Federal Budget 2011

Solar panels mounted on minister's office in budget protest

Submitted by takver on Mon, 16/05/2011 - 3:21pm

The electoral office of Climate Change Minister Greg Combet was targeted by climate activists this morning. A banner was hung from the roof of the building saying "Make Polluters Pay, Fund Renewable Energy!", and four photovoltaic solar panels were put in place on the building roof.

Geography: 
Newcastle
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climate change
protest
solar
renewables
Federal Budget 2011

Budget for billionaires

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 13/05/2011 - 6:28pm

The following is a critique of the 2011 Fedreal budget from Peter Boyle from his blog Peter's Notepad The mining and banking companies creaming billions in super profits from the Asian industrialisation-driven mining boom in Australia – the biggest ever mining boom in this country’s history – have done very well from the federal Budget delivered by the Gillard Labor government on May 10.

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Australia
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Federal Budget 2011