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Piers Akerman is an opinion columnist with The Sunday Telegraph. He has extensive media experience, including in the US and UK, and has edited a number of major Australian newspapers.

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Poem which debunked climate change 100 years ago

The ABC and its leftist allies like to say weather extremes are recent phenomena, but a legendary Australian poem written in 1908 shows different, writes Piers Akerman.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 22, 2018 Australia's Finance Minister Mathias Cormann attends a press conference in Parliament House in Canberra. - Australia's former finance minister Mathias Cormann was named the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) chief on March 12, 2021 according to official sources. (Photo by MARK GRAHAM / AFP)

Cormann critics are missing the point

Mathias Cormann’s rise within his chosen country and now globally should be a reminder of the opportunities our nation offers those with will, skill and determination, Piers Akerman writes.

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