CLIMATE COOLED FOR CLIMATE INSTITUTE
The Climate Institute, formed in 2005, once
had the money and clout to push fake warming scares and dodgy science
with the help of Cate Blanchett and Michael Caton. Now it's forced to
close because of a lack of cash
Science moves forward not backwards. Are we meant to continue to argue that the world is not flat today some people believe we do? Are we expected to argue that CO2 is the reason for the greenhouse effect which has been known for well over half a century some people still argue we do when the science is in? All we are witnessing is the battle between private interest and the public good and it's obvious who Bolt the non scientist and non expert favors. It's not science and the 97% consensus.
Defend the free speech muzzle! Trash students!
Journalist Dennis Atkins trashes free
speech, the facts and innocent students: "A group of Queensland
University of Technology students ignored rooms full of available
computers and sought to use the ones in an “Aboriginals only” room and
complained about it on the internet. An exchange led to a section 18C
legal to-do and ended in tears."
Andrew Bolt's arguments against Section 18C and in his case 18D are self serving and hypocritical given the strength of his support for Israel over and above 'Free Speech'. He is a farce . The economy and countless issues like Climate Change, Unemployment Education and Health are ignored while he distracts people with arguments that have less than 10% support. A 'fair go' is made an issue of . Bolt is living proof of the Orwellian misuse of media to beat up fake news in an attempt to control a political narrative.
Coalition MPs have repeatedly expressed concerns about the way the Racial Discrimination Act could affect free speech. Here is the data on the number of complaints that are actually made
The 18C debate: how frequent are racial discrimination complaints? | News | The Guardian
Israel detaining journalists without charge or trial | The Electronic Intifada
I've never seen an issue bring community leaders together like 18C | Jieh-Yung Lo | Opinion | The Guardian
The majority of all racial discrimination complaints were resolved in a conciliation process with the AHRC, with 70% of complaints in the 2015-16 financial year resolved in this way:
Complaints were disproportionately made by people of Indigenous background, with 54% of complainants identifying as Indigenous in 2015-16. When complaints are not resolved by conciliation, complainants can take the complaint to court. Figures compiled by SBS from the AHRC show court cases are rare, with fewer than 5% of complaints making it to court, and the majority of these court cases resulted in the complaint being dismissed:
More recent figures provided by the AHRC to Guardian Australia showed only one application to the courts in 2015-16 regarding a complaint relating to section 18C and five in 2014-15.
Turnbull pays penalty for indecision
Just a couple of weeks ago journalists and
Liberal MPs were high-fiving Malcolm Turnbull for insulting Bill
Shorten. Pure insider play, of no interest to voters. Now the Prime
Minister has been smashed for a week, unable to even say if he for or
against a cut in penalty rates. THAT is something voters notice, and
Liberals yesterday were shocked.
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