Geoff Russell
Geoff Russell is a mathematician by training and long time member of Animal Liberation in SA. He has picked up crippled and dead ducks left behind by duck shooters in four states of Australia. His first book is “CSIRO Perfidy” (http://perfidy.com.au), an expose of the most environmentally damaging diet on the planet ... the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.
Articles by Geoff Russell
A Dateline story bursting with hot air but not facts
How does a journalist do a story on a subject they know nothing about? This is a question which has…... Read more
Fukushima was no disaster, no matter how you spin it
The Australian Conservation Foundation is having an anti-uranium rally on Sunday to mark “one year since the start of the…... Read more
The ethics of feeding off the fat of the land
Wildlife harvesting advocate Professor Mike Archer AM has been geeing up the anti-vegetarian ork armies with an article putting the…... Read more
NEWFLASH: Plants do not have feelings
I want to conduct an experiment. I’ve tried it at home and reckon it’s ready for a bigger venue. The…... Read more
Make boverty history
Unless you have been hiding under a rock for some months, you will realise that people are starving in the…... Read more
Cycling in Aussie cities needs some Swiss velocity
I’m cycling on a side street crossing a major suburban arterial road in Adelaide. At the intersection, I scan left…... Read more
You won’t be stunned to hear that slaughter is brutal
When Prime Minister Gillard defended the resumption of live exports to Indonesia, she was questioned by Greens MP Adam Bandt…... Read more
China is leading the way in tackling climate change
It’s time for a quick quiz. 1. In Italy, people marched and voted against nuclear power recently. Every Australian news…... Read more
Katter can’t count, but there are meatier issues at stake
According to Bob Katter on ABC’s Q&A last Monday night, stopping the live export of cattle to Indonesia would add…... Read more
A raw deal for cucumbers
Did nuclear power kill any Germans prior to the announcement last week of their plans to phase out nuclear power?…... Read more
Slaughterhouse live: Our bloody cattle exports
This story was written before I had seen the Four Corners special ‘A bloody business’. I had the intention of…... Read more
Seeing red over the Cancer Council’s meat hypocrisy
The World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AIRC) get together and publish thick reports every 10…... Read more
Chernobyl conspiracies - where are the bodies?
Anti-nuclear campaigner Helen Caldicott has argued that the nuclear industry is “conducting a whatever-it-takes propaganda campaign” and distorting scientific evidence…... Read more
Cancer deaths in Japan will be from alcohol and ciggies
The after effects of the quake and tsunamis in Japan will cause clear and on-going pain and suffering for years,…... Read more
Meat: Why Tim Flannery is wrong
The recent revelation that new Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery has a contract with Meat and Livestock Australia shouldn’t be a…... Read more
Guns don’t kill ducks, heartless bastards kill ducks
It’s been a weird year for weather. Irrigators who haven’t been careful with what they wished for have had their…... Read more
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Abbott’s crass logic: trash the Parliament in order save it
An email was sent to almost every politician in Australia this week saying that someone should cut off…
Our special forces don’t always need special treatment
We admire them, but we’re not entirely sure why. We allow them to operate in the shadows; we rarely…
A good holiday is about unrest, not rest
Like a fat full-stop, it lay in my hand. A small orange – not exactly fresh, but purchased anyway…
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Michael S says:
"A teacher at Geelong Grammar had criticised her for using words that were too long, which had left her confused and had made her doubt her ability to write essays. She became ''quite distressed'' when her English marks began to fall." I can sympathise. My scholastic mentors conveyed to me a causal relationship… [read more]From: Welfare for breeders is a bonus for everyone
Change Up! says:
I have no problem paying my taxes. As a single, childless person on a very decent income, I can afford it and not have my life severely altered. Plus I understand that my taxes paying for things like schools, childcare and infrastructure is ultimately a good thing. A better community is better for me… [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments
A private school girl’s family is sueing her elite, extremely expensive private school for not… Read more
