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
New driving charges will take their toll on NSW motorists by: Andrew Clennell From:The Daily Telegraph March 23, 201212:00AM 50 comments 0 MOTORISTS could pay upwards of $7 to travel the full length of the M4 and M5 when the two motorways are extended or duplicated. A distance-based toll system, used on the M7 motorway, Continue Reading →
Baird sets out emergency plan for next economic downturn March 23, 2012 Read later “We’re not dictating that this is what the Commonwealth must do” … Mike Baird. Photo: Michel O’Sullivan THE prospect of a global financial shock that would threaten to tip NSW into recession has sparked an emergency plan to pump billions of Continue Reading →
Green news roundup: Chinese solar, fish discards and badger cull The week’s top environment news stories and green events • If you’re not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox Environment editor guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 March 2012 11.04 EDT Badgers can carry bovine tuberculosis. A cull in Continue Reading →
The most important alarm ever heard. Inbox x Bill McKibben – 350.org organizers@350.org 7:16 AM (2 hours ago) to me Images are not displayed. Display images below – Always display images from organizers@350.org Communities all over the world are connecting the dots between extreme weather and climate change. Join us for 350.org‘s next big global Continue Reading →
‘Hundreds of firms’ to benefit in Holden deal Updated March 22, 2012 18:17:51 Video: Holden to receive $275 million injection(The Midday Report) Related Story: Holden gets $275m to stay in Australia Related Story: Manufacturing remains in doldrums: ACCI Related Story: Keeping Holden in Australia ‘could cost $200m’ Map: Australia Industry bodies and unions have welcomed Continue Reading →
No accounts, no worries: companies thumb nose at ASIC March 22, 2012 – 1:44PM Read later Comments 19 Serco Australia, the company which incarcerates refugees on behalf of the Commonwealth, enjoyed a tidy doubling in profits to $40 million the year before last. Yet despite its billion-dollar detention centre deal with the government, Serco can’t Continue Reading →