Saturday 28 July 2012
Quote of the Week
“you don’t pick fights with blokes who buy ink by the tanker-load”
{The Conversation 27th July 2012}
Labels:
media
Friday 27 July 2012
After reading the documents it's hard not to think of this as a political conspiracy
ABC TV 7.30 Report 26 July 2012:
On and on the alleged plot wends its way towards eventual publication the mainstream media.
The evidence has been made public by the Federal Court of Australia and can be found at Online file - Ashby v Commonwealth of Australia NSD 580 of 2012.
Labels:
Federal Parliament,
law,
political probity
Tweeting Barry O'Farrell
no_filter_Yamba @no_filter_Yamba
Please explain why names all NSW Cabinet ministers freely available but not names ministers who sit on Cabinet sub-committees@barryofarrell
This is one tweet NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell is sure to ignore, given it comes from Clarence Valley in the NSW state electorate of Clarence.
An electorate O'Farrell is attempting to keep in the dark about ongoing public service job cuts and, won't tell the media who is sitting on a committee which is allegedly looking to remedy this dismal situation as it plays out in Grafton.
Labels:
Job losses,
NSW government,
NSW politics,
NSW Premier,
public service
Poor Ol' Andy Stoner
Life’s hard when you’re an unpopular pollie. So much time has to be spent protecting your backside.
@AndrewStoner's account is protected.
Only confirmed followers have access to @AndrewStoner's Tweets and complete profile. Click the "Follow" button to send a follow request.
Here’s the list of Andy’s mostly sliced white bread followers.
Thursday 26 July 2012
Before everyone starts yelling Carbonageddon - here's what Caltex told the Australian Stock Exchange on 26th July 2012
Full transcript of Caltex Australia Ltd announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange heralding the excising of around 430 jobs in a Kurnell refinery restructuring package meant to stem ongoing financial losses.
Labels:
Job losses
Gone to sea
Years ago the NSW Government was told that climate change effects would mean that many of the state’s beaches would disappear over time.
This is Yamba’s main beach in the winter courtesy of The Daily Examiner online. Notice the absence of any hint of sand at high tide.
Sadly at low tide the beach is a pale ghost of its former self as Coastalwatch's live SurfCam shows.
This is a foolish Clarence Valley Council trying to defy the might of the sea and changed ocean conditions:
Erosion at Turner's Beach, Yamba
Pic from The Daily Examiner
UPDATE:
In a 17th July 2012 media release Clarence Valley Council and Mayor Richie Willamson forget what the Federal Government, NSW Government and CSIRO have been telling them for at least the last five years about expected erosion of soft shorelines in the lower Clarence River estuary*:
* Thanks to Clarencegirl for reminding me that some of these reports specifically address issues in the Clarence River estuary.
Labels:
climate change,
weather
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