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Businesses forced to dump carbon tax hike on customers
Simon Benson and Steve Lewis The Daily Telegraph SMALL business owners, farmers and home renovators are among those already feeling the effect of the carbon tax as prices soar just two weeks after the scheme was introduced. In one of … Continue reading
Pedestrians will rule roost in CBD laneways
Kelsey Munro Sydney Morning Herald SYDNEY’S CBD laneways are set to be transformed into shared zones where pedestrians have right of way and cars are limited to 10km/h, under a $53 million City of Sydney plan to emulate Melbourne’s laneway … Continue reading
Climate change science being stifled by NSW Labor bureaucrats
Source: Daily Telegraph SENIOR bureaucrats in the state government’s environment department have routinely stopped publishing scientific papers which challenge the federal government’s claims of sea level rises threatening Australia’s coastline, a former senior public servant said yesterday. Doug Lord helped … Continue reading
Power cut-offs soar as families struggle with bills
Source: SMH AN INCREASING number of households have had their electricity disconnected due to their inability to pay their bills, with the state government under pressure to boost assistance to avoid further disconnections. Figures to be published today show in … Continue reading