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Political chaos means Israel is booming like it’s 1999 – and the boom is in defence exports field-tested on Palestinians By Naomi Klein 09/16/07 "The Guardian" — — Gaza in the hands of Hamas, with masked militants sitting in the president’s chair; the West Bank on the edge; Israeli army camps hastily assembled in the Continue Reading →
The National Farmers Federation and the Griffith University have released a report titled, Reform of Australia’s Federal System. The report was initially commissioned to explore the mechanisms where by a new state might be created within NSW, to overcome the excessive spending of resources on Sydney at the expense of the regions. The report was Continue Reading →
Public Notice: The Senate Standing Committee on Economics – Energy efficiency trading scheme, NAT: The Senate Standing Committee on Economics is inquiring into the National Marker Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007. This is a private Senator’s bill that proposes to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 to introduce an energy efficiency trading scheme. Continue Reading →
NSW Police have backed away from their threat to take court action to
stop the Greens conducting a media event in Martin Place, within the
APEC Security Zone, on Friday.
Greens MP, Sylvia Hale, who will be hosting the event, told the Police
that she would not change the location of the event despite receiving a
letter from Police General Counsel Michael Antrum on Monday threatening
to launch Supreme Court action against the MP.
Mr Antrum confirmed in a letter to Ms Hale this morning that the Police
have now changed their mind and dropped their opposition to the event.
“I welcome this backdown by the Police. It was always my view that
the Police were trying to act beyond their powers in an attempt to
intimidate me into moving the event out of Martin Place,” said Ms
Hale.
New research released by the Australian Conservation Foundation today shows Australia is losing a staggering $3.8 billion per year in investment opportunities as a result of the Government’s failure to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. “Australia continues to miss out on business opportunities worth billions of dollars by refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, because Australian Continue Reading →
Professor Andrew Makers, director, ARC Centre for Solar Energy Systems Australian, National University argued that "Contrary to the assertions of Peter Lang (Letters, July 31, August 27), a renewable energy future was eminently feasible and no more costly than other low-emission technologies", in a letter to The Canberra Times (30/80/07, p. 24). Management of renewable Continue Reading →