A new paper, lead authored by Australian Randall Donohue of CSIRO, could provide a new clue as to why global temperatures have stood still for almost a decade and a half.

The paper finds that there was a more or less straight line relationship between the 14% increase in CO2 in […] Continue Reading…

The idea that Tony Abbott’s decision to withdraw his support for the government’s proposed retrospective extension of public funding is somehow a plus for the government is bizarre, and demonstrates just why the government and its supporters are losing the Australian people.

It’s being pushed by all and sundry. I’ve […] Continue Reading…

I’ve had enough of our site being targeted by unethical SEO spammers who leave comment link spam in the comments on our forum. It breaches our forum rules, and it takes time to clean-up, which is a real cost.

This isn’t just some junk generated by robots and scripts. You […] Continue Reading…

Well, perhaps just a few lives. Here is a positive development in what is
rapidly becoming a game changer for manufacturing and health care, and this
is just the start:

BABY’S LIFE SAVED WITH GROUNDBREAKING 3-D PRINTED DEVICE THAT RESTORED HIS
BREATHING
A bioresorbable splint has been created and used for first time […] Continue Reading…

So it’s John Howard’s fault that Labor can’t balance the budget, because he was running a structural deficit? Well that’s not what the government’s figures, as submitted to the IMF say.

As the graph below shows, since 1980 it has only been during the Howard years that Australia ran a […] Continue Reading…

They’re probably just using the ABC like a piñata, without expecting it to break, but it seems to be fashionable for commentators on the right to call for more diversity in ABC presenters (see James Allan’s piece from this morning’s Australian) and even applying on their own blogs for a […] Continue Reading…

Politifact is a well-established US “fact checking” site which has now expanded to Australia under the guidance of former Fairfax editor Peter Fray. It’ s a different take to On Line Opinion’s on the classic question “what is truth”.

We take the attitude that most (but not all) facts are subject […] Continue Reading…

The proposition that the Howard Government is responsible for the current deficit annoys the hell out of me. As I understand the argument, Howard and Costello irresponsibly granted tax cuts in a boom time with no regard for the fact that future governments might want the extra revenue.

What’s […] Continue Reading…