EASTER is about religion, which is about culture, which is about myth. I was raised on the myths of the Australian Outback, on the poems of Banjo Paterson where the heroes could be “hard and tough and wiry – just the sought that won’t say die”. The … [Read more...] about More Relevance in Indigenous Culture, Than ABC Culture
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Cooper Creek Wilderness in Direct Path of Ita – UPDATED
SEVERE Tropical Cyclone Ita, Category 5, is expected to move in a general southwest direction towards the far north Queensland coast tonight and into Friday, while possibly intensifying further. That’s the advice at the Bureau of Meteorology … [Read more...] about Cooper Creek Wilderness in Direct Path of Ita – UPDATED
Rewriting the History of Bourke: Part 3, Shortening an Already Shortened Record
AT Bourke temperatures were carefully recorded at the post office for 125 years, from 1871 to 1996. But this record is ignored by those announcing new temperature records on local Bourke radio. They rely on a record that only goes back to 1998! … [Read more...] about Rewriting the History of Bourke: Part 3, Shortening an Already Shortened Record
Rewriting the History of Bourke: Part 2, Adjusting Maximum Temperatures Both Down and uP, and Then Changing Them Altogether
Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. Albert Einstein. THE Australian Bureau of Meteorology extrapolates from the particular to the general in the development of their annual climate … [Read more...] about Rewriting the History of Bourke: Part 2, Adjusting Maximum Temperatures Both Down and uP, and Then Changing Them Altogether
Tolerate Assaults on the Truths You Hold Dear
Today, the online magazine spiked launched Free Speech Now!, a brand new campaign for 'unfettered' freedom of speech, with no ifs and no buts. The editor of spiked, Brendan O'Neill, says: '"Every man should think what he likes and say what he … [Read more...] about Tolerate Assaults on the Truths You Hold Dear
Stop the Whaling
THE United Nations' Hague-based International Court of Justice yesterday ruled that Japan's annual Antarctic whale hunt must stop because it is not scientific. I wonder how much trouble the Japanese did have getting their research on skinny … [Read more...] about Stop the Whaling
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
