This is not a budget – it’s a fudget!
It will be remembered as the mother of all Swan dives by ‘Khemlani Kev’ (for those who can’t remember, Tirath Khemlani was a shady Pakistani money lender of last resort for the economically disgraced Whitlam government in 1975). (more…)
The Hon. CHARLIE LYNN: My question without notice is directed to the Minister for Energy. I refer to the proposal by AGL Energy to build a 300-megawatt gas-fired power station at Leafs Gully in the electorate of Wollondilly. Is the Minister aware that Campbelltown, Wollondilly and Camden councils are all opposed to the construction of a gas-fired power station at Leafs Gully? Is the Minister aware that Campbelltown already has one of the highest rates of asthma and air pollution in the country? Is the Minister aware also that the proposed power station has the capacity for the installation of four gas turbine generators? Will the Minister give an assurance that the proposed power station at Leafs Gully will not double or even quadruple in size if approved by his State Government? (more…)
The Hon. CHARLIE LYNN [11.28 a.m.]: This motion should be headed “Lies, damned lies, and statistics”! Yesterday Government members cited numerous statistics in asserting that there is virtually no crime in New South Wales. The New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has revealed that from 1995 to now—or while this Government has been in office—the trend in the incidence of violent crime per 100,000 population has been increasing. I am not holding the graph upside down: it is going up. Yet one would have thought from the statistics cited yesterday that there is no crime in New South Wales—in fact, there are no problems in this State. The mob opposite is so good it would describe a Coogee Bay sandwich as slices of sourdough with a medium-rare la excreta filling! The Government changes the definition of crime and manipulates statistics and then Labor members move self-congratulatory motions to create the perception that the Government is doing a great job and there are few problems or crime worries. (more…)
Bill introduced, and read a first time and ordered to be printed on motion by the Hon. Charlie Lynn.
The Hon. CHARLIE LYNN [11.40 a.m.]: I move:
That this bill be now read a second time.
This is a bill for an Act to require the Hurlstone Agricultural High School site to be retained for educational purposes. The objects of the bill are to ensure that the Hurlstone Agricultural High School site remains in public ownership and to limit the use of the site to that of a government school. Clause 1 sets out the name of the proposed Act. Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on the date of assent to the proposed Act. Clause 3 defines the Hurlstone Agricultural High School site and contains other interpretative provisions. Clause 4 specifies the objects of the proposed Act, as referred to in the overview I have just given. Clause 5 prohibits the Hurlstone Agricultural High School site from being sold, transferred, leased or otherwise alienated. Clause 6 restricts development of the site so that it can be used only for the purposes of a government school. Clause 7 prevents any development of the site from becoming a project to which part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 applies. (more…)
The secrets of the magic pudding have been discovered by Kevin Rudd. Every time he gives millions of dollars away his popularity rating soars. How can there be a Global Financial Crisis when Kev is sending out cheques faster than his pointy-heads in Treasury can write them? It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live, Australia or overseas, you can get a cheque from Kev. You don’t even have to be alive! (more…)
There is no better education for politics than handing out brochures at a polling booth on Election Day. By this stage of the political cycle political parties have selected their candidates and independents have made a commitment to throw their hat into the ring. (more…)
Camden is a quintessential Australian town. The Hawkesbury-Nepean river system provides a clear divide between city and country and surrounding flood plains provide a natural moat against the ravages of urban sprawl which has destroyed the formerly rural aspect of outer metropolitan towns such as Liverpool and Campbelltown. Heritage listed properties fill the gaps left by mother nature. (more…)
Labor’s spin doctors are conditioning us for a gloomy outlook next year.
Over the past 12 months the term ‘working families’ was included in every utterance from Kevin 07. His promises to introduce ‘fuel-watch’ and ‘grocery watch’ were literal. All he did was watch them go up . . . and up . . . and up! Not only did Kevin 07 watch them go up – he set up two taxpayer funded organisations to watch them as well! We are slowly learning that the devil is always in the detail with Kevin 07. After all he never did say he would bring them down – all he promised to do was actually watch them. That box has now been ticked. Thank you Kev! (more…)
The NSW economy has been trashed by the most incompetent Labor government in history.
The Carr government was elected on a lie to halve hospital waiting lists (they are now longer than ever) and to lift the tolls on the M4 and M5 (which never happened). (more…)
But the honour of representing one’s community at any of the three levels of government in our society far outweighs the barbs and criticisms that one must inevitably cop.
Individuals get elected as independent members or as part of a political party. They party they choose is one that represents their beliefs and values. Many are influenced by their parents who pass on their values as part of the nurturing process of raising a child. (more…)
