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Science groupthink flounders on state of Great Barrier Reef

It is well recognised that most areas of scientific study are suffering a problem of reliability. Is there any other profession with such a high failure rate?

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Bob Katter for chancellor? Harvard shows it’s time for new blood on campus

It’s time to shake up the governing bodies of Australian campuses to better reflect local communities.

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So, what will heritage listing do for Cape?

Proposals to list Cape York land as World Heritage raise questions about the value of such protection.

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Trump’s revolution is coming for the health technocrats

Trump, Ramaswamy, Kennedy and others hopefully will begin to Make American Science Even Greater. We need to do the same in Australia.

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The Great Barrier Reef is in rude health — but why let facts get in the way

Despite three years of record coral coverage, the scientists and institutions that have been crying wolf about the Great Barrier Reef have never been challenged across much of the media.

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Dutton’s nuclear push triggers usual anti-science fallout

As I contemplate the desecration of pristine bush to make way for wind farms here in north Queensland, I would take a nuclear power station instead any day.

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BOM deserves criticism, but not over its short-term forecasts

There are two BOMs. There is the operational weather BOM, which does the daily forecasts, and then there is the climate change BOM.

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Assault on agriculture will only harm the environment

Governments across Australia are forging ahead with their attacks on farmers, fishers and foresters, with the latest blow aimed against the Murray-Darling irrigators.

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Canadian speech is free – except for Jordan Peterson

The court ruling that the outspoken dissenter undergo re-education coaching should set alarm bells ringing for professionals in Australia too.

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Reef ‘doomsayers’ show breakdown in institutions

We must audit reef-science. Record-equalling coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef doesn’t happen every year, and there’s no better example of the untrustworthiness of some science institutions.

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