(5:17 PM) —I rise to follow my colleague Senator Ronaldson to make some comments on the youth allowance legislation, as it is loosely known, before us. I commend my colleague Senator Ronaldson for his comments, because he is right on the money. I firstly thank the committee members of the Rural and ... ...more
The announcement by Climate Change Minister Penny Wong that the Labor Government will exempt agriculture from an emissions cap in the Emissions Trading Scheme is hardly worth getting excited about as it is nothing new.
Senator Fiona Nash, Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate and Sen... ...more
The Productivity Commission has admitted that the timing of its inquiry into Wheat Exporting Marketing Arrangements is “inopportune” for wheat growers.
Senator Fiona Nash, the Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, said the Commission has called for submissions to be lodged by Friday, Novemb... ...more
The Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Senator Barnaby Joyce, has launched an online petition to stop the Emissions Trading Scheme which is the centrepiece of the Labor Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
“The Nationals voted against the CPRS in August and intend to stop this insidi... ...more
The Senate is due to debate the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bills in the last sitting session of the year, which starts on November 16. It is not too late to stop the ETS and there is a petition on Senator Barnaby Joyce's website which reads
To the Honourable President and members of th... ...more
Commentary: Alan Kohler
It's hardly a surprise that the G20 finance ministers did not agree to splash cash on developing nations to help get a climate change treaty across the line in Copenhagen in a month’s time. Their bosses, the prime ministers and presidents, won’t agree next mo... ...more
A man who knows a lot about hot air has declared that humans must stop eating meat to save the planet. This would be laughable if it were not so serious.
Lord Stern, author of The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change which was published on October 30 2006 is the I. G. Patel Professor of ... ...more
From Weekly Times Now,
David McKenzie,
FOOD processors are opposing a push by Opposition Senators to strengthen country-of-origin labelling laws.
Peak grocery and beverage bodies and leading processors say food companies would face constant label changes and higher costs i... ...more