Emission impossible unless political climate changes
January 29, 2021 â 12.05am
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Most thinking people could not fail to be alarmed by John Hewsonâs article about Australiaâs emissions targetsâ catastrophe. Scott Morrison is captive to both his backbench and the fossil fuel lobby he will continue to do nothing to address the issue (âEmissions verdict is catastrophicâ, January 28). To make matters worse, although the government is very vulnerable on its lack of a climate change policy, Anthony Albanese is ineffective in highlighting this failing and its consequences. Perhaps the only thing that will force our recalcitrant politicians to act is the likelihood of a carbon border tax being introduced by the EU and the inevitability that the USA will follow suit.
We need the COVID jab now
January 2, 2021 12.05am
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If Britain, America, Canada, Israel, Chile, Belgium, Argentina and many other countries are already rolling out vaccines for COVID-19, why is Australia sitting back and waiting (‘‘New entrant in vaccination race’’, January 1)? When are we going to see some proactive approaches implemented by our national cabinet and scrap leaving it all to individual state governments to deal with? It’s more than time that state governments either introduced vaccinations themselves or utilised the national cabinet to get the ball rolling. Other parts of the world will be vaccinated while Australia is still dithering. We want vaccines in Australia and we want them now.
Bored students? This idea is pretty fly
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Bored students? This idea is pretty fly
December 16, 2020 8.00pm
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David Baird of Burradoo has a rather inventive blackboard memory (C8): To break the torpor of a hot, afternoon lesson, I feigned irritation at a (non-existent) persistent blowfly. Then, turning, I hurled my piece of chalk at the back wall, walked along the centre aisle, picked up the dead fly I had placed there in the lunch hour saying, Got him! Students response: Wow! Could one of the Column 8 meteorological buffs please explain the difference between a storm and a storm event ? asks Jenny Mooney of Karuah. For that matter, a flood and a flood event , a heatwave and a heatwave event or even just weather and a weather event . Am I missing something obvious?