Where is the Ministry for Science?

[i-need-a-martini]

What about Innovation? Research? Ageing?

Or even Tourism?

And how come Arts gets lumbered in with the Attorney Generals busy portfolio?

Yet Border Protection gets it's own ministry rather than falling under the obvious category of Defence. An entire ministry for a handful of people that apparently aren't going to be coming here anymore?

[*ibis]

tony abbott doesn't believe that  the climate changes?

i find that hard to believe

[izabsmiling]

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@*ibis wrote:

tony abbott doesn't believe that  the climate changes?

i find that hard to believe

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me too 

Tony Abbott will doom future generations if he ditches carbon tax

Date September 18, 2013 David Suzuki  

I would have thought Australia would be leading the world in developing a new economy because climate change is going to devastate Australia.

Instead, mining magnates are manipulating the debate in Australia just like they are doing elsewhere. Like the tobacco industry before them, they have known for years that climate change is happening and that burning fossil fuels is at the heart of it. But to maximise their profits they have continued to sow misunderstanding and confusion, funding the sceptics to perpetrate the myth that global warming is junk science.

They should be ignored because there is no confusion in the scientific community about what's happening to our planet and what the future holds unless we change the way we live.

A carbon tax is just one small step to encourage companies and individuals to reduce dumping rubbish into the atmosphere.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/comment/tony-abbott-will-doom-future-generations-if-he-ditches-carbon-tax-2...

[*ibis]

wow after reading all that left wing propaganda i still didnt see where tony abbott denies the climate changes

where was it at?

[izabsmiling]

Ibis,this is a well known Quote from Tony Abbott:  'Climate change is absolute **bleep**'

did you hear this quote from Tony Abbott  ?

'If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax.’

ha ha

TONY ABBOTT DEFENDS NOT HAVING 'BULLETPROOF' CLIMATE CHANGE AND BROADBAND POLICIES COSTED

By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths, ABCUpdated September 5, 2013, 12:02 pm

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has defended the Coalition's decision not to have two of its major policies independently costed, saying the measures are "bulletproof".

The Coalition will release the details of a final $10 billion in budget cuts and more policy costings this afternoon, after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's National Press Club address, and barely a day-and-a-half before polls open on Saturday.

But Mr Abbott has confirmed that neither his Direct Action climate change policy nor the Coalition's broadband plan have been reassessed independently in recent months.

He says neither of them needs to be.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/full-coverage/18791794/tony-abbott-defends-not-having-bullet...

the science doesn't matter 

[izabsmiling]

Our new PM may need to watch his language.. else need it edited by the look of things .

[**meep**]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

Ibis,this is a well known Quote from Tony Abbott:  'Climate change is absolute **bleep**'

did you hear this quote from Tony Abbott  ?

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Here, Iza, fixed that for you:

"The argument [behind climate change] is absolute xxxx.  However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger."

[izabsmiling]

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@*ibis wrote:

wow after reading all that left wing propaganda i still didnt see where tony abbott denies the climate changes

where was it at?

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are you calling science left wing propaganda ?

this is David Suzuki ...the Author of the article you refer to as 'left wing propaganda' by way of you negating science

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Suzuki

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@**meep** wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

Ibis,this is a well known Quote from Tony Abbott:  'Climate change is absolute **bleep**'

did you hear this quote from Tony Abbott  ?

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Here, Iza, fixed that for you:

"The argument [behind climate change] is absolute xxxx.  However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger."

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It's tough when science conflicts with Political messages ....and the interests of big businesses

[**meep**]

you're welcome

[izabsmiling]

Meep, this women is smiling the most at the moment.Climate change is *bleep* indeed....

She keeps to herself but here’s what we do know: she is Australia’s richest person with an estimated wealth of almost $20 billion (a more recent BRW estimate puts that at $16 billion, depending on iron prices) and if her worth continues to skyrocket at millions of dollars a day as it is said to, she may well be the richest person in the world in the very near future. There’s even talk of breaking through the $100 billion barrier, though that appears to be a guess at best.

Gina Rinehart , Mining Magnate