16 March 2022
ScoMo Should Follow BoJo On Net Zero Pause
The West has played Russian roulette for more than two decades by outsourcing their energy supply needs to hostile nations, while presenting themselves as environmentally virtuous by pushing international net zero emissions targets. Following the invasion of Ukraine, western leaders are waking up fast to the fact their predecessors have left us all in the firing line. Today, energy security
21 July 2020
Blue-Collar Jobs Are Worthy Too
Labor senator Raff Ciccone’s statement at the weekend that “there is dignity in all work” is something mainstream Australians have always understood, and at last the political class appears to have cottoned on. Ciccone called for an overhaul of state and federal environmental laws to create more blue-collar jobs, and for limitations on legal injunctions — commonly referred to as
2 July 2020
How Badly Have Environmentalists Misled And Frightened The Public!
Once too scared to speak out, finally, Michael Shellenberger, is explaining some inconvenient facts about environmentalism and how it is hurting our Earth in a new book published by Harper Collins. In a synopsis Shellenberger articulates what I have known for so long: ● The most important thing for reducing pollution and emissions is moving from wood to coal to petrol to natural
25 February 2020
The Case Against Four Bin System
The Andrews Government’s announced statewide move to four colour-coded rubbish bins is a waste of time, money and space. Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio is conscripting every citizen to become an unpaid rubbish sorter. Many Victorians just don’t have the room to store yet another bin. Those Victorians with small townhouses and one-car garages hardly have enough space to store their
2 November 2017
Why We’ll Get More Red Tape And Interference Under Re-elected ALP
More red tape, bureaucratic interference, and confiscation of private land is on the cards under a re-elected Palaszczuk government. The Palaszczuk government has committed to re-introducing native vegetation regulations, which were rejected by the Queensland Parliament last year. Those changes would reverse the Newman government’s policy that allows farmers to clear high value agricultural land so that land can be
22 November 2016
Fracking And Gas Ban A Serious Backward Step
The introduction today of legislation to ban the exploration and development of unconventional gas and an extension of the moratorium on conventional gas is a serious backward step, according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. “This decision is short-sighted, will damage Victoria’s future, and will cost jobs” says Brett Hogan, Director of Research at the Institute
