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The koala conundrum: saving Australia’s most profitable species

6 March 2026 / 9 Comments

Australia’s koala has become more than just a marsupial. It’s now a symbol, a fundraising tool and a political icon. Smile for photos, showcase their faces on postcards and talk about imminent extinction, and suddenly, money starts flowing. Politicians, environmentalists and the media all love it. Yet, like all great myths, the story of the koala’s supposed doom is more a crafted tale than a real ecological threat.

A case study in folly #6 – the day the sun never rose at Mallacoota

5 December 2025 / 8 Comments

What has happened in the last few days is the consequence of years of neglect of the bushfire threat in the national park, which in this area is tantamount to malpractice by fire agencies and the land manager.

– Denis O’Bryan on the Mallacoota fire.

On New Year’s Eve 2019, Mallacoota was engulfed in a strange, frightening darkness.

The good oil – from swampland to super remedy

11 July 2025 / 8 Comments

This story explores the transformation of the humble Australian tea tree (Melaleuca spp.), which thrives in swampy areas, into an essential oil and other various health care products sold globally.

The burgeoning tea tree industry began in a remote, swampy area of the Richmond River Valley district in northern New South Wales.

Fudging the figures

1 March 2024 / 4 Comments

“The fundamentals of science are you do not tamper with the original evidence. That has happened with our temperature record, where the past has been cooled and it makes it look as if we’re warming. That is fraud.” Ian Plimer

“BOM are right often enough to be considered, but wrong often enough not to be relied upon.

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Wake up Australia – renewable energy won’t save the planet if it costs the earth

6 October 2023 / 7 Comments

“Sadly, our climate and energy policy remains in the grip of an intelligentsia that lacks the wisdom to recognise the boundaries of its own ignorance”. Nick Cater

“…destroying the landscape with inferior technologies that cost more and do not achieve the desired policy aim of Net Zero is insane”.

Stealing a mountain – a warning for all of us

2 June 2023 / 23 Comments

“By limiting access to a public space based on religious beliefs and a narrow definition of identity, the rights of those who do not fit these criteria are unequivocally violated. The park, funded by taxpayers and intended for the enjoyment of all, is being co-opted by a specific group, imposing their beliefs onto the general population”.

The ABC, an extinction debate, the replication crisis, peer review and questions over the quality of science produced today

28 December 2020 / 4 Comments

Several years ago, I stopped listening and watching the news and current affairs on the ABC. I was sick of being consistently fed what I believe was biased and unbalanced reporting. We are told by ardent ABC supporters this is not how the ABC operates. But you only have to look at their main website to see they have a track record a mile long of upheld complaints about stories that were found to breach their standards for impartiality.… Read more

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