Claims that sea levels are rising at dangerous rates, a central claim of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have been challenged in a new study by the New South Wales Principal Coastal Specialist, Phil Watson, after a lengthy study of century-long tidal records at several ports around Australia, published in the prestigious Journal…
Shock from the bombing of Oslo and subsequent murder of some 90 young people attending a youth camp in Norway has been followed by claims that the killer, Anders Breivik, was a “Christian fundamentalist” who posted a 1,500-page manifesto on the internet. His manifesto is, indeed, a bizarre document, detailing how and why he…
The Prime Minister’s five-minute address to the nation on her new carbon tax showed a complete misunderstanding of atmospheric science, coupled with the selective use of statistics to buttress a worthless package. Throughout her statement, the word “carbon” was repeatedly used instead of “carbon dioxide” to refer to the by-product of combustion. She said,…
Five years after the Thai military overthrew the democratically elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra and forced him into exile, the party led by his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has decisively won the general election, defeating the Democrat Party which was installed by the military. Her Phue Thai Party won 265 of the 500 seats in parliament,…
