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2 out of 2 – the Member’s Ballot goes Green - by frog
Out of a random draw of two - two Green Party Member’s Bills where drawn out of the member’s bill ballot at twelve today. This means they will now be voted on by Parliament! The first one is the Sustainable Biofuel Bill that will make sure that NZ’s use of biofuels is sustainable (as opposed to the current regime which [...] read moreJune 18, 2009 12:51 pm - 97 Comments -
The ideas are free and plentiful – you just need to ask - by frog
An interesting discussion from the Otago Daily Times’ Dene Mackenzie – who was lunching with Jeanette and Australian Green Leader Bob Brown yesterday: Senator Brown said the injection of new ideas in politics around the world was coming from the Greens and there was never a time when the Greens were more needed than 2008 [...] read moreNovember 6, 2008 9:26 pm - 9 Comments -
Jeanette invests in stamps - by frog
I’ve just spotted two letters in the papers today from a J Fitzsimons. First this one in the Independent Financial Review where she notes that her Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act which passed in 2000 is now saving 19 petajoules of energy each year: Then this one in The Press where she again clarifies that [...] read moreApril 30, 2008 1:39 pm - 6 Comments -
Mike Moore on biofuels - by frog
Mike Moore manages to evade lucidity again this morning with a Pro GE, pro WTO, pro big business solution to rising food prices. He also joins many others on the right by attacking biofuels: Filling a Range Rover with subsidised ethanol takes as much “grain” as would feed an African family for a year. Rich [...] read moreApril 28, 2008 12:10 pm - 20 Comments -
Aussie supermarket duopoly comes under the spotlight - by frog
New Zealand is not the only country facing rising food costs. Over in Australia the government has directed its Competition and Consumer Commission to launch an inquiry into food prices. Interestingly there the inquiry is focusing on the perceived lack of competition between Australia’s two major grocery suppliers, Woolworths and Coles, who between them control [...] read moreJanuary 23, 2008 9:19 am - 3 Comments
