Comments on: Bumpy road to Pozman — 12 months of Rudd on climate change http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/01/bumpy-road-to-pozman-12-months-of-rudd-on-climate-change/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:33:57 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/01/bumpy-road-to-pozman-12-months-of-rudd-on-climate-change/#comment-12778 Tom McLoughlin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12778 Independent? Give me a break John. Your seed money came from such as Bob Carr. Global warming was a wedge on Libs and Nats just like forests was in the NSW election in 1995. The Climate Institute was Clive Hamilton's baby who was Hawke Govt researcher for RAC. Bob Carr launched his book at NSW Parliament a few years ago. <br /><br />Your group is independent the same way NSW Nature Conservation Council was independent brokering $300K in grants from the Carr Govt in the late 90ies which then instituted 20 year resource security for the woodchip sector in SE NSW contrary to an express election promise in March 1995 to close the old monster. <br /><br />This week another YouTube evidence of that disastrous ALP policy here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEdV5jXOeqw<br /><br />It doesn't wash. You front up in your wannabe politician's suit on Meet the Press or wherever spouting bureaucratise, smooth diction, and just obscure the real politik wedge motivation driving the pointy heads in the ALP machine. And Paul Winn has hardly covered himself in glory either when it comes to the green carbon being trashed at Eden, in trade off for NE Forest reserves and no questions asked over the Eden monster in the 1990ies via his home group NEFA.<br /><br />Careerism doesn't cut it, especially on the back of the real independent green movement. I want to hear from the Green Party's Senator Milne because you know she is really trying. The rest is unreliable.<br /><br />The real problem is the real motivation for a wedge means the Rudd Govt are NOT sincere. Just as Penny Wong worked for the logging minister in 1995 in Sydney. Independent? Give me a break John. Your seed money came from such as Bob Carr. Global warming was a wedge on Libs and Nats just like forests was in the NSW election in 1995. The Climate Institute was Clive Hamilton’s baby who was Hawke Govt researcher for RAC. Bob Carr launched his book at NSW Parliament a few years ago.

Your group is independent the same way NSW Nature Conservation Council was independent brokering $300K in grants from the Carr Govt in the late 90ies which then instituted 20 year resource security for the woodchip sector in SE NSW contrary to an express election promise in March 1995 to close the old monster.

This week another YouTube evidence of that disastrous ALP policy here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEdV5jXOeqw

It doesn’t wash. You front up in your wannabe politician’s suit on Meet the Press or wherever spouting bureaucratise, smooth diction, and just obscure the real politik wedge motivation driving the pointy heads in the ALP machine. And Paul Winn has hardly covered himself in glory either when it comes to the green carbon being trashed at Eden, in trade off for NE Forest reserves and no questions asked over the Eden monster in the 1990ies via his home group NEFA.

Careerism doesn’t cut it, especially on the back of the real independent green movement. I want to hear from the Green Party’s Senator Milne because you know she is really trying. The rest is unreliable.

The real problem is the real motivation for a wedge means the Rudd Govt are NOT sincere. Just as Penny Wong worked for the logging minister in 1995 in Sydney.

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin #2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/01/bumpy-road-to-pozman-12-months-of-rudd-on-climate-change/#comment-12779 Tom McLoughlin #2 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12779 The big solar energy conference in Sydney last week with global players Suntech and SolarTrina and others present was a case in point of this lame Federal Govt. This is a potentially high employing, very big energy sector but the govt policy settings are tragic. Along with the tragedy of Mumbai swamping any coverage of their conference event.<br /><br />Garrett was there unlike shadow Hunt or WWF Greg Bourne - both booked to speak - but apart from a $6M solar project in Alice Springs one expert told me the minister's speech was notable for what the Minister didn't say - election promises of an Energy Innovation Fund, Renewable Energy Fund gone begging. Nothing about Gross Feed In Tariff which is going gangbusers in most European countries and likely to achieve "grid parity" (same cost as grid energy) within 5 to 10 years. <br /><br />Garrett didn't stay for questions and it's pretty obvious why. He can't deliver on global warming via such as solar, let alone protection of green carbon. This is a former pop singer who produced a record via solar energy and expressed great pride at the achievement.<br />..........................<br /><br />Regarding my previous comment, I was an elected member of the NCC executive 1998, and 1999 until I resigned over their weak approach to the Carr Govt pro woodchipping policy leading to the best forest in South East Australia being woodchipped. The big solar energy conference in Sydney last week with global players Suntech and SolarTrina and others present was a case in point of this lame Federal Govt. This is a potentially high employing, very big energy sector but the govt policy settings are tragic. Along with the tragedy of Mumbai swamping any coverage of their conference event.

Garrett was there unlike shadow Hunt or WWF Greg Bourne - both booked to speak - but apart from a $6M solar project in Alice Springs one expert told me the minister’s speech was notable for what the Minister didn’t say - election promises of an Energy Innovation Fund, Renewable Energy Fund gone begging. Nothing about Gross Feed In Tariff which is going gangbusers in most European countries and likely to achieve “grid parity” (same cost as grid energy) within 5 to 10 years.

Garrett didn’t stay for questions and it’s pretty obvious why. He can’t deliver on global warming via such as solar, let alone protection of green carbon. This is a former pop singer who produced a record via solar energy and expressed great pride at the achievement.
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Regarding my previous comment, I was an elected member of the NCC executive 1998, and 1999 until I resigned over their weak approach to the Carr Govt pro woodchipping policy leading to the best forest in South East Australia being woodchipped.

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