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When the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa first entered Australian waters in 2001 with 438 newly-rescued refugees on board, it ended Australia’s 100-year flirtation with the ancient Greek concept of Democracy. To learn more download the following pdf.TAMPA Solutions
Our Suicidal Asset
No free-man shall be taken or imprisoned, or dispossessed of his free tenement, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or in any way be destroyed; nor will we condemn him, nor will we commit him to prison, excepting by the legal judgement of his peers, or by the laws of the… Continue reading Refugees? Farewell Magna Carta!
How strange it is that the topics of ‘same-sex marriage’ and ‘marriage equality’ are invariably presented as a moral issues, and yet the diagnostic terms ‘homosexual’ and ‘heterosexual’ are essentially biological and have absolutely nothing to do with culture, morality or religious belief. More important still, these two biological terms are defined by gene-directed behaviours… Continue reading ‘Marriage Equality’ … Jumping to a Conclusion?
As the oldest, flattest, most arid continent on Earth, Australia has largely resisted the encroachment of humans. Even now, its people are largely confined to the coastal fringes, and their grip on its heartland is often tenuous. Any further deterioration of the global climate will slash Australia’s meagre carrying capacity more savagely than other continents. Meanwhile, as… Continue reading The fringe-dwellers
There is a sharply growing discord between the Global Temperature Index and the current level of solar radiation, a discord that only began some 3 decades ago and is unprecedented in 400 years of multi-disciplinary records. Atmospheric carbon dioxide has risen 36% during the past 150 years, but during that time the level of atmospheric… Continue reading Methane
Global Warming! It’s still the hottest topic of these turbulent times and in the public arena the political and economic argument continues to rage. Is global warming real? Is it our fault? Or is it a natural event? If it is real, can we prevent or alleviate it by reining in our carbon dioxide emissions… Continue reading Climate change
All coal mining, whether deep-shaft or open-cut, is responsible for releasing significant quantities of carbon into the atmosphere. The common belief is that the major part of this emission comes from power-station chimney stacks. In fact it occurs long before the coal is burnt. Coal seams are rich sources of methane gas (CH4), especially where… Continue reading Clean coal delusion
‘Many long-term observers of creationist organizations must have been struck, as I have been, by the evolution of creationism over the years from crude early prototypes to the more refined and successful descendants around us today. Ironically, the gradual modification and adaptive radiation of creationism in its many guises mimics the very process that is… Continue reading intelligent design and the evolution of creationism
Like witchcraft and astrology, Intelligent Design is not underpinned by testable data. The underlying belief systems are unfalsifiable, non-predictive and based on nothing more substantial than imagination and wishful thinking. They might entertain, but they dont feed brains that seek reliable information. Download the full article as a pdf Like witchcraft and astrology, Intelligent Design… Continue reading Intelligent Design v. Intelligent Education
Despite intensive research the collapse of US bee populations remains largely unexplained. Two species of mite have been implicated in some of this carnage, but about a quarter of the cu rrent decline seems unrelated to any specific cause. A variety of agencies have been suggested, but t he multiplicity of potential villains suggests t… Continue reading Vanishing bees
The ‘Stolen Generation’ painting in the background was by Perth artist Allan Baker. The Aboriginal child in the foreground, ‘Peter’, was the first admitted to Ngal-a, a ‘mothercraft home’, when it opened in 1959. Peter was later assigned to foster parents. This picture was used on the front page of The West Australian on 21.3.61. Ngala… Continue reading Lest we forget