Thursday 8 November 2012
Having the last laugh on disgruntled American wingnuts in November 2012
Pimlico woman fined for illegal dumping on flood affected land
A Pimlico woman has been fined for her part in organising the illegal dumping of about 200 tonnes of demolition waste on flood affected land in Pimlico.
The woman was convicted in Ballina Local Court on Friday [26 October 2012] for "actively recruiting" a demolition company to illegally transport demolition waste to a property in Pimlico. The court also found that at the time of the illegal dumping, Mrs Wall was aware she required development consent from Ballina Shire Council for the placement of the demolition waste on the property. No steps were taken by Mrs Wall to seek approval until after she was caught by council officers.
Mrs Wall was fined a total of $7500 and ordered to pay all of the council's legal costs, totalling $3800, as well as $83 in court costs.
The woman was convicted in Ballina Local Court on Friday [26 October 2012] for "actively recruiting" a demolition company to illegally transport demolition waste to a property in Pimlico. The court also found that at the time of the illegal dumping, Mrs Wall was aware she required development consent from Ballina Shire Council for the placement of the demolition waste on the property. No steps were taken by Mrs Wall to seek approval until after she was caught by council officers.
Mrs Wall was fined a total of $7500 and ordered to pay all of the council's legal costs, totalling $3800, as well as $83 in court costs.
Verna Kathleen Wall was convicted in Ballina Local Court on Friday for "actively recruiting" a Maclean based demolition company, Chambers Constructions Pty Ltd, to illegally transport demolition waste from the former Coles liquor store to a property at 883 Pimlico Road, Pimlico.
It was then unlawfully deposited in five separate locations within the property.
Wednesday 7 November 2012
US Presidenial Election 6 November 2012 - links to live cover on the night
E-Health: join at your own risk
It is hard to believe that 13,600 people are said to have joined the national e-Health database, when the system seems so insecure.
Pulse+IT 22 October 2012:
The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has confirmed it has cancelled its $23.6 million contract with IBM to build the authentication service for the PCHER system.
IBM won the contract to build the National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) in March 2011. It promised to create a security and access management system to enable healthcare providers to securely access the PCEHR by June 26, 2012.
IBM failed to deliver its promised infrastructure for NASH by its deadline and an interim solution was deployed by the Department of Human Services (DHS). Secure tokens were issued in late August to those healthcare providers and organisations who had registered for an HPI-I and an HPI-O respectively and had applied for a certificate from Medicare Australia.
THE Department of Health and Ageing has refused to guarantee that its much vaunted e-health record system is risk-free after more than 140 risks were identified before it went live on July 1.
The Gillard government's personally controlled e-health record system, developed by Accenture, contained a staggering 142 risks of which 32 were rated extreme, 77 high and 33 medium.
The detailed risk assessment study, obtained by The Australian, was prepared by the National E-Health Transition Authority (Nehta) and submitted to the Health Department and other relevant parties about two months before the July go-live date.
The department did not directly respond when asked to confirm that all the risks were resolved by July 1.
Tuesday 6 November 2012
NSW government called upon to put the cash to good use
A Lower Clarence resident's view on the NSW Government's billion $ bungle
GET ON WITH JOB
George Orwell, that great English novelist who died in 1950, once said, "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidity of pure wind".
Six decades on and politicians of any brand continue to behave as though stupidity was a virtue.
Having cried poor since gaining power to a cash-strapped NSW state government, the Coalition had a respectable argument that it was unable to afford a 50/50 contribution with the Federal Government to upgrade the Pacific Highway.
However, since finding their ledger is now showing a $680mil surplus, their argument is considerably weakened.
Nevertheless, it did not stop National Party hopeful Kevin Hogan resurrecting that old chestnut of the 80/20 agreement the former state government had with the Feds. (Hogan attacks Saffin DE 2/11/12).
That may have been the case, but public revenues are raised from rates, taxes, duties, customs etc appropriated for the payment of public expenses in the public interest. Government revenues do not belong to political parties and should not be used by politicians to advance their political careers or their longevity to power.
This may perhaps sound altruistically naive, but if politicians had to face the relatives of those whose lives have been lost on this treacherous goat track they might stop playing this myopic, self-serving small-time politics, with the unambitious goal of clinging to power, and for once act in the public interest.
Ray Hunt
Yamba
Source: Letters, The Daily Examiner, 5/11/12
152nd Melbourne Cup today at 3pm
The $6.2 million Emirates Melbourne Cup
The 3,200m race is run at 3pm
on the first Tuesday of November
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