Articles tagged ‘Economics’.
Lachlan Slade, Greens candidate for Bendigo today said we do not need to cut university spending to achieve the measures in the Gonski review. This co...
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The Australian Conservation Foundation acknowledges solid delivery on nature conservation, is concerned with cuts to spending on renewable energy, and...
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By Meg Sattler UK Corporate Social Responsibility expert Jeremy Moon is currently in Australia, addressing the questions, ‘can businesses really be ...
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By Meg Sattler Environmental groups continue to celebrate Woodside’s decision not to proceed with a multi-billion dollar Browse gas project at J...
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It was the most exclusive of events: a $500 minimum per head gala fundraising dinner last week for a right-wing think tank. Tony Abbott, Gina Rinehart...
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Any attempt to challenge the elite needs courage, inspiration and a truly groundbreaking proposal. Here are two to set us off By George Monbiot The Gu...
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Heard of Terminal Zero? Mining giant Adani plans to build a new massive coal port, Terminal Zero, just metres from a beach where sea turtles have come...
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By Andrew McKenna So was the excitement, joy and relief at the Theatre Royal this evening with the news of VCAT’s rejection of 65 more poker mac...
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By Joseph Nevins As I watched a video of Barack Obama delivering his second inaugural address last month, and listened to his call to “respond to th...
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MINING and gambling interests contributed heavily to political parties last financial year, at a time when the government was considering dropping its...
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The Australian Conservation Foundation has called on the Federal Government to make good on its commitment to remove wasteful tax breaks by cutting fo...
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Emissions are rising, ice is melting and yet the response of governments is simply to pretend that none of it is happening By George Monbiot January 0...
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Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11 December 2012 There’...
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By Bronwen Machin The slow and relaxed start to my day – breakfast at the Dove – was riven by a body blow when I read the front page Age story o...
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By Christian Monahan If you’ve ever seen me talk at an event or read any of my written works, you’ll know what I think about the state of modern f...
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Click to enlarge. Sunday, 18 November 2012 – Chewton Pool Art Auction raises funds in support of Chewton Pool Inc. 80+ works by renowned artis...
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Castlemaine’s Dean Bridgfoot attended the Origin Energy AGM on Monday to deliver a strong message to the power company. Mr Bridgfoot, an employee of...
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CI is hot! and we reopened comments. Ring those bells! And blow those whistles! Thirteen thousand visits to the site every week! In October, CI...
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From the Center For Science in the Public Interest the Real Bears… an antidote to the saccharin lifestyles promoted by the soft drinks indus...
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By Christian Monahan The fact that so much of the media gets away with its constant “organic food bashing” really astounds me. Once all the other ...
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Projections of future regional climate change: what might we expect in Victoria? The global climate system has warmed by around one degree Celsius ove...
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What is the right future direction for Victoria? – the ‘Victoria at the Crossroads?’ Conference 23-24 August 2012. Australia’s Prime Minister,...
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By Andrew McKenna For years the old Castlemaine Gaol has hung like a millstone around the neck of this shire. A ball chained to the suppurating leg of...
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We’re on holidays for three weeks! Send us a postcard! The whole fun crew at CI is headed to Acapulco for some team building, workshops on non-v...
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The classifieds software we use recently had an upgrade with significant structural change. Since then we have had a number of people who couldn’...
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By Tim Preston. Imagine a chair that is very comfortable, light, strong, made with renewable materials, and has a highly evolved design- a chair that ...
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The water consumed in the production of electricity is an important factor for a dry continent like Australia… there are real limits to thermoel...
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Isaac Asimov summed it up best when he said, “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural lif...
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by David Hetherington and Dominic Prior In the first decade of the century, Australia struck it lucky. A voracious global appetite for commodities mea...
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Castlemaine Independent is on a mission and we need your help. Today we are initiating a campaign to pressure Mt Alexander Shire Council to remove Rou...
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A new community group - People not Pokies – has formed in this shire, and is planning to engage all sectors of the shire in an attempt to count...
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Travel and tourism leaders are calling for a new enlightened framework for sustainable tourism in a ground breaking collection of essays compiled by V...
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Lyal Eales Stores, a central Victorian owned outdoor/ variety retail chain will be expanding with a new store into Castlemaine. Opening in early July ...
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By Chris Hosking I made two FoI requests earlier this year to VicTrack to view the lease between VicTrack and the board of the Maryborough Highland So...
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The wilderness awaits those who follow an economic prophet without a moral compass. Joshua Funder, Per capita Read more...
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