“The Rann Government’s tardiness in changing its solar feed-in bonus scheme will cost households with solar PV cells at least $800,000 – with potential lost revenue increasing $5,000 per day”, says SA […]
OLYMPIC DAM: URANIUM ALTERNATIVE WOULD SAVE UP TO $18.9 MILLION LITRES WATER DAILY
Authorities have got to decide whether they are happy for South Australia to simply be China’s quarry”, says SA Greens MLC Mark Parnell. A new peer-reviewed report shows that a ‘no uranium’ […]
BHP SUPPLEMENTARY EIS RESPONSE IS IN – PUBLIC TO WAIT A FURTHER 8 WEEKS
BHP Billiton operators of the Olympic Dam gold, copper and uranium mine in the mid north of the state has handed the South Australian government it’s 15,000 page supplementary environmental impact statement. […]
NYRSTAR LEAD SMELTER: PLEASE EXPLAIN INCREASED LEAD LEVELS IN PORT PIRIE CHILDREN
Port Pirie lead and zinc smelter operator Nyrstar was given 14 days on Tuesday 1st June to explain the increase in children’s lead levels in Port Pirie. The South Australian Government […]
MARK PARNELL: THE MURKY WORLD OF POLITICAL DONATIONS – MISSING MILLIONS!
Pokie barons, property developers and lobbyists all being generous to political parties? What do they expect in return? The AEC returns for 2008/09 again feature developers, lobbyists, unions and the Australian Hotels […]
NATIVE BIRDS ARE FAIR GAME IN SA – UPPER HOUSE DECIDES
“Annual slaughter of native birds must stop,” says Parnell The SA Upper House has rejected a Greens Bill to permanently ban duck hunting in South Australia.
FOUR MILE APPROVAL A DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING BETRAYAL
Greens MLC Mark Parnell has described the decision by Environment Minister Peter Garrett to approve the 4 Mile in-situ leaching mine as a deeply disappointing betrayal of SA’s environment that will leave […]
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