Rolling coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016. Table of contents Jump to comments section. Mathias knew nothing. What Mitch knew. Send in the cops. Medicare thaw. They took our jobs and growth. . (May 22, 2016) Day 15 – Mathias knew nothing Senator Mathias Cormann didn’t know about the raids Senator Mathias Cormann has […]
Is poor funding of climate and health research by NHMRC political bias? asks @takvera #Auspol
March 4, 2016
Is there a funding bias with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) when it comes to climate change and health? and particularly extreme heat and population health? Some climate and health researchers say there is a definite bias, over a number of years, against funding health and climate change related research projects. One […]
The Silent Killer: #climatechange and Public Health. @takvera reports on #HeatHealth report launch
March 2, 2016
The Climate Council released it’s new report on climate change and heat health, on the impacts of extreme heat on public health. Nofibs reporter and climate activist John Englart was there at the Melbourne Royal Children’s Hospital to document the occasion. Key findings of the report include that: 1. Climate change is a serious health […]
Response from Origin Energy not enough: @SavLance75 comments on #CSG
September 20, 2014
As part of the research undertaken for No Fibs recent article #CSG science provides no easy conclusions, posted on September 15, this writer addressed several questions to representatives of Origin Energy regarding their Ironbark coal seam gas (CSG) project and local landholders the Ansfords, who believe they may be suffering adverse health and environmental impacts due […]
Australia’s failure to act on antibiotic resistance risks lives
April 2, 2013
By Kerrie Tucker March 31, 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve known for many years that antibiotic resistance is a clear and present danger to public health. There have been countless headline stories on the matter, and growing evidence that antibiotics in our food is adding to the problem. Yet a terrible failure of public policy in […]
