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ENVIRONMENT: “Real truths” DONALD Trump’s presidency redefined the meaning of the word “fact”, at least for the 75 million Americans who voted for him at the last election. About 75 per cent of Republican voters apparently still believe in the “fact” that Joe Biden stole the election, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. A true fact under Trump had become whatever story he chose to tell. The internet and associated social media provide platforms on which just about anyone can create a plausible story and present it as a fact, which can end up being widely believed and ...

By John Newbery | 14 May 2021 Pompano at the Bribie Island research centre in their purpose-built recirculating aquaculture system with CSIRO staff. Image: CSIRO THE CSIRO has launched its "White flesh fish project", which aims to identify more farmed fish species that can produce sustainable, affordable white fleshed fish for Australian consumers. Most current farmed white fleshed fish is either barramundi or yellowtail kingfish. Over the years, cobia, mahi mahi, mangrove jack, snapper and mulloway have all been trialled by aquaculture researchers and producers, but the CSIRO's current fav...

ENVIRONMENT: The latest on orange roughy By John Newbery | 12 May 2021 Orange roughy. Image: FRDC LAST August we published a piece looking at attempts by a section of the commercial fishing industry to obtain Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for the orange roughy fishery off eastern Tasmania. If the MSC certifies a fishery as “sustainable”, major retail players who are now attuned to environmental sensitivities in their customer bases are more likely to stock the product, so there’s a lot to play for. We noted that both the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Australian Ma...

ENVIRONMENT: Pragmatism vs policy Has pragmatic politicking replaced sound policy decision making? IN a victory for the pragmatic politicking which seems to have replaced sound policy decision making in much of the country these days, NSW Environment Minster Matt Kean had to knock over his own pick Malcolm Turnbull as chair of the Net Zero Emissions and Clean Energy Board before he’d even started. Did Turnbull lack qualifications for the role? Not at all. But he’s seen as anti-coal mining and with an Upper Hunter byelection looming the good old Coalition political pragmatism prevailed. R...

– Ronald Reagan   June 27 1778 – The Liberty Bell is returned to Philadelphia from Northampton Town (now Allentown) where it is hidden until after the British depart following the Revolutionary War. 1833 – Prudence Crandall, a white woman, is arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury, Connecticut. 1893 – The New York stock market crashes. By the end of the year 600 banks and 74 railroads have gone out of business. This is why the period of time following the stock market crash of 1929 is called the “Great” Depression. 1922 – The first Newbery Medal for ...