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Local Council Action on Climate Change

Greens councillors and MPs talk about what local government in New South Wales can do about climate change.

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Climate Need Not Corporate Greed

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The Greens Daisy Ad

19 nov | In 1964, under the threat of nuclear war, U.S. President Johnson released a controversial TV ad called the daisy ad. It played only once but had a dramatic effect. With the threat of catastrophic climate change, The Greens remade the ad for the Australian election. . . read more

NSW red gum logging defies Federal environment law

28 jun | NSW red gum logging defies Federal environment law . . read more

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31 oct | Both major parties in Australia seem split and confused on how to handle the future challenges of climate change. The Greens want you to vote for real change at the election. . . read more

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19 nov | Young Australians talk about why they will be voting Green and preferential voting is explained. . . read more

Grass Roots Greener - From Terry D. McGee

17 sep | New South Wales held local council elections across the state last Saturday and the big winner was the Green Party with a 25% increase in positions won. The importance of the statewide trend is that it might convince both Labor and Liberal that Green preferences, and perhaps state members, will decide the next election. State politicians are notoriously “progress orientated” and it will take the existential fear of win/loss for them to learn that true progress has to be measured on a green basis.

NSW Liberal leader Barry O’Farrell stopped the Electricity sale last month (& broke the government) but we want him and the new federal leader, Malcolm Turnbull, to really chase the green vote by re-orientating the whole of the “business party” policies to clean green including real reductions of over 20% CO2 emissions by 2020. We need the two main parties to be competing to make greater real reductions in CO2 – the Liberal Party would be unstoppable at the next state election if it was in an agreement with the Greens, Barry. Think about it, Malcolm.

At the local level, Marrickville Council is now clearly with Leichhardt and Byron Councils in green hands although we still await final counts. Greens will most likely hold half the seats in Byron & Leichhardt with 5 of 12 in Marrickville. All three councils have been under Green dominance for the last 4 years but with unstable majorities and perhaps as a result they have not been seen to be great successes. This needs to change. The world needs Green local councils to be seen to be stable and very successful, including financially, so the party can go on to win state seats and control who forms government throughout Australia. . . read more

New Age Climate Politics

16 dec | Business needs government to set clear some clear parameters, including price-signals, for the century's 'new age of green economics'. But what kind of governments will this new age require? SARAH BARNS considers the dark side of climate change politics. . . read more

An Australian Apology: Why the Greens Should Vote for the CPRS- by Derek Barry

30 nov | An Australian Apology: Why the Greens Should Vote for the CPRS- by Derek Barry . . read more

GetUp! Demands Real Action on Petrol Prices

27 may | GetUp! Executive Director Brett Solomon comments on petrol prices and how climate change has been missing from the debate about rising prices. . . read more

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1986)

Mavi Marmara: Israeli officers face Turkish trial

A Turkish court has charged four senior Israeli military commanders over the killing of nine Turkish activists trying to reach Gaza in 2010.

Ex-military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi and former heads of military intelligence, the navy and air force are expected to be tried in absentia.

The nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed after Israeli troops boarded their ship, the Mavi Marmara.

They had been hoping to breach Israel's naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza.

Ron Paul on Why Bankster Power Must be Eradicated

It is imperative that the American people be educated on the dangers of the Fed and the importance of restoring sound money. Now that nearly 50 years have elapsed since silver was removed from circulation, fewer and fewer Americans have firsthand familiarity with real money.

The laying of the groundwork must begin today, so that the American people will be prepared for the day when the mirage the Fed has created evaporates completely.

Chinese army general calls for 'decisive action' vs PH

China should launch "decisive action" against the Philippines to reinforce Beijing's claim on the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a hardline Chinese army general said Friday.

People's Liberation Army (PLA) Major General Luo Yuan, in a commentary published by state-owned website china.org.cn, said China has not abandoned the idea of "war at all costs" to protect its interests.

"'Peaceful rise and 'period of strategic opportunity' preclude war," said Luo, who has been described by Western media as "hawkish" for his ultranationalist views.

"It is incorrect to assume that China will completely rule out military action in any event during this 'period of strategic opportunity,'" he said, referring to Beijing's dispute with Manila.

Think Again From The Outsider

The great challenge facing everyone who wants to change the world we live in is how do you get traction for your ideas? Gunter Pauli the inventor of the ‘blue economy’ has a novel approach. His missionis to develop globally 100 manufacturing innovations with viable business models that could generate 100 million jobs in 10 years. All with zero emissions and no waste.

The novelty? To drive this revolution in an economic framework that will attract investors and governments in entrepreneurial partnerships that feed self-interest while revolutionising outcomes – particularly in relation to carbon.

The blue economy was initially a report to the Club of Rome recommending innovations inspired by science and biometrics. This is a truly cool equation. Science + Economics = A Better Future.

The Really Big Apple

Recently it was announced that Steve Jobs had an FBI file that detailed his personality, how he ran his company and the possibility that he would be appointed to George Bush Sr.' s government.

What is more interesting about Apple at the moment is the $100bn in cash reserves it's accrued and what it might use them for.

End world hunger?

Take over other companies?

Pay its suicidal employees more?

Whatever it chooses, we should really stop focussing on Jobs' genius and start thinking about how the wealth his genius created can be spent for good.

The Future of Trust - From The Outsider

The images of senior Australian politicians being bundled into cars to escape the threat of indigenous demonstrators confirms how weak the post-apology environment is in Australia. The whole point of the apology was not to say 'sorry' but to build a new platform for the positive evolution of indigenous Australians. The apology created a climate of trust but the ignoble inaction that has followed, apart from proposed tinkering with the Australian constitution, has destroyed the platform and the belief in the trustworthiness of political process. Can't we (non-indigenous Australians) actually do something? Something communal not bureaucratic, spiritual not gestural – something that shows that we care.