THE TWEED www.tweedecho.com.au Volume 3 #45 Thursday, July 21, 2011 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 [email protected] [email protected] pages 8-9 CAB 21,000 copies every week AUDIT LOCAL & INDEPENDENT Council to spend Rare snail found millions fighting erosion at dam wall site Luis Feliu Herald the government’s plan to dust off the $67 million dam proposal was A Byrrill Creek resident claims to ‘damaging, expensive and entirely have found an endangered Mitchell’s avoidable’. Rainforest Snail near the edge of the ‘Th e minister has embarked on a proposed new dam wall, as the news war against the environmental pro- of the state government’s recent deci- tections that were put in place based sion to review a ban on the dam hit on sound scientifi c evidence,’ Dr Kaye Sydney media this week. said. Resident and anti-dam activist John Minister for Primary Industries, Morrison told Th e Echo he found and Katrina Hodgkinson, quietly an- photographed what he believed to be nounced the review earlier this month one of the rare pyramid-shaped snails in response to questions from the lo- (theresites mitchellae) on a log amid cal ABC News team. The minister deep leaf litter at Pretty Gully, Byrrill had been lobbied by vocal pro-dam Creek in the shadow of Mt Warning Tweed mayor Kevin Skinner, who had last Monday. used his casting vote to get the new Mr Morrison said he reported the dam plan up, and his factional ally Cr Steve Spencer This picture shows the dramatic extent of the erosion in front of the public finding to the Australian National Warren Polglase. Kingscliff Beach caravan park after the latest scouring of the foreshore by Museum’s Atlas of Living Australia Dr Kaye said the two ‘have had A crisis meeting to tackle the erosion big tides. Council work crews and contractors relocated around half a dozen project which catalogues Australia’s their patience rewarded’. emergency at Kingscliff has decided cabins to save them from being destroyed by the big tides. biodiversity aft er he learnt the snail ‘It took the new Primary Industries to spend an extra $255,000 in an at- Photo Jeff ‘Dropping In’ Dawson was listed as critically endangered Minister less than 100 days to throw tempt to stop more of the foreshore under federal legislation and endan- out the scientifi c evidence behind the from tumbling into the ocean. manager Richard Adams said in a Management Plan. gered under NSW law. water-sharing plan and reopen the Workers this week relocated beach- press release that the trust was trying ‘Council has allocated $3 million in Th e fi nd of the rare, air-breathing divisive debate over the future of Byr- front cabins further away from the to protect the source of income the loan funds as its contribution, and at land snail comes as NSW Greens MP rill Creek. erosion zone to stop them toppling Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park pro- this critical stage would greatly appre- John Kaye told the Sydney Morning continued on page 2 into the sea. vides for the maintenance and en- ciate any fi nancial contribution the Th e Tweed Shire Council meeting hancement of Tweed Crown reserves. state or federal governments are able decided to build another 70 metres of Holiday park fl ow-on to provide to implement this proj- sandbag wall in front of the Kingscliff ect to restore the public amenity of Beach Holiday Park as a temporary ‘Council and the trust understand Kingscliff and ensure the commercial measure. the important fl ow-on eff ect to the lo- sustainability of the Kingscliff com- Th is is on top of $140,000 in emer- cal business community which results munity. gency works taking place in front of from tourists staying in the holiday ‘Council, acting as the Trust, will the Holiday Park and south of the park,’ Mr Adams said. seek urgent representation through Cudgen Headland Surf Life Saving ‘Council and the trust’s long-term the local state members of parliament Club. strategy is to nourish Kingscliff for emergency funding and to expe- But this money is dwarfed by the $3 beach with 300,000 cubic metres dite a long-term solution. million earmarked by the council to of sand extracted from the Tweed The council is in the process of permanently safeguard the crumbling River downstream of Barneys Point securing a licence to complete these foreshore. 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If you like Although the church had our stories, let our advertisers know! undergone renovations, Alan ‘If Katrina Hodgkinson was understood modern least-cost, Polglase and Youngblutt who says it had retained much of looking for something to re- integrated water planning, she pushed through the new dam its character. view, she need go no further would have told Tweed Coun- option instead. than Tweed Council’s abysmal cil to look at the cheaper and A council report has already failure to look at water reuse less destructive options, rather identified 45 threatened fauna and efficiency measures before than re-opening the entirely species, including the giant pushing ahead with a damag- discredited Byrrill Creek dam barred frog, the double-eyed ing, expensive and entirely project’. fig parrot, spotted-tail quoll avoidable dam project. The council’s water manager, and brush-tailed rock wal- ‘Tweed Council has failed David Oxenham, told the SMH laby, with many flora species in its duty to minimise water that requests to the NSW Of- and two endangered ecological household bills by looking for fice of Water for ‘the relevant communities in a five-kilome- the lowest cost options. Prima- studies and reports which tre radius of Byrrill Creek. ry Industries Minister Katrina justified why Byrrill Creek Council warned Hodgkinson has now made was singled out from all other herself complicit in their push streams within the Tweed Riv- Save Byrrill Creek cam- for an expensive dam. er Area’ remained unanswered. paigner Joanna Gardner said Science unequivocal Ironically, in the same is- federal environment minister sue, a former Tweed council Tony Burke was aware of the ‘The scientific evidence on water-unit officer, Paul Taylor, proposed dam and has ‘warned the Byrrill Creek is unequivo- said in a letter to the editor that the council of the potential ap- cal. The Water Sharing Plan the Bray Park water treatment plication of the Environment which ruled out the $67 mil- plant cost ratepayers close to Protection and Biodiversity lion dam was based on an $100 million and ‘the previous Conservation Act’. extensive survey of the inun- government and the Tweed Mr Morrison said the snail dation which encountered 12 council see only one way to was first spotted by his five- threatened species. The study pay for it: handing huge strips year-old grandson during a showed that the creek itself is of the coast to developers so garden cleanup and returned largely undisturbed and of- they can carve it up into sub- to the leaf litter beyond the gar- fered important environmental divisions: More houses means den area, which is about 200 and recreational values. more water meters means metres upstream from the site ‘Despite the strength of the more for council coffers’. of the proposed dam wall. case against the dam, Katrina Last year, a lengthy commu- He said the find emphasised Hodgkinson is questioning nity consultation process on what the scientific community the scientific findings and re- options for boosting the shire’s have been saying all along re- opening a divisive debate at the water supply recommended garding the importance of the behest of the conservatives on doubling the capacity of the area for biodiversity conserva- Tweed Council. existing Clarrie Hall Dam by tion and Tweed Shire. ‘Katrina Hodgkinson is be- raising the dam wall, but that For information on the liv- ing irresponsible. 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Locals maintain their van park rage INVESTIGATE YOUR HEALTH AT A CELLULAR LEVEL Luis Feliu cil released the fi ndings of its fl awed consultation process. fi nancial benefi t only’. public submissions on the plan The association has also ‘It is now irrefutable that A move for Tweed Shire coun- which showed overwhelming called for a ‘full inquiry’ into there is not only overwhelming cillors to reconsider alternative opposition to both the pro- the issue after the trust for- community opposition to both options for the proposed $22 posed 200-site van park and a mally tabled the public sub- the caravan park and residen- million beachfront caravan 37-lot residential development missions and preliminary en- tial estate developments in the park at Cabarita, including a the trust wants to establish on vironmental assessemnts on Cabarita South Precinct but move to the Camp Wollumbin its land in the village’s southern their plans. that there is no signifi cant sup- LIVE BLOOD SCREENING site just north of the village, precinct jointly with the Land Mr Baldry said analysis of port for these projects either. was shot down by councillors ‘This is despite the bully- Receive a computer generated report this week. ing tactics that Tweed Coun- Includes Naturopathic treatment advice Crs Katie Milne and Barry Cabarita Beach residents have vowed to cil took against the executive Longland failed to get support continue their campaign against both of the residents association SPECIAL $80 INTRODUCTORY from councillors, in their role for releasing “confidential” SCREEN as trustees of the Tweed Coast developments, with 90 per cent of over 200 information that showed the ADVANCED NATUROPATHICS Holiday Parks Reserves Trust, submissions lodged against them. true extent of the developer’s (02) 5614 8331 Local Call to defer a staff recommenda- plans and an orchestrated PR www.advancednat.com.au tion to look into redesigning campaign by the LPMA and Byron Bay the caravan park south of Nor- and Property Management the public submissions clearly reserves trust to counter any ries Headland in order to re- Authority (LPMA). justifi ed the residents’ associa- community opposition during move potentially environmen- Cabarita Beach residents tion concerns ‘and vindicates the submission period,’ he said. LIMITED VACANCIES! tally signifi cant areas. have vowed to continue their our vocal opposition, despite He said a lot of falsehoods at Murwillumbah Cr Milne told council she campaign against both devel- a concerted campaign to dis- were spread about the plan & Mullumbimby feared council would only opments, with 90 per cent of credit our organisation and the including that there were no Are you a woman who wants to return to work or spend ‘good money aft er bad’ over 200 submissions lodged relentless bullying tactics of the detailed plans for the van park, study further? pursuing the contentious plan against them. developers’. that it would be over 100 me- Our ‘Work Opportunities for Women’ program is for you, for a new van park and instead Cabarita Beach/Bogangar He says council’s own tres from the nearby school with electives in Computing and Hospitality available. should consider other options, Residents Association spokes- Tweed Coastal Committee op- and that there was no signifi - including a move to the old man Ashley Baldry said con- poses the development due to cant plant or wildlife species Are you interested in Health and Beauty Skills? scout camp site on the western cerns included environmental coastal erosion fears, while the on the site. Classes will be on Fridays for English as a second side of the Coast Road. and social impact, question- majority of supporters of the At Tuesday’s meeting, the language for learners. Her move comes as coun- able financial viability and a proposal ‘cited the perceived trustees voted to investigate options for the redesign of the Is English your second language? proposed van park by excising Beginners and advanced classes at Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby. potentially environmentally Teachers keeping kids from drugs signifi cant areas, to prepare a For more information call 6672 0800 or 131 601 fi nancial analysis of the revised Most courses are available part time and full time development and to seek state and start from 25 July 2011. permission to use parts of the adjacent Crown reserve as a 131 601 bushfi re buff er zone. northcoast.tafensw.edu.au
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4 July 21, 2011 Th e Tweed Shire Echo www.tweedecho.com.au Local News www.tweedecho.com.au Council gives greyhound track the tick Steve Spencer Left: Friends of the Hound • 6DOHVUHSDLUV DVVLVWDQFH6DOHVUHSDLUV DVVLVWDQFH supporters outside council Emotions ran high during this chambers on Tuesday to • ,QVWRUHRURQVLWHVHUYLFH week’s Tweed Council meeting protest against the proposal as greyhound trainers and ani- to build a greyhound racing GH[FRPDX (VW\UV mal lovers packed the public track at the Murwillumbah gallery, shouting at councillors industrial estate. The new &RRODQJDWWD&RRODQJDWWD and each other during a debate track was narrowly approved about a new greyhound racing *ULIILWK6WDWUHDURSSRVLWHERZOVFOXE track in Murwillumbah. by councillors. Several hecklers were ejected Photo Steve Spencer from the public gallery during the debate, as councillors voted four to three (Crs Katie Milne, Barry Longland and Joan van Lieshout against) to approve the track on the Murwillum- bah industrial estate, aft er the racing club relocates from its current home at Border Park in West Tweed Heads. Supporters from the Friends EAGLE VALE of the Hound held a dem- onstration outside the coun- Any 2 for $25 cil chambers just before this interest,’ said Cr Longland. had changed her mind about Shiraz, Cabernet Merlot, week’s meeting, bringing along ‘Our shire will be used as a the greyhound industry aft er Semillon Sauvignon Blanc, several ex-racing greyhounds vehicle to promote gambling. doing ‘an awful lot of research’. they say were saved from being Th ere is no social benefi t for She said the industry was the Chardonnay RRP $20 each ‘put down’ aft er ‘failing to run the wider Tweed community.’ fi ft h largest employer on the fast enough’. Councillors were told that Far North Coast. 32 Marine Parade, Kingscliff Angry scenes followed in- only about 80 people attended ‘If people knew how many äÓ®ÊÈÈÇ{Ên{ääÊUÊÜÜÜ°i>ÕiÃÜià «°V°>Õ side the council chamber with the dog races, but they would greyhounds are housed in this mayor Kevin Skinner repeat- be televised nationally on Sky area they would be amazed,’ edly warning people in the TV, with Mt Warning as a she said. public gallery to stop shouting backdrop in some of the im- Cr Phil Youngblutt said out. ages. greyhound breeding was no Several people were eject- diff erent to the rearing of cattle Christmas is coming early at ed by security as protesters Using World dogs that were ‘bred to work’. swapped insults with grey- Heritage area as ‘Th ey are looked aft er better hound breeders. than many human beings,’ he Bangalow 2479 Th ree councillors attempted racetrack backdrop said. ‘For many of these breed- to stop the $5.6 million proj- ‘I’m not comfortable that our ers it is their life’s work.’ ect, saying the track would not World Heritage area should be Cr Katie Milne said the track ...and we’d like you to celebrate with us. fi t well with the Tweed Shire’s used as a backdrop for a race- would not fi t with ‘the charac- We’re having a huge Christmas in July Sale image. track,’ said Cr Longland. ter of the Tweed Valley’ and Deputy mayor Barry Long- Cr Joan van Lieshout said there was a 2,000-signature on Bangalow market weekend, 23-24 July, land said the land was ear- she believed the greyhound petition against the proposal. to clear all winter stock. marked for industrial use and racing industry was involved ‘We all know how beautiful Everything in store including jewellery, not a racing track. in cruelty to animals. these animals are and how sen- ‘It’s not the best use of this ‘We should attract the right sitive. I don’t think they should designer fashion labels, chandeliers, land and the promotion of industries to the shire,’ she said. be using these animals for en- antiques & homewares will be reduced gambling is not in the public But Cr Dot Holdom said she tertainment.’ by 50% and more. Tweed Valley inspires fantasy trilogy Bangalow 2479 Cnr Byron & Station Streets, Bangalow Kate McIntosh I’m crazy or not’. Born in Port Moresby in the Banora Point author Cath 1950s, Caths says her parents Sherwood always thought the nicknamed her ‘Th e Spook’ for Tweed Valley was magic. her ability to contact people on So much so in fact it inspired the other side. her to write a fantasy adventure After turning 18 she spent trilogy set in the Mt Warning three years in an ashram, caldera. where she trained in natural TriUnia, the fi rst book in the healing and massage, going illustrated Earth Speak series, on to work as a counsellor for is the story of what happens youth and domestic violence when the idyllic existence of services. Cath Sherwood’s adventure three children and their animal Cath is now seeking spon- fantasy series is set in the friends comes under threat. sorship to help distribute the Green Cauldron. Photo Jeff Local readers will easily rec- books and hopes the series will ‘Muddle Earth’ Dawson ognise the references to well inspire a wider green move- known places in the Tweed, from the area, from my point ment towards protecting the including Fig Tree Valley, Th e of view and perceptions; I’ve caldera’s unique biodiversity. Siding and Tumble Gum. put it all into the book.’ ‘We can be the change,’ she Cath, who lived in Murwil- Featuring striking illustra- said. lumbah for 25 years, says she tions by Alstonville artist Lisa ‘We have the technology, the drew heavily on her own ex- Knight, the trilogy is aimed passion and the business heads periences in the area, as well as at young readers 10 years and to be able to do it.’ her affi nity with nature and the over, although Cath says many Cath is currently working spiritual world. elements can be enjoyed by on the second and third instal- ‘Th e book is born of years of adults too. ments in the series, which are love of the true magic that life She jokes that she decided due for release later this year. is and making it real in my life,’ to write her series in the fan- More info about the book she said. tasy genre so people could series is available at www.triu- ‘I’ve drawn strong infl uences ‘make up their own mind if nia.com.
www.tweedecho.com.au Th e Tweed Shire Echo July 21, 2011 5 Local News Abbott spruiks baseless fantasies aul Keating sums up whole country into recession to erately putting in the boot. these Treasury forecasts are Tony Abbott’s current achieve his ambition. Abbott is, of course, perfect- out by 100 per cent – and the P political message thus: Ignoring the scientists, ly entitled to oppose the car- Treasury was just about spot Volume 3 #45 July 21, 2011 ‘Give me the job or I’ll wreck economists, the CSIRO, the bon tax and campaign against on about the far more disrup- the place.’ federal Treasury, the Produc- its introduction. tive GST – the carbon tax will Well, it takes one to know tivity Commission and any But he is not entitled to do so make very little diff erence to Holding back the tide one. This was precisely the other rational voices seeking by making up totally baseless the domestic economy; it isn’t spirit in which Keating con- to restore the debate to a sen- fantasies with the sole aim of meant to. Is sand replenishment for Kingscliff beach the long-term solution? ducted his own campaign to sible level, Abbott continues to frightening the voters. It is meant to change spend- In addressing the recent dramatic erosion taking place there, coun- wrest the Labor Party leader- barnstorm the country rant- Industries are not about to ing patterns, not to curtail cil decided to battle on relentlessly against this natural event, de- ship from Bob Hawke in 1991. ing about towns wiped off the close down; the latest fore- them. Some things will cer- spite the huge cost to ratepayers. The plan, apart from building an He made it clear that he was map, industries closed down, cast is for the coal industry to tainly become more expensive, expensive protective rock wall at the front of the van park like the not going to give up, and un- but as they do, cheaper alter- one recently built for the bowls club next door, is to pump a lot of less and until he succeeded natives will become available sand from the Tweed River onto the depleted beach, similar to the he would continue to destabi- – Economics 101. sandpumping operation at nearby Fingal Head which re-nourishes At a time when the economy is lise the government and deny So far at least Julia Gillard the tourist-drawcard beaches of the southern Gold Coast. vulnerable, the leader of the loyal Hawke any clear air in which has failed to get this message But that multi-million-dollar plan went awry as well when too to assert his authority. opposition is quite deliberately across due largely to the fact much sand ended up on Kirra, Coolangatta and Rainbow Bay beaches, making them more like a desert landscape and obliterat- And eventually the party putting in the boot. that, as Abbott keeps remind- ing the world-famous Kirra Point surf break. Both the state govern- succumbed; not because they ing us, before the election ments have battled with that thorny problem for years. Beach ero- particularly wanted Keating as she said there would not be a sion is mostly a natural part of the weather cycle and not a ‘natural leader, but because it was the by Mungo MacCallum carbon tax at all; her change disaster,’ as some like to call it in order to extract state funding. only way to end the impasse. of mind since has provoked a Sand replenishment worked temporarily earlier this year when Most leadership challenges backlash of resentment that council spent over half a million dollars to restore Kingscliff beach follow a similar path; Hawke’s the loss of untold thousands double in size in spite of the John Howard’s ‘non-core’ in time for the state surf lifesaving titles held there. It didn’t take own pursuit of Bill Hayden and of jobs and the bankrupting carbon tax. It, like the whole promises never did. long for all that sand to disappear and now Tweed ratepayers are John Howard’s relentless un- of the nation’s households – economy, will grow at a mar- And Abbott is stoking the wondering when the fi nancial bleeding will stop. dermining of Andrew Peacock Australia’s economy, indeed its ginally slower pace than it resentment and thriving on it, If beachfront cabins have had to be relocated away from the are obvious examples while entire way of life, reduced to might otherwise have. and brutally driving down the erosion zone, how much longer before the whole van park should Malcolm Turnbull’s more gen- a grim third-world socialism. And the same applies to jobs: economy in the process. be closed down? The park will cost ratepayers dearly if council tlemanly removal of Brendan And by doing so, he is in overall many more will be cre- Th ere used to be serious stric- continues to try to shore it up. Nelson would probably have grave danger of spruiking a ated, but not quite as many as tures on politicians who took There were no qualms years ago when council closed down the gone the same way if Nelson self-fulfilling prophecy, even without the tax. this road; the voters punished popular Border Park van park at the Jack Evans Harbour foreshore had not eff ectively given up. without the introduction of a Of course, there will be some them for what was seen as put- and Kingscliff locals and visitors would probably welcome the And Abbott’s own execution carbon tax or any other kind movement within and between ting their own political advan- beachfront used for passive open recreation. Why throw more of Turnbull was so speedy only of policy. industries, as there always has tage above that of their country, millions at it? Do we then move sand pumping operations further because his backers, led by the Consumer confidence is been; particularly in times of a stance akin to treason. south as erosion bites? Where will it all end? Unlike the Border Park ruthless Nick Minchin, made it plummeting and many invest- high employment, as we have Th at appears not to be hap- facility which was not aff ected by coastal erosion, the Kingscliff van clear that the alternative was a ment decisions are delayed, not now and can confi dently ex- pening to Abbott in the pre- park really does need closing down, instead of having more money civil war which would drag on because of fear of a carbon tax pect to continue, the Austral- sent case; his mendacious and wasted trying to save it. until they got their way. but because of the uncertainty ian work force is a mobile one. short-sighted demagoguery But the biggest joke on ratepayers is that council, as trustee of Seen from outside, these dis- induced by Abbott’s threat to But with or without a carbon is somehow more acceptable these parks, is pushing ahead with an unpopular van park proposal putes look petty, even child- repeal it. tax, the prospect has seldom to a jaded electorate than the further south at Cabarita: yes, right on the beachfront. Will they ish: the temper tantrums of a Th e housing sector is slip- been brighter. cause about which they were ever learn? spoiled child screaming: ‘It’s ping and retail sales are already And as for the cost of liv- so enthusiastic less than fi ve my toy and I can break it if I in the doldrums. ing: the predicted increase is years ago. Tweed Shire Echo want to.’ Obviously Abbott is not to 0.7 per cent, barely one quarter And if Abbott can indeed in- Publisher David Lovejoy Th ey were of serious, even blame for all of the slump; the of that imposed by the GST, duce suffi cient fear to force the Editor Luis Feliu life-threatening importance economic situation in Europe and for most people there will economy into recession, why, Advertising Manager Angela Cornell to the party, but had little ef- and the United States is con- Accounts Manager Simon Haslam be compensation even for that this may be just what he needs Production Manager Ziggi Browning fect on the lives of the general tributing to a worldwide reluc- small amount. to propel him into the Lodge. ¼/ iÊLÊvÊ>ÊiÜë>«iÀÊÃÊÌÊVvÀÌÊÌ iÊ>vyÊVÌi`Ê>`Ê>vyÊVÌ populace. tance to spend. 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6 July 21, 2011 Th e Tweed Shire Echo www.tweedecho.com.au Letters www.tweedecho.com.au Th e sky-is-falling-run-for-the-hills-we’re-all-ruined tax Q If you put money into an ac- But once I pushed beyond the know the extent of the icecaps. defeatist outlook, stemming So I applaud the ALP, the nesses pass on their costs. count to assist your future, it’s pain and stiff ness I discovered Th us we can work out the dif- from the distorted self-interest Greens and Independents for I was very pleased to hear called investing or saving. the joys of cycling again and ference in forcing between the of business as usual, combined the Carbon Tax and the plan Bob Brown last Saturday ad- If you borrow money to I encourage everybody who middle of the last ice age, when with the denialist ideologies for a comprehensive clean dressing a press conference buy a house to have future can to partake of this healthy the mean global temperature of their apologists. In fact we energy policy. The Gillard in Brisbane, applauding Julia residential security, it is a loan exercise. was five degrees cooler, and have everything we need, if we government has established Gillard for her great negotiat- but still seen as an investment Apart from the fi tness angle, the present extraglacial: 3.5 can inspire courage and gener- Australia, the highest per cap- ing skills and saying that she or a good choice of expendi- cycling is a great time to think. watts per square metre, due osity of spirit, to save our butts ita carbon-emitting country was a person who kept her ture. It clears the mind and connects to the reduced ice sheets, and by rapidly deploying a low car- in the developed world, as a word. The government has Yet how can spending us with nature. We cyclists are three watts due to greenhouse bon emission economy while much-needed international taken bold steps in the eff ort money on assisting the ef- also helping our ailing planet gases. Th us we can calculate creating fuller employment, leader in the eff ort to address to combat climate change in ficiency of the natural re- by not using nasty, smelly, pol- the climate sensitivity as fi ve and a safer and happier world. climate change. Our govern- the face of a contentious po- source that supplies us luting cars every time we want degrees per 6.5 watts or about Paul Taylor, PhD ment is embracing the car- litical environment and pow- everything be called a tax? to go out. three quarters of a degree per (emailed from Germany) bon-reduction plan as a way erful special interests. Th is is human stupidity at its Of course we are still breath- watt. A doubling of CO2 leads to stimulate the economy and As the world’s biggest ex- highest. Calling an invest- ing out that nasty carbon gas, to a climate forcing of four Q If we don’t get climate change keep Australia competitive. porter of coal, Australia is ment a cost is just plain idi- but I am working on that, aft er watts, so the sensitivity to a sorted, there really is no other It is designed to protect not lacking in well-funded otic. all we don’t want to add to the doubling of CO2 is three de- question that is going to be so consumers and ensure a climate deniers. For example, Th e climate changes every greenhouse eff ect by breath- grees. Th is is not theory, this overwhelming in terms of the smooth transition for in- the Institute of Public Aff airs, day; it’s not about climate ing out. Because I do not trust is empirical. confl icts, the struggle for re- dustry. Gillard’s proposal in- which is funded by major change, it’s about us using our AGW figures I am labelled Our civilisation developed sources, the climate refugees cludes targeted tax cuts and mining and oil companies in resources more effi ciently. a global warming denier. Yet I in the unusually stable climate and the wars, which will en- rebates for consumers drawn Australia, funds and enables When big business do this, have discovered the joys of the and sea level that has existed sue, as well as wondrous lo- from the revenue generated fringe climate change sceptics. they call it a capital invest- treadly, not those powered by since the last ice age, but we cal iconic areas like our Great by the carbon price, ensur- Sue Stock ment or research and devel- engines, but honest to good- have already increased CO2 by Barrier Reef under attack from ing that the average Austral- Nimbin opment investment because ness pedal power. 40 per cent since preindustrial increased ocean acidifi cation. ian does not suff er if busi- Q More letters on page 10 they know it will reap divi- I wonder how many of the times, and the earth is obvi- We have to face this new dends and profi ts. global warming alarmists are ously warming. In fact busi- reality. We need to stop mak- Carbon Tax, what crap, it’s using push-bikes instead of ness as usual is guaranteed to ing false choices. It’s not a Commonsense Community carbon-coughing horseless double CO2 and bring us three about whether we can aff ord Contribution. carriages. Well, to all global degrees, possibly substantially to deal with this because of Dave Burdon warming alarmists I have this more, of warming this century. the effect on the economy Insurance for you and your family Tweed Heads to say. On yer bike. So where is our climate because there won’t be any -JGFt*ODPNF1SPUFDUJPOt%JTBCJMJUZ Chris Degenhardt heading? Certainly not to an economy. We have already 8FDPNQBSFUIFGFBUVSFTBOESBUFTPGSFQVUBCMFDPNQBOJFT Q It’s ironic that Menkit Prince Murwillumbah ice age as claimed by Chris. gone so far beyond what the UPmOEUIFNPTUTVJUBCMFEFBMGPSZPV1MFBTFDPOUBDUVTGPSBGSFF (Letters, July 14) calls climate Th e net human-caused forcing overwhelming majority of DPOTVMUBUJPO BOFXQPMJDZPSUPJNQSPWFZPVSFYJTUJOHQPMJDZ science a ‘church’, given that Q In a June 30 letter Chris De- is already 1.5 watts per square scientists say (350 parts per 1300 889 657 inyourinterest.com.au genhardt covered the gamut metre, between 10 and 1,000 million) is a sustainable level her view is based on unsub- Christoph Schnelle Local stantiated dogma. She says, from supposed incomplete- times larger than variations in which Earth can continue "EW%JQ'4 '1 3FQ/P ‘yes, get rid of polluting coal ness of the second law of ther- in solar forcing or other natu- to produce food, water and a &1""DD-FWFM4.4'4QFDJBMJTU"EWJTPS Business and oil’ but then rubbishes the modynamics to ‘…there is a ral forcings. Over the entire healthy environment. *OWFTUNFOUt4VQFSt3FUJSFNFOUt*OTVSBODF very mechanism that will get growing body of scientifi c evi- surface the human-caused rid of them. By making pol- dence that the planet is moving increase in energy input to luters pay a price that increases into another ice age,’ and asked the earth is 750 terawatts, the t Accredited high quality care in a Northern Rivers home environment over time, our economy will ‘…why are so many key politi- equivalent of the heat release Family Day Care shift from fossil fuels to re- cians and multinational special from several major hurricanes t Supported by the largest scheme newables (because renewables interest groups indoctrinating running all year every year! in NSW will become comparatively us with the dire warning of Humans are now incontro- t Flexible hours cheaper). It won’t ‘make us all global warming?’ His answer: vertibly in control of the cli- poorer’ as she claims, because because ‘…these people stand mate, but scientists fear our t Childcare benefi t available we’re being compensated. to make huge profi ts from this control will be very short lived t Become a carer and work from Many of us will be better off . new economic opportunity.’ – as little as just the next few home They aren’t ‘taxing us for Huh? Guess he is not familiar years they warn! t Free training & fi nancial support exhaling’, they’re taxing a few with the humungous profits The past climate record provided large polluters for burning made by the banking and fossil shows that in a warmer world billions of tonnes of carbon. fuel industries that are actually additional feedbacks come Th is carbon has been excluded driving the disinformation. into play, such as release from the natural cycle for mil- From ice cores covering over of methane ice from below lions of years, and if we burn 500,000 years we know a lot, shallow seas that can kick in all of it, it’s unlikely our civili- including that the climate is runaway climate change com- TWEED 4 Park Street Tweed Heads sation will survive the ensuing very sensitive to small energy pletely beyond our ability to Phone 07 5536 1865 climate catastrophe. inputs (forcings). Transitions claw back. 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Over time ing capacity of a four degrees LAWN LOVERS With regards to ‘hot spots’ changes in snow and ice build warmer world this century is see http://sks.to/hotspot. up changed the amount of less than one billion people! Yasir Assam sunlight reflected back into So to answer Chris’s ques- Midginbil space. As the earth warms the tion: most climate scientists, oceans release CO2, which be- but a small minority of politi- Q I have discovered the joys of ing a greenhouse gas causes cians, are issuing dire warnings recycling. It happened when I the earth to retain more of the because… well… what’s com- turned 60 and lived 20 kilo- sun’s heat. From the ice cores ing in our children’s time is metres from town. I hadn’t we know the composition of dire. Is this gloom and doom? ridden a push-bike for years the atmosphere and the tem- No! Th is is reality! 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