People & associates
Jennifer Marohasy
A misguided desire to save the bush
There has been much written about Australia's national character emerging from a bush ethos - the idea that a specifically Australian outlook...
Roos for Ruminants but What about Rice
The Federal Government's climate change advisor, Professor Ross Garnaut, has suggested that reducing sheep and cattle numbers and...
Science Joins the Sub-Prime
Well known British scientist and commentator, Phillip Stott, recently described ‘global warming' as sub-prime science, sub-prime economics...
Whale: It’s Our Choice
It's free-range, organic and tastes like an exceptionally tender eye fillet, but it's unlikely to find its way onto the supermarket shelves in...
Murray Water Demands from Downstream
South Australians live at the end of the long Murray River system and spend a lot of time fearing someone upstream will steal their water. As...
Case of the warm and fuzzy
Three claims have been repeated so often they are accepted as fact: global temperatures are rising, we have less rainfall and so water is becoming...
Go Gorillas: Endangered Critters Fight Back
In between all the gloomy news about the global environment, it is nice to hear some good news every so often. Last week the humpback...
Go Gorillas: Endangered Critters Fight Back
In between all the gloomy news about the global environment, it is nice to hear some good news every so often. Last week the humpback...
Saving the Coorong by restoring its native state
When the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong, recently announced that there was insufficient water in upstream dams to flood the...
More science less opinion on GM and rats
Another Look at GM Corn Seems Merited Those who make their living from lobbying/marketing sometimes claim "perception is reality". One topic...