Coal seam gas mining is a social and environmental nightmare
While scientists and environmentalists blame cattle for the rising levels of methane, there’s another culprit and that’s coal seam gas mining.
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Is it the end of shopping?
As the Federal Government readies itself to announce the details of the long – deliberated carbon tax, the Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet reassures the voters that the government remains addicted to strong economic growth.
But is business as usual really possible in our post-carbon world?
The Carnivore’s Dilemma
My daughter’s been a vegetarian since her early teens. Her reasons are ethical, based on her love of animals. So I was rather surprised that she could watch A Bloody Business, which exposes the brutal killing of cattle in Indonesian abattoirs.
Seed savers or seed poachers
Beyond public gaze and frozen in the arctic frost lie 500,000 of the worlds’ seeds.
Information overload, emotionally aroused brains and the practice of journalism.
Political scientist Markus Prior claims that “the share of politically uninformed people has risen since we entered the so-called information age”.
Brevity in health reporting
Van Der Weyden and Armstrong , the editors of the Australian Medical Journal claim that “reporting medical news entails a special responsibility”. They believe that journalists are responsible for reporting the facts in an accurate “clear and unambiguous manner”, and stress the need for an understanding of the medical condition being discussed. As they say the public generally trust the health system and deserve better reporting of medical issues.
Christine Nixon retires from public life
From a media spectacle to the privacy of retirement The former Police Commissioner, Christine Nixon was admitted to hospital last weekend in acute abdominal pain. Whereas her gut ache has eased, the other pain -the one that went to her heart –caused by months of public scorn will not cease so quickly.
