Posted 10/12/08
News at http://candobetter.net/
Important: this is a really bad report and needs overwhelming disparagement. It must not retain the credentials the papers have given it. The article contains a lot of information - albeit done in wee small hours.
Posted December 4th, 2008 by Sheila Newman
Sounds good but ... The Victorian State of the Environment Report 2008 says that the future cannot be an extension of the past; Australia’s total material requirements more than twice other OECD countries'; Victoria's population growth major driver of environmental degradation. But, go to the end to see that this Report intends to reduce 'consumers' [what happened to 'citizens'?] rights, space and living standards "while also taking advantage of the huge business opportunities presented" by Victoria "Growing Together".
Brumby's parliamentary circus only lacks Caligula's horse
Posted December 3rd, 2008 by Sheila Newman
Brumby's parliament is a circus of Dorothy Dixers and false positives. He shows no remorse for the pain and loss his policies have inflicted on Victoria. Reading his words one is reminded of some little emperor in the last days of Rome.
Victoria's overpopulation nets Big End of Town windfall while citizens pay heavy price
Posted December 3rd, 2008 by Sheila Newman
"The property developers are self serving and the government is reprehensible in catering to their greed by pushing for greater and greater population growth. They thumb their noses at the rest of us and treat wildlife whose habitat gets destroyed with total disdain."