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
VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHEN IN THE BALLOT BOX , NOT NECESSARILY BY WHAT IS SHOWN ON THE HOW TO VOTE CARD HANDED TO THEM BY PARTIES. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE SECRET BALLOTS. Preference move is kryptonite to Greens Date July 10, 2012 6 reading now 14 Vote Read later Phillip Coorey Sydney Morning Continue Reading →
Arms Trade Treaty: You are our ammunition Inbox x Oxfam Campaigns campaigns@updates.oxfam.org.uk 1:32 AM (8 hours ago) to me Images are not displayed.Display images below – Always display images from campaigns@updates.oxfam.org.uk Arms Trade Treaty | Take actionForward to a Friend | Can’t read this email? Take action Arms Trade Treaty July 2012 Dear NEVILLE, Last week the Arms Trade Continue Reading →
climate code red Climate News Posted: 08 Jul 2012 05:21 PM PDT Week ending 8 July 2012 Infographic: Australia Institute Quote: “I’m a dig it up, chop it down, pave over it sort of guy.”– AWU union boss Paul Howes, 11 May 2012http://www.awu.net.au/609810_2.html PICKS OF THE WEEK Labor and the myth of the rational voterhttp://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/02/labor-and-the-myth-of-the-rational-voter/Bernard Keane, Crikey, Continue Reading →
Carbon tax cost added to family’s funeral bill by: Simon Benson From:The Daily Telegraph July 09, 201212:00A 2 A GRIEVING family claims that a cemetery slapped them with a $55 carbon tax bill for burying a relative – saying “even the dead don’t escape the carbon tax” – just days after the tax was introduced. Continue Reading →
Labor lines up to take on the Greens By Ehssan Veiszadeh and Stephen Johnson, AAPJuly 8, 2012, 5:06 pm tweet0 Email Print AAP © Enlarge photo NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has backed calls by Labor heavyweights Sam Dastyari and Paul Howes for the party to distance itself from the Greens but stopped short Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Oceanography News Arctic warming linked to combination of reduced sea ice and global atmospheric warming Seabirds study shows plastic pollution reaching surprising levels off coast of Pacific Northwest Pollutants could pose health risks for five sea turtle species Saving the Baltic Sea: Geo-engineering efforts to mix oxygen into the Deep Baltic should be abandoned, Continue Reading →