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Truth in politics is stranger, and darker, than fiction

Posted on 1 August 2017 by Peter Boyer

Utopia beautifully satirises the failings of politics and the bureaucracy. The trouble is, the reality is so much worse. The fuss over dual citizenship is a reminder that no matter how many flags are behind MPs when they strut the … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian politics, batteries, built environment, bureaucracy, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, climate politics, coal-fired, energy, fossil fuels, human behaviour, leadership, mining, planning, public opinion, renewable energy, social and personal issues, social mindsets, water | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Four Corners, Greg Hunt, Josh Frydenberg, Julia Gillard, Malcolm Turnbull, Murray-Darling, Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, smart cities, Tom Gleisner, Utopia | Comments Off

Ruminations on extreme nature

Posted on 13 March 2012 by Peter Boyer

The Murray-Darling floods may seem like an anomaly, but they fit within the IPCC pattern for climate change in Australia. [13 March 2012 | Peter Boyer] The long-suffering people of the Murray-Darling basin don’t need to be told that Australia’s … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture and farming, Australian politics, carbon cycle, changes to climate, climate politics, climate system, future climate, human behaviour, IPCC, land use, leadership, meteorology, natural climate influences, natural events, organisations and events, science, social and personal issues, temperature, water | Tagged agriculture and farming, Australian politics, carbon cycle, changes to climate, climate politics, climate system, Cyclone Yasi, El Nino, ENSO, floods, future climate, Gippsland, human behaviour, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC assessment reports, Ivanhoe, La Nina, land use, leadership, meteorology, Mt Buffalo, Murray-Darling, natural climate influences, natural events, Northern Territory, organisations and events, science, social and personal issues, temperature, tornadoes, Wagga Wagga, water | Comments Off

Population overload begins to exercise political minds

Posted on 17 August 2010 by Peter Boyer

Australia’s recent population surge has attracted attention from some influential quarters. [17 August 2010 | Peter Boyer] Eons before Jesus and Solomon walked the earth, humans called Australia home. They were here tens of thousands of years before the last ice … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture and farming, Australian politics, biodiversity, biological resources, climate politics, consumption, economic activity, environmental degradation, food, growth, land use, population, social and personal issues, social mindsets | Tagged Aborigines, agriculture and farming, Anthony Shepherd, Australia, Australian politics, biodiversity, biological resources, climate change, climate politics, consumption, Dick Smith, economic activity, environmental degradation, First Fleet, food, global warming, growth, indigenous Australians, Jesus, John Elliott, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, land use, Murray-Darling, population, Port Jackson, Scott Morrison, social and personal issues, social mindsets, Solomon, Tasmania, Tony Abbott, Tony Bourke, Tony Jones, Transfield Services | Comments Off

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Truth in politics is stranger, and darker, than fiction

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Population overload begins to exercise political minds

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