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
No limit to NSW public job cuts Updated: 21:02, Tuesday July 3, 2012 The NSW government announced a 1.2 per cent annual labour expense cap in its June state budget but now says this could mean axing more than 10,000 jobs. The government announced a 1.2 per cent annual labour expense cap as part of Continue Reading →
Environmentalism is not a religion Of all the nonsense climate change deniers throw at the green movement, there one criticism that does real damage, says James Murray Share138 Email By James Murray for BusinessGreen, part of the Guardian Environment Network guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 26 June 2012 15.26 BST Comments (312) Banner on trailer protesting against windfarms Continue Reading →
According to Antony Green, this will not be as quick as Abbott believes. See my earlier postings re Double Dissolution Elections. Abbott warns of double dissolution AAPJuly 3, 2012, 2:51 pm tweet0 Email Print AAP © Enlarge photo Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he would call a double-dissolution election if Labor senators block his attempts Continue Reading →
Carbon tax talk about the cash, not the climate The Drum By ABC’s Annabel Crabb Updated July 02, 2012 08:59:48 Photo: The carbon pricing scheme that started yesterday no longer seems to have very much to do with the environment. (Thinkstock) Related Story: Support for carbon tax dives as politicians brawl So – it’s happened. Continue Reading →
Commodities: Silver on a knife-edge, peak demand before peak oil?Business Intelligence Middle East (press release)UAE. Financial and commodity markets stabilized at the end of a week which was spent waiting for the EU summit. After many failed attempts the expectations were so low that when EU leaders announced some new measures the market breathed a Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Severe Weather News EU’s carbon allocation scheme and Scandinavia’s carbon taxes have not reduced greenhouse gas emissions Posted: 29 Jun 2012 09:03 AM PDT The European Union implemented a cap and trade scheme in 2005 to help it fulfil its obligations under the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol for reducing carbon emissions. The Continue Reading →