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Donation link and more
Hi,
If you were at the function, from what I can tell everyone had a great time, apart from the distressing information contained in the presentations. If you weren't I'm sorry you missed out on hearing from some very brave professionals.
Unfortunately we were unable to live stream because some of the information is confidential at the moment, pending publication in academic articles. It's important this information is released in a way that will have the most impact. So if you weren't there unfortunately you can't see the presentations.
And speaking of impact, if the doctors can win their case against the Chief Health Officer, then the balance in the arguments over treatments shifts substantially from a small cadre of bureaucrats to doctors and patients, where it should always have been.
Due to a software malfunction (thanks Square Reader) we weren't able to take donations on the night (although we received $170 through the EventBrite system), but you can still help the cause. Click here to go to the donations page on the Doctors Against Mandates website.
I also promised to send around details of some other functions that you might be interested in, and I'm also including a link to join our institute if you like the sort of work we are doing.
To join the Australian Institute for Progress, click here.
Other functions that might interest you
Premiere of "Coral Reef Tragedy".
This is a short documentary by Jennifer Marohasy who has assembled funding and a team to dive on the Great Barrier Reef and test the claims that the reef is on its last legs (spoiler alert, it's been around in various forms for 600,000 years, coming and going with temperature and sea level rise, so it seems unlikely it is about to disappear due to a hominid that has been around about half that time).
Both Jennifer and Dr Peter Ridd (who ran a High Court case against his dismissal by James Cook University for criticising the shoddy work of some of his colleagues on the GBR) will be present to take questions. We will also be showing The "Measure of the Great Barrier Reef", another Marohasy short doco.
"Coral Reef Tragedy" screens at the New Farm Cinemas this Sunday at 2:00 pm. Use the code DAM and you will receive the AIP discounted price of $10 on a general ticket. You can book on EventBrite by clicking here. Bookings are essential, and we have only 34 (as I write) left, so don't delay.
Coal, oil and gas - pessimists and optimists
This is the release of a report into what radical Green/Left policies on fossil fuel would do to the Queensland Economy followed by a panel discussion with some industry heavyweights about what the industry needs.
While the economy is definitely electrifying, most people do not understand that coal, oil and gas are still critical. Coal-fired power will be needed for a long time just as a back-up to the new system in extreme circumstances. Metallurgical coal is an indispensable element in manufacturing steel, and electrification requires a lot of steel. Gas fired power makes up for a lack of storage in the system, and we'll have petrol-driven cars with us for a longtime, so oil is indispensable to national security. And then most people do not realise that around half of oil and gas production goes into making plastics and fertilisers. Try living without either of them. Of course there is a good chance a total renewable grid can't work anyway.
The report will be released at a lunch on Tuesday July 26. The report's author is Gene Tunny of Adept Economics, and panellists will be Mick McCormack, former CEO of energy infrastructure giant , APA and currently chair of Central Petroleum, and Nick Jorss, who created the success of Stanmore Coal and is now looking to duplicate that through Bowen Coking Coal, where he is chair.
Tickets are $135 if you use the code DAM1 on the general tickets. It is 12:00 for 12:30 at the Brisbane Club. Meal includes two courses and drinks. To book click here.
Thanks for supporting the Doctors Against Mandates, and I hope to see you at another of our functions soon.
Regards,
GRAHAM YOUNG
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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