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No-one writes more eloquently about the hazards  of burning rainforest than does David Lindenmayer,  ANU’s professor of forest ecology (the Age 040120). He says if rainforest trees are cut down, regrowth   “becomes more prone to high severity fire”. But I … Continued

Sco Mo and co have a lot to answer for. Without a climate policy we’re running on empty; our fireys’ heroics and philanthropy. This is living on the edge of catastrophe and we cannot continue; breathing smoke and watching creatures … Continued

On Thursday night I drove to the groin  at the back of Apollo Bay’s harbour. I was vaguely upset to see two motor homes set up on the expanded parking lot, one on either side. maybe there are lots more … Continued

The major factor in Venezuela’s crisis is the  economic sanctions imposed by crazy Trump.  Look at the Greenleft Weekly of 30 July 2019. Obviously the dramatic collapse of oil prices too. Why lie all of the blame at the feet … Continued

It was such a pleasure to attend a “Friends of the ABC” meeting in South Melbourne recently. The ABC is wrongly accused of left wing bias. This is patently untrue.  I am so grateful for investigative programs such as bringing … Continued

I can’t see why either the US or Australia  should wander around the ruins of the Middle East  where military might and a fear-ridden, cold war  mentality has been exercised for no truthful  or declared purpose for so many years. … Continued

Pay the rent???? Ho ho ho -rent for the land has been owing  for over 200 years to the owners of over 60 thousand years A TREATY would be a BARGAIN for the invaders mother earth might appreciate a break … Continued

Pray tell why we are punishing the very whistlers when the government itself asked them to blow. Julian Assange et al on exposing hideous war crimes, Richard Boyle on exposing the corrupt ATO —so it goes. Australia must be the … Continued

and who can afford to heat a shonky-designed first home unit or plug in and charge up two shiny  brand new electric cars while rushing back and forth from the worst-paid jobs in centuries? let’s get real on climate change: … Continued

Jock Palfreeman is a proper Australian citizen Gaoled in Bulgaria for 20 years as if he were a murderer He intervened in the gang bashing of two Roma boys by Nazis On the streets of capital city Sofia, in 2009 … Continued