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 /16 May, 2012
Critics told to stop attacking Flannery Julian Drape May 16, 2012 – 6:59PM Read later AAP Climate commissioner Will Steffen has called on critics to stop their “vicious” attacks against the body’s chief Tim Flannery and rejected suggestions the federal government-created commission is alarmist. Prof Flannery has copped a hammering from politicians and sections of Continue Reading →
admin /16 May, 2012
Is there enough time left to do this. Bankruptcy would remove him, but it is more likely he will serve his full time. HSU wants to recover money Thomson spent Updated: 15:47, Monday May 14, 2012 The Health Services Union (HSU) is seeking legal advice on whether it can recover money allegedly misused by Continue Reading →
admin /16 May, 2012
Penguin protests drown out Tim Flannery by: Bruce McDougall From:The Daily Telegraph May 16, 201212:00AM 6 comments 0 Bird brain … the penguin protester is ejected from the gathering / Pic: Gary Graham Source: The Daily Telegraph Professor Tim Flannery at the public forum / Pic: Gary Graham Source: The Daily Telegraph CLIMATE Commissioner Tim Continue Reading →
admin /15 May, 2012
Abandoned: paperwork bungle puts out passengers and stops weekend trackwork Jacob Saulwick May 16 2012‘You’ve got to get people on trains’After the announcement of 750 RailCorp job cuts, Malcolm Brown sought the Sydney commuter’s perspective.. THE NSW government has revealed RailCorp regularly mismanages trackwork, forcing thousands onto buses on weekends when little work is done.The Continue Reading →
admin /15 May, 2012
Canberra ‘must pick strategic godfather’ Philip Wen May 16, 2012 Read later Dependancy … Bob Carr with Li Keqiang in Beijing. Photo: Reuters AUSTRALIA must find a ”godfather” to protect it and cannot juggle its relationships with the US and China indefinitely, according to a prominent Chinese defence strategist. The warning by Song Xiaojun, a Continue Reading →
admin /15 May, 2012
New Footprint and Biocapacity Data Released from Space: Trends Reveal a ‘Global Auction’ Astronaut Launches Living Planet Report 2012 Humanity is now using nature’s services 52 percent faster than what Earth can renew, according to Global Footprint Network’s latest data, published in the 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report. The biennial report, produced Continue Reading →