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Green ‘charities’ continue to undermine development

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTMay 29, 2020

by Chris McCormack Environmental groups’ income from donations exceeded $183 million in 2018 Many “work on climate and energy-related issues” Groups hold up essential projects in courts for years One of the impediments to Australia’s economic prosperity, especially as we navigate out of the current crisis, is the influence of radical-green groups masquerading as environmental charities, intent on halting our economic development. According to the Register of Environmental Organisations (REO) Report from September 2019, there were 639 registered environmental organisations, 81 per cent of which were registered charities with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC). A registered charity can…

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May282020

BABY STARING DREAMILY

POETRY LETTERS & HUMOURMay 28, 2020

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Political promises on the Never Never never never work well for the nation

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, POLITICSMay 28, 2020

NW Contributor Political promises in contemporary politics are characterised not just by their grandiosity but by the fact that they never need to be actually delivered. Hence Federal Labor has joined the international chorus of virtue signalling by solemnly pledging for Australia to produce net zero carbon emissions by 2050. But Labor won’t say how or at what cost to the Australian economy. The year 2050 is approximately 10 federal elections from now, several changes of government – a period of roughly a quarter of the time Australia has been a nation to date. It is literally a promise on…

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CANBERRA OBSERVED: What’s China’s beef with our barley?

POLITICSMay 28, 2020

China’s aggressive retaliation against Australia for daring to demand an independent inquiry into the source and subsequent handling of the covid19 outbreak is testing the resolve of the Australian Government. Powerful business leaders, the universities, and Australia’s left intelligentsia are urging the Morrison Government to soften its stance or risk inflicting serious damage to the Australian economy. China has already banned imports from four of our abattoirs, one of which is actually Chinese owned, hiked tariffs on our barley over spurious trade transgressions, and flagged further damage to our wine, tourism and university sectors. Crucially Australia is not alone; hypersensitive…

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