering Jonathan Holmes suggested that there was something wrong with Peter Ridd peer-reviewing my technical report ‘Plugging the Murray’s Mouth: The Interrupted Evolution of a Barrier Estuary’. Today I … [Read more...] about But Jonathan Holmes: Your Report Has Not Been Peer-Reviewed and It’s Wrong
Time to Investigate ‘Green’ Media Spin: Mark Poynter
BIASED media coverage of natural resource use issues should be fertile ground for the ABC's Media Watch, but despite efforts to draw their attention to this have displayed little or no inclination to cover it in the past. Then again, as some of the … [Read more...] about Time to Investigate ‘Green’ Media Spin: Mark Poynter
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
