b'10 OCTOBER 21, 2022 The Great Eastern MailopinionDear Editor, activities are responsible forFloods and droughts are nothing newRe: the September 23, 2022huge quantities of carbon Edition of The GEM paper,dioxide being released into article titled Ruled by Foolsthe atmosphere. These bigTHERE is nothing unusualgranaries were looted,massive weather cycles arelocated there. In those areas on p7 I am writing to you tobusinesses spend HUGEabout todays floods, fires,dynasties fell, cannibalismpossibly generated by pools ofcouncils should paint flood express concern in relation toamounts of money to ensuredroughts, homelessness andbecame common and peoplewarm oceanic water (drivenmarks on power poles and the above article written bythat they will continuehungerthey have alwaysate roots, bark and carrion.by sub-sea volcanism.)sellers should be obliged Viv Forbes of The Salt Bushto make money despitebeen part of the humanThe first Europeans toWhen the warm pools areto reveal what they know Club. The article, althoughthe harm it causes to ourstory. But satellite technologyexplore Australia recordedin the western Pacific, theyabout the flood history of shown in the Opinionplanet. The Koch brothersallows us to track them bettersmoke from hundreds ofgenerate floods for Australiathat property. And councils column contains blatantalone contributed almostand our world-wide mediasmall bush-fires, and notedand droughts in the Americas.must not approve new misinformation. The Salt Bush$900,000,000 to the campaignrevels in disaster-reporting,the beautiful grasslands andWhen they are near Peru,developments that increase Club are based in Sydney soto have Donald Trumpbringing tearfully tragicopen forests created by earlierAustralia can expect droughts.flood risks for others.this is not local opinion, and aelected. scenes into every living room,fires. Observant ones alsoSimilar weather cyclesBut flood-plain dwellers quick look at their FacebookOn P2 of the GEM I haveevery night.noted with awe the nests ofoperate in the Indian Ocean. and their insurers (not tax page shows the followingnoticed that you have aPopulation growth meansflood rubbish caught high upThe best practical way topayers) should bear the comment on a post MissingPublishers Note that statesthat more people are affectedin big gum trees.cope with the future floodscosts of occasional floods or Context. that the views and opinionsby weather extremes, butThe 1812 -1820 El Ninoand droughts is to build moredroughts. If you like the river Independent fact-checkersexpressed by advertisers inthere is no evidence thatdroughts caused wars anddams, or raise dam walls. Butviews and fertile alluvial soils, say that this informationthis publication are thosefloods and droughts aremigrations in Africa and theAustralia is not doing thisyou must accept the full cost could mislead people.of the advertiser and do notgetting worse. 1844/46 El Nino drought ALP/Green governmentsand inconvenience of the Unfortunately many peoplenecessarily reflect that of theWritten flood records gochanged the history ofare ensuring even worseoccasional flood.reading the GEM mistake itpublisher or its policies. Thisback to biblical times andAustralia. Gregory Blaxlandoutcomes by damaging foodThe natural weather for a newspaper, rather thandoes not appear to cover so- geological records go backfound a way across theand electricity productioncycles between floods and simply advertising, and couldcalled articles and it could befor epochs. Every flood plainBlue Mountains to discoverwith ever more Net Zerofamines will continue. Every be forgiven for mistakingeasily misconstrued that thetoday is testament to previousthe vast inland grasslandsnonsense; by increasing raingeneration leaves a legacy this article for a journalistarticles reflect the views of thefloods. The width of todayswhile Charles Sturt sufferedrunoff with more pavements,for its descendantsour researched and checkedadvertisers! flood plains and the depth ofincredible hardships lookingroads and solar panels; andancestors bequeathed us authentic piece of news. Spreading misinformationtheir alluvial soils show thatfor The Inland Sea in centralthey have wasted billions onstored water and productive A cursory check of Vivdoes a great disservice to thethere have been really hugeAustralia during a drought. Flannery desalination plants. farmland. Todays green Forbes shows long timecommunity as many peoplefloods in times pastandAustralia was later scarredGovernments shouldreligion demonises dams and employment in the fossilmay not know to check thealmost every society hasby the Federation droughtalso stop protecting peoplefarmers so our descendants fuel industry and that he is asource or the legitimacy ofstories of great floods. and the Millennium droughtfrom the inevitable results ofwill suffer more than we suffer company director at Carbonwhat is written. Droughts (and the(both El Ninos).their own choices on wherenow. Pinched bellies are Sense Coalition who haveWhile I understand thatstarvation they often cause)The 1852 flood in theto locate their homes andworse than wet feet.co-funded a conference atyou might wish to provide anare also written into ourMurrumbidgee River sweptbusinesses. Every site facesPrudent people would the Heartland Institute, aavenue for diverse opinions tohistory of famines, wars andaway the town of Gundagaisome risk whether from flood,build more dams to moderate well know climate denialbe expressed, care needs to bemigrations. They are alsoand the 1893 La Nina Bremerdrought, cyclone, hurricane,the La Nina floods and to organisation establishedtaken when such opinions gorecorded in massive depositsRiver Flood destroyed thebushfire, earthquake, volcanoprovide insurance against the to spread misinformationinto peoples home disguisedof barren wind-blownVictoria Bridge and theor tidal wave. Owners are bestinevitable El Nino droughts. in order to delay actionas a newspaper. I havesandstone and loess. MuchIndooroopilly Bridge. At leastplaced to assess these risksThis generation is not on climate change. Thediscussed my concerns withof Earths surface has been60 people were killed whenand must accept the cost ofbuilding damsin fact, right Heartland Institute receiveover 30 people and found thatsmothered by desert sands ora flash flood destroyed thetheir choices.now, officials are RELEASING huge amounts of fundingthose people also share myvast ice sheets in times past. township of Clermont inThis years Australianstored water from dams. They from fossil fuel companiesconcerns about the care beingEl Nino droughts have been1916. That whole town wasfloods show that very manywill be cursed by some future as well as the Koch brotherstaken in our local paper. recognised as far back as 1525relocated. people have chosen to live ongeneration. and the Mercer Familybut the famines of 1877-782022 is another La Ninaflood plains near picturesque Foundation, and many other Regards from N.K. changed history in China andyear so we could expect bigcreeks and riversmany Viv Forbes big business interests whoseof Metung India where people starved,floods in Australia. Theseof our towns and cities areThe Salt Bush ClubIranian women fight, Western feminists hideONE of the most powerfulattention to dress details. under theocratic regimesstatement claimed her deathand subordinate the humanthe Governor-General speeches I ever heard wasJulies style, articulateness,is reoccurring. Earlierwas due to heart failure,rights of women andwas Quentin Bryce. The delivered in a casual meetingand success in politicsthis year, the ABCs Q&Aalthough her family say shereducing competition forNSW Governor was Marie of the NSW Rostrum publicserved, apparently, as a roleprogram discussed a reportwas in good health. privileges that would beBashir. The Premier of our speaking organisation. model for many Iranian-bornby influential feminist andIt is reported that a CTharder for males to obtain inlargest state was Kristina Im told the club was once awomen living in Australia. journalist, Anne Summers. scan of the skull shows aa society based on merit. Keneally. And, not to forget, regular haunt of a young andBut in 2015, this glowingShed investigated thefracture and brain edema,In response to the death ofour monarch was Queen ambitious Tony Abbottaimage of Bishop as a femaleprevalence of domesticwhich is a fluid build-upMahsa, a genuine oppositionElizabeth II.place where he refined hisempowerment warrior wasviolence in Australia andaround the brain frommovement appears to beIf there is a glass ceiling, speech-making skills. shattered. Images wereidentified policies to helpinflammation, usuallyforming. surely youd have to conclude The speaker on thisbeamed over Australiasget women out of violentcaused by a trauma. TheHijab-burning proteststhere are at least some cracks evening was not a publicmedia of Julie meeting withsituations. death is now a rallying pointhave ignited all over Iran.in it?figure that I recognised.her Iranian foreign affairsHosted by Virginia Trioli,for Iranian women to pushIn the Northern city of SariAustralian feminists She was a lawyer whocounterpart, Javad Zarif inthe whole show was takenback against entrenchedwhere women have pulled offhave largely achieved what had migrated from Iran toTehran. over by an impassionedmisogyny in the country. their headscarves, danced onthey wanted. Is there any Australia as a teenager andJulie was dressed in allIndigenous woman whoThe laws requiring womenthem, and then torched themmore juice that can be had come to speak on theblack. That was bad enough,asked Anne directly whetherbe covered commenced inin public squaresin directsqueezed out of the hapless, topic Little Things Matter. but the disappointingher domestic violence report1979 as part of the Iraniandefiance to the moralitymiddle-aged white male A Lot. clincher was, apparently, thatcovered the situation ofRevolution which deposedpolice and Mullah leadershipwho slaves away in middle The speaker noted howJulie was wearing a blackIndigenous women. Annethe Shah. Prior to this,generally. management?shocked and frightenedhead scarf known as a hijab. admitted it did not, whichwomen in Iran were freeThe protests have involvedAre there no more pressing she became when one ofThis single act of donningwas met with exasperation. to appear in public, with oryoung men as well. issues for women, like the her school teachers openlya hijab was viewed asThe actions (or lack) ofwithout a hijab. Ominously, Presidenthuman rights abuses in Iran?criticised the Australianundermining the efforts ofWestern feminists are againThe introduction ofEbrahim Raisi has pledgedWhen speaking with an government over a policyIranian women around thein the spotlight. mandatory hijab was initiallyto deal decisively with thoseIranian friend last weekend, matter. Her prior experienceworld to push back againstA 22-year-old womanforcefully resisted. Onwho oppose the countrysshe had just one request: that in Iran led her to assumethe subjugation of women innamed Mahsa Amini fromInternational Womens Daysecurity and tranquility. white Western women use that the teacher would bethat country. Saqqez, a town in theon March 8, 1979, thousandsCompared to thetheir media megaphones dismissed and arrested, andJulies capitulation wasKurdish region of Iran, wasof women and some menoppression faced by womento support Iranian women that all those in the vicinity ofcontrasted with others in thatvisiting Tehran when sheprotested for six days inin Iran and Afghanistan, thewho are now in the streets the criticism would be sweptera, such as Hillary Clintonwas arrested for failing toTehran before being crushedpriorities of Western feministsprotesting, risking their lives up in the punishment. and Condoleezza Rice. Bothproperly wear her head scarf. by government forces. seem trivial. to win some basic human The speech was alsohad pointedly travelledThose doing the arrestingThe purported idea behindI remember when Julierightslike what you can notable for how much praisethrough the Muslim worldare known as moralitymandating the hijab was toGillard gave a lecture in thewear.it gave to Foreign Minister,without wearing a hijab. police, commissioned toprotect women against theCBD of Sydney about the Julie Bishop. Earlier in 2015, Michelleenforce the law requiringpassions of males who mayterrible glass ceiling faced by Nick HossackShe referred to JuliesObama had even visitedwomen to cover their limbsbe aroused by the site of aAustralian women. Nick Hossack is a public policy fitness regime and overallSaudi Arabia and similarlyand hair when in publicwomans skin or hair. Gillard seemed unawareconsultant. He is former policy healthy attitude to life. Sherefused to wear a hijab. places. Many argue that thisthat she was, in fact, thedirector at the Australian described Julies dress senseThe issue of whiteWhile in custody, on therationale is a fig leaf for aPrime Minister of Australia.Bankers Association and as on point, which I laterWestern women ignoringthird day, Mahsa slipped intomisogynistic culture thatAlong with a female holdingformer adviser to Prime learned meant a flawlessthe plight of women livinga coma and died. A policeactively seeks to suppressthe highest political job,Minister John Howard.'