Author: David Boyd

Pastoral Pursuits – Reviews

2WEB Radio Interview - 31 January, 2026 Press Play to listen in full. When Australia Rode on The Sheep’s Back– David Boyd’s book captures a unique chapter in our history Click the image below to open full article in PDF. The Western Herald - 5 February, 2026 Outback Magazine - A Very Kind Review Active … Continue reading Pastoral Pursuits – Reviews →

Blog Log – Channel Country Tour – May/June 2024

In November, 2022 two fellow members of the St Swithun's Church congregation and myself decided to hire an aircraft to fly over what was then an inland sea following heavy rain, as much of northern NSW's was under water. Earlier this year I suggested to the same two that we should go for a drive … Continue reading Blog Log – Channel Country Tour – May/June 2024 →

Seeking After Truth

The whole 'transition' from fossill fuels to solar and wind renewables is based on the now widely accepted assumption that human emissions of carbon dioxide are a major cause of so called 'climate change'. More and more of our highly credentialed scientists are challenging this assumption. The latest development being the release of "The Climate … Continue reading Seeking After Truth →

Konstantin Kisin. We are where we are because our culture is special.

How do we define the West?Australia is a western country situated in Asia. If you were to conduct an experiment to prove that Western civilisation is special, you would do what the British did in Australia. You would find a barren continent, you would collect a bunch of your least law-abiding citizens and ship them … Continue reading Konstantin Kisin. We are where we are because our culture is special. →

Why is there no tough nut left in corporate Australia?

JANET ALBRECHTSEN 5:00AM MARCH 6, 2024 Schadenfreude is a seductive emotion but ultimately foolish, not to mention unattractive. So, tempting as it was to farewell Australia Day villain Brad Banducci off to his family’s village of Gattaiola in Tuscany with shouts of “go woke, go broke” ringing in his ears, that would distract from the … Continue reading Why is there no tough nut left in corporate Australia? →

Vladimir Putin’s Russia returns to its bloody past – Henry Ergas

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 Like a distorting mirror that twists image out of shape, Vladimir Putin’s regime is an increasingly grotesque reflection of Russia’s past. Now, the death of Alexei Navalny has highlighted the regime’s reversion to that past’s worst features. None of those features is as enduring as politically motivated assassinations. Their first recorded instance was in 1015, when Boris … Continue reading Vladimir Putin’s Russia returns to its bloody past – Henry Ergas →

Pastoral Pursuits – David Boyd’s Autobiographical Collection

A ‘coffee table’ book – worthy of any coffee table in the country. Tracking a truly Australian agricultural life with significant personal and business events. Reflecting a passion for the ‘bush’, from boyhood to manhood, interwoven with agri-politics, agribusiness, the fluctuating fortunes of Australian agriculture, and the people who were an integral part over the … Continue reading Pastoral Pursuits – David Boyd’s Autobiographical Collection →

It’s Time the Coalition Stood Up!

Bowen’s climate idiocy The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 17 February 2024 The sheer stupidity of the Albanese government and the renewables investment lobby groups would be comical if it were not so deadly dangerous. Across Europe, the failed decades-long ideological pursuits and policies of ‘net zero’ are leading to despair and popular … Continue reading It’s Time the Coalition Stood Up! →

Emissions and Science

Climate change and famine: two sides of Agenda 2030 Gabriël A Moens AM and Augusto Zimmermann Gabriël A Moens AM and Augusto Zimmermann 15 February 2024 Adopted by a United Nations General Assembly Resolution on 25 September 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is composed of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 specific … Continue reading Emissions and Science →