1. 19:23 4th Mar 2011

    Notes: 17

    Tags: Senator Scott LudlamestimateslulzClive Palmerclimate change

    Scott Ludlam brings the truth lulz

    Dr Ayers—I am happy for Professor Plimer to write to me. 

    Senator Ian Macdonald—No, it needs to be done here. This is the trouble. The chair has allowed this to happen. This is going to go on forever now. 

    Senator SIEWERT—You were allowed table that letter last time. 

    Senator Ian Macdonald—But that is tabling. I agree with that. He should have been able to table a reply. I agree with that. Professor Plimer will not be able to come and talk to the committee. 

    Senator LUDLAM—He can publish another work of science fiction

    Transcript from Australian Senate Hansard [1.04MB pdf], Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Estimates.

    This came after a reply by Dr Greg Ayers (starts on page EC 100 of the linked pdf), Director of Meteorology at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, to a letter from Cardinal George Pell. Essentially Dr Ayers smacked down George Pell’s letter, that included many assertions from Clive Palmer’s book, by pointing to many examples of how unscientific Palmer’s book is.

    Combined with the interruptions from coalition senators such as Senator Macdonald, all up it makes for great Estimates reading.

    h/t to John Quiggin

     

  2. 08:05 23rd Feb 2011

    Notes: 22

    Tags: Senator Scott LudlamAustraliaGreensestimatespolitics

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    He’s always such a pleasure at Senate estimates. Especially when he follows up those silly Liberal Senators who obviously never paid attention to the processes when they were in government, who still haven’t worked out how to make the most of their opportunities, and who too often seek to push their own narrow ideological barrow rather than look for quality policy outcomes.

    He’s always such a pleasure at Senate estimates. Especially when he follows up those silly Liberal Senators who obviously never paid attention to the processes when they were in government, who still haven’t worked out how to make the most of their opportunities, and who too often seek to push their own narrow ideological barrow rather than look for quality policy outcomes.

     

  3. 11:13 18th Oct 2010

    Tags: Estimates

    This morning in senate estimates (environment and communications) Ron Boswell (Nat, QLD) kicked off his questions by asking the public servants before him if they had done any scientific research into why countries like China were’t bringing in strict carbon reduction mechanisms. Or something like that. Somehow the public servants managed to answer his questions. I have no idea how. 

    This morning in senate estimates (environment and communications) Ron Boswell (Nat, QLD) kicked off his questions by asking the public servants before him if they had done any scientific research into why countries like China were’t bringing in strict carbon reduction mechanisms. Or something like that. Somehow the public servants managed to answer his questions. I have no idea how.