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Queensland to Dump ‘Green’ Schemes
Posted by jennifer, March 28th, 2012 - under Good Causes, Information.
Tags: Carbon Trading, government
Comments: 11
NEW Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, orders ex-Queensland Premier’s husband, Greg Withers, to kill green schemes. That’s according to an article in today’s The Australian: “The showpiece of the Gillard government’s $1.5 billion Solar Flagships Program is now in jeopardy, after Mr Newman yesterday pulled the plug on $75 million in state funding pledged for the [...]
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Government Funding Corrupts
Posted by jennifer, March 27th, 2012 - under Information.
Tags: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, government
Comments: 74
“There’s an assumption that private funding must always be acknowledged because it’s dirty, while public funding never needs to be acknowledged, because it’s pure.” Michael Duffy from ABC Radio National Counterpoint made that comment yesterday when he interviewed me about the Murray Mouth barrages.[1] Biologist Walter Starck [2] replied today with the following comment: “A [...]