The latest IPA Review is now out and many of the articles from this issue are part of a feature 'What next: Liberalism after the Howard Governmet' and can be downloaded from the IPA's website. The feature includes a longish piece by me entitled … [Read more...] about Liberalism after the [Australian] Howard Government
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Sending Warships May Breach Antarctic Treaty: A Note from Ann Novek
Dear Jennifer, Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd and many Australians have urged the new Rudd government to send the Navy to the country’s self proclaimed Antarctic territory , which is not recognised by other nations and which include a Whale Sanctuary to … [Read more...] about Sending Warships May Breach Antarctic Treaty: A Note from Ann Novek
UN Climate Change Conference Ends
Rachmat Witoelar, Indonesia's Environment Minister, closed the United Nation's Climate Change Conference in Bali yesterday with comment that, "We have a Roadmap! I am delighted to say that we have finally achieved the breakthrough the world has … [Read more...] about UN Climate Change Conference Ends
Happy Christmas
Paul has gone off to his wife’s Christmas party for the weekend, the infamous TV soapy ‘Neighbors’ has finished for the year in Australia, and I’ve started receiving e-cards including this one from Haldun: “As the year 007 is coming to an end, I … [Read more...] about Happy Christmas
How Many Scientists Really Subscribe to the IPCC Climate Crisis?
"It’s an assertion repeated by politicians and climate campaigners the world over – ‘2,500 scientists of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agree that humans are causing a climate crisis’. "But it’s not true. And, … [Read more...] about How Many Scientists Really Subscribe to the IPCC Climate Crisis?
Something for the Weekend
I'm off to Reading in Berkshire for my wife's employer's annual Christmas party - so much to my wife's delight, I'll be well over 100 miles away from my laptop for most of the weekend. Meanwhile, here are a few bits and bobs: Magma May Be Melting … [Read more...] about Something for the Weekend