The Generator is founded on the simple premise that we should leave the world in better condition than we found it. The news items in this category outline the attempts people have made to do this. They are mainly concerned with our food supply and settlement patterns. The impact that the human race has on the planet.
Gone are the corner mixed grocery shops of yesteryear Woolies and Coles ring up half of all food bills Rachel Wells February 24, 2012 Read later Vice-like grip … Coles and Woolworths control 80 per cent of our supermarket spend. Photo: Louie Douvis MORE than half of all the money Australian households spend on Continue Reading →
PLANET ARK If you are having difficulty reading this email please click on this link to view in your web browser Could You Be A National Tree Day Coordinator? Ever wondered what it would be like to coordinate a National Tree Day event in your local community, workplace or school? To give you an Continue Reading →
48 hours to save our oceans Inbox x Stephanie B – Avaaz.org avaaz@avaaz.org 8:41 AM (40 minutes ago) to me Dear friends, In 48 hours Australia could save one million square kms of ocean — but the commercial fishing industry is vigorously opposing this move. The government is holding a public consultation to get a clear Continue Reading →
This has implications for the restoring of Casino-Murwillumbah rail services. Rail study pushes for Bondi line to be sold Jacob Saulwick February 13, 2012 Read later CITYRAIL’S eastern suburbs and Illawarra line would immediately be offered to a private sector train company and the rest of the network put up for review, according to Continue Reading →
Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 08:12pm
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard seems hell-bent on trashing the Westminster concept of parliamentary democracy before her government’s first sitting day.
In claiming that Independent-Labor MP Rob Oakeshott possesses the “skills and attributes” necessary to fulfil the role of Speaker, she has managed to reduce a farcical situation to a total fiasco.
As much as one may wish to afford Gillard the benefit of the doubt at this early stage of her prime ministership, her assessment of Oakeshott’s character and abilities is so wide of the mark that, if this is any measure of her judgment, she is clearly not a good judge of her fellows.
The nation knows Oakeshott has an extravagant view of himself that is unsupported by any evidence. He has tickets on himself that no one else (Gillard aside) would write.
If she wishes to make him Speaker, and she has the numbers, then it’s upon her head and her head alone – unless her Labor colleagues are foolish enough to permit the decision to support Oakeshott’s gross bid for greater power and money.
It’s inconceivable, for a number of very sound reasons, that the Opposition would support his grab for status and cash.
Above all else, a Speaker needs the respect of his peers. The position calls for an individual possessing dignity and gravitas, as well as a sound understanding of parliamentary practice. Oakeshott fails this most basic of tests on all counts.
Promises may not be kept: PM AAP September 18, 2010, 12:32 AM Promises made by the government in the run-up to the federal election no longer necessarily apply because of the “new environment” created by a hung parliament, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. “It’s not business as usual for measures that require substantial legislation,” Ms Continue Reading →
Julia’s deal shakes faith