australian

The truth is out there... March 21, 2007 ...and proud sceptic Martin Hadley says it has nothing to do with the paranormal. He talks to Charles Purcell from a scientific viewpoint. More ... http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2007/03/talk_to_me_1.html

Here is the mp3. After my interview there are some callers with strange ideas. http://tinyurl.com/ym58xg

A few pics from a great convention, held in Melbourne. We have Loretta 'Jelly Bean Lady' Marron with Ratbag Bowditch and Richard Saunders Ratbag Bowditch, Ian Bryce and Richard Saunders The Bend Spoon Kiless with a Stop Syliva Brown Shirt Convention Interviews on the TANK podcast soon.

Hi all I notice that there are a lot of new skeptical groups springing up around the world. If you are the founder or president or leader of such a group, please write to Barry Williams of Australian Skeptics, introduce yourself and request a Great Skeptic CD and Water Divining DVD (it's PAL...

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1768887.htm He's just waiting for the US to say when, then he's going. That means he has to cover his ground now, because there's no way Australia will be staying on by itself when it's no longer "Mission Accomplished".

Ian Bryce from Australian Skeptics looks at a Water Polariser. Classic video from the 1980s. You can hear a talk with Ian on the 'Tank' podcast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0V638_z4_8

Dr Peter Slezak Science: Good, Bad and Bogus 10 June 2006 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4244448077961192227

Here is a show I edited for Ch.31 here in Sydney in 2003. It's an interview with 3 members of Australian Skeptics. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=817312004468637412 Coming VERY soon, another amazing James Randi video......

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=96953 Sad Day....Sad circumstances. I had a similar thing happen in my old unit, it is (unfortunately) all to common.

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1568867.htm

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ministers-sealevel-view-lands-him-in-hot-water/2006/01/06/1136387625760.html The politicians should be listening to the scientists, I think.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/11/08/1131407639657.html I hope that if he is not the first person charged under his new anti-terrorism laws, he be nearly the first. He is a self serving creep, who never misses an opportunity to seize a chance to boost himself. That is the habit of...

Move over George, you have serious competition here. http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/wa/bunbury/200411/s1251642.htm What the story doesn't say is exactly how it happened. They were in the dark, looking for pests that were attacking their crops. They stopped to fix some equipment that...

Honestly, what sort of people do you Bushies associate with? If it's not France wanting to sell missiles to China, it's Australia wanting to sell them uranium. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1433833.htm

Here is my effort from today, talking about Allison Dubois. http://www.mysteryinvestigators.com/files/Richard_2ue_Aug_05.mp3 or http://tinyurl.com/8a59a

I wasn't sure where to put this one, so I decided this section might work. Primarily, it has to do with a well-respected Aussie naval architect, and copyright and royalty laws down under. You might not have heard of R. Bruce Roberts Goodson, but he's one of several designers who draws up...

"Intelligent Design" an Option: Nelson Dr Brendan Nelson is the Minister for Education Science and Training. (Yes, SCIENCE). I think somebody should ask Mr Nelson exactly what the "Theory of Intelligent Design" is. In fact I think several people should ask him. Persons thinking that this...

NEW Everything from the first ten years of 'the Skeptic' is now available in the archives (pdf). The first five years are all in one book, and the second five years comes as a collection of books about different topic areas. http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/index.html :D

2005 Convention Information AUSTRALIAN SKEPTICS NATIONAL CONVENTION 2005 August 13th – 14th Bond University, University Drive, Robina, Gold Coast Qld Each day six or seven speakers will give presentations on topics and issues relating to health, science, education, critical thinking and...

I've put a bunch of videos from the 2004 convention in a share dir for eDonkey and WinMx. Just do a search on 'austskeptics'. Let me know if it works!

Phil's a great guy. We just spent the morning running about Sydney and seeing the sights. Here's Phil's first radio interview, made this morning. http://www.users.on.net/~ct/skeptic/Phil_Plait_702_01.wma :D

I was just on Radio here in Sydney. Thanks to Lynne Kelly for giving me great ideas, you'll hear some of them in the interview. Here it is in mp3 format: http://www.users.on.net/~ct/skeptic/2ue/ look for 2ue_Aug_04_part_03.mp3 :D

You be the judge Well, folks, which is it? Is the opposition a plagarist patsy, or is the government a preening prima donna? No shades of gray here, folks, it's pure bi-polar debate all the way! Unless you vote for something else.

http://www.users.on.net/skeptic/skeptic/nsw/ Sydney Dinner meeting with Helen Vnuk Price: $35.00 Helen Vnuk, skeptic and author of "Snatched: Sex and Censorship in Australia", published by Random House. Helen's talk at the Chatswood Club, Help St. Chatswood; Sex and censorship in Australia...