Growing old in the Lucky Country

ABC News 3rd October 2012

2GB haemorrhages advertisers and Jones loses appeal against court ruling that he indulged in "racial vilification"

 

From Change.org

 

Brisbane Times 2 October 2012:

 

The list of sponsors pulling out of broadcaster Alan Jones's radio program following his comments about the prime minister's father is growing…

 

The 2009  Administrative Decisions Tribunal ruling, that in a radio broadcast on 28 April 2005  Alan Jones was guilty of racial vilification was upheld on appeal this week.

 

SBS World News 2 October 2012:

 

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says Alan Jones' comments about the prime minister's late father are "wrong, unacceptable and offensive" but he won't be boycotting the 2GB broadcaster or banning him from Liberal fundraisers.

 

It would appear that the only person still afraid of Alan Jones is Australia’s Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott.

Newspaper circulation figures show decline on NSW North Coast

 

Weekday circulation figures for principal regional daily newspapers according to AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER No. 69 October 2012:

 

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The only regional daily to record an increase in the audited period to the end of June was the Gold Coast Bulletin (up 221 sales, or 0.61 per cent). The remainder recorded declines of from 0.33 per cent (Broken Hill) to 11.05 per cent (Gympie). And, of course, the Daily News on the Tweed coast is no longer a daily printed publication. It closed on 3 December 2011.

Gulaptis won't ever vote for any same-sex marriage because it isn't " an age old tradition"

Firmly placing his foot in his mouth Nationals MP for Clarence Chris Gulaptis confirmed to the Clarence Valley Review on 26 September 2012 that he would not be supporting a same-sex marriage bill if one came before the NSW Parliament, saying he supported maintaining marriage as a tradition between a man and a woman and likened maintaining the traditional approach to marriage to preservation of heritage buildings.

Wonder if he has been taking public relations tips from Senator Bernardi?

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Tweed locks the gate against Alan Jones

Rock the Gate does the Northern Rivers proud:

" SHOCK jock Alan Jones has been dumped as headline speaker at an anti-coal seam gas rally on the Tweed next week, with organisers condemning him as a 'thoughtless bastard' for his extraordinary personal attack on Julia Gillard.

Alan Jones has become a champion of the anti-CSG movement, telling the National Press Club last week that prime farming land was being turned into 'a quarry and a worthless lunar landscape' by miners.

The right-wing commentator, who grew up on a farm on the Darling Downs, has even sided with the Greens on the issue.

Jones was to have been guest speaker at the 'Rock the Gate' anti-CSG rally and concert at Murwillumbah on October 13.

But after a public outcry and threats of a boycott, organiser Michael McNamara said the controversial Sydney broadcaster's invitation to speak at the event had been withdrawn...."

What the NSW Minister for Resources and Energy said about coal seam gas mining before he became part of the O'Farrell Government

 

The NSW Minister for Resources and Energy demonstrates that he is always capable of a full 360 degree turn.

 

NSW LA Hansard 3 May 2005:

 

Mr CHRIS HARTCHER (Gosford) [4.41 p.m.]:

…However, the people of the Central Coast cannot be sacrificed on the altar of economic expediency. Their entitlement to clean, safe water must be paramount……

It is well-known that in the northern Pilliga forest, massive environmental damage was caused by Eastern Star Gas at its Bohena No. 2 drill site as a result of exploration practices. Experiences in the United States of America, and in the State of Wyoming especially, clearly demonstrate disastrous problems associated with this industry through groundwater loss, contamination and waste water. Water is used extensively in gas exploration, as it is in gas mining and development…

 

ABC News 18 August 2012:

 

The Minister for Energy and Resources, Chris Hartcher, has told an energy forum in Armidale that coal seam gas will be accepted as an energy source, just like uranium.

The Minster says he's convinced that public concern surrounding the coal seam gas industry will subside over time, just like the debate over uranium.