Business needs a carbon tax, says Bob Brown
business sees the Greens as being economically responsible, I talked about saving Australia from recession. I talked about our proposal for a carbon tax. I believe it’s that proposal which one of the big parties, the next party in office is going to have to come back to because business wants it, because business is saying we need a carbon signal for investment into the future. Only the Greens are offering it
Greens say business wants carbon tax, Radio Australia:, Linda Mottram interviews Bob Brown, Australian Greens leader. August 19, 2010 “……..BROWN: The Australian Greens are in favour of transforming our economy from burning coal and forests to renewable energy and energy efficiency, and we have to do it urgently. My colleague Christine Milne has put forward a proposal for Australia to be carbon neutral; that is not putting any further carbon into the atmosphere between 2030 and 2050. Continue reading
Renewable energy score – Australia’s election
Here’s how the parties stack up in terms of their major national commitments to renewable energy and climate.
Australia’s Election 2010 – Renewable Energy And Climate Change : Renewable Energy News, 19 August 21 is nearly upon us …Australia’s 2010 Federal Election. While climate change and renewable energy were major platforms in the last election and appeared to have top billing again from the two major parties during the initial stages of the 2010 election campaign; it has somewhat taken a back seat to other issues, leading some to ask – where’s the green? Continue reading
Australia’s politicians hold back investment in renewable energy
“Australia has adopted a posture of being a follower rather than a leader,”
Australia’s `Depressing’ Clean Energy Policies Deter Investors – Bloomberg, by : James Paton // Aug 18, 2010 , The Arkx Clean Energy Fund’s managers are Australians who don’t have a dollar invested in Australia, a stance that’s unlikely to change after the Aug. 21 election. Continue reading
Northern Territory Labor MP says Muckaty nuclear dump far from certain
Labor’s Mr Snowdon says he is standing up for Territorians and there is no guarantee the dump will be at Muckaty.
Muckaty nuke dump not a done deal: Snowdon, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By David Coady, 17 Aug 2010. Federal Member for Lingiari Warren Snowdon has suggested that building a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory is not a done deal. Continue reading
Long list of Labor and Liberal policy failures on nuclear issues
The government has failed to implement its policy of addressing radioactive waste management issues in a manner which is “scientific, transparent, accountable and fair”: Muckaty did not even make the short-list when scientific and environmental criteria informed a site-selection process in the 1990s.
Nuclear backflips and broken promises – On Line Opinion – By Bill Williams and Jim Green 13 August 2010 The Medical Association for Prevention of War and Friends of the Earth have produced a “Choose Nuclear Free” policy scorecard and analysis ahead of the August 21 federal election. www.choosenuclearfree.net The two striking features of our analysis are the long list of broken promises and backflips by the Labor Government, and the unwillingness of the Opposition to oppose. Continue reading
Don Bambrick speaks out on nuclear power
I believe Both Major parties are quietly preparing for Nuclear power in Australia. Julia Gillard has committed to a Nuclear waste site in the Northern Territory.
Where is the public discussion on Nuclear power or expansion of uranium mining?
Nuclear Power and Uranium Mining, mysunshinecoast. Don Bambrick, Independant Senate Candidate for Queensland, 14 Aug 2010, Continue reading
Australia’s Liberal Coalition would prevent uranium mining at Koongarra
Federal Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt says an Abbott government would not grant permission for uranium mining at Koongarra.
Federal Coalition at odds with CLP over Kakadu – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Jane BardonUpdated , Aug 11, 2010 Uranium-rich land offered to Kakadu Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt says an Abbott government would protect Koongarra. (Lateline) The Federal Coalition says it would match Labor’s commitment to prevent uranium mining at Koongarra by taking up a traditional owner’s offer to incorporate it into Kakadu National Park. Continue reading
Modern Aboriginal farmer stands for Australia’s Senate
Today Michael Eckford aka Anderson launched his Senate campaign in NSW on the United Nations International Day for the World’s Indigenous People’s.
“I am standing for the Senate in NSW because I believe that Australia needs to find a New Way and free itself from being the last outpost of British colonialism. It’s long overdue for a strong Black voice to come forward and stand up for Environmental and Social Justice.”
Mr Eckford, a long-term Aboriginal and Human Rights activist, is a sheep and cattle grazing farmer on his traditional lands in northwest NSW. Continue reading
Uranium gospel according to Abbott – copy USA!
Tony Abbott, Australia’s leader of the Opposition for the coming national election, spoke to schoolchildren yesterday, at a Catholic school on New South Wales. ( Quoted on ABC Radio’s PM) , Abbott said” One of the best things that we could do to boost our relationship with India is sell them uranium. If it’s good enough for the Americans to sell them the uranium, it should be good enough for us.”
Abbott govt would have BHP and Rio Tinto sell uranium to India
“Key beneficiaries of a coalition election win, and subsequent push for uranium exports to India, are likely to include Rio Tinto PLC and BHP Billiton Ltd. Rio Tinto owns 68% of Energy Resources of Australia Ltd., operator of the Ranger uranium mine in Northern Territory, while BHP owns the Olympic Dam uranium mine in South Australia.
Australia’s Opposition Would Export Uranium To India If Elected, Automated Trader, By Rachel Pannett Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRESSYDNEY 11 Aug 2010, – Australia’s main opposition Liberal-National coalition of center-right parties said Tuesday it will open up uranium exports to India if it wins power in the federal election on Aug. 21…….. Continue reading
Senator Milne puts the case for Australia to boost renewable energy
Labor’s former climate change adviser, Ross Garnaut, warned last week that Australia must accelerate its investment in renewable energy research and development
Greens call for huge boost to renewable energy funds, Sydney Morning Herald, TIM COLEBATCH, August 9, 2010 THE Greens are proposing that the federal government almost quadruple support for large-scale solar, geothermal and other forms of renewable energy by guaranteeing up to $5 billion of loans to new power stations. Continue reading
Northern Territory against federal govt imposing nuclear waste dump on NT
Greens leader Bob Brown says his party would try to ensure that any federal decision to override Territory law would have to be ratified by both houses of Parliament.
Chief Minister welcomes Greens’ dump stance – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Jane Bardon Aug 5, 2010 Chief Minister Paul Henderson has welcomed the Greens’ promise to try to stop a proposed nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station if the party claims the balance of power in the Senate. Continue reading
Don’t let Australian govt override Northern Territory laws
“In Canberra they’ve changed that constitutional requirement to [mean] the executive or the minister can override Territory laws,” Greens leader Bob Brown said.”We want to put it back to what the constitution says – that the whole of Parliament’s required – because that gives the Territory the backstop of the Senate.”….
Greens want brakes on overriding NT laws – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Aug 4, 2010 Darwin. The Greens say if they win the balance of power in the Senate they will try to pressure the Federal Government to change the law so Commonwealth ministers cannot override Northern Territory law. Continue reading
BHP, Rio – relatively small employers, with big political influence
For such an economically important industry, mining is a relatively small employer (the Australian Bureau of Statistics does not rank it in the top 10 industries by employment)….The mining industry, however, is streets ahead in being able to exercise political influence.
Follow the miners in lobbying , Mike Riddiford, The Australian, August 04, 2010“……..Between them, companies such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata turn over more than $100 billion a year. This enables them to mobilise huge resources to protect their interests. Continue reading
Western Australian govt prepared to compulsorily acquire Aboriginal land
WA still prepared to acquire LNG site, Sydney Morning Herald, August 4, 2010 The threat of compulsory acquisition continues to loom over the site of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub in far north Western Australia, Premier Colin Barnett says. Continue reading
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