Casting vote sinks sea level opponents Save By PAMELA FROST Dec. 12, 2012, 9:58 a.m. . A new councillor’s attempt to dump Eurobodalla Shire Council’s controversial sea level rise policy was sunk yesterday, when the mayor used his casting vote to settle the heated debate. See your ad here Cr Milton Leslight called for council’s Continue Reading →
The Queensland Government established the Queensland Water Commission (QWC) in 2006 with the charter of achieving sustainable water supplies. This was at the peak of the drought and 2 billion dollars had been spent on cleaning recycled water and pumping it up the mountains above the Wivenhoe Dam (Brisbane’s water supply) Following public (Great Artesian Continue Reading →
Labor stoush over Israel reignites AAPUpdated December 12, 2012, 9:20 am tweet1 Email Print AAP © Enlarge photo Foreign Minister Bob Carr has dismissed claims from one of his Labor colleagues that he ran a backstage campaign against the prime minister to drum up support for changing Australia’s stance at the UN on Palestine. In Continue Reading →
Monbiot.com ——————————————————————————– The Gift of Death Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:28 PM PST Pathological consumption has become so normalised that 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 queen; Continue Reading →
Sceptics cool on climate studies Date December 11, 2012 96 reading now Comments 293 Read later Lenore Taylor Chief Political Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald View more articles from Lenore Taylor Follow Lenore on Twitter inShare. Pin It Email article Print Reprints & permissions . Tony Abbott … says he accepts “we only have Continue Reading →
Julia Gillard hit on trust in end-of-year poll slump Simon Benson The Daily Telegraph December 11, 201212:00AM JULIA Gillard has suffered an end-of-year hit in the polls with the fallout from the AWU scandal driving Labor’s primary vote back to disastrous levels as the government faces new challenges with slowing economic growth. An exclusive Newspoll Continue Reading →