Marc Hendrickx on Weekends with Jason Olbourne - 12 May 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Marc Hendrickx is a geologist, blogger and author. In 2007 he started a Phd project at Macquarie University looking at the relationship between natural occurrences of asbestos and mesothelioma in South and eastern Australia.

Marc's first foray into blogging was in 2009 with a blog called "ABC News Watch" https://abcnewswatch.blogspot.com/ The blog focused on fact-checking ABC news stories, particularly relating to ABC's biased climate change coverage, sending in complaints and publishing the results.

The blog scored 33 upheld complaints and contributed to ABC altering its complaints handling process. A number of feature articles from the blog relating to ABC's biased news were published in The Australian Newspaper.

He started his Right to Climb blog https://righttoclimb.blogspot.com/ in 2017 when the permanent closure of the Ayers Rock climb was announced. He has been a regular contributor to Quadrant magazine and the Spectator Australia. He is the author of a number of satirical books on climate change and Guides to climbing Ayers Rock and Mt Warning.