Archive for year: 2020
Gaslighting
9 March 2020
It’s everywhere, a bit like COVID-19. The latest Dixie Chicks album and lead song is entitled ‘Gaslighter’. It seems to…
On the water with Flotsam and Jetsam
6 March 2020
Flotsam and Jetsam were invited by Fremantle Port Authority to be interviewed whilst on the pilot boat. We were interviewed (and filmed) about our love of the Port and about the upcoming ‘Paint the Port’ event which is happening on the 14th March at Victoria Quay.
Paint The Port
6 March 2020
Or photograph it! Fremantle Ports, otherwise known as the Port Authority, is sponsoring a Big Day Out at Victoria Quay…
COVID-19, China & Some Bad ($US50 billion) News?
6 March 2020
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has just estimated, on 4 March 2020, in Geneva, that the…
COVID-19, Shipping & China – Some Good News?
6 March 2020
CMA CGM, one of the biggies in the container transport and shipping world - usually ranked fourth behind Maersk Line,…
Vital Signs: a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050
6 March 2020
Every January Larry Fink, the head of the world’s largest funds manager, BlackRock, sends a letter to the chief executives…
Audio Interview with Bourby Webster
3 March 2020
We don’t think Bourby Webster will mind if we say she is a driven woman. After all, she’s not one, but many things: a violist, an entrepreneur, an educator, a presenter, and a producer.
Friday on my mind – Vaudeville, COVID-19, Highway To Hell
3 March 2020
So, I’m thinking it’s time to ‘throw the switch to vaudeville’, as the anything-but-People’s PM Paul Keating more than occasionally…
Ocean Shearer – Some Facts & Stats
2 March 2020
This livestock carrier is in Port just now. Interestingly, she’s tied up on the Victoria Quay side. Perhaps because of…
Labor’s climate policy is too little, too late. We must run faster to win the race
28 February 2020
Professor Will Steffen draws attention to the concept of a ‘carbon budget’ to guide carbon emissions control action in Australia and elsewhere.









