The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency have confirmed that they crafted and published a document after public outrage from teachers and scientists about Ian Plimer’s climate change sceptic book aimed at children.
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Teachers, scientists slam IPA for sending Plimer book to schools
Scientists and teachers have accused free market think tank The Institute of Public Affairs of spreading scientific disinformation by sending copies of Ian Plimer’s latest book to hundreds of schools around the country.
Follow the Power: Williams fires up … Leckie’s boast … Epstein to Optus …
Kim Williams gets straight to the point. When The Power Index spoke to New Ltd boss Kim Williams late last year, he told us that he’s “not backward in coming forward … I’m not a great believer in toiling the soil before getting stuck into a problem”. We reckon he’s lived up to his word with his letter published […]
Political snippets: Power Shots: Sampson on NBN … Rinehart loves Plimer … new DJs setback …
Todd Sampson on the march with NBN. Todd Sampson — the much-loved Gruen Transfer panellist with a penchant for edgy T-shirts — is rising up The Power Index. This month his ad agency, Leo Burnett, became the first Australian firm to break into the list of the world’s top 10 creative agencies. And now NBN Co has called him in to sell the […]
Wind farms, the Waubra Foundation and a post-office box
Senator John Madigan is due to call for a total moratorium on all wind farm development while the rest of the world reached a record level of output, with wind now contributing 3% of the world’s electricity generation.
The Power Index: thinkers, climate sceptic Ian Plimer at #8
Ian Plimer is one of the most imperious purveyors of climate scepticism in the world. He’s a prize-winning academic and bestselling author, meaning he’s got the cultural capital and turn of phrase needed to put forward a compelling case. Plimer’s way with words (human-induced global warming is a “scam”; environmentalists are “warmists” spreading “eco-guilt”) has […]
Ian Plimer: the poster boy for seething shock jocks
Ian Plimer is one of the most imperious purveyors of climate scepticism in the world and has carved out significant influence in media and political circles, writes Tom Cowie.
The Power Index: Australia’s most influential thinkers
Who are the intellectuals most influencing our public debate? Next week The Power Index counts down the Top 10 Most Powerful Thinkers. Here, we present the shortlist … Charles Livingstone Up until very recently, Dr Livingstone, we presume, was much more powerful. But after Julia Gillard welshed on Andrew Wilkie’s poker machine reforms this week, […]
The Power Index: Ian Plimer just doing it for the kids
Controversial climate change sceptic Professor Ian Plimer says the “average punter” inspired him to write his new tome, which teaches students that human-induced global warming is a scam. Plimer is currently doing the rounds plugging his new book How To Get Expelled From School: A guide to climate change for pupils, parents and punters. It’s been […]
Power Shots: Power Shots: father of pokies fight … Howard on Plimer … megaphones watch …
Divine intervention for Clubs Australia campaign. Clubs Australia hinted that it had a trump card up its sleeve, but we couldn’t have predicted this one. The clubs have managed to get one of Sydney’s most respected religious leaders to front their campaign against Andrew Wilkie’s poker machine reforms. Father Chris Riley, Youth off the Streets founder and NSW Australian […]
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Jobs at risk under Westpac changes. Westpac has confirmed changes to its Enterprise Testing Services division, with about 188 positions affected. But the company denies reports of further outsourcing of its workforce and many more jobs at risk, as one tipster suggested to Crikey, promising loses would come from “natural attrition”. The bank says the rumours […]
Climate scientists slam George Pell’s ‘utter rubbish’ claims
Leading climate change researchers have launched a scathing attack on a speech delivered this week by Cardinal George Pell, describing it as “dreadful”, “utter rubbish” and “flawed”., writes Graham Readfearn.
After a phenomenal peak, is Andrew Bolt in decline?
It is hard to remember a time when so much public debate focused on one journalist as what Andrew Bolt is going through at the moment.
Power Shots: Bolt rallying call … our new laureate … tax forum debate …
Conservatives hear call for Bolt defence. Opposition finance minister Andrew Robb, climate contrarian Ian Plimer and Stolen Generations sceptic Keith Windshuttle have rallied behind Andrew Bolt’s freedom of speech in a full-page advertisement published in The Australian today. The advertisement is the initiative of the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs think tank, which called for donations […]
Abbott’s climate change Tea Party stirs in Canberra
It’s been fascinating to watch climate change emerge again as a political issue in the US, writes Giles Parkinson, of Climate Spectator.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: a healthy scepticism
Meanwhile … from the Hansard of the Legislative Council, NSW Parliament, dated May 30:
PR outfit behind Monckton backers a company ‘beyond ideology’
Last week, it was duly noted by august journals like the Australian Conservative that something called the ‘Galileo Movement’ had launched a website to dispute the scientific consensus behind climate change.
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And the end result of that invasion of Iraq? Christians are trying to quit the country to avoid being murdered and those that remain are too scared to celebrate Christmas.
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