ENVIRONMENTALISTS STAND UP FOR NUCLEAR Environmentalists have long promoted renewable energy sources as better for nature. But a new study suggests that the expansion of mining for the materials to make solar panels and wind turbines may pose a greater threat than climate change to endangered species. “Most mining areas (82 per cent) target materials…
By Symeon J. Thompson There is a tendency to see totalitarian societies as the apex of efficiency and order – they are, after all, meant to be societies of total control. We see this repeatedly in fiction. George Orwell’s 1984, memorably filmed by Michael Radford with John Hurt as Winston Smith and Richard Burton as…
THE SECOND WORLD WARS: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis HansonBasic Books, NYHardcover: 752 pagesPrice: AUD$60.75 Reviewed by Anthony Staunton The Second World Wars is by Victor Davis Hanson, an American classicist, historian, farmer and columnist on modern and ancient warfare. He has more than 20 books to his…
by Peter Westmore Giving evidence on September 25 before the Victorian Government-appointed inquiry into the state’s hotel quarantine debacle, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared that he knew nothing about who authorised the use of private security guards at quarantine hotels, and said that the Health Minister, Jenny Mikakos, was responsible. Private security guards were responsible…
