14 July 2020
Revealed: The True Hottest Day Ever Recorded In Australia
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology deleted what was long regarded as the hottest day ever recorded in Australia, Bourke’s 125°F (51.7°C) on Sunday, January 3, 1909. This record* was deleted, falsely claiming that this was likely some sort of ‘observational error’, as no other official weather stations recorded high temperatures on that day. However, the Liberal Member for Hughes, Craig
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
7 October 2019
Climate Change: The Facts — And How You Can Help To Spread Them
As the editor of the last book — and the next — in the Institute of Public Affairs’ Climate Change: The Facts series I spend a lot of time pondering the nature of ‘facts’. A fact is something that has become known as true. A fact may be dependent on accumulated knowledge. Facts are considered superior to an opinion or
23 September 2019
Come Visit The Reef With Me, Misha Ketchell
Fundamental to the scientific method is the assumption that reality exists independently of our belief systems; that there is such a thing as evidence, and that it matters. Misha Ketchell, is the editor of the popular academic publication The Conversation, has been quoted claiming to care so much about the evidence that the opinions of ‘sceptics’ must be excluded when
13 September 2019
IPA Announces Fundraising Campaign Climate Change: The Facts 2020
The Institute of Public Affairs has announced the fourth book in the Climate Change: The Facts series will be published in 2020. It has launched an appeal to crowdfund publication of the book and its distribution to every member of the Australian Parliament. Donations are tax deductible for Australian residents and can made online at www.ipa.org.au/cctf2020 Climate Change: The Facts
30 August 2018
Australia Must Withdraw From Paris
“The Morrison Government must put Australians ahead of European bureaucrats and withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement”, said Daniel Wild, Research Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. In a speech today (30 August 2018) at a small-business summit in Sydney, the Minister for Energy, Angus Taylor, outlined the government’s plans for the energy sector.
1 May 2018
No, Four Corners, Brown Brothers Is Not Moving To Tasmania
When the ABC ran its Four Corners program on climate change some weeks back, it had as its theme farmers, small businesses, government planners and major corporations have stopped waiting for politicians to decide whether climate change is real. They’re acting now. One of the more compelling examples provided was that well-known Australian wine producer Brown Brothers was moving part of its
20 February 2018
I Dare An ABC Journo To Check Just One Fact Of Global Warming
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (our ABC) – the main source of news and information for Australia’s ruling elite – often begins its broadcasts with the claim it’s free of bias and agenda’. I can’t think of a more inappropriate and untrue description. ABC journalists will justify the claim with reference to sourcing information from only the most trustworthy of institutions and
12 February 2018
BoM Blast for Dubious Record Hot Day
IN September 2017, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) claimed a series of new record hot days across south eastern Australia, including on 23 September at Mildura. At that time, the mainstream media reported this as a new record for the state of Victoria, specifically claiming it was the hottest September day ever recorded – all the way-back to September
