An interesting article by Walter Stark. It would be reasonable to say that no one knows more about marine biology, and certainly the Great Barrier Reef, than Starck MPAs (marine protected areas) are an ill-considered and expensive idea that address no demonstrated problem. Bypassing full parliamentary scrutiny while permitting a single minister to exercise personal
Emerson gets a knock back
(Trade Minister) Emerson has the dubious distinction of being the first Australian Trade Minister to open modern trade policy to protectionism and green principles. The text of the Malaysian FTA reveals Emerson tried, but failed, to get Malaysia to agree to insert labour and environmental measures. This has been a persistent goal of unions and
The Greens are at it again
Western Australia are trying to open a uranium mine with a view to increase the wealth of the state and her citizens. The Greens, of course, are against this. In a test of Labor’s policy to allow new uranium mines, the federal government is facing pressure to erect new obstacles to the project as the
Henbury Station
Nothing on TV Monday night. No good movies or reruns of ALP grief so I ended up watching Lifeline. Bad move. They had a piece on Carbon farming and I’m so incensed with the insanity of it all I am writing this at 1:00 in the morning. The Landline clip on Henbury is here RM
Bloody Communists…bloody ABC!
I went down to Gloria Jeans to get a caffeine fix and on the way back the ABC were quoting Lee Rhiannon, resident communist in the Greens. She was prattling on about Bob Carr needing to disclose all his conflicts of interest before he takes up Foreign Affairs. Two points; First: Lee, talk to Bob
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Greens lonely MP Adam Bandt says Tony Abbott should be focused on Aboriginal disadvantage not political point scoring. He is. He spends a couple of weeks every year in the outback helping Aboriginal communities. No cameras, no journalists – just trying to help and understand their problems. What are you doing for them Brandt?
Now they want to drug us
Greens gambling spokesman Richard Di Natale released a discussion paper today that suggests the anti-addiction drug naltrexone be used to help problem gamblers resist the urge to punt on poker machines. “The effect is basically to reduce the pleasure people get when they get those big wins or when they get some of the more
Adam Brandt named Politician of the year!
GREENS MP Adam Bandt has been named Australian politician of the year by men’s magazine GQ. I’ve never read GQ and I’m definitely not going to start now if they or their readers think Brandt is the best there is. Mr Bandt was unable to attend the award ceremony at the Sydney Opera House because
Radicals win the day
Only the ALP/Greens coalition could come up with a plan that will adversely effect our economy and not help the environment and then brag about it. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet told the ABC’s 7.30 program the climate change package was a Labor reform, not a Greens’ victory. “When you are successful in something, there
It’s the maths!
I’ve long argued that Climate Change is ideologically based. The Left see doom and gloom with Pittwater 6 meters under and Tuvalu residents about to be flooded out of their homeland. Personally, I don’t subscribe to the doom and gloom scenario. I’ve lived through a host of such theories from our friends on the Left
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