Our Founding Members
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Our Founding Members The members of the Saltbush Club are patriotic informed Australians with wide experience in industry, engineering, science, mining, agriculture, business, economics, meteorology, government, public service, environmental care, research, media and politics. They include graduates from top academic Universities and from the “University of Life”. They are independent thinkers with few corporate ties but with sufficient scientific knowledge and life experience to question political fads and slogans. They share a concern that the misguided war on hydro-carbon fuels will do even more harm than it has done already to our economy, our prosperity and our security, thus causing widespread damage to consumers, businesses and employment in Australia. And they are anxious to do something about it. The Founding Members of the Saltbush Club are shown below in alphabetic order. There are 313 of them now with more in the pipeline awaiting biographical details. There are also 33 International Members. In addition to this list, we have over 335 Supporting Members who have joined more recently and are prepared to have their names made public. Unfortunately, there is also a continuing trickle of members suffering threats to their business, employment or children once their membership of Saltbush becomes known in some circles. At their own request, these members are removed from the public lists and moved to the “Silent List”. This shows that Saltbush is feared and also shows how intolerant our opposition has become. This long list of “silent members” support Saltbush concerns, but fear adverse consequences for their jobs or businesses should their names be revealed. We have an even longer list of people on our mail lists who also prefer anonymity. Page 1 of 184 * * * * * Aziz I Adam Aziz began his career as a sedimentary field geologist, doing geological mapping and drill- hole logging with statutory geological survey organisations. This work helped reveal a huge coal deposit; He switched to academia as an Assistant Professor. Specialising in Palynology he received a PhD from the University of Sheffield. His work shifted the boundary of a major geological group (in the cradle of Stratigraphy). He switched back to industry mid-life working for a consulting firm, in gold mining, plus stints at the Geological Survey of WA and Curtin University Department of Geology. His published work has found its place in an International Treatise compiled in the USA. “Climatology was a part of my degree courses which is why its ignorant media beat- up in the 80s irritated me. John Daly's 1989 book The Greenhouse Trap, probably the first book by a so-called climate sceptic/denier, confirmed my concerns were not misplaced. My first opportunity to read an IPCC Assessment Report (4th in 2007) came in 2008 through forced inactivity during an illness. Shocked, I thought media did not read it or didn't get it, so I wrote an article highlighting the misconceptions and fabrications. But no one would publish it. I then realised the problem was much more deep-seated. It is, and few have yet fathomed it.” Published book: New Emperors’ Novel Clothes: Climate Change Analysed (2013); www.connorcourt.com * * * * * Dr. Wes Allen MBBS (Qld. 1969), FRACGP (1975), Grad. Dip Phys Med (Sydney 1998). Wes is a GP on the Gold Coast and a company director. Wes pioneered predictive medicine in the 1970s, publishing papers in the Medical Journal of Australia and the Australian Family Physician, and some forensic science studies in the 1980s, resulting in the overturning of wrongful convictions. After taking a keen interest in climate change in 2006, and researching the science, he contributed letters and opinion articles for “Australian Doctor” and “Medical Observer”. His article: “Climate Change: the Science, Spin and Politics”, was distributed to all Coalition colleagues just prior to Malcolm Turnbull losing the leadership of the Liberal Party. In 2011, he authored “The Weather Makers Re-Examined”, a comprehensive critique of Tim Flannery’s best seller. Dr Vincent Gray, an IPCC Reviewer, described it as ‘the most knowledgeable and comprehensive indictment of the global warming bandwagon.’ Page 2 of 184 He has since critiqued other books and articles across the climate change spectrum, including the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change. He recently prepared a 68p White Paper on Climate Change and Health for the CO2 Coalition and in October 2018 attended its official launch in Washington DC. * * * * * Don Andersen Don began working life as a primary school teacher in Queensland, joined the RAAF as an administrative officer, and then managed a busy service station with a mechanical workshop (21 yrs.). Later he began writing computer programs and finished work for Australia Post in application and system support. “I am sceptical about everything, but a super sceptic about AGW and the power of the magic molecule. I have been telling family and friends, contributing to blogs, forums and email groups for a very long time. I've lost some friends but some are now staunch sceptics, even in the face of the barrage of media reports 'proving' the story. “I have corresponded with scientists on both sides of the debate.” * * * * * Tim Andrews Tim holds a Bachelor of Economics, a Bachelor of Laws, and a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Sydney, where, during his studies, he was also Federal President of the Australian Liberal Students' Federation. He is the Founder & Executive Director of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, Australia's largest grassroots free market advocacy organisation with over 75,000 members nationally. He is also Director of the HR Nicholls Society, a member of the UK Taxpayers Alliance Advisory Council, and a member of The Commonwealth Freedom of Movement Organisation Advisory Board. * * * * * David Archibald An oil geologist by background, David has been retained as an expert witness in petroleum geology and hot strip mills in steelworks in the Supreme Court of NSW. In climate science he has published books and papers and lectured in both the US Senate and Congressional hearing rooms. He has done much research into the data and trends in solar cycles and modern global temperatures: https://wentworthreport.com/further-to-the-uah-lower-temperature-bound/ Page 3 of 184 Other books include one on the role of phyto-estrogens in modulating the human female hormone system, geo-strategy and defence and fighter aircraft. One of his current research interests is cancer in which he has contracted Curtin University to conduct in vitro work. * * * * * Ian Archibald BA, LLB Ian comes from a rural background and has practised as a solicitor for 20 years and as a barrister in Sydney for 17 years. “I am not persuaded by the “science” concerning anthropogenic climate change or of the measures proffered by the IPCC to reduce it.” * * * * * Helen Armstrong Helen grew up on a cattle station south of Alice Springs – her grandparents owned and managed the Aileron Hotel north of Alice. She and her husband John now manage a cattle station south of Katherine in the NT and they run about 7,000 cattle for the live export trade. Helen was a Nuffield Scholar and also Australian Rural Leadership Program alumni. She has been very active in supporting her industry: Chairman Alice Springs Pastoral Industry Advisory Committee Chairman Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association Alice Springs Branch Member North Australian Beef Research Advisory Council President and later Secretary Sturt Plateau Best Practice Group Director Rangelands Australia She is currently a Committee member Katherine Pastoral Industry Advisory Group. “I exhausted myself fighting every day for the reinstatement of the Live-export industry after Ludwig shut it down. It was like shouting in an echo chamber. “I do not hold carbon dioxide to be a bad thing; it feed plants that feed the world. “We could completely depopulate Australia, including all the puppies and kittens, and make not one whit of difference to the carbon-dioxide levels in the world – as China powers past us on to her coal-fired future. “The virtue signalling from rich people over a climate program that only results in increased taxes on poor people is criminal. Rich people don't have to freeze in winter or swelter in summer due to the spiralling cost of power. But it is ok for the poor to suffer. Page 4 of 184 “The UN climate program was always about redistributing wealth. We should walk away from the Paris agreement. “If renewables are so cheap, why do they need subsidies? With the subsidies comes a whole gravy-train of parasitic trough feeders.” * * * * * Mara Ashmore BA Mara has worked in International Freight and is now a self-funded retiree. “In the 4.5 billion years since planet earth came into being, it has changed from a gaseous hunk of volcanic molten rock with temperatures around 1900°C, to the lush and temperate planet of today. Do I believe in climate change, of course? Do I think that human or any other form of animal or plant life has anything to do with it, definitely not? In ancient times, the Greeks used to say that they whom the gods wish to destroy, they first send mad. It really is time for those of us who have managed to retain our sanity to start to fight back.” * * * * * Prof Michael Asten Michael is a Professor (Retired) and ongoing Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne. He is a past-President of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and served a recent three-year term as the Australian Geoscience Council representative on the Australian Academy of Sciences UNCOVER Committee. He has published 186 scientific papers. He has developed passive seismic (micro-tremor) methods for 15 years, developing applications for earthquake hazard, and regolith characterization.