by ROGER CROOK – In Killarney, Ireland, a lost American tourist pulled up alongside an old man who was fixing a fence on a narrow country lane and asked, “Can you tell me please, how to get to Kilicracken?” The old man…
by NAZIYA ALVI RAHMAN – PETER Dutton has vowed to scrap major Labor policies – including climate change initiatives – as PM Anthony Albanese calls a May 3 federal election. In his official budget reply, the Opposition Leader said Coalition policies would…
by NICK BURY – NO ENRON or crypto currency rort could ever hope to lay a glove on global warming’s fraudulent infamy. The cruelty it has occasioned to poor people – for no net environmental gain – is for the history books. …
by VIV FORBES – AUSTRALIA is threatened by dangerous trees. They have infested our cities, menace our power lines, invade our grasslands and fuel our worst bushfires. The meander by Cyclone Alfred through south east Queensland illustrated how bad this danger has…
by ROGER CROOK – US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has decided that many nations who trade with his country, do not trade fairly; he uses his definition of fairness. This statement and the threats of 25 per cent tariffs on Australian steel and…
by CRYSTAL-ROSE JONES – LIBERAL Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to approve a gas plant extension, set to operate until 2070, within 30 days if elected in this year’s federal election. At the heart of the election promise is Woodside’s North West…
by VIV FORBES – A SPIRIT of madness exists in today’s Labor-led bureaucracy – the bureaucratic instinct is to kill every animal in any threatened herd to ensure all sick ones die. There’s a fatal flaw in the scorched earth disease control…
by FRED PAWLE – IS THERE no problem in the world that European leaders – and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – can’t make worse? The European Commissioners – who two months ago were building a new renewable energy grid to save…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – EVERYONE is probably fed up to their eye teeth with cyclone talk after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred stopped pirouetting and finally took a final bow. After exiting stage left – and leaving a trail of damage in its wake…
by VIV FORBES – WHY are we always putting green energy assets in all the wrong places? The main electricity demand comes from big cities and their industries, so the electricity generators should be nearby – thus reducing capital costs and transmission…
