A dichotomy means a division into two mutually exclusive options. False dichotomies are imposing what seems to be a dichotomy on a continuum, or on something which is more complex,…
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The series of fiascos that defines the Turnbull Government and its precursor, the Abbott hilarity, are a symptom of an old guard of suited conservatives shouting abuse at the winds…
Australia had an offshore detention centre on Manus Island but in early 2016, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea determined that Australia’s detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island…
The citizenship debacle for the government seems to just get worse by the day. While some 5 Senators have been given the boot, the government has been stonewalling with regard…
One of the lies commonly related by climate change deniers is that in the 1970s, most scientific papers predicted the climate would cool and there would be a new ice…
It is difficult to understand Attorney General George Brandis’ actions and reactions with regard to the Turnbull government’s citizenship fiasco. Initially he asked that the poor, ignorant members of parliament…
Climate change deniers will often say that climate scientists or oceanographers are exaggerating the amount of sea-level rise. Indeed, they will attempt to have you believe that tide gauges on…
Barnaby Joyce, Fiona Nash, Matthew Canavan, Malcolm Roberts, Nick Xenophon. Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters, the Magnificent Foreign Seven have just had their cases decided by the High Court and…
A Pump-jet is a marine propulsion system which uses a jet of water to propel a boat, ship or submarine. The mechanical arrangement may be either a ducted propeller for…
Climate change deniers like to impose impossible demands on the research of climate scientists. They home in on any uncertainties and they tend to exaggerate these uncertainties, at the same…
