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- Judgement Day will Come 2 January 2020I see the fires’s dull dangerous glowIt flickers like the anger in my soulA burning rage at the failed leadersThe tentacles of grief grasp our heartsFor the destruction of our olive landLike the wreathes of smoke curling upEach fire the... Continue Reading →Chris Harris
- Like Lemmings to a Cliff – The Media; Climate 17 November 2019As the political temperature over climate and fires has risen this week, the media has rushed to apportion blame for both fires and the rising crescendo of outrage at the inaction of conservative (and some Labor) governments across Australia –... Continue Reading →Chris Harris
- Murder by any other name – When will we start calling climate science denying politicians what they are: murderers!! 10 September 2019The Bahamas. This is not an accident (Photo Our News Travis Carroll) Are Scott Morrison, Donald Trump, Bolsonaro, Boris Johnson and a myriad other leaders, former leaders (Abbott), and ministers (Proudfoot, Taylor etc) murderers? In my book, yes. When you... Continue Reading →Chris Harris
- Looking for Napoleon – inside the French mind 25 March 2018From these small misunderstandings history is made. The 100 years war. Waterloo. Nuclear testing in the Pacific. The Wogs begin at Calais. La Perfide Albion (Albion being an old name for England). Even today many French people view the English as being perfidious and Brexit does little to change that.Chris Harris
- Why I hate Australia (and why it’s not even a place)! 26 January 2018Most people think of Australia as a place. But I don’t. You know. “Where are you from?” Australia. But Australia is not a place, it’s simply an idea. A concept. A set values. We may think of Australia as tangible.... Continue Reading →Chris Harris
- Rape, bullying, harassment, unfair dismissal – you reap what you sow. 24 December 2017The story (How the Greens failed me over rape) in the Saturday Paper this month (December 23, 2017), sad as it is, comes as no surprise to many in the Greens. The Greens like all institutions is, sadly, just as... Continue Reading →Chris Harris
- Welcome to the “Emperor’s Clothes” 17 December 2017Welcome to The Emperor’s Clothes, a blog about politics, social issues and campaigns. Below here you can find the entire collection of posts on this blog, with the latest ones at the top. I’d love you to comment or feedback... Continue Reading →Chris Harris
- Environmental Anecdotes (Episode 5). The Franklin: One Chair Down 12 December 2017The chair lay smashed in tiny pieces on the floor. I'm not certain how many times I had smashed it against the filing cabinet. It was the cabinet in which we kept the Pedder files (on Lake Pedder). Fortunately this was before the age of the church's descent in to child abuse infamy since, if […]Chris Harris
- Environmental Anecdotes (Episode 4) The Franklin: A Federal Government Wedding Team from the SMH 11 December 2017THIS IS NOT A HISTORICAL RECORD. AS PER TRUMPIAN LOGIC, NO APOLOGIES MADE FOR ERRORS, EXAGGERATION, OMISSIONS, BAD TASTE OR MISREPRESENTATIONS. The call came to Bob Brown’s office at the Davey St head office of the Wilderness Society (TWS). Or... Continue Reading →Chris Harris
- Environmental Anecdotes (Episode 3) The Franklin Campaign: The Leaker – they came in the Dead of Night. 11 December 2017THIS IS NOT A HISTORICAL RECORD. AS PER TRUMPIAN LOGIC, NO APOLOGIES MADE FOR ERRORS, EXAGGERATION, OMISSIONS, BAD TASTE OR MISREPRESENTATIONS. The call came from Canberra. I’d spent a year there as “National Liaison Officer†(NLO) for the Wilderness Society... Continue Reading →Chris Harris
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