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admin /26 January, 2007
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1833993.htm]
The incoming Water Resources Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, says the Federal
Government's new water plan will make Australia's irrigation systems the
most efficient in the world.
Prime Minister John Howard has promised to spend $10 billion over 10 years
fixing the nation's water crisis. The plan includes the Federal Government taking control of the
Murray-Darling Basin from the states.
admin /26 January, 2007
Russian aluminium giant Rusal has emerged as a potential cornerstone customer and investor in a project to establish a $US2 billion ($A2.56 billion) hydro-electric plant based on damming the fast-flowing Purari river that empties from the PNG highlands into the Gulf of Papua, reported The Australian (23/1/2007, p.22).
admin /26 January, 2007
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman last week gave oil companies a week to bring retail prices back in line with the falling Singapore crude oil benchmark or face being publicly “exposed” for failing to pass on the saving, says The Australian Financial Review (19/1/07, p. 16).
Falls by capital: Over that week, the average Brisbane petrol price fell 8¢ a litre to $1.06 a litre, Sydney by 8.5¢ to $1.05, Melbourne fell 11¢ to $1.09 and Adelaide fell 3¢ to $1.08. Darwin had the smallest fall, by 2¢ over the past week to $1.26, while Perth fell 4¢ to $1.14 and Hobart tumbled 5¢ to $1.14.
admin /26 January, 2007
Due to water restrictions and the need for a significant reduction in potable water use, ACTEW is seeking expressions of interest from persons wanting recycled water to replace potable water for commercial and government agency activities, according to The Canberra Times (24/1/2007, p.13).
admin /25 January, 2007
Shopping at large supermarkets is the worst thing people can do for
farmers, according to a local environmental and social justice
organisation.
Cam Walker, Campaigns Coordinator at Friends of the Earth, says that with
70% of the retail grocery market held by two major players, big
supermarkets have the upper hand in their dealings with farmers. "This
means that they, not farmers, set the prices and conditions under which
they buy. They dictate how, where, when and for how much food is produced,
packaged, stored and delivered. They even control what varieties of crops
are grown," he said.
admin /24 January, 2007
New federal frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull says he will focus on water resources when he takes over the Environment portfolio.
Prime Minister John Howard has promoted the former merchant banker straight to Cabinet, during a reshuffle in which Senator Amanda Vanstone was dropped from the ministry.
