Despite mounting evidence that the world’s climate is driven mainly by natural rather than artificial man-made factors, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is gearing up for a major push to get politicians to commit to deep cuts to fossil fuels at the IPCC Paris Conference this December in a new enforceable treaty. …
Writing in the London Telegraph, the former British Ambassador to Washington, Sir Christopher Meyer, claims Britain’s “special relationship” with the U.S. in “hanging by a thread”. British Prime Minister David Cameron British ambassadors are not, by virtue of a lifetime’s training and experience, given to wild or exaggerated statements or “causing embarrassment”. Therefore this statement needs to be taken with the utmost seriousness. U.S. President Barack Obama, significantly half-Kenyan, demonstrated his contempt — and probably hatred — for Britain in one of his first acts in office, gratuitously insulting the country by returning the bust of Sir Winston Churchill which…
As Christmas approaches, we inevitably think of our families and loved ones, and seek to embrace the spirit expressed most beautifully by the angelic host which appeared to shepherds who were living rough, out in the fields, on that first Christmas night. St Luke described how an angel, surrounded by light, suddenly appeared to shepherds…
Three hundred faith leaders and scholars from around the world gave former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, Lord Jonathan Sacks, a standing ovation for a speech in defence of marriage that he delivered at a recent Vatican-convened colloquium in Rome. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks The three-day international colloquium on “The Complementarity of Man and Woman” (November 17-19, 2014) was attended by 300 faith leaders and scholars from across religions and 23 countries around the world. Among those present were three prominent Australian Catholic identities: the recently-appointed Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher; the Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Peter Elliott; and Dr…
After years of high oil prices driven by scarcity of oil and fears that oil is running out, the price of crude oil has fallen from about $US115 to less than $US70 a barrel over the past six months, causing a dramatic and welcome fall in the price of petrol at the bowser. Crude oil prices: 1994-2014 What is going on? The crude oil price is basically driven by supply and demand. For decades, the environmental movement has been insisting that fossil fuels, a non-renewable resource, are running out, and that the world is on the brink of acute shortages,…
The divisions which have effectively cut the Palmer United Party bloc in the Senate from four to two are not unexpected, but will make it far more difficult for the Abbott government to get its agenda through both houses of Parliament. Clive Palmer To get legislation through the upper house, the government needs the support…
