The Skeptic Zone #687 - 5.December.2021
Dec 04, 2021•59 min
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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:30 A Day in Court Bradley John Hill - the licensee of a Hunter Valley pub that breached public health orders in regards to COVID-19 - was fined in a Singleton courthouse on Thursday. But just who exactly was in court? Strange story indeed. https://www.singletonargus.com.au/story/7534943/singleton-caledonian-licensee-fined-for-repeatedly-flouting-covid-19-public-health-orders/ 0:11:35 Take Stock - With Shelley Stocken Twins! Are you a twin? Are you psychic? Shelley Stocken asks her twin sister or is it the other way around? Another classic from our late and much missed reporter Shelley. 0:20:25 "Freedom" Protest in Melbourne Reporter Michelle Bijkersma ventures out into the streets of Melbourne to observe firsthand an anti-vaccination, so-called "freedom" rally and reports on some of the placards and signs she saw. 0:33:12 Australian Skeptics Newsletter What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week? Read by Adrienne Hill. http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:42:42 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to 'Homeopathy'.
- 1867, 11th May - The Geelong Advertiser
- 1963, 13th October - Glen Innes Examiner
- 2015, 27th July - Education NSW Teachers' Federation
- 2015, 7th September - Education NSW Teachers' Federation
- 2004, 2nd January - Torrens News
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