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Crickey! Talk about one-off
The death of the Crocodile Hunger, Steve Irwin, from a sting-ray barb in Far North Queensland last week has triggered a remarkable outpouring of...
Environment lost in rush to build dams
Since the emergence of the Greens as a political force in the early 1980s and their successful protests against the proposed Franklin Dam in...
Steve Irwin's legacy to conservation
There was nothing conventional about Steve Irwin. He lived at a zoo in Queensland, he travelled the world making wildlife documentaries and he had...
Dry aid reinforces green lies
I hope NSW Farmers Association's new campaign intended to improve the image of farmers with the slogan "Get off our backs" resonates in Sydney. But...
Environment off election agenda
Since the emergence of the Greens as a political force in the early 1980s and their successful protests against the proposed Franklin dam in...
Not easy being green but we'll prosper
If you have been a frequent reader of this column, you would know that I have a problem with the green lobby. Like the majority of Victorians, I am...
Green group wants practical policies
I've heard environmentalism described as a quasi-religious blend of new-age nature worship, junk science, left-wing political activism and...
No more excuses
Once upon a time, when there was drought, communities could only dance or pray in the hope that it would rain. That was before desalination plants...
Democracy versus leadership in Poowoomba
Why did Prime Minister John Howard insist that the people of Toowoomba vote on the issue of waste water recycling? Why didn't he just give the...
'Poowoomba' on the right track
Last weekend I visited Australia's largest inland regional city. Toowoomba is situated at the headwaters of the Murray Darling Basin on the edge of...