John McRobert

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Barry Spurr |Roger Franklin |Gabriël Moens |John McRobert

The literal-minded obsession with laity participation and a dumbed-down misunderstanding of what people are capable of appreciating have had a destructive impactMar 29 202515 minsLegacy media is billing the Opposition leader as a nasty clone of the US President, who at the same time is supposedly turning into Xi. One thing, though, is certain.

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Roger Franklin |Barry Spurr |Gabriël Moens |John McRobert

The literal-minded obsession with laity participation and a dumbed-down misunderstanding of what people are capable of appreciating have had a destructive impactMar 29 202515 minsLegacy media is billing the Opposition leader as a nasty clone of the US President, who at the same time is supposedly turning into Xi. One thing, though, is certain.

Jan 15, 2025 | spectator.com.au | Gabriël Moens |John McRobert

A cover story in The Economist, entitled, The coming food catastrophe, compiled sobering facts regarding worldwide food production and distribution. The story described how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was an attack on the food-bowl of Europe. As this dreadful war drags on, the predictions of this story, written over two years ago, manifest themselves today.

Aug 21, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Gabriël Moens |John McRobert

As we approach Spring, there is a heightened chance that wildfires might develop across Australia. The perennial question as to whether the traditional firefighting methods, such as back burning and ‘cool fire’ hazard reduction, are effective and sufficient to prevent conflagrations, will soon resurface in the press. Curiously, the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements established after the disastrous 2019-20 Summer bushfires did not directly address this question.

Jul 8, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Gabriël Moens |John McRobert

One of the great aberrations of the executive state is the obstinacy, determination, and poll-driven enthusiasm with which governments (both Labor and Coalition) promote the Net Zero fantasy demanded by the Paris Agreement of 2015 – a toothless tiger as there are no penalties for non-compliance. This is a monstrous aberration because there is incontrovertible evidence that carbon dioxide, CO2, does not have a perceptible effect on the Earth’s temperature.