PUBLISHED COMMENTARY
Some opinion pieces authored by members of the Society are reproduced below. Also consult the pages of the annual Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, which peer-reviews opinion pieces before publication.
Some opinion pieces authored by members of the Society are reproduced below. Also consult the pages of the annual Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, which peer-reviews opinion pieces before publication.
An opinion piece by the President, Dr Geoff Edwards, arguing that so-called “conservative” commentators were doing a disservice to farmers and graziers by repeatedly demonising the spokespeople for environmental science was published in Queensland Country Life on 18 April 2019. […]
An opinion piece by the President, Dr Geoff Edwards, on public service funding for rural Queensland – “Public service a worthy Budget ambition” – was published by Queensland Country Life on 7 February 2019. Reproduced with permission.
An opinion piece by the President, Dr Geoff Edwards, on drought preparedness – “Donations won’t solve crisis” – was published by Queensland Country Life on 30 August 2018. Reproduced with permission.
The President’s opinion piece of the merits of stewardship payments to farmers who produce ecosystem services without adequate payment was given prominence in Queensland Country Life on 13 March 2014 (page 15). A paper expanding on this theme was launched […]
“Spanning Communication Circles”, an article arguing that scientific information about environmental condition and trend is inadequately heeded because the world view of the business sector has no space for environmental messages, appeared in the September 2014 issue of Wildlife Australia […]
Conservative commentator Des Houghton made yet another attack on environmentalists in his column in The Courier-Mail on Saturday 20 Sep. 2014. See the President’s response published by The Courier-Mail on Wednesday 24 Sep. Houghton responded on the following Saturday, 27 […]
“It was 1989. Margaret Thatcher, poster girl for conservative pro-business policy, urged the United Nations General Assembly to take remedial action on global warming. From that date at least, governments around the world should have been aware that here was […]
This presentation to the first State Conference of Parks and Leisure Australia, Queensland Branch, on 4 June 2015 tailors some themes that the President has used in other addresses to a parks audience. He argued to the parks professionals present […]