Fielding hopeless no matter the spellingAny criticism of Family First Senator Steve Fielding is dismissed as an ideological attack from the agnostic purveyors of individualism on the Left. Infuriating, says Jason Whittaker.
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Steve Fielding is just a media torte. Sorry, tart.
Sorry Senator, but being unable to spell is not the same as being confined to a wheelchair, writes Bernard Keane.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Paul Kelly, John Howard and East Timor
Crikey readers weigh in on John Howard’s involvement in East Timor’s independence, the lobbyist to MP ratio and Senator Steve Fielding’s spelling.
Fielding’s unfashionable but he’s no dummy
Family First Senator Steve Fielding is the kind of person who’s frequently teased by the intelligentsia, says David Penberthy. His latest spelling gaffe drew titters. But this one-man band in the Senate copes better than most could.
Fielding, spelt h.o.p.e.l.e.s.s.
Steve Fielding claims that he is being victimised for what he called “a learning disability” after several mangled attempts at the English language.
Health Taskforce wishes you all a long, dull life with nanny
People get fat because they eat too much and don’t exercise enough. Yesterday’s National Preventative Health Taskforce’s report was full of surprises, writes Tim Wilson.
Climate expert slams Fielding
ANU climate change expert Professor Will Steffen has responded to Senator Steve Fielding’s climate sceptic claims with an open letter slamming the position advanced by Fielding. Read the full missive here.
Liberals and Fielding block our right to know
Who purchased access to senior Labor ministers at the ALP national conference? If the Senate would pass pending legislation, we might just find out.
Revealed: Steve Fielding’s ETS amendment proposal
Bernard Keane has obtained a copy of the amendment that Senator Fielding proposes to move in the Senate on the emissions trading scheme.
Fielding: Punching or posturing?
Family First Senator Steve Fielding again explains his decision to “fight” in the Senate on the issue of climate change. He loves that graph — and seems to seriously misunderstand the hypothesis he claims it disproves, says Pure Poison
An Inconvenient Truth remains
Not even Al Gore could convince Senator Fielding about climate change. The Nationals also remain unconvinced on emissions trading, writes Michelle Grattan.
Crikey Says: American sceptics take succour from Steve
Makes you proud, doesn’t it, to read tales of distinguished Australians making a name for themselves abroad. Cue Steven Fielding.
Steve’s not buying man-made global warming
Well you can’t say Crikey didn’t try to sell climate change to Family First Senator Steve Fielding.
RATED RUDE Steve Fielding does not believe in Climate Change
Kevin Rudd’s cat asks the hard questions.
Steve Fielding: sorry, I’m just not convinced
Senator Steve Fielding has now released a document — with help from climate-sceptic scientists — stating that “global temperature isn’t rising” and he won’t risk jobs on “unconvincing green science”.
graph pr0n Memo Steve Fielding: here’s an answer to your question
”I need to hear an explanation of why carbon emissions have been going up over the last decade and temperatures haven’t been going up,” asks Senator Steve Fielding. Ian McHugh answers.
Wong’s cynical renewable energy play
The Government is happy to sacrifice its Renewable Energy Target for political expediency.
Fielding hops into bed with climate naysayers
Senator Steve Fielding recently went to the US for a climate change fact-finding mission. But, says Matthew England, he chose a mob famous for thinking that smoking is not a health hazard.
Some notes to assist Fielding’s “exploration”
Andrew Glikson offers Steve Fielding some notes on climate science to speed up his “exploration” into the issue.
Senator Fielding, climate change scepticism and the importance of peer review
Senator Steve Fielding, while denying that he is a climate sceptic, appears to have retreated to first principles on climate change.
Senator Fielding ventures to the climate sceptic heartland
Steve Fielding’s climate change scepticism pilgrimage to Heartland, USA, won’t change the ETS vote.
Crikey Says: Oh Steven! Climate change isn’t about science
The world is way beyond debating the science of climate change as a prerequisite for political action, despite what Senator Fielding thinks. It’s now about insurance.
Turnbull’s ETS deferral is only a distraction
Malcolm Turnbull’s decision on emissions trading is a sort of Frankenstein’s monster, sewn together from bits of National Party hostility, climate scepticism and moderate enthusiasm.
