environment
Father Nature

Father Nature

“Maybe if it was ‘Father Nature’ you would give a sh*t!” ...or so goes the over-produced cardboard sign held by a student wagging school at the recent climate strike – which is basically mufti day for teachers who can’t be bothered showing up for work. For the kids,...

The reef is fine but academic freedom is in peril

The reef is fine but academic freedom is in peril

The first images I saw of the Great Barrier Reef were in 1980s television news reports warning that the crown-of-thorns starfish was destroying it. Divers were spearing them in what looked like a futile effort to ward off the coral-eating plague. I fully expected the...