A religious group who preach their anti-homosexuality message in Rundle Mall, and defended their right to do so in court as free speech, have launched a defamation suits against a Councillor who criticised their preaching, ABC TV and the Sunday Mail. The preachers were holding forth quite regularly in Rundle Mall, and the Adelaide City… [Read more…]
November 28, 2011
I read the good news on the ABC that parents are being encouraged to vaccinate by only getting the government child bonus payment if they’ve had their vaccinations. The following morning I read The Advertiser over breakfast (having been lulled into a sense of science security by Clare Peddie’s return from holidays) and read this… [Read more…]
September 29, 2011
Like the koala extinction story The Advertiser‘s bottom left corner of their front page seems to be the designated low-on-science hype corner at the moment. Nuclear waste to be trucked through SA The nation’s radioactive waste is destined to be trucked through South Australia because Blue Mountains locals have declared nuclear-free zones in their region,… [Read more…]
September 29, 2011
The Advertiser front page today: Retrovirus threatens Kangaroo Island koalas The survival of Kangaroo Island’s koalas in is grave danger because of an AIDS-like virus affecting 40% of the population. Experts say the disease has the potential to impact koalas in a similar way to how mouth cancer is wiping out Tasmanian devils. The Environment… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
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