The Bloodwood Tree

Last Monday the Indonesian government issued a joint ministerial decree banning followers of Jamaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) from carrying out religious activities. This was a strong action for a government that so widely promotes it’s religious tolerance credentials, but many Muslim organisations believe that it falls short of the mark and ask that the religion […]

A couple of weeks ago I was walking in the evening as a storm came over. It wasn’t quite dark, there was still just enough light to see the grassland moving in the wind from the storm. The grass is above my knees and silver at this time of year, and the smell of rain came in […]

Sent to the editor of the Cooma Express on 9 June, 08
Rough estimates say that a $US1 per barrel increase in the price of oil gives us a 1c increase in petrol costs. That’s pretty significant when you think about how every one was carrying on about the potential 2c per litre change that Fuel […]

The Australian lobby group Getup has launched a campaign targeted at both the Government and opposition, aimed to reduce Australia’s dependence on oil. The campaign is intended to tackle the Peak Oil issue at the same time as reducing greenhouse emissions.
Getup is asking people to write emails, asking for

massive federal investment in public transport,
laws for dramatically […]