July 15, 2020

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Leading climate activist says ‘sorry’ for lies and scaremongering

Energy & EnvironmentJuly 15, 2020

by Peter Purcell Michael Shellenberger, a Time magazine “Hero of the Environment” and an environmental activist of international standing, has apologised for the lies and scaremongering he and his colleagues have been spreading for years. His apology is given full voice in his newly published book, Apocalypse Never, which Shellenberger recently précised in Forbes magazine. His message is obviously politically incorrect, but it was still a surprise when Forbes quickly removed the article from its website, given that it had previously published similar articles. Presumably, the withdrawal followed adverse reaction from some quarters. A similar article was published by The…

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GREEN BUT THOUGHTFUL

Music Cinema & BooksJuly 15, 2020

SURVIVING THE FUTURE: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy by David Fleming and Shaun Chamberlin Chelsea Green Publishing, Hartford, VermontPaperback: 304 pages Price: AUD$30.95 Reviewed by Brian Coman “Examine everything,” writes St Paul in his first letter to the Thessalonians, “hold on to that which is true.” Now, of course, St Paul is here referring pre-eminently to matters of Christian faith, but his teaching nonetheless has the character of a universal axiom. The problem is that, in these troubled times, establishing the truth of any secular matter is no easy task. Anyone who bothers to…

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ALP scraped through in Eden-Monaro; but what a dismal result

PoliticsJuly 15, 2020

For pundits who had hoped that the Eden-Monaro by-election would provide some clear markers on the current mood of the Australian electorate, the confusing result will be disappointing. Labor went backwards but won. The Liberals moved forward but lost. The result, in fact, was a political stalemate. Though Labor narrowly retained the seat vacated by former member Mike Kelly, the takeaway analysis is far murkier, suggesting a voting public that remains cautious but conflicted about the way forward for the nation despite the last decade of political gridlock. Labor produced another historically dismal result, but managed to win on preferences…

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Daniel Andrews, the buck stops with you: Resign

Cover Story, Health & Education, PoliticsJuly 15, 2020

by Peter Westmore The second wave of covid19 infections in Victoria, alone among the states of Australia, is a direct consequence of the Victorian Government’s failure to administer hotel quarantine properly, which allowed the disease to spread into the community and spiral out of control. This failure led directly to the number of cases in Victoria increasing at the highest rate since the pandemic started, before Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews implemented a wide lockdown on high-rise public housing and over 30 Melbourne suburbs. When that failed to stop the second wave, he imposed a six-week lockdown on the five million…

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