Objections to wind and solar facilities The rising tide of protest against the loss of forests and farmland is strangely not reflected in a large number of people putting their hands up to lodge official submissions objecting to the proposals when they are listed for review prior to a decision on their approval. Bob King…

Speaking to our condition Dipping into Shirley Hazard’s Boyer Lectures, written in 1984, some useful thoughts about the voice debate turned up. From the chapter Australia and the Menace of Eternal Youth As Australia emerged from the first hard decades we had the experience, the inventions, and the institutions of many centuries to draw upon…as a…

The Free Speech Union of Australia LAUNCHING IN OCTOBER GET ON THE MAILING LIST The usual suspects THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE LIST OF DEPLORABLES The Conservative Party CPAC The Energy Realists   IPA Net Zero Aust Spectator    Jo Nova Centre for Ind Studies Conservative Vagabond      The Monarchists Quadrant   The Free Press    Bettina Arndt …

Mentioned it previously, busing again on Friday. To forestall infirmity and decrepitude I go to my club’s gym on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at about four in the afternoon. This means I can feel good about drinking when I come home. How do I manage on the other evenings? Good question. Just don’t feel as…

Wind fails, and fails again Who would have thought that the wind-leading state would have such expensive power, driving the business community to call for nuclear power so they don’t go broke or move offshore? MEMO   Dont blow up your coal stations until nuclear power is on tap! This comes on top of the recent study of long-term trends…