Queensland Senator Andrew Bartlett has called on the federal Labor government to set up a public inquiry into allegations of bribery and intimidation by Australian government and wool industry officials.
Australian Democrats
Poor Howard government advertising standards exposed.
The poor standards of the Coalition on Government advertising, exposed again in the annual report of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet for the year ending June 30 2007 according to Australian Democrats Senator Andrew Murray.
Queensland Democrats Senator calls for direct democracy
Queensland Democrat Senator Andrew Bartlett called for greater protections such as the public right to appeal against the lawfulness of decisions that directly affect them.
The Australian Democrats Party
Links
Australian Democrats: www.democrats.org.au
Queensland Democrats: qld.democrats.org.au
Queenlsand Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett: andrewbartlett.com, The Bartlett Diaries: andrewbartlett.com/blog
Are nuclear fusion, fission and 'renewables' viable alternatives to fossil fuels?
On top of the hazards of nuclear fission electricity generation, even more environmental threats are posed by mining of uranium, enrichment, reprocessing and disposal of nuclear wastes. A likely consequence of the expansion of uranium mining in Central Australia is that the Eastern seaboard stands to be exposed to clouds bearing poisonous radioactive uranium and other toxic metals blown from the mine tailings dumps (see David Bradbury's film "Blowin' in the wind" for a graphic illustration of this threat).