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Report: How Coal and Gas Industry Get Their Way In Fossil Fuel Rich Queensland
Report: How Coal and Gas Industry Get Their Way In Fossil Fuel Rich Queensland Where and how should the public expect negotiations between fossil fuel industries and governments be carried out? What kind of relationships should exist between fossil fuel corporations and the politicians and public servants who are part of the decision-making process that those […]
Beautiful 1-Acre Small-Scale Permaculture Farm
Beautiful 1-Acre Small-Scale Permaculture Farm A tour of Limestone Permaculture Farm in New South Wales, Australia. The 1 acre property has been developed into a productive permaculture farm that is currently helping to feed around 50 families. The tour includes a look at the orchard, caravan farm gate, chicken and duck areas, and the shade […]
Bushfires rage in Australia as ‘Godzilla El Nino’ takes affect
Bushfires rage in Australia as ‘Godzilla El Nino’ takes affect A charred car stands destroyed after a bushfire moved through the area near One Tree Hill in the Adelaide Hills on January 5, 2015. © AFP Over 100 bushfires are blazing in the state of Victoria, Australia, with over 200 homes at risk. Unusually high […]
Corporation vs. Nation: The Ultimate Showdown
Corporation vs. Nation: The Ultimate Showdown A secluded private courthouse in Washington DC is currently the scene of a gargantuan legal battle that could have serious ramifications for all of us. Yet virtually nobody knows about it. On one side of the battle is the tiny, poverty-crippled Central American nation of El Salvador; on the […]
Australia Is “Going Down Under”: “The Bubble Is About To Burst”, RBS Warns
Australia Is “Going Down Under”: “The Bubble Is About To Burst”, RBS Warns Thanks to a variety of idiosyncratic political crises and country-specific stumbling blocks, Brazil, Turkey, Malaysia, and to a lesser extent Russia, have received the lion’s share of coverage when it comes to assessing the EM damage wrought by the comically bad combination […]
Australia’s “Black Swan Moment”
Australia’s “Black Swan Moment” Wayne Swan, Treasurer of Australia from 2007 to 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and the Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013, who thought he saved the Australian economy but just delayed the inevitable, is now blaming everyone but himself for the downward spiral: Image source: Twitter As I argued in my […]
Goldman Strikes Again: Did A Probe Into “Global Warming” Fraud Cost A Prime Minister’s Job
Goldman Strikes Again: Did A Probe Into “Global Warming” Fraud Cost A Prime Minister’s Job When Tony Abbott became Australia’s prime minister in September 2013, the chain of events that would prematurely end his tenure may already have been in motion: just a few months later China would order its out of control shadow banking […]
The Australian Government Proclaims – Environmentalism and Alternative Music Are Signs of Terrorism
The Australian Government Proclaims – Environmentalism and Alternative Music Are Signs of Terrorism Earlier this year, I highlighted how the UK government was cheerfully stretching the boundary of terrorist fear-mongering when it made it policy for registered childminders to “report toddlers at risk of becoming terrorists.” No, that’s not a joke. Here’s an excerpt from the post, The War […]
Australia’s Mega LNG Projects are in Serious Trouble
Australia’s Mega LNG Projects are in Serious Trouble In the US, natural gas is dirt cheap. The price peaked in 2008 and has since collapsed. It remains below the cost of production, even today. Two natural gas drillers have recently buckled and declared bankruptcy. In the international markets, natural gas is traded as Liquefied Natural Gas […]
It Begins: Australia’s Largest Investment Bank Just Said “Helicopter Money” Is 12-18 Months Away
It Begins: Australia’s Largest Investment Bank Just Said “Helicopter Money” Is 12-18 Months Away Just over two years ago, when the world was deciding who would be Bernanke Fed Chair replacement, Larry Summers or Janet Yellen (how ironic that Larry Summers did not get the nod just because a bunch of progressive economists thought he […]
Australia Overthrows its Prime Minister in the Blink of an Eye
Australia Overthrows its Prime Minister in the Blink of an Eye In Australia, we are seeing signs of political unrest. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been a complete disaster. It is really a wonder how these people are elected and what goes through their minds. Abbott appears stunned by the swift pace of the challenge […]
Australian Aboriginals Fear Gas Fracker Aubrey McClendon’s Down Under Drilling Plans
Australian Aboriginals Fear Gas Fracker Aubrey McClendon’s Down Under Drilling Plans Energy companies the world over would love to think they could be first in the queue at the next big global frontier for fossil fuel energy. Aubrey McClendon was a key figure in creating the last big energy boom in his own backyard, using the […]
October 13, 2015 – The Day Digital Privacy Officially Dies in Australia
October 13, 2015 – The Day Digital Privacy Officially Dies in Australia At least in America, the authorities feel a need to lie to the public while engaging in invasive and tyrannical warrantless surveillance. In Australia, a nation in which you are more likely to die by hitting a kangaroo with your car than in […]
