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admin /28 July, 2010
NB. Support your Greens Candidate to stop this rot.
No political bias in grants scheme: Albanese
By Brendan Trembath
Updated 1 hour 22 minutes ago
An auditor’s review of the Federal Government’s $550 million infrastructure grants program has found that applications in Labor seats were more than twice as likely to be approved as projects in Coalition-held electorates.
In the midst of the global financial crisis in late 2008, the Labor Government put up more than half a billion dollars for infrastructure projects to help provide jobs for thousands of workers.
The auditor-general’s report says the approval rate for applications from ALP-held electorates was 42.1 per cent, compared to 18.4 per cent in seats held by the Coalition.
admin /28 July, 2010
July 28th 2010 Greens call for national rural land and water register Speaking in Orange, NSW today Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown calledfor a national register of foreign purchases of land or water in ruralAustralia. “In the coming century food and fibre production will be a huge issue asthe world population soars to 10 billion Continue Reading →
admin /28 July, 2010
Labor tells us in NSW – drop dead
What about KK, PM? … NSW misses out again. Source: The Daily Telegraph
NSW looks set to again be denied road and rail infrastructure funding with Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday promising almost $1 billion in new projects – all for marginal seats in Queensland.
The best that could be promised for Sydney yesterday was 16 new hospital beds for Concord Hospital.
Senior Labor figures have confirmed there was little likelihood pools of cash would be flowing into NSW – despite pleas from Premier Kristina Keneally for federal money for the M4 East or M5 duplication.
admin /28 July, 2010
All hope, no real action on filthy campaign lucre
LEE RHIANNON
July 28, 2010
With the federal election just weeks away and seven months before the state one, the political fund-raising season is on again in earnest. Promises from state and federal Labor and Coalition leaders to deliver electoral funding reform before these elections appear forgotten. Money politics appears as entrenched as ever.
Australian democracy has been diminished by more than a decade of political donations bankrolling Labor and the Coalition parties. While there are few cases in which a direct link has been established between donations to a party and favours delivered for the donor, the public perception is that the system is corrupt.
These parties have raised well over $300 million over the past decade, so it is understandable the link between donations and deals has become so damaging for the older parties.
admin /27 July, 2010
Richo sums up. Time for a good laugh at both Major Parties.
Neville Gillmore.
ALP factions no match for squabbling Libs
Illustration: Bill Nicholson Source: The Australian
SINCE the Berlin Wall came down it’s been pretty hard to find a socialist anywhere. The Communist Party of Australia hasn’t been around for decades.
The revelation by Mark Aarons in his new book about the CPA (which was the family business created by Mark’s father, Laurie) that two prominent Labor identities — senators Arthur Gietzelt and Bruce Childs — were joint ticket holders through the 1950s, 60s, 70s and even into the 80s, is in fact old news to some.
I can remember a midnight summons to Bob Hawke’s office in the old Parliament House so he could tell me all about it after ASIO briefed him in the early to mid-80s.
Now there is no party of the Left to secretly join.
When I joined the ALP in 1966, there was a real ideological debate to be had. There was a real Right that believed in winning elections and a real Left that believed in losing.
admin /27 July, 2010
NB. Sounds crazy. But is it ???
Plan to pipe water from PNG to Queensland
By PNG correspondent Liam Fox
Updated 1 hour 31 minutes ago
Businessman Fred Ariel says the pipeline would be cheaper than desalination plants and water recycling. (ABC News: Damien Larkins, file photo)
A Queensland businessman has signed a deal with the Papua New Guinean government to look at piping fresh water 3,000 kilometres to Australia.
Fred Ariel is a successful tourism entrepreneur who wants to build a $30 billion pipeline from Papua New Guinea’s highlands to south-east Queensland.
He has signed an agreement with the PNG government to conduct a feasibility study.
It sounds crazy, but Mr Ariel says the plan is feasible and would solve the Queensland’s water woes.
