AT the very bottom of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin is a vast coastal lagoon that was once connected to the Southern Ocean. The region was home for the Ngarrindjeri, who wore possum skin coats and loved to tell stories. One of their storiesii is … [Read more...] about About the Murray River’s Estuary: Full Text of My Address to the Sydney Institute
Opinion
Dugong Slaughter: Finally Some Reporting of the Issue
Dugongs are large marine mammals that swim about northern Australian waters. Indigenous Australians are allowed to hunt dugongs even though their numbers are probably in serious decline. There are two criteria that should be applied to the … [Read more...] about Dugong Slaughter: Finally Some Reporting of the Issue
The Fiction World of Rajendra Pachauri: Tony Thomas
HOW much do you really know about IPCC Chief Rajendra Pachauri and melting Himalaya Glaciers? ‘The Fiction World of Rajendra Pachauri’ by Tony Thomas is an easy to read, informative and insightful piece of investigative journalism available … [Read more...] about The Fiction World of Rajendra Pachauri: Tony Thomas
Consensus Against AGW Deception
A candidate for public office in any contemporary democracy may have to consider what, if anything, to do about "global warming." Candidates should understand that the oft-repeated claim that nearly all scientists demand that something dramatic be … [Read more...] about Consensus Against AGW Deception
Sold Down the River by Canberra
WHEN former Labor leader Mark Latham was campaigning to win the 2004 federal election, he promised to add 450 gigalitres of environmental flows to the Murray River in his first term of government and an extra 1,500 within ten years. Australian … [Read more...] about Sold Down the River by Canberra
The Age of Apocalypse?
“When questioned, Jesus of Nazareth had this to say on the subject of the end of the world: 'But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.' (Mark 13:32) We don’t seem to have … [Read more...] about The Age of Apocalypse?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
