The Chairman of the IPCC concedes there has been no global warming for 17 years. All the predictions of armageddon are turning out to be wrong. All that's certain is a modest increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, which stimulates plant growth.

The horse is dead. Quit flogging it.

There has been no impact by AGW on this country; see:

http://www.waclimate.net/1908.html

"Australia's hottest ever day claimed on 7 January 2013 had a raw average maximum of 35.1C at 721 weather stations, whereas 17 January 1908 had a raw average maximum of 38.9C at 221 stations.

It may be argued that the density and range of the 1908 and 2013 weather station networks makes comparison impossible.

If so, this leaves open the question of how 221 stations in 1908 is insufficient but 84 stations in 1911 is sufficient to make a valid daily comparison with 2013 temperatures that are area averaged 5.2C above their raw maximum."

And:

http://joannenova.com.au/2013/03/hottest-summer-record-in-australia-not-even-close-says-uah-satellite-data/

According to the satellite temperature 1998 was much hotter than 2013 in mainland Australia and there has been NO up temperature trend since 1979, when the satellite record began.

AGW is a scam promulated by ideologues, idiots, spivs, conmen and thieves.

Build more dams!

Graham you will need to include a recommend for deletion button on articles if you continue to publish this sort of rubbish by activists with no interest in facts.

Sorry Graham, I missed the point.

After reading yet another pile of tripe in the article from Alan Austin, I'm a wake up to your ploy.

You're giving them rope, aren't you?

By publishing their rants you expose their ratbagery. Continuing to publish them does seem to encourage them to expose even more of their garbled thinking. Letting them hang themselves by their own necktie, so to say.

At a guess I would expect these articles would, if widely read, cost labor another percentage or so support.

What a cunning fellow.

Climate change, ought not dampen Abbott's northern Australia plans, but rather, hasten them.
There are plenty of gorges, which when dammed will hold more water, without adding to the width of the waterway, and or evaporation.
Minor Nathan's gorge, two or three Sydney harbour's worth?
Moreover, sites once considered unsuitable, due to natural ground absorption factors, will find favour, given any water stored in and then slowly released by the landscape, will avoid evaporation, which currently rips out up to 50% of current water flow, PA.
The next boom will be a food boom, and we do need to also secure our own food security.
So, we need to ignore the usual green noise and crack on with northern development/flood mitigation.
There is no doubt that essential sea grass habitat, can only be protected by essential dams/flood mitigation outcomes.
Were turtles and dugongs, domesticated animals, the owners would be fined and or imprisoned of both, for horrendous cruelty, or the slow starvation, green advocates inflict on these species, by simply refusing to act on, or quite deliberately blocking essential flood mitigation projects.
Shame!
These same activists scream the longest and loudest, whenever they see images of native hunter gathers, clubbing a dugong to death; usually in seconds. But seem to be, completely silent on the death of thousands, by the cruellest death of all, extremely slow, weeks or months of starvation.
The sheer hypocrisy and calloused indifference, is nothing short of breathtaking!?
Look, every one dollar spent on mitigation, saves four subsequently spent on recovery!
Whether looked at through the prism of environmental protection or simple economics, the only thing that makes any sense, is quite massive northern development/mitigation!
Rhrosty.

Thanks - very good article indeed.
There is nothing new or unique about Abbott's Northern food bowl option - conservatives wishing to make their mark on Australia without any understanding of the environmental dimensions have been banging on about this for years.
As someone who is actually living in Broome your obviously in a better position to judge climate impacts than any of these predictable skeptics writing above.
Thanks for your fine article and great work!