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
Alert Name: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS April 21, 2012 Compiled: 1:00 AM Discovery’s ‘Frozen Planet’ Is Silent on Causes of Climate Change By BRIAN STELTER (NYT) A Discovery Channel series about changes in polar regions does not mention causes for the thinner ice, avoiding the fury that often accompanies mention of climate change. More Articles On Continue Reading →
As often quoted by Antony Green, this is the procedure Abbott would have to follow in order to repeal the Carbon Tax. It cannot be quickly repealed as Abbott is stating. Disagreement between the Houses If the House of Representatives passes any proposed law, and the Senate rejects or fails to pass it, or passes Continue Reading →
It’s ironic that the rail system opened up the state and country before the advent of motor vehicles, that it has been allowed to fall into such disrepair. I joined the railways in 1954 and have watched branch lines being closed and rail freight hived off to road transport, resulting in the road chaos we Continue Reading →
Working for Greens and country April 21, 2012 Read later Meet and greet … Milne speaks with grazier Scott Hickman at Marylebone farm in Cudal, near Orange. Photo: Penny Bradfield In a surprising first move as party leader, Christine Milne went bush to broaden support, writes Lenore Taylor. For a moment it felt like a Continue Reading →
NASA Sees Slow-Developing System 99P Dogging Northern Australia NASA satellites have been monitoring the slow-to-develop low pressure area called System 99P for four days as it lingers in the Arafura Sea, north Australia’s Northern Territory. Satellite data indicates that System 99P is likely to continue struggling because of weak organization and nearby dry air. System Continue Reading →
Conservative Australia is suddenly in bed with reds by: Michael Danby From:The Daily Telegraph April 20, 201212:00AM 1 SO Julie Bishop has a Huawei-donated iPad. Dangerous. Dangerous for her and dangerous for Australia if she becomes foreign minister. The iPad is but one of the micro details to emerge from Bishop’s visit to China as Continue Reading →