Australian content alert: Yeah, this is a bit of geekery. There's a Sunday morning politics show called Insiders, which is a ritual thing I do with my mum and her next door neighbour. The format is solid (stolid?)- a host (usually Barrie Cassidy) and three hacks, sorry, journalists. There's a long interview with a pollie,... Continue Reading →
Porky pies about costs of emissions cuts nothing new #climate #Howard #Abbott
Australian journalist Lenore Taylor has been reporting incisive climate stories for a very long time. In two recent (this and this) 'must-read' articles she has explained how the rubbery figures that Tony Abbott and others throw about are simply tosh. Abbott is a tenth (at best) generation photocopy of John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister... Continue Reading →