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.
MPs desert the sinking ship that is NSW Labor By Andrew Clennell From: The Daily Telegraph June 05, 2010 12:00AM Can’t control the party chaos … Premier Kristina Keneally / Pic: Tomasz Machnik Source: The Daily Telegraph NSW minister resigns KRISTINA Keneally lost two ministers in the space of just six hours yesterday Continue Reading →
• Cap placed on Deepwater Horizon wellhead
• Obama postpones trip to Australia and Indonesia to visit region
President Barack Obama on a visit to the Louisiana coast last month. He will be back in the region today. Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters
BP has managed to place a cap on the shattered end of the deepwater wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico but it will be several hours until engineers will know how successful this latest attempt to halt the worst oil spill in US history has been.
The oil giant is hoping for some good news as president Barack Obama is due in the region later today on his third visit since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, having postponed his scheduled trip to Australia and Indonesia for the second time in as many months.
June 4, 2010 – 1:23PM
A secret plan to avoid Federal Government scrutiny of the controversial Tillegra Dam was abandoned after lawyers warned it could backfire due to the discovery of an endangered species of frog.
The Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, has the power to axe the $477 million project under Commonwealth environmental protection and biodiversity conservation laws, even if the project gains state planning approval.
A confidential memo written by the law firm Blake Dawson says Hunter Water Corporation could attempt to persuade Mr Garrett that the area to be inundated by the dam was not of national environmental significance.
Another minister quits NSW Government Updated 18 minutes ago Ian Macdonald has been under pressure over a recent trip to Dubai. (AAP Image: Paul Miller) Related Story: NSW minister quits, Keneally faces another reshuffle Related Story: Minister quits over gay sex club visit Related Story: MP stands down amid corruption inquiry A second New South Continue Reading →
Five big hurdles to clear before election
THERE are only two sitting weeks of parliament before the long winter break and, perhaps, they will be the last sitting weeks of the first Rudd government because there is the distinct possibility of an election being called before parliament resumes on August 24.
Even if parliament briefly resumes before an election is called for October, the tone will be set in those two final weeks of June for the “election season”, as Kevin Rudd calls it.
According to Labor’s plans at the beginning of the parliamentary year, climate change would provide a threat for an early double-dissolution election and would split the opposition regardless of whether the threat was carried out; the takeover of public hospitals would dominate the debate after the budget; and the government’s economic credentials would be extended beyond its success in combating the global financial crisis by laying out long-term tax reforms.
Media Release >From Sylvia Hale, Greens MP and spokesperson for Juvenile Justice 4 June 2010 – For immediate use Minister’s resignation symptomatic of Government’s ethical failure The Greens have described the sudden resignation of Juvenile JusticeMinister Graham West as a symptom of the ethical vacuum that exists inthe Government’s ranks, now manifested in its refusal Continue Reading →