The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday February 12th, 2022 – Darwin Day
Darwin Day is a celebration to commemorate the birthday of Charles Darwin on 12 February 1809. The day is used to highlight Darwin’s contributions to science and to promote science in general. Darwin Day is celebrated around the world.
Great Barrier Reef Fantasies: The Morrison Government’s Electoral Ploy by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
There are some things that strain credulity. There are the dubious accounts of virgin births. There are the resolute flat earth theorists and denialists of the moon landing. To this can be added the environmental stance of Australia’s Scott Morrison and his ministers, one resolutely opposed to the empirical world. We are now at the phoney stage of an electoral war, and, with the government in more than a spot of bother, you can start expecting some rather extravagant promises of public spending.
The Great Barrier Reef, one of the single most remarkable natural structures on Planet Earth, home to 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc, is not one that has been spared. Politically, the Environment Minister Sussan Ley has denied that its health is failing, citing Australia’s superior reef management skills. The Prime Minister, late last month, promised that his government would “invest an additional $1 billion in protecting the Great Barrier Reef, while supporting 64,000 Queenslanders and their jobs which drive the Reef economy.”
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Where the River Bends #poem by George Cassidy Payne
“Our memories were
Once possibilities of
God’s timeless perfection
Our lives predicted by
Laws of grace, our dreams”
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Ma-Siri & Alexa #024 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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