ABC Catalyst TV show warped view of SW West Australian rainfall

Quote from Catalyst: Mark Horstman “Since the 1970s, the south-western corner of Western Australia has suffered a dramatic decline in their winter rainfall, so rapid and so extreme that it’s like, somewhere, a giant tap is being turned off.” What utter exaggerated twaddle. Once again the Australian media spins normal climate variations as something caused … Continue reading ABC Catalyst TV show warped view of SW West Australian rainfall

Queensland Govt., stunning hypocrisy over water

Premier Peter Beattie and his Deputy Premier Anna Bligh are whining in concert that the Federal Government is not doing enough to assist drought-stricken Queenslanders. Within the last ten years the Queensland Govt. stood by and let Cubbie Station trap river flows at the border with NSW up to a scale of 600 GL per … Continue reading Queensland Govt., stunning hypocrisy over water