Author Archives: andrew

Stop denying warming – but it’s not emissions

Posted on May 11, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Now I’m not picking on anyone in particular, but dear self identifying‘climate deniers’ in the media and the public square generally, as the ‘reality denier alarmists’ like to call us…PLEASE don’t fall into the trap of trying … Continue reading →

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Voters want more hard Labor

Posted on May 5, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban With Labor’s sweeping victory at the 2025 election, future policy settings suggest themselves to ensure yet another term of Labor government. This is because judging by the voters’ approval, more and bigger of the same is the … Continue reading →

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Ukraine is not at war with Russia

Posted on May 1, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Nobody declared war ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. It is a universally outlawed illegal invasion mischaracterised as a war. Putin referred to it as a Special Military Operation. That’s a much less restricting label. The false … Continue reading →

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A strange case of selective censoring

Posted on April 30, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban   Recently, The Australian published a column by a contributor they call The Mocker under the headline, “Giridharan Sivaraman’s worldview is built on grievance and victimhood”, which triggered over 600 comments. Mine was rejected. Below are extracts … Continue reading →

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The con in Conclave?

Posted on April 25, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Warning: spoiler alert! The Pope is dead. No, seriously. In a stark confluence of life and art, the conclave that has just started at the Vatican has had a cinematic rehearsal with the film, Conclave. If you … Continue reading →

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Reason v magical climate thinking – voters have no choice

Posted on April 20, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban As Australians prepare to vote for the nature of their future on May 3, I can report that back in the day, the much revered 17th / 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift (no relation to Taylor) confronted (or … Continue reading →

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Long live Chris Bowen!

Posted on April 17, 2025 by andrew

Long live Chris Bowen!  Andrew L. Urban As you pop your eyeballs back in place, lift your jaw off the floor and pour a stiff drink after reading the headline, please read on; you will come to join the chorus … Continue reading →

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SECRET SNAPSHOTS, PRIVATE LIVES

Posted on April 9, 2025 by andrew

The Little Book of Revelations For the chance to win movie tickets or DVDs, Australia’s award winning online movie magazine, Urban Cinefile, ran weekly competitions asking readers to answer questions that elicited some jaw-dropping replies – in 35 words or … Continue reading →

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Man-made warming: today the room, tomorrow the world

Posted on April 7, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban A serious question for voters in this federal election campaign: If climate change is a scientific matter, why wasn’t it presented in a scientifically credible peer reviewed paper in a scientific or educational institution? Climate change was … Continue reading →

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The schemers, the naive, the fearful – and the harlots

Posted on March 24, 2025 by andrew

 Andrew L. Urban It was late Sunday morning, March 23, 2025 when Kathrine posted her question in the reader comments at the end of Bjorn Lomborg’s article, “United Nations ‘propaganda’ on climate costing the world trillions” in the Weekend Australian. … Continue reading →

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