The Liberal party in three states – Victoria, South Australia and Queensland – vowed to drop state based renewable energy targets if elected. This follows Federal Liberal Party war on renewables and climate policy conducted since Abbott took power in 2013, continued under Prime Minister Turnbull. While climate action at the Federal level has followed […]
Victorian Liberals declare war on #renewable targets, jobs, investment reports @takvera
February 14, 2017
#Solar to power Melbourne trams as Australia’s GHG emissions rise reports @takvera
January 19, 2017
Lily D’Ambrosio, the Victorian Energy and Environment Minister, stepped forward today to announce that Melbourne’s tram network will be powered by 100 per cent Solar. Not directly of course. But the government will issue a tender for a new 75MW capacity large scale solar farm to supply the equivalent power needed for the tram network […]
Stop the guns: Tony Abbott saved Australia. Again. – @Qldaah #auspol
October 20, 2016
The debate over the Adler 110 shotgun reaches new levels of absurdity in Canberra. You probably missed it but somewhere back in 2015 Prime Minister Tony Abbott threw himself into the breach once more to save the country. This time it wasn’t in the path of raggedly dressed refugees on boats. This time it was real. This […]
Where the rubber hits the road – @Qldaah #qldpol
October 12, 2016
The fallout from Campbell Newman’s anti-hooning laws.
Making sense of the Queensland asset sales debate – @Qldaah #qldpol
October 7, 2016
The asset sales debate is on the boil yet again in Queensland.
He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty Wyatt Roy – @Qldaah #qldpol #auspol
October 5, 2016
The radicalisation of a future prime minister.
Dam scam: $3m in federal funds awarded to Qld LNP connected consortium – @qldaah #auspol #qldpol
September 22, 2016
High ranking Qld LNP members awarded millions for feasability study
What impact #sealevelrise on Melbourne’s privatised port facilities? asks @takvera
September 19, 2016
The Andrews Victorian state government has been successful with the sale of the Port of Melbourne for $9.7 billion, an election promise. The government had been expecting around $7 billion for the asset. Technically, its not a sale, but a 50 year lease of the port’s commercial operations. The long term lease of Australia’s largest […]
The Mundingburra gambit: The plan to recapture Herbert – @Qldaah #qldpol #auspol
August 3, 2016
Inconsistencies alleged by the Liberal National Party in the polling for the Queensland federal seat of Herbert echo the 1995 legal challenge to Labor’s victory in the Queensland state electorate of Mundingburra.
