NSW Nats MP Chris I
Two facts which shoulld be firmly fixed in his 57 year old noggin by now.
So what's this doing on his Facebook page? Is he saying he was born in The Scottish Town?
Saturday 12 January 2013
Chris Gulaptis forgets where he was born
NSW Nats MP Chris I
Two facts which shoulld be firmly fixed in his 57 year old noggin by now.
So what's this doing on his Facebook page? Is he saying he was born in The Scottish Town?
Friday 11 January 2013
Metgasco Limited's share price begins 2013 in free fall
Coal seam gas exploration and production company Metgasco Limited’s unwanted intrusion into the NSW Northern Rivers region sees its ordinary share price, as traded on the Australian Stock Exchange, continue its decline…..
As of close of trading 9 January 2013 – two day after it took sixty police to escort Metgasco’s drilling rig onto PEL 426 in the Clarence Valley at Glenugie - the ordinary share price has again fallen to 16c. The share price remained the same on 10 January.
On 13 December 2012 the Northern Rivers Echo reported that; Metgasco's shares plummeted to an all-time low of 15.5 cents this week.
In August 2012 Ethical Investments Limited confirmed the reasons for divesting itself of exposure to the coal seam gas sector:
While there is extensive knowledge around the structure and formation of coal
seams, there remains uncertainty about the permeability and interconnectedness
of coal seams and groundwater resources. CSG critics point to concerns that
extracting large volumes of water from a coal seam may result in pressure
differentials with surrounding water-bearing seams, resulting in potential drops
in water levels and contamination of aquifers.
Australian Ethical’s Chief Investment Officer, David Macri says "meetings with CSIRO reassured us that our analysis and understanding of the issues was on the mark, but also confirmed our concerns about the long-term impacts of large-scale water extraction on the Great Artesian Basin."
With negative impacts that are potentially irreversible, or at least would take lifetimes to reverse, we are concerned about any company’s capacity to appropriately manage this risk. Origin Energy was divested in late 2011, thus ending our exposure to the CSG sector. [my bolding]
On 13 December 2012 the Northern Rivers Echo reported that; Metgasco's shares plummeted to an all-time low of 15.5 cents this week.
In August 2012 Ethical Investments Limited confirmed the reasons for divesting itself of exposure to the coal seam gas sector:
Australian Ethical’s Chief Investment Officer, David Macri says "meetings with CSIRO reassured us that our analysis and understanding of the issues was on the mark, but also confirmed our concerns about the long-term impacts of large-scale water extraction on the Great Artesian Basin."
With negative impacts that are potentially irreversible, or at least would take lifetimes to reverse, we are concerned about any company’s capacity to appropriately manage this risk. Origin Energy was divested in late 2011, thus ending our exposure to the CSG sector. [my bolding]
Kingston vs The Australian propaganda sheet
News Limited's The Australian newspaper gets caught distorting known facts – again.
The Australian 8 January 2013:
Margot Kingston 8 January 2013:
Just to keep the record straight in the face of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's claim that these new allegations reflect on Australian Prime Minister Gillard's judgement (but apparently not on his own judgement or that of former Prime Minister Howard), herewith timeline information taken from the Parliament of Australia biography of the Hon. Peter Neil Slipper:
Elected to the House of
Representatives for Fisher, Queensland, 1984 for the National Party of
Australia. Defeated 1987.
Re-elected for the Liberal Party of
Australia 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.
Liberal-Nationals Coalition Government Whip from 11.7.97 to 18.10.98.
Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister for Finance and Administration (Coalition Ministers John Fahey & Nick Minchin)
from 21.10.98 to 26.10.04.
Acting Parliamentary Secretary to the
Prime Minister John Howard from 14.3.02 to 7.10.03.
Member, Liberal Party 1989-2008;
Member, Liberal National Party of Queensland 2008-11.
Alternate Representative, Liberal
Party State Executive (Qld) 1990-92.
Vice-Chairman, Liberal Party Sunshine
Coast Zone 1990-92.
Membership Development Officer,
Liberal Party Sunshine Coast Zone 1990-92.
Branch Vice-Chairman, Liberal Party
1991-92.
Delegate, Liberal Party and Liberal
National Party State Conventions (Qld) 1990-2011.
Became an Independent MP from 24.11.2011.
On 7 January
2013 the Australian Federal Police served
the legal representative of Mr Peter Slipper MP with a summons in relation to
three offences of Dishonestly Causing a Risk of a Loss to the Commonwealth
pursuant to section 135.1(5) Criminal
Code Act 1995 (Cth).
The same day
The
Sydney Morning Herald reported:
Thursday 10 January 2013
No matter what, it's always about ME!
Armed only with a self-promoting tweet and a tame photographer, Australian Federal Oppostion Leader and legend in his own mind, Tony Abbott, goes forth to grab more mainstream media column inches.........
Volunteer firefighter Tony Abbott, in a posed photograph allegedly working on fire containment lines in the Conjola National Park on NSW's south coast. Picture: Craig Greenhill - Source: The Australian 9 January 2013 - Caption: Clarencegirl
Still posing for the camera below. Note the absence of protective gloves:
Mr. Abbott is delaying a holiday for three days in order to milk his presence somewhere near a bushfire for all it's worth.
More photos of Tony well away from the frontline flames
UPDATE:
Just when I thought Abbott's shameless self-promotion on the backs of other people's fear and loss could not get any worse - The Daily Telegraph online had this montage on its homepage, with yet another posed Abbott behind the front lines .
Abbott has nothing to offer a nation - Monbiot
George Monbiot carves Tony Climate Change Is Crap Abbott up in The
Guardian on the 18th January:
“So far Abbott has commented, as far
as I can tell, only on the fires: "Our thoughts are with the people and
the communities across the country who are impacted by the bushfires," he
says. Quite right too, but it's time his thoughts also extended to the question
of why this is happening and how Australian politicians should respond. He says he's currently on standby with his local
fire brigade, but as his opposition to effective action on climate
change is likely to contribute to even more extreme events in the future, this
looks like the most cynical kind of stunt politics
To ask him and others to change their
view of the problem could be to demand the impossible. It requires that they
confront some of the most powerful interests in Australia: from Rupert Murdoch
to Gina Rinehart. It requires that they confront
some of the powerful narratives that have shaped Australians' view of
themselves, just as we in the United Kingdom must challenge our own founding
myths. In Australia's case, climate change clashes with a story of great cultural
power: of a land of opportunity, in which progress is limited only by the rate
at which natural resources can be extracted; in which this accelerating
extraction leads to the inexorable improvement of the lives of its people. What
is happening in Australia today looks like anything but improvement.
This, I think, is too much for Abbott to take on: as a result he
has nothing to offer a nation for which this terrible weather is a warning of
much worse to come. Australia's new weather demands a new politics; a politics
capable of responding to an existential threat.”
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Australian National Heatwave 9 January 2013
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Northern Rivers forecast for Wednesday 9 January:
Sunny morning. The chance of showers and thunderstorms from midday, with little, if any, rain reaching the ground. Winds north to northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h tending northwesterly in the middle of the day then shifting south to southeasterly in the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 37 to 42.
Fire Danger - Far North Coast: Severe
UV Alert from 8:50 am to 5:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]
Tasmanian Bushfires 2013 Appeal
You can help
Australian Red Cross is running the Tasmanian Bushfires 2013 Appeal at the invitation of the Tasmanian Government in order to provide assistance to those affected by the devastating bushfires.
GPO Box 2957
Melbourne VIC 8060
Images sent by mobile phone to one Tasmanian mother separated by bushfire from her children to show they were still safe with their grandparents:
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