Victoria’s 13 billion tonnes of unallocated brown coal are now listed as an eBay item, under the seller name “BrumbyGovt”. Bids are open for the next seven days. The starting price is $1,000,000, writes Greg Foyster.
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Left
Crikey readers debate Guy Rundle’s views on the Left. Plus, discrimination debate and the full time mess that is dealing with Centrelink.
Queensland farmers rise up to take on the miners
Queensland’s Surat Basin has the third largest energy resource in the world but farm groups are warning that mining areas risk catastrophic environmental damage to food-producing areas, reports Amanda Gearing.
Frontier Economics: what is the plan?
Labor’s ETS plan helps individuals not business. The Frontier Economics carbon policy plan is complex but businesses won’t suffer the same economic loss, writes Alan Kohler.
Value for money in the budget? Solar vs. Coal
The energy revolution is happening, but Rudd and Swan are still hedging their bets, writes John Hepburn.
The Chinese want less steel from us
Is the mining boom over?
Fitzgerald: Do we really need emissions trading?
In a macroeconomic environment where the Australian Government is trying to balance excessive demand pressures of the growth States against the subdued performance of the southern States, emissions trading will only make the task harder, writes Ross Fitzgerald.
