February 22, 2020

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AS THE WORLD TURNS

As the World TurnsFebruary 22, 2020

BBC MISLEADING ABOUT MELTING ANTARCTIC GLACIER The Global Warming Policy Forum has criticised the BBC for misleading the public about the melting of the Thwaites Glacier. In its numerous reports online, on radio and on television, the BBC has blamed the melting of this Antarctic glacier on climate change. However, the BBC’s reports do not mention an important fact that has been widely known and that the BBC itself has reported previously – the influence of volcanoes beneath the glacier. Scientists have known for years that subglacial volcanoes and other geothermal “hotspots” beneath the glacier are contributing to the melting…

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Inquiry needed into medically transitioning children

Health & Education, Life Marriage & FamilyFebruary 22, 2020

While the Queensland and Victorian governments are planning to ban counselling that would assist gender-confused people to accept their biological sexual identity, in Britain, a landmark case is being taken against the UK National Health Service (NHS) prescribing “experimental” puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. Queensland and Victoria are conducting inquiries into legislation to criminalise so-called “conversion therapy”, cautious therapeutic alternatives to “gender affirming” medical interventions. The Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association is publicly opposing the proposed legislation, saying it “strongly supports” leading psychiatrist Philip Morris, who has questioned the capacity of person under 18 years of…

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CANBERRA OBSERVED Nationals leave the home paddock unattended

PoliticsFebruary 22, 2020

What was traditionally the most stable party in federal politics has become the most volatile and unpredictable, with potentially dire consequences for regional Australia. The Nationals, which are meant to be celebrating their centenary year in Australian politics, are going through a tumultuous period that shows every sign of getting worse, not better. Over recent weeks, the junior Coalition partner has lost two cabinet ministers in Senators Bridget McKenzie and Matt Canavan, has lost an MP, Llew O’Brien, who defected to the LNP, and has experienced a failed leadership challenge. Nats should realise that weeds will soon take root in…

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Bushfires are being used as fuel for green polling

Energy & EnvironmentFebruary 22, 2020

Forty per cent believe global warming not man-made Australia is world’s fastest adopter of renewables Media using fires to “prove” climate-change Since the widespread bushfires in Australia, the media has been having a field day linking the fires to climate change and highlighting polling that ostensibly shows that more Australians are demanding action on climate change. The ABC has been a broken record, suggesting those who don’t accept the link between the fires and climate change are effectively brain dead. This, despite quoting a Climate of the Nation Report in which nearly 40 per cent of…

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