A Starguide for Skeptics and Cynics
Aquarius Your imagination is erupting like Vesuvius and by the weekend you’ll be ready to…More
Tagged: australian politics
The Sceptic Gets Real
Last Friday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report on climate change…More
That Sinking Feeling
In the tsunami of media coverage following the release of the latest scientific report on…More
Rudd's Luck
Like many, I am cautiously optimistic about the progress Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd is making…More
New Plan Same Old Thinking
The Prime Minister’s recent announcement of a $10 billion plan for the Murray-Darling basin acknowledges…More
Hearsay, Torture and the Attorney-General
David Hicks has been held in Guantánamo Bay for five years. He is held by…More
What's Australian Citizenship Worth?
Years ago, a senior consultant to what was then the Department of Immigration, Multiculturalism and…More
Hatemongers and Free Speech
Australia and the UK have recently experienced a growth in public inflammatory language from conservative…More
From Cringe to Shame
I spent January dipping into Modernism and Australia, a massive compilation of documents in Australian…More
Independent Jewish Voices
The Israeli occupation of Palestine reaches an inauspicious anniversary this year. By the end of…More