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Archived material from historical editions of The Generator
admin /4 December, 2006
Qld Govt makes $140 million profit on selling power to NSW in the past two years – but uses billions of litres of scarce drinking water in the process The Queensland Government has made a profit of $140 million from selling power to NSW in the past two years – but used billions of litres of scarce drinking water in the process, reported The Australian (2/12/2006, p.12).
Net export to NSW revealed: National Electricity Market Management Co sources said net exports of electricity from Queensland generators to NSW totalled 12,268 gigawatt hours between the start of last year and Tuesday night this week. Over the same period, output to the national electricity grid from the five Tarong generators amounted to 27,912 gigawatt hours, with much of it ending up in NSW.
admin /3 December, 2006
A Charleville grazier has earnt almost $1 million by selling carbon credits to the large mining company Rio Tinto Aluminium, reported The Courier-Mail (18 November 2006 p17). The property owner is one of three southwest Queenslanders who have agreed to retain trees rather than clear them.
admin /3 December, 2006
South Australian data compiled by Berri-based national water brokers, Waterfind, for The Advertiser (30/11/06, p.11) showed the maximum price paid in November for water under a permanent River Murray irrigation licence was $3225/ML, compared with $1350/ML five months ago.
Twenty sales: There were 20 such sales recorded by Waterfind this month, compared with nine in October and six in July. Murray Bridge water broker Dan Luscombe said the average water licence price this month was more than $2000/ML, up from an average of $1300/ML in July, with one recent licence topping $1 million.
admin /3 December, 2006
Painted earth distributes a large range of non-toxic, environmentally friendly paints and natural finishes. In the interview with Rebecca, Deb Preston discusses the advantages for the timber, your health and the environment of using the completely organic paints, stains and oils that she has found. The Website for Painted Earth is http://house-paint.com.au
admin /30 November, 2006
The Mallams family of Mullumbimby has suddenly woken up to the fact that a large percentage of their customers do not want the supermarket they have proposed to build in Station St.
Until now, they have claimed that the opposition comes from a small minority of people who oppose all development. They seem to forget that thousands of you voted for this council precisely because you were appalled at the developments proposed for the Byron Shire by the previous council. Just because a family owns large areas of land in a town does not give it the right to dictate to the elected council where it should expand its operations.
admin /30 November, 2006
THEY may have lost the battle, but for my money, the folk at Maleny are winning the war.
Sure, they lost the right to keep a piece of creekside land for open space and outdoor play. Sure, the enormous concrete monolith that is Woolworths Maleny was thrust amid them and built on the site so many sought to preserve. Sure, the platypus family has had to move upstream.
But few would argue that in community terms, in cohesiveness, in passion and in living well, the townsfolk of Maleny, up the Blackall Range in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, are winning.
