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By Kim on October 10, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/costanswparliament.jpg" align=left Michael Costa has taken a leaf out of Mark Latham’s book… Forced out of office and Parliament? Write op/eds attacking your former party! LISTENING to Kevin Rudd at Council of Australian Governments meetings as he tried to [...]
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Economics, Media, NSW Government | Tagged ALP, COAG, economic policy, global economy, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Latham Diaries, liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, mark latham, Michael Costa, News Limited columnists, NSW Government, NSW Labor, Peter Costello, Rudd government |
By dk.au on September 15, 2008
Take note owners of Loy Yang, Munmorah et al. Greenpeace activists admitted causing £30,000 damage to the chimney of coal fired plant in protest at plans to construct another one ((Yeah weird choice huh. In short, nuclear is still dealing [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Energy, Environment, Law, Local Elections, Markets, NSW Government, Technology | Tagged Activism, carbon accounting, Climate change, Coal fired power stations, direct action, Greenpeace, Kingsnorth Six, Michael Costa, National Electricity Market, nsw treasury, political economy, protesting, Stern Review |
By Kim on September 5, 2008
The only question is why it took Morris Iemma so long to see what everyone else could see plainly. Apparently Paul Keating had a hand in the decision. Update: Trevor Cook: Costa is a loud-mouth political bully who screams and [...]
Posted in NSW Government | Tagged ALP, electricity privatisation, Labor, Michael Costa, morris iemma, NSW Government, Paul Keating |
By Kim on August 29, 2008
So, Barry O’Farrell and the Coalition rained on Morris Iemma’s privatisation parade. Now, the Dilemmster announces that he can still privatise the retailers and generation sites without parliamentary approval. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Iemma’s original argument some [...]
Posted in Economics, Energy, Ethics, NSW Government, Politics | Tagged ALP, Barry O'Farrell, Coalition, electricity privatisation, Labor, Liberal Party, Michael Costa, morris iemma, NSW politics |
By Kim on August 28, 2008
Poor old Morris. He can’t take a trick. After cunningly switching the introduction of the electricity privatisation bills to the Upper House (to avoid the chance of a symbolic defeat in the House that actually determines government and presumably to [...]
Posted in Energy, Media, NSW Government | Tagged ALP, Barry O'Farrell, Coalition, electricity privatisation, Labor, Liberal Party, Michael Costa, morris iemma, NSW politics |
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