THE Murray-Darling Basin Plan can't deliver anything tangible and meaningful for communities, industry or the environment while its water sharing plans are based on averages. Averages are a meaningless concept in the real world given the highly … [Read more...] about New Murray Darling Basin Plan Based on Meaningless Averages
Opinion
Bushfires are Getting Worse
“IT is too late to leave, you need to take shelter in your home and actively defend it.” That’s part of a government warning issued today to residents in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River in south western Western Australia. Twenty homes … [Read more...] about Bushfires are Getting Worse
Reform or Abandon the IPCC
A leading environmental economist has called upon governments to either radically reform or abandon the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In his report 'What is Wrong with the IPCC? Proposals for Radical Reform' published today by … [Read more...] about Reform or Abandon the IPCC
Climategate II
TWO years after Climategate - the scandal caused by the leaking of over one thousand emails detailing correspondence between leading climate scientists exposing conspiracy and collusion including how to stack review committees, exaggerate warming … [Read more...] about Climategate II
University Entitlement Must Change
THE revelations that Paul Greenfield, vice chancellor at the University of Queensland, has been forced to retire early because of "irregularities" in admission of a close relative to medical school do not come as a shock to many of us who have worked … [Read more...] about University Entitlement Must Change
Australia to Become Involved in ‘Subprime’ Carbon Market?
EARLIER this week the Australian Senate passed the Clean Energy Bill and the associated 18 other Bills that set out the carbon pricing mechanism due to come into effect from July 1, 2012. The so-called big polluters will need to reduce or offset … [Read more...] about Australia to Become Involved in ‘Subprime’ Carbon Market?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
