New Book – Climate Change: The Facts 2017
The Institute of Public Affairs has today released a new book Climate Change: The Facts 2017. Climate Change: The Facts 2017 contains 22 essays by internationally-renowned experts and...
I’m A Doubter – And A Sceptic Too
The Associated Press is a worldwide news agency headquartered in New York City. It issues ‘The Associated Press Stylebook’ which is the definitive guide for ‘anyone who cares about good…
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Price Of Electricity Is Rising, Not Sure About Temperatures
Because the masses believe that global atmospheric temperatures are rising unnaturally – the Hazelwood coal-fired power station was decommissioned, and the price of electricity is surging across...
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
The Destruction By Government Of Australia’s Electricity Market
Throughout the western world over the last 20-30 years in particular, we have witnessed the tightening hand of the state, which has become ever more bold in insisting where and…
Review Of Climate Change Policies
The primary obligation of the Australian government is to serve the Australian people. This means that policies should only be enacted where they are in Australia’s national interest...
IPA Welcomes Trump Climate Change Decision
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed this morning’s news that the Trump Administration will withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Agreement. “America...
10 Things Oxfam Australia’s Coal Report Won’t Tell You
This week’s Oxfam Australia report “More Coal Equals More Poverty,” covered in the Guardian, repeated many of the environmental movement’s usual claims that coal-fired electricity hurts the poor...
Budget 2017: Energy Policy’s Gushing Wounds Won’t Be Fixed With A Mop And Bucket
If you had a wound that was gushing blood onto the floor and your doctor prescribed a mop and bucket, you’d ask where he got his practicing certificate and why…
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
3 Reasons Why Westpac is Wrong on Coal
Westpac’s new Climate Change Action Plan limits new thermal coal lending to existing basins and to projects with an energy content of at least 6,300kCal/kg23. If adopted by all financial...
5 Reasons To Abolish The RET
The Renewable Energy Target (RET) mandates that 33,000 GWh of electricity – 24 per cent – be generated from renewable sources by 2020. To do this, wholesale energy users...
Intent As The Enemy Of Truth
At the beginning of each new year, we are encouraged to make some new resolution, or other. The idea is usually to seek to improve on our current situation through…
Originally appeared in Online Opinion
I’m Sure They’ll Get It Right Next Time
James Taranto at the Wall Street Journal compiled this list of headlines from the past decade, which really speak for themselves: “2006: Expect Another Big Hurricane Year Says NOAA”—headline...