‘Bed tax an option’ for tourist hot spots Date January 4, 2013 226 reading now Comments 110 Vote Read later Saffron Howden Rural and Indigenous Affairs Reporter View more articles from Saffron Howden Follow Saffron on TwitterEmail Saffron inShare. Pin It Email article Print Reprints & permissions . Time to pay up … Don Page, Continue Reading →
The gift of death – Monbiot Published December 12, 2012. | By John James. ——————————————————————————– Pathological consumption has become so normalised we scarcely notice it By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th December 2012 There’s nothing they need, nothing they don’t own already, nothing they even want. So you buy them a solar-powered waving Continue Reading →
Methane Gas Leaks Undermine Shift to Natural Gas January 2, 2013 by Range Science Natural-gas wells such as this one in Colorado are increasingly important to the US energy supply. Credit: David Zalubowski/AP Photo Scientists report that there are alarmingly high methane emissions from oil and gas fields, undermining the environmental benefits of natural gas, Continue Reading →
Single mums bristle at Macklin gaffe SUE DUNLEVY News Limited Network January 03, 201312:00AM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email • Jenny Macklin salary: $900 a day • Jenny Macklin parliamentary expenses: $1577 a day • Unemployment benefit: $35 a day • Average left after paying rent: $16.50 a day Bandt’s dole challenge Continue Reading →
16 sued over $13m Cascade Coal deal Date January 3, 2013 110 reading now Read later Linton Besser inShare. Pin It Email article Print Reprints & permissions . Facing the music … Eddie Obeid is at the centre of the ICAC’s inquiry into corruption. Photo: Dean Sewell SOME of Australia’s wealthiest coal barons and two Continue Reading →
Oil ship runs aground in Alaska Drill ship, the Kulluk, carrying about 155,000 gallons of fuel, drifted in stormy weather before being driven on to rocks Share486 inShare.6 Email Reuters guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 1 January 2013 12.06 GMT The drill ship Kulluk is towed by the tugs Aiviq and Nanuq. Photograph: AP A large drill ship Continue Reading →