Human rights activists want Beijing to be held accountable for the massive and continuing abuses taking place in China today. Peter Westmore reports. The Beijing regime is taking reprisals against Tibetans who have demonstrated in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and other Tibetan towns, against China’s continuing occupation of their country. The protests commemorated the 49th…
An international conference of non-government scientists and climatologists has put forward an alternative agenda to the UN-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, writes Peter Westmore. An international conference of 500 scientists, climatologists, academics and economists in New York City has decisively rejected claims that humanity has had any significant effect on climate change, or that we can do anything about it. Professor Fred Singer. The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change heard from 100 speakers, led by the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus; prominent American climatologists Dr Patrick Michaels and Professor Fred Singer; Dr William Gray, a tropical climate…
The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) facilities should be subject to regular external audits conducted by a specially-appointed inspector-general with veterinarian qualifications, writes Peter Westmore. The commission of inquiry into last year’s equine influenza outbreak has flagged that it is considering a major review of Australia’s quarantine arrangements with regard to importation of horses,…
Horse-owners will be forced to meet the cost of last year’s horse flu outbreak. This is despite increasing evidence that the outbreak was caused by the failure of Australia’s quarantine authorities to follow correct procedures. Horse-owners, including the recreational horse industry, will be forced to pay a levy to meet the cost of the equine…
