Climate change again - after this one I’ll move onto something else, I promise. I’m sure you’re sick of the whole issue and wished it would just go away or that you will just choose to (as many politicians do), wait ‘for all the facts to come in’ before making your mind up about this issue.

If you were a child of the fifties or sixties you would remember well the public interest in science, we were all keen to hear about the latest discoveries and inventions being made to alleviate diseases or advance modern living. The reality is that now, more than any time in human history, fantastic scientific achievements and discoveries are being made - and ignored.

It’s as if the attitude of many seems to be ‘just fit more tunes on my iPod I don’t care how it’s actually done’ or ‘keep studying climate change so that you come up with the answers that we want to hear rather than the facts’. read more…

Following on from my last article on climate change on the south coast, I was prompted to post something in response to the events that took place today in the Liberal Party.

The replacement of the party leader by one who has made statements in past interviews like this one should be of concern to us all - (taken from an interview with Laurie Oakes):

Laurie Oakes: … can I remind you that a few days ago you visited a Victorian town of Beaufort. Let me read from the local newspaper.  It says “In a wide ranging speech, Mr Abbott talked about climate change, the Liberal political fortunes and Kevin Rudd. quote - the argument on climate change is absolute crap,” he said.’ Is it absolute crap? read more…

I just finished reading the article on the cover of the latest Heads News about the proposed project to build a boardwalk here - by the way, doesn’t Anne-Louise do a great job with the community newsletter?

I had to chuckle because my wife and I went for a stroll the other day and we were musing on whether a scheme will ever be proposed to provide some work for the unemployed that meant visitors and locals (especially those in  wheelchairs) would have better access to the beach. We reckoned it would compliment the plans to demolish the old cottages and build the new tourist & residential accommodation development on McIntosh St. read more…