Comments on: Our biggest polluters have won

By: rjg

rjg — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

When Keating and Hawke “transformed” our economy with the big sell-off they trashed our democracy. Anyone who still has any doubts that big business now runs the country no matter who is in power after this cave-in is either an incurable optimist or a fool.

By: David M

David M — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Bernard, you spend far too much time in Canberra. Rantings such as “presumably won’t shut up Don Voelte, corporate Australia’s biggest whinger” show inappropriate appreciation of the contribution made by LNG to our economy. You are a whinger yourself.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

While its desirable for governments to address issues of the ‘future’ such as climate change all evidence suggests political parties administer only the here and now. Countries such as Australia simply aren’t as ‘global or powerful’ as they present nor do they ‘lead’. We’re part of a world economy collapsing for corporate bungling so there’s no doubt who runs world agendas. Right down to the environment business and the free market has us trapped. That’s capitalism.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Slavery also made a massive contribution to the American economy. In that regard, some might argue there are things more important than simply ‘economic contribution’. I probably seem like a zealot connecting Big Polluters with Slavery, but if you believe in Climate Change (and there’s the rub I guess), then the parallells are strong. Ie vested interests protecting an entrenched and profitable industry, that years later would become universally decried as inhumane and against the common good.