Geoff has written for publications as diverse as PC User and The Northern Star His weekly columns have been a source of humour and inspiration for tens of thousands of readers and his mailbox is always full.
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One of the most controversial Australian artists of the 80’s, avant-garde, poet and dramaturge, Christopher Barnett turned the literary and theatre worlds on their heads, and then abruptly left for France where he has lived for the past 20 years and where he has won many followers and admirers including the current prime minister. With Continue Reading →
Nature’s bounty nurtures us. We ‘improve’ nature selfishly, at the expense of other creatures. Extinctions follow human settlement. This is not an improvement. Greens live gently to minimise impact. Nature’s beauty enriches us. We participate in the ecosystems that support us. Our footprint is our legacy. Husbandry harnesses natural systems to increase well being. Continue Reading →
One thing paywall proponents forget to take into account is that news has always been free. It is the gossip that runs through the grapevine, it is the announcements that the king pays the town crier to make, it is the attractor that gets the eyeballs that buy the classified advertising. The relationship between advertising and news was entirely arbitary. It grew out of British newspapers not because there is an inherent relationship between advertising and news but because of a series of historical accidents.
The ugly truth is out there, but you have to want to know it Sheldon Richman Global Apollo programme seeks to make clean energy cheaper than coal Sir David King calls for £15bn a year R&D spending on clean energy to make it cheaper than coal, in emulation of the space race. Making electricity 100% Continue Reading →
Paniyiri 2012
The Green movement is founded on simple beliefs that resonate with a broad section of the community. Despite this, voters’ lack of confidence in Green economic policy has stopped them turning to The Greens at the ballot box. “The Australian Labor Party is associated with the carbon tax and with these nutty fruity ideas … Continue Reading →