Is there a role for nuclear energy?

[mellie]

Charming!

But dickhead yourself, that was happening under Howard too and foreign investment is as old as Australia.

Who sent market-scouts out to promote and sniff out a lucrative global water industry, at a time when Penny Wong was professing otherwise, re- a government buy-back scheme....pmsl.

And without having advised our indigenous communities....the traditional landowners they have effectively made a mockery of.

Talk about closing the gap....

When they (Indigenous) complained, Labor granted SOME-OF-THEM a one-off hush royalty payment, then made an amendment in the constitution to prevent any more 'negotiations' of this nature.

In other words, they bribed some instant-coffees (not truly traditional land owners)...to shut their gobs about their selling off theirs and our most precious resource...blue gold.. water!

Ask yourself, why on earth would the Greens support this exploitive market then sit back and remain quiet about it?

Whats in it for them?

Water shortages are the biggest crises this nation faces within the next 50 years...less even, and what does Labor do?

When you are watering your garden with bottled water from China my friend.... lets have another chat.

[Outlaw Yogi]

Murray darling botch bitch—was a Howard fuckup.

Asylum seekers—same under both. Labor is being more humane, good.

Well if yer really wanna phuk the Murry-Darling, whack some reactors along it to suck it dryer and poison it, and if/when the salinity corrodes the coolant system (nuke industry's too tight arse to use stainless), it'll all be wonderfully phuked.
And if yer worried about boat people, make them prove their worth by carrying used fuel rods to your perfectly safe nuke dump site.

Liar... refer to the Penny Wong sell-off re- our water-rights to global investors.

Technically, a Labor imitative, but Penny Wong was leading the debate at the time....when Barnaby Joyce challenged her, and Labors sell-off, aka buy-back scam, not scheme, where have you been?

This is the 2nd time I've had to advise you to check the details on a given topic/issue/concept/story.

Fact, the fed gov cannot sell off our water or rights pertaining to it.
As much as Malcom water privatisation Turnbull would prefer it otherwise.

Commonwealth Of Australia Constitution Act
Chapter IV. Finance And Trade.
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/general/co ... apter4.htm

100. The Commonwealth shall not, by any law or regulation of trade or commerce, abridge the right of a State or of the residents therein to the reasonable use of the waters of rivers for conservation or irrigation.

[Jovial Monk]

http://i.imm.io/4wUQ.jpeg

[mellie]

Charming!

But dickhead yourself, that was happening under Howard too and foreign investment is as old as Australia.

Who sent market-scouts out to promote and sniff out a lucrative global water industry, at a time when Penny Wong was professing otherwise, re- a government buy-back scheme....pmsl.

And without having advised our indigenous communities....the traditional landowners they have effectively made a mockery of.

Talk about closing the gap....

When they (Indigenous) complained, Labor granted SOME-OF-THEM a one-off hush royalty payment, then made an amendment in the constitution to prevent any more 'negotiations' of this nature.

In other words, they bribed some instant-coffees (not truly traditional land owners)...to shut their gobs about their selling off theirs and our most precious resource...blue gold.. water!

Ask yourself, why on earth would the Greens support this exploitive market then sit back and remain quiet about it?

Whats in it for them?

Water shortages are the biggest crises this nation faces within the next 50 years...less even, and what does Labor do?

When you are watering your garden with bottled water from China my friend.... lets have another chat.

You have not a clue.

I asked freediver the same question and he became quite arrogant.

[IQS.RLOW]

Yep. Brings out the childish pictures. I'm not surprised

You must have run out of excuses for the shocking performance of this pack of fucking morons

[Jovial Monk]

No, Howard and Costello are no longer in office, thank God!

[IQS.RLOW]

No, Howard and Costello are no longer in office, thank God!

Yep. 4 years on and 2 elections and still unable to focus on the failure of your chosen pieces of shit

[mellie]

Monk, when you're swilling toxic run-off from a industry polluted foreignly owned lagoon/swamp, come back and have a chat.

Do you think global investors will give a fuck about the quality of the water they will be selling back to us at their named price?

Who will regulate the quality of our water when the moulting and scabbing public will only turn around and say..."Why the fuck did you let foreign investors buy and take charge of our nations most precious resource to begin with Miss/Mr PM?"


Think about it.

[Outlaw Yogi]

So when was the referendum to alter the constitution mellie?

Commonwealth Of Australia Constitution Act
Chapter IV. Finance And Trade.
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/general/co ... apter4.htm

100. The Commonwealth shall not, by any law or regulation of trade or commerce, abridge the right of a State or of the residents therein to the reasonable use of the waters of rivers for conservation or irrigation.

[Outlaw Yogi]

Germany set to abandon nuclear power for good
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110323/ap_ ... lear_power

BERLIN – Germany is determined to show the world how abandoning nuclear energy can be done.

The world's fourth-largest economy stands alone among leading industrialized nations in its decision to stop using nuclear energy because of its inherent risks. It is betting billions on expanding the use of renewable energy to meet power demands instead.

The transition was supposed to happen slowly over the next 25 years, but is now being accelerated in the wake of Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant disaster, which Chancellor Angela Merkel has called a "catastrophe of apocalyptic dimensions."

Berlin's decision to take seven of its 17 reactors offline for three months for new safety checks has provided a glimpse into how Germany might wean itself from getting nearly a quarter of its power from atomic energy to none.

Last year, German investment in renewable energy topped euro26 billion ($37 billion) and secured 370,000 jobs, the government said.

After taking seven reactors off the grid last week, officials hinted the oldest of them may remain switched off for good, but assured consumers there are no worries about electricity shortages as the country is a net exporter.

"We can guarantee that the lights won't go off in Germany," Environment Ministry spokeswoman Christiane Schwarte said.

Most of the country's leaders now seem determined to swiftly abolish nuclear power, possibly by 2020, and several conservative politicians, including the chancellor, have made a complete U-turn on the issue.