Perhaps we need a “Planet Award” (named, of course, after the redoubtable Janet Albrechtsen, long time resident of Planet Zog, the only know flat planet in the universe).

This award would be a bit like a PhD version of the “Darwin Awards” that recognise those that have selflessly removed themselves from the human gene pool.

The Planet Award would be for those who have relentlessly dedicated themselves to ensuring that Planet Earth is rendered uninhabitable in the shortest possible time. This noble calling will of course accelerate the search for a planet somewhere in the universe that with a bit of a “backyard blitz” and “home makeover” would, whilst not suitable for human habitation, at least accommodate the few super-rich who could afford to get there.

Planet Award categories could be:

- Politics
(no shortage of candidates here)
The names George Bush, Dick Chaney and Mark Vale spring to mind

- Lobbyists (no care and even less responsibility)

- The Media

- Commerce and Industry (don’t get knocked over in the rush)

- Academics
A bit short on quantity but some outstanding quality such as Ian Plimer, Professor of Mining Geology at the University of Adelaide, author of “Heaven and Earth”.

Now Jack the Insider, there’s the interesting one, he gets loads of commetrns and even has the decency to inolve himself with his readers…..note that he gets between 500-600 responses to his blogs.

Don’t worry about it Guy, nobody probably read her op-ed piece anyway