Archive for year: 2020

Gaslighting
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
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
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?
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?
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
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
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
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
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
Professor Will Steffen draws attention to the concept of a ‘carbon budget’ to guide carbon emissions control action in Australia and elsewhere.