By Keith Antonysen Comments such as … “Indeed, the AGW theory posing as ‘settled science’ in in fact the greatest science fraud in human history.” It is just a meaningless comment that offers no evidence, and is quite infuriating. It is a form of comment often provided by anthropogenic climate change deniers. Each point made…
“Of all risks, it is in relation to the environment that the world is most clearly sleepwalking into catastrophe.” These are not the words of bleeding-heart socialist greenies. They are not even the words of climate scientists looking for funding. They come from the Global Risks Report 2019 produced by the World Economic Forum. They…
By Henry Johnston My long association with the Federal seat of Gilmore commenced a few years before 1984, a seminal time for the Royal Australian Navy and the City of Shoalhaven which lies to the south of the industrial hub of Wollongong in New South Wales. The cessation of the navy’s fixed wing operations in…
In response to a letter from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination raising concerns about lack of consent from the native title holders for the Adani mine, Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan said the UN should “respect the Australian legal system” instead of trying to direct Australia on matters it “clearly does…
By Khaled Elomar To me, and I’m sure to you as well, it signifies everything that is contrary to a Celebration. This is the first day where theft, murder, torture, torment, pain and suffering was inflicted on the Great Indigenous people of this land. A day where Indigenous communities were ripped apart. A day where…
In Victoria yesterday, there were blackouts because the system couldn’t cope with the demand. The energy market operate cut power in a number of places to stop the grid shutting down. Of course, this prompted the Federal Energy Minister to talk about the need for “reliability”, which is code for let’s build more coal-fired powers…
The other day I happened upon a Facebook meme which argued that even if all white Australians are not personally responsible for the original dispossession of the Indigenous Australian peoples, they have benefited from it. And they have a responsibility to set things right. There’s a lot of truth here ; Though it’s not just white…
By Keith Antonysen We all want to believe that Earth will remain a safe place to live, it has in the main provided a stable climate since man has inhabited Earth. Yet, now, deniers do agree that the climate is changing, ten years ago that was not the case. They now pick reasons for the…
Taxation reform will be a key issue in the next election but it is already obvious that the Coalition, rather than trying to use evidence to convince us that their plan is better, are opting for a scare campaign full of slogans about Bill Shorten’s $200 billion raid on retirees and mum and dad investors.…
It is a political idiosyncrasy that most political systems avoid: the state, as if suffering a stroke, operating at only partial capacity, incapable of paying certain employees and incapable of fronting certain services. And so it is in the United States, which is facing the longest shut down in its history after the record set…