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admin /23 June, 2010
Insulation industry worried by ‘sloppy inspections’
By Timothy McDonald
Updated 1 hour 6 minutes ago
The Government has completed roughly half of the 50,000 inspections it will conduct of homes with foil insulation (ABC News: file photo)
Insulation installers and industry groups are worried that the Government’s safety inspections are being carried out by people who are not properly trained.
The Federal Government is currently working through 200,000 inspections of roofs where insulation was installed under its free program that was axed over safety and fraud concerns.
It has completed roughly half of the 50,000 inspections it will conduct of homes with foil insulation.
admin /23 June, 2010
Governments refuse to act to save builders as ‘junk’ insurance schemescollapse Canberra, Wednesday 23 June 2010 Many builders across Australia will be forced to operate illegally orclose their doors after June 30 if governments fail to remove themandatory requirement for Last Resort Home Builders’ Warranty Insurance. Today in the Senate, the Rudd government refused to Continue Reading →
admin /23 June, 2010
Greens call for immediate increase to aged care funding Wednesday 23 June, 2010 The Federal Government has again demonstrated its lack of understandingof Australia’s aged care needs, failing to commit to the immediatefunding increase called for by the aged care sector and supported by theAustralian Greens. Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens spokesperson for Health and Ageing Continue Reading →
admin /23 June, 2010
Obama’s oil drilling ban overturned
By North America correspondent Kim Landers and wires
Posted 4 hours 3 minutes ago
A US judge has overturned the Obama administration’s six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
The moratorium was put in place in response to the massive BP oil leak, and put a stop to drilling at 33 exploratory wells.
Now a New Orleans judge has overturned the six-month ban, saying the Interior Department failed to provide adequate reasons for it.
admin /22 June, 2010
100pc green energy possible by 2020: report
By Jennifer Macey
Updated 1 hour 17 minutes ago
Ambitious: wind and solar power currently provide less than 1 per cent of Australia’s total energy needs.
A Melbourne University report says all of Australia’s energy could come from renewable sources by 2020 as opposed to the Federal Government’s target of 20 per cent.
The Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan was launched in Canberra this morning by Coalition Senator Judith Troeth, independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Greens Senator Christine Milne.
admin /22 June, 2010
The Govt will also lose seats in WA, which has not been highlighted here.
Neville Gillmore.
Big swings against Kevin Rudd in key marginals
- Dennis Shanahan, Political editor
- From: The Australian
- June 22, 2010 12:00AM
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Newspoll, June 22, 2010 Source: The Australian
SUPPORT for Labor has crashed so far in marginal seats in Queensland and western Sydney that the government would lose an election now.
Seats Labor won in 2007 in regional Queensland and outer Sydney, which effectively delivered its victory, are showing swings against the ALP of between 6 per cent and 12 per cent and voters have turned against the Prime Minister.
