Shadow Minister Cheer away. Those wonderful Lawyers will take half of any money they get! All that money will come frome the ordinary ratepayer so they are going to pay Lawyers who probably donate to green causes (They would, would,nt they - great little earners the Greens). Ratepayers will have to pay more rates and they will never get any reduction so inflation increases.
Mate you and me are paying for everything! Best option is to sack councils and put all public servants on proper wages with superannuation just as the rest of us pay and no government pensions for public servants or politicians.

It is very sad that anyone should use the suffering of hundreds of Victorians to advance their political views.

What does the author want Mr Rudd to do? He does not say in this article.

Many are calling for the replacement of coal fired power generation with 100% renewable energy (solar and wind). This is only a viable option if these same people are prepared to explain to trauma victims why they cannot be admitted to hospital at night, when the wind isn't blowing.

Hydroelectric has limited potential in Australia, due to our lack of water. All other forms of power generation emit carbon, with the exception of one. That is Nuclear Energy.

If the Green movement seriuosly believes that carbon dioxide is causing the planet to heat up at an alarming rate, then they would be proposing a switch to Nuclear. But they don't.

There is nothing worse than those who complain about a problem, but cannot provide a realistic solution to solve that problem.

Talk of a political uprising at grassroots level smacks of an East European Socialist Revolution.