The ocean is the provider, protector and defender of the environment and all life on Earth.
This role for the ocean comes at a great cost, not only to the ocean itself and all marine life, but to all life on Earth. Since humans started living in villages, towns and then cities, the ocean has been taken for granted. With the start human industrialisation, neglect of the ocean gradually changed to abuse and disrespect by humans.
It is past time to acknowledge the critical role and life-giving force of the ocean as we are close to a pivotal stage where unless the errors made by humans are repaired by humans the tipping point will be reached, and from that point there is no going back.

If you're a proponent of clean, renewable energy and combating climate change, you should despair about Dutton's lack of policy, or even interest, in our environment. You should also be a little disappointed in Albanese's efforts so far.
The Labor Party and the Liberal-National Party Coalition have alternatively dominated Australian politics for decades. They've become lethargic, out-of-touch and non-progressive.
Is it time to dismantle the two-party system?

Australia is seeking alternative power sources for the fossil fuels coal, gas and oil to help reduce greenhouse emissions and arrest global warming from climate change.
The conservative Coalition parties plan to build a nuclear power industry in Australia as an alternative power source, should they win the forthcoming election.
The Coalition has focused all attention on costs and alleged savings – there is so many more portentous issues to consider than those.

Date Published 3 April 2025 Author: Robert Watson AUSTRALIA'S DISAPPEARING SOVEREIGN WEALTH Convoluted and puzzling royalty and taxation laws for natural resources; thoughtless and often inept management by government; and the power allowed to the resource corporations has resulted in the loss of many tens of billions of dollars to the Australian people. The opportunity to maximise our wealth from the fossil fuel era is almost over – let’s not make the same mistakes in the future. A BRIEF LOOK AT A PAST BIG [CLICK TO READ MORE]

10 January 2025 | Author: Robert Watson

If you believe scientists and environment engineers over business people in boardrooms and their ever-voracious shareholders, then stopping Woodside's proposal to drill dirty gas wells at Scott Reef and pump waste CO2 under the reef is an absolute no-brainer.

The gas that could be extracted from the 50 or more Woodside gas wells would be processed onshore on the north-west Kimberley coast of WA, then shipped overseas with very little benefit to the Australian people not holding Woodside shares.

28 September 2024 | Author: Robert Watson

Opposition leader Dutton has ramped-up the climate deniers campaign with an ill-conceived, hasty and ridiculous plan to try and convince Australia that “next generation nuclear power is the only feasible and proven technology that can firm-up renewables and help us achieve our goals of clean, cost effective and consistent power – it is safe and has zero emissions”.

His words, not mine. Dutton's many omissions in his presentation say more about this strategy than do his meaningless words.

15 September 2024 | Author: Robert Watson

Dutton’s coalition last week vowed to ramp up fossil fuel mining, abandon Australia’s carbon reduction commitments, slashing the influence of environmental groups and limiting the ability of third party challenges to mining projects that would give free reign to a group of already privileged coal miners. Meanwhile, the Albanese government “talks the talk” but is unable or unwilling to “walk the walk” on replacing dirty coal and gas with clean renewables.
Australia risks being seen as a pariah in a world that wants to be clean. As our coal export markets close down over the next few years our export income will fall and Australia will be left wondering why we didn’t act sooner.

3rd July 2024
Author: Robert Watson

Are democratic institutions strong enough and brave enough to achieve meaningful emissions reductions and alleviate global warming?

Perhaps it’s time to turn to ancient Greece to find solutions to the developing climate change predicament ...