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Well, it’s the last day of the school holidays and, like our Premier Morris Iemma who also disappeared from duty to be with his family, I’m baaaaaaaaaaaack!

The boys and I decided to finish the holidays “with a bang not a whimper”. Last night we added to the world’s greenhouse emissions by building an erupting volcano – a sort of sendup of whether carbon dioxide is manmade or natural! After being in the ABC’s audience for “The Great Global Warming Swindle”, which denies that global warming is caused by CO2, I decided that the greatest political act I could do for the world was to encourage my boys to love, respect and understand “real” science! I still feel disappointed that the ABC stooped so low as to become part of “The Swindle” – a programme which I wrote about on my 24th May blog. Continue reading →