Gabriël Moens and John McRobert

Taming the wildfires

22 August 2024 2:38 am

As we approach Spring, there is a heightened chance that wildfires might develop across Australia. The perennial question as to…

Glaciers, graziers, glaziers, and the strangler fig

27 May 2024 2:50 pm

A perfunctory search on Wikipedia informs that the Strangler Fig, Ficus watkinsiana, ‘grows on another tree, using it as physical support, while…

In praise of carbon dioxide

8 February 2024 1:00 am

‘The fundamental reason why carbon dioxide abundance in the atmosphere is critically important to biology is that there is so…

Rejecting the Queensland Climate Transition Bill

17 December 2023 8:54 pm

In March, Greens MP Michael Berkman introduced a Private Member’s Bill, the Queensland Climate Transition Bill 2023. The proposed legislation…

Taming the inflation monster

13 June 2023 4:00 am

The Reserve Bank of Australia (‘RBA’) has raised the cash rate – the rate that banks pay to borrow funds…