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Peter is the former national president of the National Civic Council and on the News Weekly editorial team.

Jun162018

ENVIRONMENT Scientist sacked for challenging claims of demise of Great Barrier Reef

Energy & EnvironmentJune 16, 2018

Professor Peter Ridd, a marine scientist who has worked on the Great Barrier Reef for 40 years, has been dismissed by James Cook University (JCU) for publicly questioning the research into the health of the reef. He has commenced action in the Federal Court to overturn his sacking. Professor Peter Ridd Professor Ridd was Professor of Physics at JCU, and had worked extensively on the Great Barrier Reef, particularly in the area of marine sedimentation, an important issue relating to the health of the reef. His dismissal comes five years after Professor Bob Carter, an Adjunct Professor at JCU, lost…

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Jun22018

EDITORIAL Malaysian election sends shockwaves across South-East Asia

PoliticsJune 2, 2018

The election of a coalition government headed by retired Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad marks the end of 61 years of one-party government in Malaysia, a rejection of corruption, and a clear signal that the people of Malaysia want a new direction for the predominantly Muslim country. Fresh out of prison: Anwar Ibrahim Since Malaysia broke with Singapore, the country has been run by the party that represented Malays and Islam, the Barisan Nasional. The party ran the country in the interests of ethnic Malays, who are overwhelmingly Muslim, and discriminated against minorities, whether Chinese, Indian or Christian, in business,…

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Jun22018

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Behind the U.S.-North Korea rapprochement

Foreign Affairs, UncategorizedJune 2, 2018

For the past 18 months, U.S. President Donald Trump and the reclusive communist dynasty of North Korea have exchanged increasingly rancorous personal and communal abuse. North Korea has conducted nuclear weapons tests and launched intercontinental ballistic missiles into the Pacific Ocean and threatened to destroy cities on the continental United States and Guam, while in reprisal, President Trump has threatened war and fury on a scale never before seen on earth. Yet, suddenly, President Trump and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un (pictured), have agreed to meet in Singapore to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, an objective U.S. administrations…

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Jun22018

ENERGY Why renewables destabilise the power grid

Energy & EnvironmentJune 2, 2018

While advocates of renewable energy (for example, solar and wind power) extol their low carbon-dioxide emissions, the increased problems (and cost) caused by fluctuating power supply is rarely acknowledged. South Australia’s Tesla big battery When Australia’s power supply was provided entirely by large base-load power stations, surplus generating capacity was built into the system. This ensured that the large daily and seasonal variations in demand were managed by the relatively simple task of load-shedding, accompanied by use of fast-acting hydro-power generators in Tasmania and the Snowy Mountains. Typically, power demand fluctuates on a daily basis with two peaks, one in…

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