The Rann Government’s moves to cut injured workers pay compares to John Howard’s WorkChoices legislation. Here we have a Labor Government authorising claim managers to dump injured workers onto the dole after two and half years on WorkCover. This is the kind of anti-worker legislation that Labor MPs and the Unions fought so hard to defeat when John Howard introduced his WorkChoices legislation.

The WorkCover changes proposed by Mike Rann in Parliament yesterday almost eliminate lump sum payments for workers who are willing to get off the WorkCover payroll early. And an injured worker’s pay will be cut to 80 per cent after only three months!

I imagine there will be enormous Labor backbench unrest against these changes. However, MPs’ jobs are on the line if they cross the floor, so Rann will be able to steamroll the legislation through Parliament with the help of the Liberals.

Ms Rabiya Kadeer, the democratically-elected leader of the World Uyghur Congress, briefed State MPs in Parliament today on the suffering of her people under the authoritarian rule of Communist China. The Uyghur people’s homeland of East Turkestan was annexed by the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Ms Kadeer has travelled the world actively campaigning for the human rights of the Uyghur people. After the briefing, Ms Kadeer attended a rally on the steps of Parliament House with about 70 representatives of the Uyghur community living in Adelaide.

The Conservation Council of South Australia has likened Professor Ross Garnaut’s Climate Change Review to the Australia’s equivalent of Al Gore’s film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.

The inconvenient truth that Garnaut identifies is that Australia is exceptionally sensitive to impacts of Climate Change. The report highlights that the earlier we act, the better off Australia will be.

Here’s a link to the CCSA response to Prof Garnaut’s report:

http://www.ccsa.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5889&Itemid=1

The Conservation Council of South Australia has likened Professor Ross Garnaut’s Climate Change Review to the Australia’s equivalent of Al Gore’s film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.

The inconvenient truth that Garnaut identifies is that Australia is exceptionally sensitive to impacts of Climate Change. The report highlights that the earlier we act, the better off Australia will be.

Here’s a link to the CCSA response to Prof Garnaut’s report:

http://www.ccsa.asn.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5889&Itemid=1

There has been much comment about Mitsubishi’s decision to close its Adelaide plant next month. How can we best use the site to ensure it creates jobs in the southern suburbs? I have called for a National Centre for Excellence for Solar Panel Technology on the site. The large roof space at Mitsubishi could be used to showcase and implement solar energy, and possibly water harvesting technologies. At the same time, the car parking areas would be an ideal site for a road/rail interchange, taking southern commuters’ cars off South Road and Anzac Highway. To discuss ideas on the future of the Mitsubishi site I have organised a forum on Sunday 16 March at the Marion Cultural Centre, 2-4pm.
The forum will start by inviting community members to have their say on how the site could best be developed. Three experts then will comment on their ideas. They will be authorities in economic development, public transport and planning. Ideas from the forum will be sent to members of the Government and Opposition, and promoted to the media.

There has been much comment about Mitsubishi’s decision to close its Adelaide plant next month. How can we best use the site to ensure it creates jobs in the southern suburbs? I have called for a National Centre for Excellence for Solar Panel Technology on the site. The large roof space at Mitsubishi could be used to showcase and implement solar energy, and possibly water harvesting technologies. At the same time, the car parking areas would be an ideal site for a road/rail interchange, taking southern commuters’ cars off South Road and Anzac Highway. To discuss ideas on the future of the Mitsubishi site I have organised a forum on Sunday 16 March at the Marion Cultural Centre, 2-4pm.
The forum will start by inviting community members to have their say on how the site could best be developed. Three experts then will comment on their ideas. They will be authorities in economic development, public transport and planning. Ideas from the forum will be sent to members of the Government and Opposition, and promoted to the media.