By all accounts, the flood levy is going ahead. Thanks, Julia. And a happy Australia Day to you, too. So not only is there a new tax, but people will be paying a fortune for food. What planet are the… Read More ›
Archive for January 2011
Simon on Melbourne Talk Radio (MTR 1377)
Luke Grant interviews Simon about the bias in the media, and in particular in relation to tonight’s Channel Ten “6pm with George Negus.” The Daily Mail article about BBC bias can be found here. [tube]HAMsVrQ4tr4[/tube]
The 5-second Channel Ten soundbite
Blink and you’d have missed it. Out of ten minutes of relevant and substantial material they recorded, just one tiny soundbite made it into the final cut of tonight’s “6pm with George Negus”, a trivial point that we “need more… Read More ›
Simon on "6pm with George Negus" – tonight
Just to let readers know that a short interview with Simon on the recent Queensland flooding and links to climate change will be broadcast TONIGHT at 6pm on Channel Ten, as part of George Negus’ new 6pm show. It will… Read More ›
BBC: "propaganda machine for climate change zealots"
In another damning article in the UK’s Daily Mail, former BBC newsreader Peter Sissons blows the lid off the institutional climate change bias at the BBC. The results are truly shocking, if not entirely surprising. For “BBC” you can substitute… Read More ›
Himalayan glaciers "advancing"
Inconvenient Fact of the Day. The ABC has to grit its teeth to report that a significant proportion of Himalayan glaciers are actually advancing, contrary to the expectations of the global warmenistas. But of course, nothing changes the IPCC predictions,… Read More ›
Climate sense from Miranda Devine
In her inimitable style, Miranda Devine exposes the lunacy of the green policies that are putting lives at risk: Eco-catastrophists always cite the precautionary principle: if they are right and we don’t reduce CO2 emissions, we face Armageddon. If they… Read More ›
Green Climate Monster to cause "more natural disasters": expert
Look, he actually says global warming and greenhouse gases (which he refers to as if they are just two sides of the same coin, rather than totally independent phenomena) but readers of this blog know better. The Green Climate Monster… Read More ›
Cosmic rays "contribute 40% to global warming"
From The Science is Settled Department. This is what happens when you decide on a pre-conceived politically-motivated conclusion (that man-made CO2 is solely to blame for climate change) and then set up an entire bureaucracy (the IPCC) to build a… Read More ›
Was the Brisbane flood avoidable?
The Australian publishes an article analysing the events surrounding the releases from the Wivenhoe Dam (previously reported here at ACM) and its possible effect on the Brisbane flood. The inquiry will certainly have its work cut out:: For reasons that… Read More ›