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Labor announces trade cadet plan to help combat skills shortage
Under the initiative, students from years 9 to 12 would be offered the cadetship as an option under the national curriculum.
A re-elected Labor government would provide $3.1 million over two years to establish the national trade cadetship, the Prime Minister announced in Sydney.
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Basin draft plan release delayed again (7pm TV News SA)
Release of a much-anticipated draft plan for the future of the Murray-Darling Basin has been delayed.
A proposed July release had already been delayed until the first week of August.
Now the Murray-Darling Basin Authority says it would be inappropriate in the federal election lead-up to unveil the draft plan on future water use.
It has indicated the release will now be at the end of August.
Irrigators had been demanding details of expected big cuts before the federal poll.
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The Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) says both sides of politics need to look at population growth outside of metropolitan areas during the federal election campaign.
The QFF also says it wants climate change policies to be prominently debated during the campaign, as well as water policy and agricultural production.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is promoting her sustainable population policy, while Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he would set targets to manage population growth.
QFF spokesman Dan Galligan says growth is a major issue in many marginal seats in Queensland.
Dear friends, Hi there – I’m Ebony, the national campaign coordinator for the Australian Greens. With just 33 days until Election Day on 21 August I wanted to write and introduce myself, and give you a frank assessment of where we’re headed. The Greens are in a stronger position than we’ve ever been before: today’s Continue Reading →
Monckton fails to provide a convincing refutation of Abraham’s criticisms but does throw a great deal of dust into the air
Reponse to John Abraham by Christopher Monckton. Photograph: SPPI
Say what you like about Viscount Monckton, he never fails to entertain. His response to the devastating critique of his claims about climate change by the physicist John Abraham is magnificently bonkers.
To give you a flavour of Monckton’s reasoning, here are some examples of what he cites as evidence of Abraham acting out of malice:
• Abraham pointed out that Monckton “has not written a single peer-reviewed science paper on any topic”;
• Abraham stated that Lord Monckton “presented a lot of data with no citations or no explanation”;
• He pointed out that “if you don’t tell us where it’s from we can’t assess the data”;
• He explained that a graph displayed by Lord Monckton was “almost off by 100%”.
These are all straight statements of fact. It is impossible to see how they could be construed as malicious, unless you regard all criticism of your views and credentials as illegitimate.
MEDIA RELEASE19 July 2010 Lee Rhiannon today resigned from the NSW Parliament to run as the Greenslead Senate candidate for the August 21 election. She has outlined her NSWcampaign priorities and urged young people to enrol by 8pm tonight. “NSW needs a strong Greens voice in the Senate and I’m looking forward tothe campaign”, said Continue Reading →