by kapow | Apr 14, 2015 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
EASTER READING: FISH AND THE SYSTEM What did you read over Easter? I found myself absorbed in two books, one dealing with our endangered oceans, the other with why governments fail to deliver on their promises. And yes I found a connection! As a Christmas present, I...
by kapow | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
NATURAL DISASTER REPORT OF THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION Brisbane floods, 2011 On 17 December, 2014, the Productivity Commission (PC) presented its must read, final report on Natural Disaster Funding Arrangements (Report No. 74) [Vol 1 & Vol 2] to the Australian...
by kapow | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
BATTLES FOR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF The Great Barrier Reef (photo source: cairns-greatbarrierreef.org.au) Many have written about the fate of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) past and present. A consensus is emerging of a bleak future, a future fraught with impacts of...
by kapow | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Miscellaneous
My Happy Beach is Bondi Bondi from the north end looking down the beach back toward the Bondi Hotel. Photo circa 1924 My father was a Manly boy, but mother came from Bondi. Fortunately for me they made a wise choice and moved to the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. This...
by kapow | Mar 17, 2015 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Coastal Dune Weeds Photo source: South West Dune Care Weeds represent a major impost on our agricultural economy. Up until 1997 in NSW environmental weeds were not rated as significant enough to receive a formal listing. However, some strong lobbying by scientists in...
by kapow | Mar 17, 2015 | Blog, Water
COASTAL TRAPPED WAVES Bass Strait Coastal Trapped Waves model (source: ASR) I was alerted this week by on-the-ball Phil Watson, Principal Coastal Specialist, at NSW Government Office Environment and Heritage, to a “unusual tidal phenomenon”. Phil had spoken to Gary...