The Bloodwood Tree

The Dept. Foreign Affairs and Trade has written to the Monaro Christian Forum to defend the track record of this and previous governments in speaking up for human rights in West Papua.
A letter signed by about 50 Monaro Christians, community members and with the support of members of the Sydney Muslim community has asked for […]

A little while ago I wrote to The Member for Eden Monaro Dr Mike Kelly asking for some information on how the Australian Government was dealing with Global Oil Depletion. Dr Kelly responded with a copy of a speech by Mr Martin Ferguson, Energy & Resources Minister. While I don’t have an electronic copy to […]

Sent to the editor of the Cooma Express on 9 June, 08
Rough estimates say that a $US1 per barrel increase in the price of oil gives us a 1c increase in petrol costs. That’s pretty significant when you think about how every one was carrying on about the potential 2c per litre change that Fuel […]

The Australian lobby group Getup has launched a campaign targeted at both the Government and opposition, aimed to reduce Australia’s dependence on oil. The campaign is intended to tackle the Peak Oil issue at the same time as reducing greenhouse emissions.
Getup is asking people to write emails, asking for

massive federal investment in public transport,
laws for dramatically […]