Category: General news
Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
admin /24 October, 2012
Grover Norquist Discussion Inbox x James Hansen jimehansen@gmail.com via mail316.us2.mcsv.net 12:40 PM (1 hour ago) to me Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Grover Norquist Discussion Effective action to address climate change requires bi-partisan support. The charts that I used in an “on-the-record” discussion with Grover Norquist just prior to his regular Continue Reading →
admin /24 October, 2012
Dear Neville, The Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, released this week, revealed the fragility of Labors assertion that it will deliver a (wafer thin) budget surplus. In the area of broadband and communications, the Government is cutting money out of telehealth programs so it can find $20 million to promote the NBN ahead of Continue Reading →
admin /23 October, 2012
New Understanding of Antarctica’s ‘weight loss’: Sea level is rising with little apparent contribution from Antarctica Posted: 22 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT Scientists have found that the present sea level rise is happening with apparently very little contribution from Antarctica as a whole. The large amount of water flowing away from West Antarctica through Continue Reading →
admin /23 October, 2012
Scientists found guilty for earthquake deaths Date October 23, 2012 – 7:38AM Read later Ella Ide inShare Pin It Email article Print Disaster … an aerial view of L’Aquila after the 2009 earthquake that killed more than 300 people. Photo: AP Six Italian scientists and a government official have been found guilty of multiple manslaughter Continue Reading →
admin /23 October, 2012
Monbiot.com Ash Cloud Posted: 22 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT How conservatism turned into an orgy of destruction. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd October 2012 There was a time when conservatism meant what the word suggests. It was an attempt to keep things as they are: to arrest economic and social Continue Reading →
admin /22 October, 2012
Govt to set up foreign land register AAPUpdated October 23, 2012, 9:58 am tweet0 Email Print The federal government will introduce a foreign ownership register for agricultural land, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told farmers. The register will provide a more comprehensive picture of the specific size and locations of foreign agricultural landholdings. The prime Continue Reading →