Recent publications
Some Australian Views on Climate Change
These people have no interest in furthering any political agenda on climate or related environmental issues. Rather, their comments and analysis are based upon the tradition of dispassionate honesty which characterises the scientific method. They...
The Green Inferno
The Green Inferno: Do we really want to minimise Disaster fires?
Blackboys tell an interesting story
There are Votes in the Murray
Who Can Insure Against the Climate?
The Taboo Food- Genetically Modified Anything
Maintaining bans on GM food not only denies legitimate choice to those consumers who value GM technology, but also imposes a huge potential burden on Australian agriculture.
How Useful are Australia's Official Environmental Statistics?
Close scrutiny of the ABS's Measuring Australia's Progress reveals a superficial presentation of environmental data and conclusions based more on opinion that rigorous analysis.
Myth and the Murray: Measuring The Real State of the Environment
We have all heard about the declining health of the Murray River, including poor water quality, dying red gums and threats to the continued survival of the Murray cod---this is the popular view in urban Australia. Along the river, communities...
GM Fish and Chips? Already and Australian Staple!
Whipping up public fears that GM canola would be the 'first' GM food in Australia conveniently overlooks the fact that we've been eating oil from GM cotton for years.
Where's the Data?
We are repeatedly told that Australia's waterways are seriously degraded or under threat. Yet no-one seems seriously willing to answer the obvious question- where's the data to support the alarming claims?