Crikey. Strewth. Well, tie me kangaroo down, Sport. Who would’a thunk that: prescriptive and controlled bush burn-offs are good for the environment and can save property too. But there’s a catch, it’s only a good idea for indigenous people – ‘cos culture. In fact, Australia has been
I hope my esteemed colleague, Lushington Brady, will not mind me invading his patch just this once, but I really felt impelled to comment on the awful situation in Australia at the moment. As our closest neighbours, and the nation that is always first to come to our aid in
Viv Forbes Executive Director, The Saltbush Club Viv Forbes has been an explorer and pastoralist in Queensland and NT for most of his long life. He has lit fires (accidentally and deliberately), and he and his wife have fought fires and had their camps, fences and pastures wiped out by
Scientific claims are only worth the data they’re based on. In turn, that data is only as good as the methodology by which it’s collected. Among other things, experimenters should absolutely rigorously compare apples with apples. Measuring two different things, however similar they might be, and pretending that
When the smoke finally clears from the fires burning along Australia’s east coast, there will be the inevitable government inquiries, almost certainly a royal commission. The findings of which will almost certainly be stealthily ignored. “The amount of prescribed burning occurring in Victoria is inadequate. it is concerned that
Awareness and voices are raised in criticism of government officials who restricted firebreak cutting and exacerbated the loss of lives, property and animals in Australia’s ferocious bush fires. “We’ve lost two people in my family because you dickheads won’t cut trees down,” Warwick Spooner told Nillumbik Mayor
As recently reported on The BFD, the latest climate muppet show, the “Emergency Leaders for Climate Action”, has been exposed as just another publicity stunt from the world’s least-reliable soothsayer, Tim Flannery. Naturally, the Great Predicto’s new collection of sock puppets spout the usual, discredited talking-points.
In what must rank as the biggest surprise since the discovery that water is wet, country-shopping parasite Behrouz Boochani is at it again. New Zealand was foolish enough to open the door to this grifting rodent, and, surprise, surprise, he’s bunkered down in a dark corner of the
Despite the predictable screeching of the climate cultists, ghoulishly trying to pump up the tyres of their clapped-out bandwagon by hitching it to the current NSW bushfires, the fact remains that it ain’t climate change wot dun it. The biggest proximate cause is the devastating drought which has
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are an important arm of civil society in liberal democracies. “Service Delivery” NGOs are some of the most recognisable brands in the world. In Australia especially, NGOs like the Country Fire Authority, State Emergency Service and the Country Women’s Association are some of our most
Michael Crichton’s State of Fear revolves around the plot in which climate change zealots attempt to stage mass murder in order to publicise what they believe to be the dangers of global warming. Crichton’s particular plot device might sound far-fetched – but not by much, to anyone familiar
Australia’s Minister for Indigenous Australians – himself indigenous – has rapped the knuckles of the pampered cry-babies in the NRL who whine about playing the national anthem. Not only are these whingeing ingrates alienating the very people who line their pockets, frankly, they’re crying through their collective arses. Minister
Leftist darling Tim Flannery is well known for his unfortunate habit of making dud climate predictions, then flatly denying ever having made them. Less remarked is his habit of letting slip with statements which raise the ire of his lefty chums. For instance, in his The Future Eaters, Flannery argued
Tonight at 9pm on the Right Minds Youtube channel, Tim and Dieuwe will be discussing how Boris’ Brexit victory will affect our respective colonies. There is talk of a government budget deficit in New Zealand and a reduced surplus in Australia. Jacinda’s gun confiscation enters its final week, with
