“Alarmism” vs Denial
“We need an enquiry into climate alarmism,” wrote Chris Kenny in The Weekend Australian, 29/8/2020). “When it comes to our bushfires, climate change is so […]
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The traits of right-wing extremism
By Kathryn There is so much hatred and violence in an ever-increasingly right-wing world mismanaged by totally corrupt, self-serving, profit-obsessed sociopaths like Donald Trump (USA), […]
Politicians with a death wish
By 2353NM You have to wonder if some with a high profile in the ALP have a political death wish. Recently, the government’s performance was […]
Seeking the Post-COVID Sunshine: Consolidating Win-Win Commercial Relationships with China?
By Denis Bright What should be Australia’s responses to those mega Chinese commercial and development initiatives which have already transformed the global political economy? This […]
Renewable energy heat system to reduce industrial gas use by up to 80 per cent
UniSA Media Release Australia is currently considering a range of options to stimulate post-COVID economic recovery, including weighing the relative value of increased investment in […]
Being treated as pariahs – challenging the mental health of Victorians!
By Leonie Saunders Human beings are a social species. We are hard-wired to social interaction, cooperation and reciprocity. It is elemental to maintaining our mental […]
Morrison is not a Leader
By 2353NM Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of the USA in the aftermath of the ‘Great Depression’ that commenced with the stock market crashes […]
Is the Biden-Harris Team Energising a Cautious Global Progressivism?
By Denis Bright The arrival of Kamala Harris as the running-mate to Joe Biden has energised this year’s US Presidential Campaign. As a fringe-benefit, the […]
What was the alternative?
By 2353NM On Thursday 23 July, Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced an ‘eye watering’ projected deficit of $1,844 Billion dollars in the 2020/21 financial year. For the […]
Mutually assured destruction
By 2353NM A few years ago, we were in Canada. One cool and wet day in St Jacobs, Ontario (a couple of hours west of […]
Maximising solar self-consumption by rethinking PV panel orientation
University of South Australia Media Release Over two million Australian households – more than 20 per cent – now have rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, […]
Climate Snippets #2
Electric cars Chris Mitchell wrote in The Australian, July 6, 2020 (pay walled) attacking the ABC again: “Panic is most obvious in reporting about climate […]
Climate Snippets #1
Reef Bleaching From James Paten Gilmour, Research Scientist, Coral Ecology, Australian Institute of Marine Science writing in The Conversation (July 15, 2020): “With no work […]
Is adversarial politics damaging our democracy?
By Ad astra It was twelve years ago, on July 10, 2008, before The Political Sword was inaugurated, that I wrote Is adversarial politics damaging our democracy?. It […]
Seagrass paves the way for a carbon-neutral Rottnest
Edith Cowan University Media Release The stunning turquoise bays of Rottnest Island could be key to a carbon-neutral future for Perth’s favourite island getaway, according […]