Welcome to my new website and as I come out of my technological cave to stare down the 21st century I hope that this arena does not become another non crucial part of the technological detritus but somehow can be a forum in which I can hear the views of Queensland and Australia.

I will make my best attempt to try to explain a few things and maybe sometimes just stir the possum out of the trees so we can all have a bit of fun in a debate. This is a blog not a gospel and I think the greatest use I will get out of it is being able to assess what the views of the community are while trying to draft out those nasty little site stormers who no doubt will pop up from opposing parties and try to convince me that the way, the truth and the light emanates from one K. Rudd.

So let's see how this goes. To get the ball rolling let's start with something that is not very contentious. Has the Emissions Trading Scheme got legs? The Treasurer Mr Swan has asked for the House of Representatives Economics Committee to "inquire into the choice of emissions trading as the central policy to reduce Australia's carbon pollution". Translating this from political speak it would seem to me that the ETS is looking dead in the water. I noted the other day and I put it in my media release that when Mr Rudd was asked about the ETS and how it would affect jobs, he replied he had to "Zip".

So if Mr Rudd and the Labor Government do steer the ETS what's that going to mean for Climate Change Minister Penny Wong? I think that she is a pretty honourable person, but I don't agree with a lot of her views, and if the ETS has been put aside she is going to feel that people have made her look awfully foolish. If they go forward with it, there will be a lot of people, especially those in the Australian Workers Union, who will be looking for a job in the middle of a financial crisis.

What's the answer? I think the ETS was a very imprudent step and was going to cost far more than what it was worth because it didn't actually do anything but put up the price of so many of the basic necessities of life. The sums are quite simple. Five per cent reduction of 1.5 per cent of the global emissions is a 0.0075 per cent change in global emissions, that is three-fifths of five-eighths of nothing, so why should you lose your job over that considering none of the major emitters have at this stage gone near a definitive path of carbon reduction.

Let's see what people have to say.