Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Lenore Taylor; 15/11/08 The television images were graphic. Thousands of people were waiting patiently in a dusty field to see doctors and dentists and specialists working in the open air or under makeshift tarps. Some of the patients had advanced cancer, some untreated diabetes. Most were seriously unwell. Some had arrived the previous evening, waiting all [...]
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Lenore Taylor; 26/11/08 Canbertra is pushing to change the rules for international climate change talks in Copenhagen next year to prevent rich developed countries, such as Singapore and South Korea, being required to do less because the Kyoto Protocol classifies them as developing. Australia argues that the next global climate change deal should require binding economy-wide [...]
The Australian (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
WHY we should cling to our public health system for all we are worth, says Lenore Taylor.
Peter Martin (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
I'll fill you in on the reasons later, but Lenore Taylor in the Australian summarises well what happened, and how it felt: "POLITELY asking Wayne Swan what the inflation forecasts are didn't sound like a question to stop a press conference. But when the Treasurer took almost 1 1/2 minutes to answer, fumbling through notes and looking around to his staff for assistance, it reduced the...
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Lenore Taylor’ 4/11/08; (3 Items) The Rudd Government should abandon plans to include agriculture in its emissions trading scheme in 2015 and instead consider immediately implementing a carbon levy to reduce emissions from the farm sector. The Government has said it intends to include agriculture - the nation’s second-biggest source of greenhouse emissions - from 2015, [...]
The Australian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
THE costs to Australian businesses and households of the proposed emissions trading scheme seem manageable.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
... the Treasurer's decision to allow third parties to use the rail line. Additional reporting: Lenore Taylor
